 Gary
Hirsch is the co-founder and a small piece of the
puzzle that makes up On
Your Feet. OYF is a networked organization, whose
members include various: improvisers, filmmakers, anthropologists,
advertising, marketing and research folks, two yoga teachers,
and someone who spent several weeks as a mail carrier.
OYF was created in order to explore how improv impacts
communication, leadership, idea generation, brand building,
organizational development, and anything else clients
let us play with. Those clients include: Intel, Southwest
Airlines, Nike, FedEx, Orange, Saatchi & Saatchi,
Wieden + Kennedy, Dr. Martens, The British Ministry of
Defense, a small band of Northern California Buddhist
Monks (really), and others.
Gary has performed improv for fifteen years, for the
past nine years with the national touring company Brainwaves
Improv Comedy. He has presented to groups and conferences
internationally including: The Singapore Learning Symposium,
The Portland Creative Conference, The BBDO World Wide
Creative and Planning Director Conferences, and others.
On occasion, when they are desperate, The Portland State
University School of Business Administration will ask
him to teach in their M.B.A. Program.
Gary is also an artist and illustrator. His public
art commissions can be found in Dallas, Melbourne Australia,
and in his hometown of Portland OR. He has exhibited
his artwork at The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Museum
of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and in galleries in
Portland and Seattle,. From 1985 to 1996 Gary ran a
surprisingly (mostly to him) successful business designing
and marketing utilitarian artwork and clothing, and
launched Happy Fun Cards, a national greeting card line.
He is currently illustrating a children's book that
espouses the virtues of putting glue in your hair and
convincing your grandmother that you are insane. He
is happy to talk incessantly about this if asked.
Email: gary@oyf.com |
