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Ka����vlog����Ƶ�ramuu Kush is busy.

In addition to an active career as an actor, writer, and director (), Kush has had a long, successful career in teaching. After spending a decade as a faculty member at Howard University, Kush recently made the move back to New York����vlog����Ƶ�where his career in show-business began����vlog����Ƶ�to become an Associate Professor at the Sands College of Performing Arts.

How does Kush juggle it all? In his words, teaching the craft is energizing in-and-of-itself

����vlog����Ƶ�To see the students every day for class is just a lift,����vlog����Ƶ� says Kush. ����vlog����Ƶ�No matter what����vlog����Ƶ�s going on in the world or in my life����vlog����Ƶ�when I see them and I know we have some work to do, or films to watch, it����vlog����Ƶ�s always a lift.����vlog����Ƶ�

Kush joined the Sands College of Performing Arts Faculty in Fall 2022, and has hit the ground running. He����vlog����Ƶ�s primarily teaching courses in the Acting for Film, Television, Voiceover, and Commercials BFA program, leveraging his considerable experience as a multi-hyphenate artist to impart both grounding theory and practical, actionable lessons to his students. Like many other instructors at Pace����vlog����Ƶ�s College of Performing Arts����vlog����Ƶ�and at Pace in general����vlog����Ƶ�Kush being a working professional in the very field that he is teaching adds an extra level of insight to the classroom setting.

����vlog����Ƶ�The students keep me fresh and buoyant and charged-up, so that when I go into the industry, I����vlog����Ƶ�m reminded of my purpose, why I����vlog����Ƶ�m doing it.����vlog����Ƶ�

Kush, furthermore, believes that his professional and teaching careers go hand-in-hand����vlog����Ƶ�that they symbiotically build off one another, and provide extra motivation for him to be the most focused and purposeful artist possible.

����vlog����Ƶ�The students keep me fresh and buoyant and charged-up, so that when I go into the industry, I����vlog����Ƶ�m reminded of my purpose, why I����vlog����Ƶ�m doing it,����vlog����Ƶ� notes Kush. ����vlog����Ƶ�You have a number of eyes on you, and you����vlog����Ƶ�re making impression on young minds who will be carrying whatever it is you impart or show in terms of your work.����vlog����Ƶ�

In addition to teaching the craft, Kush also believes it is his duty to offer practical wisdom he found lacking when he was a student����vlog����Ƶ�spending time teaching his students about how to approach a career in the arts from a business perspective����vlog����Ƶ�to know their worth as an artist, to manage their money, to translate their skills into multiple income streams. Kush hopes that these lessons will eventually form the foundation of a course����vlog����Ƶ�one he believes is both under-emphasized in traditional performing arts schooling, yet absolutely necessary.

����vlog����Ƶ�We have this stereotype of the starving artist. Who said the artist had to starve?����vlog����Ƶ�

Although he����vlog����Ƶ�s only been at Pace for a short while, Kush����vlog����Ƶ�s outlook on both teaching and the profession����vlog����Ƶ�one that blends big picture thinking with meticulous attention to detail����vlog����Ƶ�is a unique combination that has already, and will certainly continue, to inspire performing arts students for years to come.

����vlog����Ƶ�Life is too abundant and fruitful to not be benefiting, especially as an artist����vlog����Ƶ�and as an artist, you����vlog����Ƶ�re responsible for a lot of that abundance and fruitfulness because you bring vicarious experiences to the masses����vlog����Ƶ�the plumber, the doctor, the banker, the elementary school teacher. They can see their experiences, their problems, and challenges reflected through you."