After serving as the Director of the Lieu Unique — a multidisciplinary cultural center in Nantes, France — for ten years, Patrick Gyger has recently been appointed as the first Director of the brand new Platform 10 Foundation in Lausanne Switzerland. In this episode, we talked extensively about the importance of recruiting and nurturing a great team, we discussed how to deal with conflict within art institutions taking stances on political and/or societal issues and we chatted about sharing power as a leader and ensuring you surround yourself with people who are stronger and better than you.

This podcast is brought to you by Communicating the Arts, a global network of cultural leaders who gather 3 times a year in Europe, North America and the Pacific.

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This show is hosted and produced by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts, it is mixed and edited by Kevin Kelly who also wrote and performed our theme song.

Miranda Carroll is the Director of Public Engagement at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In this episode, she talks about the many things she’s learnt (and unlearned) as she joined, an institution built on the land of First Nations People, and more precisely the Gadigal of the Eora Nation. We also discussed the Art Gallery’s creative and inclusive reactions to the COVID crisis and of course, Miranda Carroll shared her most successful failure. Spoiler : it includes a big rock and fears of extraterrestrial invasion.

This podcast is brought to you by Communicating the Arts, a global network of cultural leaders who gather 3 times a year in Europe, North America and the Pacific. You can tweet at us using the #DoItDifferent or the #CommunicatingtheArts.

This show is hosted and produced by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts, it is mixed and edited by Kevin Kelly who also wrote and performed our theme song.

Ressources mentioned in this episode :

Together in Art : https://togetherinart.org/

#ArtAfterHours : https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/visit-us/art-after-hours-online/

In this episode, Ciprian Melian, CEO at Livdeo, discusses what makes an accessible, safe, and easy to use app; and shares his thoughts about the traps of an increasingly technological world.

Do It Different is produced and hosted by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts. Theme song, sound mixing and editing by Kévin Kelly.

Find Communicating the Arts online : www.communicatingthearts.com

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Esme Ward is the Director of the Manchester Museum. In this episode, we covered a broad spectrum of topics from helping an elephant walk to Manchester Train station and giving frogs their own periscope show, to unconditionally returning artefacts to aboriginal nations and managing teams in times of crisis.

Do It Different is produced and hosted by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts. Theme song, sound mixing and editing by Kévin Kelly.

Find Communicating the Arts online : www.communicatingthearts.com

On Twitter: @Agendaparis and Facebook @Agendagency

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Ressources mentioned in this episode:

Oliver East's children book about the elephant that walked to Manchester:

https://olivereast.bigcartel.com/product/take-me-back-to-manchester

Frog Friday :

https://www.mminquarantine.com/frog-friday-live

Egyptology :

https://www.mminquarantine.com/egyptology-in-lockdown

Esme Ward is the Director of the Manchester Museum. In this episode, we covered a broad spectrum of topics from helping an elephant walk to Manchester Train station and giving frogs their own periscope show, to unconditionally returning artefacts to aboriginal nations and managing teams in times of crisis.

Do It Different is produced and hosted by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts. Theme song, sound mixing and editing by Kévin Kelly.

Find Communicating the Arts online : www.communicatingthearts.com

On Twitter: @Agendaparis and Facebook @Agendagency

#DoItDifferent

Ressources mentioned in the episode:

https://olivereast.bigcartel.com/product/take-me-back-to-manchester

Frog Friday :

https://www.mminquarantine.com/frog-friday-live

Egyptology :

https://www.mminquarantine.com/egyptology-in-lockdown

Janeen Bryant is the Director of Operations at the Center for Racial Equity in Education. Prior to joining CREED she has worked as a teacher, been in charge of managing budgets and sponsors for various non-profits, served as Vice-President of Education at the Levine museum of the New South and also created her own consultancy called Facilitate Movement in which she offers her services as community engagement specialist. Last but not least she is part of the collective behind the Empathetic Museum and a contributor to the Mass Action platform.

In this episode she talks about the role of education in tackling inequity, the importance of challenging — and sometimes breaking — rules if we are to create more justice in our societies and shares interesting insight about the generative power of conflict.

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Do It Different is produced and hosted by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts. Theme song, sound mixing and editing by Kévin Kelly.

Find Communicating the Arts online : www.communicatingthearts.com

On Twitter: @Agendaparis and Facebook @Agendagency

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Atiba Edwards is the Executive Vice President and COO at Brooklyn Children’s Museum. In this episode he talks about the inherent connections between arts and science and explain the value of systemizing mundane tasks so you can be more creative in your everyday work.

Do It Different is produced and hosted by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts. Theme song, sound mixing and editing by Kévin Kelly.

James Brandon is the Diversity and Inclusion manager at the Tate. In this episode, he talks about his recent arrival into the arts world, the importance of active listening and learning the language of inclusion. He also shared his most successful failure, one that still gives him night sweats.

Do It Different is produced and hosted by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts. Theme song, sound mixing and editing by Kévin Kelly.

Find Communicating the Arts online : www.communicatingthearts.com

On Twitter: @Agendaparis and Facebook @Agendagency

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Raquel Meseguer is the Artistic Director of Unchartered Collective, a dance theatre collective through which she examines and shares the lived experience of chronic pain. In this episode she discusses the importance of giving permission to people to experience art in ways that allow them to rest, linger and dream.

Following her first listen of this episode, Raquel has wished to write an afterthought note about a moment in the episode when she says that "if there was a cure pill, [she] would not necessarily jump at it". You can find her text on communicatingthearts.com/news.

Ressources mentioned in this episode:

• Raquel Meseguer's website: https://uncharteredcollective.com/

• ‘The Restful Museum’ a reflection by James Heaton on Raquel’s keynote at CTM 2018 : https://www.tronviggroup.com/restful-museum/

• Tessa Will's Hermits Practice : http://tessawills.com/solos/hermits/

• Masterclass “Best Practices for Cultural Leaders": https://agendacom.com/2020/05/22/masterclass-learn-from-the-best-cultural-leaders/

Do It Different is produced and hosted by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Arts. Theme song, sound mixing and editing by Kévin Kelly.

Find Communicating the Arts online : www.communicatingthearts.com

On Twitter: @Agendaparis and Facebook @Agendagency

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Charles Clapshaw is an abstract artist using AI and other technologies to enhance his paintings. In this episode he talks about tricks he has learnt to better manage his time and energy, feed his creativity and communicate his work successfully.

Links and references mentioned in the episode:

Charles Clapshaw’s website: http://www.charlesclapshaw.com/

Charles Clapshaw’s Twitter and Instagram: @CharlesClapshaw

Jean-Marie Dru’s bio page on TBWA: https://tbwa.com/pirates/jean-marie-dru

Do It Different is produced and hosted by Alexia Jacques-Casanova for Communicating the Art. Theme song, sound mixing and editing by Kévin Kelly.

Find Communicating the Arts online : www.communicatingthearts.com

On Twitter: @Agendaparis and Facebook @Agendagency

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