What does it look like to build two extraordinary lives & refuse to let either one shrink? Shravani Dang has spent three decades doing exactly that, rising to Vice President at Avantha, serving on global boards, & simultaneously collecting art, founding ArtAdda, documenting food history, & writing fiction. In this conversation, she talks about the instinct that built a creative community, what the corporate world taught her that art never could, & why culinary heritage is a story worth telling before it disappears. She also gives us a glimpse into her short story collection, There's an Elephant in My Garden, and what the elephant really is.
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Chapters:
🎬 (0:00) IntroductionMeet Shravani Dang
artist, archivist, raconteuse, & the woman who built two extraordinary lives at once.
💼 (3:02) Two Lives, One Woman
On running a high-powered corporate career & a rich creative life.
🏆 (4:29) The VP Years
What it took to rise to Vice President at Avantha, & what the artist in her brought to the boardroom.
🎨 (6:32) Building ArtAdda
How a studio experiment became a thriving collective of artists united by creativity and dialogue.
👁️ (9:03) Where Everyone Listens With Their Eyes
The story behind ArtAdda's remarkable tagline & what true listening really looks like.
🖼️ (11:03) Thirty Years of Collecting
On falling in love with original art, what draws her to a piece, & what it means to live with art.
📖 (14:19) Documenting Food History
Why culinary heritage is worth preserving, & how the archivist in her approaches a meal.
🐘 (20:58) There's an Elephant in My Garden
On writing short fiction, & what the elephant really is.
❤️ (24:19) CARE India and the Not-for-Profit World
What leading in the social sector demands of a person, & why it stays with you.
🌍 (26:57) The Polyglot Traveller
How language & place change what you notice about art, food, & people.
🥇 (29:17) Two Lifetime Achievement Awards and Still Going
On what achievement really means when you are nowhere close to done.
🏡 (30:52) What ArtAdda Has Become
From a studio collective to a home at Museo Camera, & where the community is headed.
⏳ (33:32) Three Decades
Two Worlds Reflecting on what thirty years of parallel lives have taught her about creativity, leadership, & herself.
✨ (36:22) The Reveal
The first thing that comes to mind. No wrong answers.
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