Today, Toombow Kids takes you inside the world of an entrepreneur whose projects continue to generate attention: Mason Ewing, CEO of the Los Angeles-based holding company Mason Ewing Corporation.
As his company develops a variety of artistic and technological projects, one initiative in particular has caught our attention: an ambitious development planned for Tallapoosa, Georgia, bringing together film, automobiles, and, most importantly, the inclusion of blind and visually impaired people in the world of the arts.
At the heart of this vision are EPP Studios, Track Records, and A Glance Into Art (AGIA), a school dedicated to teaching artistic careers to blind and visually impaired people.
A meeting point between ambition, creativity, and accessibility.
THE TOOMBOW KIDS INTERVIEW
Toombow Kids: Hello Mason Ewing, and welcome to Toombow Kids. We are very happy to have you with us today.
Mason Ewing: Hello, everyone. I am very happy to be here with you today, and I sincerely thank you for the invitation and for the interest you have shown in our projects.
Toombow Kids: Mason, we have been hearing a lot about your project in Georgia. EPP Studios and Track Records both seem particularly ambitious. Can you tell us why Tallapoosa plays such an important role in this adventure?
Mason Ewing: Tallapoosa is a city with tremendous potential. Our ambition is to help create a place capable of attracting artists, film professionals, creators, and passionate people from many different backgrounds.
EPP Studios and Track Records are part of a much broader vision. We want to create an environment where people can imagine, produce, learn, and experience art and creativity.
Tallapoosa is at the heart of this adventure, and we hope this project can help shine an even greater spotlight on this part of Georgia and all of its possibilities.
Toombow Kids: Let’s talk about EPP Studios and Track Records. Why combine film with a motorsports track?
Mason Ewing: Because we want to create something different and complementary. Film and automobiles are two worlds with tremendous visual and emotional power.
With EPP Studios, our ambition is to develop a space dedicated to audiovisual creation and production. Track Records complements that vision by bringing an automotive and event-based dimension to the project.
Our goal is to build an ambitious destination capable of welcoming creative projects while offering a powerful experience for both industry professionals and the public.
BUT THE PROJECT DOESN’T STOP THERE…
Toombow Kids: What particularly surprised us is that alongside these projects involving film and automobiles, you are also developing a school for blind and visually impaired people. Can you tell us more about it?
Mason Ewing: Absolutely. And for me, this project has an incredibly important dimension.
We are working on creating a school dedicated to blind and visually impaired people: A Glance Into Art, also known as AGIA.
Our ambition is simple: to allow blind and visually impaired people to fully access artistic fields and to demonstrate that losing or having limited vision should never prevent someone from having dreams, talent, or a career.
Too often, society decides for people what they are capable of doing.
We want to help change that way of thinking.
Toombow Kids: Did your own personal experience inspire you to imagine this project?
Mason Ewing: Yes, to a large extent. When I was living in France, I personally experienced difficult periods, discrimination, and many closed doors within the artistic world.
Those experiences were certainly painful, but they also taught me something essential: when a door remains closed in front of you, sometimes you have to try to build another one.
Part of our motivation was born from that reflection.
Today, we want to create a space where blind and visually impaired people can learn, train, develop their talent, and believe in their future.
ARTISTIC EDUCATION FOR BUILDING THE FUTURE
Toombow Kids: And that is how the AGIA project was born?
Mason Ewing: Exactly.
With A Glance Into Art, our ambition is to offer educational programs in several artistic fields.
Students will have the opportunity to explore and study:
Film
Fashion
Music
These are three worlds we are also familiar with within Mason Ewing Corporation, where we are already developing a variety of projects.
Our goal is to provide students with serious and structured education while allowing them to develop their creativity and confidence.
Toombow Kids: We visited your website, A Glance Into Art, and we were particularly interested in this diversity. So, you want to open the doors of several artistic industries to blind and visually impaired people?
Mason Ewing: That’s exactly right.
When people talk about blindness, many immediately imagine that there are limitations when it comes to certain careers.
I prefer to ask another question:
Why decide in advance that someone cannot succeed before even giving them the opportunity and the tools to try?
A blind person can have an extraordinary artistic sensitivity.
They can possess an exceptional memory for sound.
They can experience music, textures, materials, vibrations, and space in an entirely different way.
Art does not belong only to the eyes.
Art also belongs to the hands, the ears, the heart, and the imagination.
And that is precisely the vision we want to defend through AGIA.
AN AMBITION: RECOGNIZED DEGREES
Toombow Kids: You have also mentioned a two-year program and the possibility for students to earn a degree. Where does the project stand today?
Mason Ewing: Our goal is to offer a two-year educational program, and we are currently working on the necessary steps regarding the recognition of AGIA degrees and qualifications.
It is important to us that students who complete these programs leave with genuine recognition of their work and skills.
We want to build a serious, sustainable, and credible project.
Toombow Kids: You have also had the opportunity to receive support as you develop your projects in Georgia. How has that experience been for you?
Mason Ewing: We are very grateful for the welcome and the conversations we have had in Georgia.
The State of Georgia and the Atlanta region are now extremely dynamic areas for film and creative industries.
We are moving forward with great enthusiasm, and we hope, in our own way, to contribute to that momentum while creating new opportunities.
And if one day, because of this project, a blind person can say, “I can have a career in the arts too,” then we will have already accomplished something meaningful.
BUT WHAT DOES AGIA MEAN?
Toombow Kids: For our readers who are discovering this project today, what exactly does AGIA mean?
Mason Ewing: AGIA stands for:
A Glance Into Art
It is the name of our artistic education project designed for blind and visually impaired people.
The name evokes the idea of taking a look into the world of art, but it also represents an invitation to discover that creativity can go beyond the limitations society sometimes imposes.
Toombow Kids: One final question: if a blind or visually impaired person is reading this article and wants to learn more about your school, what should they do?
Mason Ewing: First and foremost, I would tell them this: come discover the project, and never hesitate to believe in your own potential.
Our website was designed to allow as many people as possible to discover our vision, and it includes accessibility features, including text-to-speech technology designed to assist people who experience reading difficulties.
I personally understand the challenges associated with visual impairment, and I know how much accessibility can make a difference.
That is why we want everyone to be able to access information and discover what we are building.
A NEW CHAPTER FOR TALLAPOOSA
Toombow Kids, Mason Ewing, thank you very much for accepting this interview. We have truly enjoyed learning more about your vision and your projects.
Between the ambitions of EPP Studios, the world of Track Records, and the commitment behind A Glance Into Art, Tallapoosa could, as these projects continue to develop, become a place where creativity, film, innovation, and inclusion come together.
Mason Ewing, Thank you very much to Toombow Kids for this wonderful interview. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but we are moving forward with passion.
I am convinced of one thing: great projects always begin with an idea.
And sometimes, all it takes is one person who refuses to give up on that idea for it to eventually become reality.
THE FINAL WORD, TOOMBOW KIDS
In Tallapoosa, a new adventure appears to be taking shape.
Stories that may soon come to life in front of the cameras.
Engines and automotive projects ready to excite passionate fans.
And above all, a vision that reminds us that the world of art should never close its doors to someone because of a disability.
Because an artist is not simply someone who sees the world.
An artist is also someone who feels it, imagines it… and dares to reinvent it.
Toombow Kids will be following the development of this Georgia adventure closely.
Tallapoosa, Georgia: Where a small city dares to dream big.