Raised in Ancaster, Ontario, he spent his youth working at Christie Lake where his parent's ran a summer camp. There, he was paid in Wagon Wheels (Canadian Moon Pies) to produce illustrations for his mother's Christie Lake Chronicle.  While struggling to finish high school he shifted his focus to producing art shows and short films.  In the 90's he was drawn back to academics and pursued a medical career.  In 2002 he became a hospitalist at Saratoga Hospital.  Once the Bobby Brady of the morning rounds, 21 years later he's the crusty Ed Asner examining the charts. Practicing medicine by day and producing art by night, he never considered himself an artist until he turned 50 and fully embraced the identity of his double life.  The Art Show was a life-long dream for him.

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"You can't live at all, if you can't live now." -Alan Watts

Saratoga Springs, NY native, in 2001 moved to Los Angeles to work in production on Hollywood movies. Returned with his wife to raise his family in Saratoga. Has been making films and short video content for over 20 years. At eleven years old, he was inspired to be a filmmaker after he and his dad made a toothpaste commercial on a VHS camera for his 5th grade project. Today he is the founder of The Saratoga Film Academy which has not only produced content for several organizations and small businesses, but has provided educational filmmaking programs for hundreds of kids and teens in the capital district. The Art Show is his first feature film.

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“A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later." -Stanley Kubrick

Saratoga Springs, NY native, audio engineer and producer with 20 years experience working in studios, including producing and writing music for artists and critically acclaimed TV programs, podcast and audiobook production, and sound design and mix for TV and Films. His most recent credits include writing the theme song and handling the mix/sound design for the international and Peabody Award Nominated TV show, N*Gen.  He is also the audio producer for The Bulwark Podcast.  More info at www.staringrecording.com

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“If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.” -Sting

Grew up Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China during the rule of Chairman Mao Zedong and the cultural revolution, which denied her any formal education for ten years. Exposed to paintings and artists through her friends and family she grew an appreciation for art. She moved to the states in her twenties where she pursued her career in medicine. In 1999, she began her career as a hospitalist at Saratoga Hospital for 24 years and still going. Always drawn to the beauty and grace of Chinese traditional paintings but never imagined she could do it herself until she picked it up during COVID.  The Art Show was the first time she ever publicly displayed her work.

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"Art is the highest form of spirit for all human beings." -Ancient Chinese Idiom

Grew up in the Pacific Northwest in the small town of Graham, Washington. He played saxophone in Jazz Band and was generally a nerd. Scott re-discovered his love of music during his residency in Internal Medicine after finding a need to stretch his creative muscles and do something that couldn’t kill anybody if he did it wrong. He has been a hospitalist at Saratoga Hospital for 5 years. He plans to re-connect with his old band, The Hudson Underground, just as soon as he shakes off the post-COVID PTSD and cleans out his closet. 

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"People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts." -Paul Hindemith

Originally from Tanzania, East Africa, she lived a life that was full of ups and downs which made her appreciate the little things.  At a young age she found a passion for reading and working out, but was denied the opportunity because of cultural norms.  That didn't stop her from going after her dreams, so she immigrated to the United States to start a new life. She found a passion for medicine, became a nurse, and has been actively working for 5 years. Currently she is a nurse practitioner and started her own business. She lives her life knowing tomorrow is not promised and that this life is a gift given to us.

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"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." -Paulo Coelho

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and grew up just outside Milwaukee, WI, and then in Horseheads, New York.  Trained musically both classically and in jazz improvisation, he eventually developed a deep penchant for the beautifully grand virtuosity of progressive rock.  Starting medical school in Albany, NY, after having been accepted from high school to a 6 year biomedical program incorporating both RPI and Albany Medical College, he decidedly obtained a minor degree in electronic music composition and myriad experience in live performance and studio recording with amazing musicians along the way.  While having been a physician at Saratoga Hospital for over 18 years, he continues to embrace music whenever possible, recording music and singing live on mini-tours with musicians from multiple countries when not working and whenever possible.  Despite the fact that Bill plays multiple instruments, including guitar, trombone, and keyboards, he finds that his true forte is his singing.

“I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music." -Billy Joel

Grew up in Petersburg, NY, where as a kid he played the snare drum for the Taconic Pipe Band, lead by the world renown bagpiper, Donald Lindsay.  During parades he was too small to carry his drum up hills, so his mom would carry it for him. As an adult he started a career as a high school science teacher, but detoured into medicine.  He has worked as a hospitalist at Saratoga Hospital for 17 years.  He doesn't consider himself an artist, but he does like to jam out late at night when no one is around.  Even though he still remembers the 2-4 march on his snare drum, he has turned to guitar and singing for his creative outlet. The Art Show provided a creative challenge for him to come up with a caption for one of Dr. Offord's painting, which Dr. Offord would guess the caption he would write.

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"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents." -Bob Ross  

Originally from Bolivia, he was drawn to music from a young age and thought music would always be a part of his life. He joined a successful Bolivian band, but could not resist pursuing his true passion in medicine and left the group prematurely. He has worked at Saratoga Hospital for over 5 years, and continues to play music for family and friends.  He recorded an album of original music with his Bolivian folk idol Donato Espinoza and developed a good friendship with him. Music has always been around him with his friends, at church, at school, and in his own home with his brothers, he finds music helps keep him balanced.  

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"If you know the lyrics sing them, if you don’t know them, make them up.” -Oriel Lema (Sergio's uncle) 

Pakistani American, born in Canada, primarily grew up in Massachusetts, but finished last 2 years of high school in Pakistan. As a young girl, she enjoyed listening to her parents beautiful Pakistani music, and she found music as way to process her emotions when moving around so much. She always wanted to sing, but never had any formal training as a kid. Going into her adult years she continued to move around in the south west; Dallas, Texas, Tempe, Arizona, and settled in southern California where she joined the Air Force and completed a business degree.  While in the service she volunteered at a VA hospital and discovered a passion for medicine. She has been a doctor at Saratoga Hospital for 13 years, and started the palliative care program in 2015.  As an adult she began to feel consumed and depleted by the stress and demands of her job and life, and began taking music lessons for a much needed creative outlet.  The Art Show catapulted her into an exploration to find her musical voice and brought her on a beautiful healing journey.  
 

"Medicine heals the body. Music heals the soul." -Unknown