We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Lance Avery Brown. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Lance below.

Lance, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

Like a lot of other dreams for young kids. I watched a lot of Disney and Nickelodeon and wanted to be in shows like those airing at the time. It wasn’t until middle school when my teacher and mentor Michael Mario Good cast me in one of the middle school productions of the Wiz where I would play the Mean Ole Lion. I was new to theatre, but even then I knew it would get me closer to my goals. Michael Mario would then introduce me to an Atlanta legend “Freddie Hendricks”. These two would surround me with other people around my age who also had a strong passion for the arts. During this time I would learn the importance of focus and how to collaborate with other artist. I am grateful for this specific point of my life because it would be the foundation to all the great things I am doing now and are soon to come. I wouldn’t want my journey any other way because everything that I learned, I learned it in Gods timing, but some of the most important skills I learned than that even carry in my career now is that focus, love, humility. I’m the tree and focus is the water that keeps my tree growing. Love is the sunlight and all that comes from the passion I have for art itself. Humility is the oxygen I release and every breath I breathe into my work. It’s important to remember these things because it’s easy for them to become easy obstacles in my path if I forget. Those obstacles can become forgetting the reason I am doing what I love. One of the bigger ones is which effects a lot of other artist is that self trust. Getting caught up in your head can make it easy to lack the trust in your ability or forget that your journey is happening the way it needs to happen. My journey is different than everyone else’s journey and all with Gods will the path is already laid out for me, I just have to trust it and do my part.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your background and context?

My name is Lance Avery Brown, I am a 20 year old artist based in Atlanta, GA. I was most recently seen in my first feature film “Honk For Jesus” (Streaming on Peacock). I am also a writer and I love to combine theatre and hip-hop to give an authentic feel to how I was introduced to theater. While I do have a lot of artistic hobbies one of my favorites has to be my Freestyle Improv Troupe. We create music on the fly with different genres from rap, hip-hop, r&b, musical theatre and more. There is lots of storytelling involved as well. As an artist I try not to look at what makes me different per se, but the value I bring to the table as an artist. It’s for other people to look and see the authenticity that strikes them in who I am or the work I do. A lot of the artistry I brings comes from the experiences I have in my day to day life. Walking up mountains with friends, or even when a new 2k comes out and my friends and I are on there talking trash to each other because we all want to be the best. I enjoy those moments and I appreciate it even more when it subconsciously helps me in my artistry. If there’s anything I would want to known for it would be the love I bring to my craft.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

When it comes to being a creative there are lots of sacrifices that are involved. As a creative you are on an ongoing journey to prove why your perspective of art is satisfying. If you ever been in an argument trying to prove why you think something is cool; now imagine doing that on a constant basis for work you are creating. So with that there are lots of sacrifices. There’s a lot of times where I have to say no to family and friends when they want me to participate in something. Everyday I go into my craft, I go in with the mindset that this is a long term investment. This is a marathon not a race. I have to be my own ceo. (shout out to the Actors Ceo Podcast by Mike Moreno.) It can get frustrating sometimes, but I know at the end it will all be worth it and I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Personally my favorite rewarding aspect as a creative is when there was a skill or a blockage that you were not that strong in. This could be writers block or just not being able to efficiently be consistent with a particular skill. As an artist it’s always a journey. I believe there is a two part journey to my particular “favorite reward” as an artist. The first part is the acknowledgment on what you can improve on. As a creative there can be times where you are spiraling down and can’t figure out what it is. Once you start to get specific and dig deep to what that is that such a satisfying feeling because the next part is just figuring how to improve that skill. The 2nd part of that reward you never notice it until much later. There comes one day where you look back on where you were as an artist and where you are now and you can pinpoint the growth you made in a skill you weren’t that efficient in. Those little victories that I get as an artist is what keeps awe going! With being an artist it’s impossible to be perfect so it’s a constant discovery and redefining of skills while maintaining those strengths.

Contact Info:

• Website: Lanceaverybrown.caard.co
• Instagram: @LanceAveryBrown
• Twitter: @LanceAveryBrown
• Other: TikTok: @Lxnce2Times

Image Credits
Plankton ~ Spongebob The Musical Honk For Jesus Premier City of Atlanta