Creative Practice
Apr 22, 2020
#6 Christopher Daniel - Architect, educator and designer
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Christopher Daniel is an architect, educator, designer and inveterate enthusiast. He runs Polysemic, an interdisciplinary design studio making strategies and places for performance and community.
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#13 Gaylene Gould - Creative Director, Broadcaster, Writer and Coach
Gaylene discusses her journey so far including art as a lifeline, angels on the path, changing direction, the importance of mentors and the power of kindness in response to suffering.
Gaylene Gould is a Creative Director, broadcaster and writer who designs interactive art projects and spaces that generously connect us with ourselves, each other and the world. She explores the healing and growth potential of sharing space, stories, ideas and knowledge through her artistic, writing and consultancy practice. She believes the transcendent moments that art and culture creates can change how we are in the world. Her projects have been commissioned by and performed at the Tate, V&A, Arts Catalyst, Vivid Projects, Selfridges, h club, Moderna Museet Sweden and BAM, New York. Her projects are produced by her creative company The Space to Come.
She is also an arts broadcaster for the BBC, a published fiction writer, a facilitator, cultural reviewer and a Cultural Ambassador for London appointed by Mayor Sadiq Khan. She has been a cultural leader for 25 years heading up major cultural institutions and projects including Head of Cinemas at BFI Southbank and producing, programming and consulting for the Arts Council, Toronto International Film Festival, National Theatre, Young Vic and Bernie Grant Art Centre amongst others. She is on the Artistic Advisory Board for Brixton House, the Advisory Board for the Decolonising Arts Institute, University Arts London and a Trustee for ANU Productions.
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#12 Evgeny Shadchnev - Founder and Ex-CEO at Makers Academy, Executive Coach
Evgeny discusses building a company on trust, leading authentically, the future of coaching and why this moment is enough.
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#11 Jude Kelly CBE - Founder and Director at The WOW Foundation
Jude discusses overcoming obstacles, leadership in the arts, cultural activism and building a global movement towards a gender equal world.
Jude Kelly is an award winning theatre and opera director and has led organisations such as Battersea Arts Centre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Metal Culture and Southbank Centre. She founded the WOW - Women of the World festival in 2010, which has staged over 65 festivals across six continents reaching more than two million people. Her 2016 Ted Talk ‘Why women should tell the stories of humanity’ has been viewed more than 1.2 million times. She founded The WOW Foundation in 2018 to focus solely on the development of WOW as an independent charity.
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