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OUR ORIGIN STORY
K.A.F. Founder Prof. Richard Krevolin didn’t start painting until age 50 and found the experience to be revelatory. He reconnected with a childlike view of the world and the arts that brought joy and pleasure back to his creative pursuits.
Thus, as he entered the second half of his life, the visual arts changed the way he interacted with the world
and was the beginning of his own healing journey.Krevolin was so inspired by this
experience that he began to dedicate himself
teaching and consulting with other seniors who also wanted to express themselves
more creatively but hadn’t had the chance, the time, the confidence,
the program options, or whatever was holding them back.
In his new capacity, Krevolin encountered many people over 50 who had chosen other careers but had always yearned to try their hand (or spend more time) at the arts, whether as a profession or a hobby.
Additionally, knowing from research and his own experiences how creativity can enhance quality of life,
meaning, and joy (at ANY age), he saw the absence of senior art programs as a chasmic cultural void and
decided to fill it by creating the Krevolin Arts Foundation (K.A.F.).
Based in his current home state of Florida, the foundation is designed to offer ample opportunities for fostering and nurturing the creativity and artistic growth of seniors who chose to, or have had to, work in non-creative fields to make a living or who otherwise missed opportunities to explore, expand, and/or express their creative self.
The fact is the arts change lives for the better and it's never to late to start being more creative and
having more joy in your life.
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OUR ORIGIN STORY
K.A.F. Founder Prof. Richard Krevolin didn’t start painting until age 50 and found the experience to be revelatory. He reconnected with a childlike view of the world and the arts that brought joy and pleasure back to his creative pursuits.
Thus, as he entered the second half of his life, the visual arts changed the way he interacted with the world
and was the beginning of his own healing journey.Krevolin was so inspired by this
experience that he began to dedicate himself
teaching and consulting with other seniors who also wanted to express themselves
more creatively but hadn’t had the chance, the time, the confidence,
the program options, or whatever was holding them back.
In his new capacity, Krevolin encountered many people over 50 who had chosen other careers but had always yearned to try their hand (or spend more time) at the arts, whether as a profession or a hobby.
Additionally, knowing from research and his own experiences how creativity can enhance quality of life,
meaning, and joy (at ANY age), he saw the absence of senior art programs as a chasmic cultural void and
decided to fill it by creating the Krevolin Arts Foundation (K.A.F.).
Based in his current home state of Florida, the foundation is designed to offer ample opportunities for fostering and nurturing the creativity and artistic growth of seniors who chose to, or have had to, work in non-creative fields to make a living or who otherwise missed opportunities to explore, expand, and/or express their creative self.
The fact is the arts change lives for the better and it's never to late to start being more creative and
having more joy in your life.
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Bio for K.A.F.'s Founder, Prof. Krevolin
Richard Krevolin is an award-winning screenwriter, author, playwright, and professor. A graduate of Yale University, Richard went on to earn a masters degree in screenwriting at UCLA's School of Cinema-Television, and a master's degree in playwriting and fiction from USC.
For 15 years, Professor Krevolin taught both undergraduate and graduate screenwriting classes at what many consider the number film school in the world, USC Cinema/TV School. He planned and led courses on basic and advanced fundamentals of visual storytelling, story structure, and screenwriting. Richard also taught English Composition and Writing Across the Genres (Playwriting, Fiction and Poetry).
Over 20,000 screenwriters have been taught by Richard in LA and around the world. Under his guidance, his students have gone on to sell film scripts and TV shows to Universal, Fox, Paramount, Dreamworks SKG and numerous other big studios and production companies.
Richard has also taught at UCLA Film School, Pepperdine University, the University of Redlands, and Ithaca College. These days, Richard conducts private writer’s workshops and storytelling seminars throughout the world: England, France, Spain, Brazil, India, etc. In addition, he has conducted workshops and seminars at the Maui Writer’s Conference, Selling To Hollywood, The Heart of Film Festival, The Chicago Film Festival, The Indianapolis Writers’ Center, The Las Vegas Screenwriter’s Conference, The Surrey Writer’s Conference, and The Reno Film Festival. Finally, he is a star speaker who has taught seminars at the world famous Screenwriting Expo. Three of these seminars were so popular that they videotaped them and they are now best-selling DVD’s.
He is the author of Screenwriting From The Soul (St. Martins Press), Pilot Your Life (Prentice-Hall), How To Adapt Anything Into A Screenplay (Wiley & Sons), Screenwriting in the Land of Oz, and The Hook: How to Share Your Brand's Unique Story to Engage Customers, Boost Sales, and Achieve Heartfelt Success. All of which are still in print and are used at film schools and universities across America.
As a screenwriter and a playwright, Richard was a finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Award and Chesterfield Screenwriting Award. He also was a finalist for the $500,000 Kingman Screenwriting Award, the Klasky-Csupo Writing for Children Contest. He won the USC One-Act Play Festival for his comedy, Love is Like Velcro. His play, Trotsky’s Garden, was a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights' Conference. His one-man show, Boychik, a finalist in the HBO New Writer’s Project, was a huge hit at the Santa Monica Playhouse, running for five sold-out months and other awards.
He wrote, directed and produced the PBS documentary, Making Light in Terezin. He was also one of the writers of the documentary, Fiddler on the Roof: 30 Years of Tradition. it opened Off-Broadway at Theater Four in New York City in 1997 and is still touring the country. He also received a Valley Theatre League nomination for best director and best play for his one-man musical, RebbeSoul-O.
His play, King Levine opened in Feb. '99 at the Odyssey Theater under the direction of Joseph Bologna and after receiving rave reviews, transferred to The Tiffany. It was also nominated for an Ovation Award as Best Adaptation. In 2001, Richard had two one person plays open in L.A., The Lemony Fresh Scent of Diva Monsoon (starring Ruth DeSosa) at the Rose Alley and Seltzer Man (starring David Proval of The Sopranos) at the Tiffany. His plays have been performed with Ed Asner, Allen Arbus, Jean Smart, Mackenzie Phillips and Richard Kline. And in 2009, his play, Lansky opened off-Broadway at the St. Luke’s Theater and was nominated for an Outer Critics Award. His play, The Gospel According to Jerry premiered at the Minnesota Jewish Theater in April, 2011 and was then produced at the New Theater in Miami. . He has several new plays including “Our Town…but WILDER” which was produced Off-Broadway at the Actors Temple Theater in October, 2022 and was nominated for “Best Production of a play Off-Broadway” and “Best New Off-Broadway Play.”
Richard has several screenplays under option and in development: Safer (Screenplay) under option to Tom DeSanto Prods. (X-men, Apt Pupil, Battlestar Galactica, Transformers, etc.), and Jaka (Film Script) under option to Falcon Ent. He also co-wrote, produced and directed the award-winning Indy feature film comedy, ATTACHMENTS, starring Academy Award nominated actress, Katharine Ross.
His consulting work has affected hundreds of TV commercials produced all over the world, many of which have won awards including Golden Lions at Cannes and The People Choice Award in China. In addition, he conducts writer’s workshops and corporate storytelling seminars throughout the world.
He also is the Head Narrative Consultant for the Asia based consulting/consumer research firm, IDStats.org.
He can be contacted at RKrevolin@yahoo.com.
"You’ve got me rewatching all my favorites, just marveling at what I’ve missed! I once made my own clothes, did costumes, all that. So when I shop, I always turn a dress inside out, check out the seams. And now I can do that movies. So thank you." -- Dr. Christi Leach, Attendee at a two day screenwriting lecture by Prof. Krevolin.
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