Episode 12: Emily Schiavoni - North Adams Public Schools

by Mackenzie Liddle & Michael Brassard

NOTE: This episode was recorded in Spring 2021, so some information may be dated.

Today’s episode is hosted by Mackenzie Liddle, a senior and arts management major at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and Michael Brassard, a senior at BART Charter. In this episode of Thinking Like a Region, Liddle and Brassard interview Emily Schiavoni, the Community and Family Engagement Coordinator at North Adams Public Schools. The three discuss how Schiavoni’s art degree led her to her career in education.

This episode focuses on the creative capacities of communication, presentation skills, collaboration and perseverance.

You can find the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/ES-TLAR

Thinking Like A Region is a production of the C4 Initiative, Berkshire County’s Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact, based at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, and grant-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. This podcast is produced by Lisa Donovan and Leslie Appleget. Additional technical podcast support by Audrey Perdue.

For more information about the show or the C4 Initiative, visit brainworks.mcla.edu/c4.

THIS EPISODE’S VOICES:

Emily Schiavoni is the Community and Family Engagement Coordinator at North Adams Public Schools in North Adams, MA. Schiavoni received her B.A. in Studio Art at Keene State College and her Master of Education at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Mackenzie Liddle is a graduate of the arts management major at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Michael “Mikey” Brassard is a graduate of BART Charter Public School.