Sursa: Worrall Newspapers 09.10.2003_ Artists making a difference are celebrated
this month
Diversification enable Paslaru to
unite people
By
Bill Vansant - Editor (excerpt)
Name:
Margareta Paslaru
Title:
Producer, "M"Soul Productions
Resides:
Summit
Age:
60
"When we are
young we struggle to make a name for ourselves. Becoming mature, we must use
that 'name' in helping others."
That's
the motto of "M"Soul Productions, based in Summit. The
brainchild of Margareta Paslaru, "M" Soul encopasses everything from
award winning local television programing to international initiatives.
"International" is a key word. Prior to moving to the United States
xx years ago, Paslaru was - and still is - a major celebrity in her native
Romania, having "made a name" for herself in film and television, on
stage, and as a recording artist.
However,
her endeavors on these shores have not solely been the promotion of her career
but of assorted humanitarian interest, from the award wining
"Impromptu-Art" television program on TV36 to her work in promoting
International Children's Day throughout the country.
This
past year, Paslaru was honored with a national Telly Award as producer of
"Impromptu-Art," giving testament to the far-reaching appeal of her
local programing. Another of her programs, "Human Mosaics," is simply
that - a mosaic of humanity and humanitarian topics. In addition she produces
two other programs for TV36.
Her
work in promoting International Children's Day has united the city of Summit
with both San Francisco and Washington D.C., creating an exchange of children's
artwork that was exbited in all three towns. In addition, artwork was shared
with several other countries.
"We
can create a better society starting with the youngsters," she said,
"because then is when they are so impressionable and you can mold them.
It's like a wonderful material to play with it, to create a new person, which
is thefuture." Paslaru served as the catalys in creating a collaboration
between Summit Mayor Walter Long and the mayors of San Francisco
and Washington.
"Mayor
Long was extraordinary," she said. "I'm so grateful to him."
(...)
Having
spent years in front of the camera in Romania, she took courses to learn the
technical aspects of television production. She now handles everything from
concept to script development to editing to post production. In her passion for
art, she points out that "everything is done by an artist,"
from a painting to the design of building to the creation of a decorative
teacup.
Through
her diversification, and her celebrity, she feels she's able to open doors for
others, whether she's raising awarness of an issue by producing a documentary,
aiding children worldwide by spear-heading a national partnership between
communities, or helping everyday people by lending her "name" to
worthwhile causes, both here and abroad."Every artist creates a
step," she said, "for the rise of new talents."
