Back to the Drawing Board

Why would companies go through the extra work and resources hiring local artists to make handmade work?

This week I sat down with Shawn McCann to talk about art as experience, the value of handmade work and how creating art for a company can be a deep-dive into working with other disciplines.

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Is making art just a luxurious hobby for the wealthy?

In this episode I sat down with Geraldine and Tarik from Canadian Artists for the Poor, to talk about the work the not-for-profit does to provide vulnerable artists with the resources and time to produce art. How can art improve life once the basic needs of food, water and shelter are taken care of?

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What can doctors learn from making art?

For this episode, I sat down with Dr. Jock Murray to talk about the Medical Humanities Program he founded as Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie University. We discuss the qualities a good physician needs to have, how patients benefit by interacting with a well-balanced physician, and how doctors can learn to appreciate their work by incorporating a little bit more of the arts and humanities in their lives.

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Can taking naps change the world?

In this episode I sit down with artist Barbara Bickel to talk about her collective's project, The Nap Ins, the power of napping collectively and what happened when Fox News aired a completely biased news segment on it.

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What happens when art, science and engineering are mashed up into one big spectacle?

In this episode I sit down with Mary Anne Moser, co-founder and president of Beakerhead, a five-day spectacle in Calgary, to talk about the intersection of technical and creative streams, being fascinated with life and changing a culture one event at a time.

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Welcome to the Back to the Drawing Board Podcast. In this episode I sit down to tell you a little bit about myself, the motivation behind the podcast, and what you can expect.

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