For each candidate listed below, brainstorm reasons why they might want to be a candidate. Consider why he or she would want to be part of the center and what positive skills or characteristics he or she could bring. **CANDIDATE** Composer: Female, wife

jot down ideas about why you think each person in the chart that follows might like to be a candidate. Think about why he or she would want to be part of the center and what positive skills or characteristics he or she could bring. The first one has been done as an example.

CANDIDATE
Composer: Female, wife of architect, Korean, 25 years old Specialization: classical piano

RATIONALE
Playing the piano could entertain and inspire the other artiets to design better creations. She might also want to co-design with her husband (if he is also selected) modern piano studios for home and commercial use.

Architect: Male, husband of piano composer, Japanese, 35 years old
Specialization: modern styles mixed with very traditional
Novelist: Female, Hungarian, 40 years old, married, expects to have a baby in one month
Specialization: novels about gypsies in Europe
Opera Singer: Female, Russian, 32 years old, single
Specialization: dramatic, passionate roles in Italian operas
Screenplay Writer: Female, wife of filmmaker, 39 years old,
American (U.S.)
Specialization: detective mysteries
Filmmaker: Male, husband of screenplay writer, 60 years old,
Mexican
Specialization: love stories
Poet: Male, 28 years old, Vietnamese, widowed
Specialization: effects of technology on everyday life
Landscape Architect: Female, 23 years old, Brazilian, single
Specialization: sunken gardens
Artist: Female, 36 years old, Turkish, married
Specialization: geometric mosaics
Digital Artist: Female, 28 years old, Chinese, single
Specialization: collecting photos from Webcams and arranging them in displays