Episode 104: AHA! 20 Years of Placemaking
Creative Minds Out Loud
by Mass Cultural Council
1M ago
AHA! (Arts, History, Architecture) in New Bedford, MA is the longest continuously-funded placemaking and creative economy project in the country. For 20 years, this monthly, free, downtown cultural night and collaborative organization has provided a platform for community development and understanding. Lee Heald, Director of AHA!, discusses how their cross-sector work supports the local economy ..read more
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Episode 101: An Emergence of the People, their Spirit, their Stories
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by Mass Cultural Council
1M ago
L’Merchie Frazier is an artist and Director of Education and Interpretation for the Museum of African American History, Boston/Nantucket. Her work is centered on helping others to find their voice and discover their own innate creativity. She shares how her community projects aim to encourage people – individually and collectively – to participate in the ..read more
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Episode 114: Reflecting the Community in Art Spaces
Creative Minds Out Loud
by Mass Cultural Council
2y ago
In late 2019, we spoke to Doneeca Thurston, the newly-named Director of Lynn Museum/Lynn Arts. The 29-year-old Lynn native said her new role felt like a homecoming. She shares her vision for how the museum can be a champion for its majority minority community and ensure that local artists feel respected and celebrated. Doneeca Thurston ..read more
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Episode 113: Unpacking Bias and Privilege in Cultural Organizations
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by Mass Cultural Council
2y ago
Sandra Bonnici is a Senior Diversity Fellow for the American Alliance of Museums and a diversity and inclusion consultant. She says that doing the work to make a cultural organization diverse and inclusive requires deep and constant reflection. Institutions need to challenge their processes by asking, “For whom does this work? For whom does this ..read more
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Episode 112: Don’t Just Measure Numbers, You’ll Lose the Real Story
Creative Minds Out Loud
by Mass Cultural Council
2y ago
Sue Dahling Sullivan is an independent consultant with more than 30 years of nonprofit management experience. We spoke to her about strategic planning when she was the Boch/Wang Center’s Chief Strategic Officer and ArtWeek Lead Champion. She believes that you have to be flexible in strategic planning because things do change. It’s an art and ..read more
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Episode 111: Mindfulness as an Action
Creative Minds Out Loud
by Mass Cultural Council
2y ago
Dell Marie Hamilton is an artist, writer, and curator. Her work uses the body to investigate questions about personal memory, citizenship, history, and gender. Last fall, she shared what it’s like to have a creative practice in an era of toxicity, and emphasized the importance of self-care and continually learning from other artists. Dell Marie ..read more
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Episode 110: Prescribing Cultural Engagement as a Protective, Healthy Habit
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by Mass Cultural Council
2y ago
Dr. Deborah Buccino and Adrien Conklin, BSN RN of MACONY Pediatrics discuss the addition of social prescription – prescribing cultural engagement as a protective, healthy habit – to their collaborative care work in the Berkshires. “We can give prescriptions for medicine. We can give prescriptions to see a neurologist. But we can also give a ..read more
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Episode 109: To Change an Org’s Culture, Rip Off the Band-Aid
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by Mass Cultural Council
2y ago
Last November, we spoke with Michael J. Bobbitt, Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre, about approaching major change in an organization. He shares ways to identify organizational culture, support staff work/life balance, and keep a board focused. Michael J. Bobbitt is the Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre. He is an arts leader, director, choreographer ..read more
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Episode 108: Learning in Concert
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by Mass Cultural Council
2y ago
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra (NBSO) Education Director Terry Wolkowicz discusses Learning in Concert, an in-school partnership program between the NBSO and over 40 elementary schools in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Through this concept-based arts integration program, music educators work with non-arts teachers to remove barriers between a concept (e.g. gravity, space, and sound) and ..read more
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Episode 106: Sharing the Bounties of Human Culture
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by Mass Cultural Council
2y ago
“The humanities give people time to reflect and think about issues in a different way than our daily living,” says Jack Cheng, Academic Director of the Boston Clemente Course. The Clemente Course is a college-level introduction to the humanities for adults facing economic hardship and adverse circumstances. Cheng shares how teaching adults makes for a ..read more
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