About

Scott “Sourdough” Power is the co-founder and creative director of LA-based arts media organization Crewest Studio, a mission-driven company dedicated to the visual and performing arts.

Scott has worked professionally in the creative arts since the age of 18. Born with big dreams in a steel town near Chicago, Scott credits his success to blue-collar, Midwestern roots. The grandson of a minister, Scott grew up on the church pew. His mother was a church choir director, and his father was a Sunday school teacher. Much to his family’s chagrin, Scott did not go to seminary like his grandfather.

As a boy, Scott was often sick with pneumonia and almost died. Spinal meningitis left him deaf in one ear. He attributes his survival to a loving family, capable doctors, and a fierce will to live.

Raised in a musical family, Scott studied jazz and classical music, played alto saxophone, and won multiple competitions. As a teenager, he snuck into Chicago blues and jazz clubs to hear musical legends Miles Davis, Sun Ra, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and Otis Rush perform.

In college, Scott focused on the visual communication arts, earning his B.A. in graphic design and arts management from Columbia College Chicago in 1994. In 2008, he graduated from the AIGA Executive Business Program at Yale University and earned his professional licensing certification from Licensing International in 2016.

By the time he graduated from college, Scott had worked an array of odd jobs: farm hand, construction worker, fast food cook, window washer, physical and occupational therapy aide, janitor, commercial painter, office temp, graphic designer, print production manager, bike messenger, outdoor guide, illustrator, roadie, rock band manager, DJ, photographer, copywriter, ad salesman, legal clerk, and public speaker.

Over the years, Scott has held key management positions in publishing, marketing, health care, and the visual arts. He has created consumer brands, products, and content for global Fortune 500 companies.

He has produced and curated numerous art exhibitions, events, and programs featuring world-class contemporary visual artists from around the world.

Like many creatives, Scott is a truth seeker. Driven by joie de vivre and carpe diem, Scott sees himself as a creative explorer on the road less traveled. An inductee of the venerable Explorers Club, Scott left civilization during college to seek adventure in the Alaskan wilderness. While there, he learned to cook with sourdough starter and earned the lifelong moniker “Sourdough.”

In recent years, Scott helped launch a medical NGO in Haiti and served on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Medical Assistance to Travelers (IAMAT) in Toronto, Canada, and The Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, AZ.

In 2023, he founded Arterial, Inc., a 501(c)(3) arts organization dedicated to helping artists tell their stories and promote the work to their masses.