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Teach Inspire Create is a podcast about creativity and education. Comprised of 8 episodes, with 8 guests from the creative industries, in each episode we will talk to our guests about their different experiences and values, and how these can influence diverse ways of teaching. Through stimulating conversation, we hope to inspire your inner student and lead you to create new pathways of exploration in your and your student's creative practice. Each week our guests will give a ‘provocation’ that aims to disrupt and challenge your thinking. This is yours to use, explore and create with.
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This podcast is created by UAL Awarding Body and hosted by Matt Moseley, UAL Awarding Body Chief Examiner for Art and Design.
Abbas Zahedi is an artist who grew up in Shepherds Bush, West London. He works with sound, installation and performance art.
In this episode, Abbas will be talking about his route into art after first studying to become a doctor, how he maps spaces and captures feelings through his artwork, and we will also learn more about the many different aspects of his art practice.
Instagram: @abbzah
Website: https://abbzah.com/
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Kimmy Beatbox is one of the UK's top beatboxers. They started their career busking in Liverpool and Manchester, and now they perform across the UK and collaborate with global brands.
In this episode, Kimmy talks about why busking on the street is so important to them, and how they create unique sounds with just their body. And we're going to hear about why they're so passionate to teach beatboxing to people young and old.
Instagram: @kimmybeatbox
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George Yarnton is an artist and illustrator from Ipswich, who has designed for magazines such as Enemy and Vice, as well as for the music industry and skateboard brand.
In this episode, George talks about how he develops his unique illustration style, how he maintains a career as a freelancer, and what other design interests he has which help him with his career.
Instagram: @yarnd0g
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Anna Ssemuyaba is a screenwriter who has worked on many different projects across film and TV. She was named by Deadline as one of the UK's 10 Rising Stars of 2020 and featured on the 2019 Brit List.
In this episode, Anna talks about how she got into the notoriously competitive screenwriting profession, how she gets inspiration for her characters and storylines, and we will hear what her advice is for young, aspiring writers.
Channel4 Screenwriting Competition
BBC Production Trainee Scheme
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DINES® is a Creative Director and international keynote speaker based in London, UK. He's currently active as founder and Creative Director of multi-award winning creative agency, Studio BLUP London.
In this episode, DINES® talks about how he founded his own creative studio at a very young age, how he inspires young people today to get into the arts, and his new initiative, BLUP Academy, an online learning resource for young creatives all around the country!
Instagram: @_dines
Website: https://dines.london/
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Roberta Mazur is an Arts Manager for the charity Arts 4 Dementia. She designs and organises arts and creative workshops for people living with early stage dementia, as well as curating and holding exhibitions of their work in public places.
In this episode, Roberta shares what it's like working at the intersection of arts and charity, what she's learnt from her time running her own gallery, and the impact her current work has on her and the people involved.
Website: arts4dementia.org.uk
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Christopher Lakewood is an accent modification and dialect coach, working across film, TV, and theatre to coach actors. He also teaches at major acting schools and is an actor himself.
In this episode, Christopher shares more about his own accent and dialect training and how he prepares actors for performance, and we'll hear some of his amazing accents along the way.
Website: www.lakewoodamdc.co.uk
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Rieko Whitfield is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. She has recently been an artist in residence at the Tate Galleries and has gathered a following through live performances at galleries in London, such as the Victorian Albert Museum and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
In this episode, Rieko shares how she balances her different artistic disciplines, how her new pop album fits into her art practice, and how a chance encounter with fellow multi-disciplinarian David Lynch supported her journey.
Instagram: @riekowhitfield
Website: www.riekowhitfield.com
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Eli is a composer, producer, DJ and teacher. He works with young people teaching media and music and also composes and produces music for commercial clients amongst other things.
In this episode, Eli explored the importance of community in his creative process, delves into how he produces for multiple clients at the same time, and discusses how his teaching practice and production work have informed one another.
Instagram handle: @dj_eli.t
Website: https://www.elituray.com/music
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Chris Barrett enjoyed an exciting career in photojournalism before starting up social enterprise thinkFOUND, a sustainable furniture design company that utilises reclaimed materials in London.
The enterprise also offers training and work experience opportunities to young people in the community, providing them with pathways into employment and experience in a creative industry.
In this episode, Chris shares anecdotes from some of his amazing adventures taking photos around the world, as well as discussing the importance of reinventing yourself creatively.
Instagram handle: @thinkfound
thinkFOUND website: https://thinkfound.co.uk/
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Suzannah is an up-and-coming fashion photographer who recently graduated from the London College of Fashion with an MA in Fashion Photography.
Suzannah’s projects focus on social issues which resonate with her and her community and she cleverly collides them with traditional fashion photography techniques. Her final project has been published in multiple photographic magazines and across many news outlets.
In this episode, Suzannah explores why determination is key, and stresses the importance of experimentation in photography.
Instagram handle: @suzzyparlaa
Suzannah’s website: www.suzannahgabriel.com
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Adam is a sound artist, an experimental ambient musician who goes by the name Nexcyia. He works with found sound often weaving together harsh sound designs with larger sound landscapes.
In this episode, we talk to Adam about the work he's produced, both as Adam Dove, sound artist, and as Nexcyia, ambient music producer. We discuss how those two roles differ and where his ideas have come from for new work.
Instagram handle: @nexcyia
Website: https://nexcyia.com/
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Jason Wilsher-Mills is a digital artist from Wakefield in Yorkshire who’s work also features sculpture, Augmented-Reality and 3D Printing amongst other mediums.
We speak to Jason about his experience of developing a digital art practice after his initial fine art training. He says the accessibility of tablets allow him to produce large scale, detailed paintings despite the physical challenges presented by his disability.
Instagram handle: @jasonwilshermills
Jason’s website: www.jwmartist.co.uk
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Izabela is the Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Photography, a job that requires her to select and coordinate the photography projects and journalists for the magazine's features. She also curates the narrative for the issues theme, from project to project and page to page.
Izabela’s path to this role has not always been linear, originally studying language and politics, then journalism, before completing a postgraduate degree in graphic design.
In this episode, Izabela explores how her varied education has helped her to get to where she is now and offers up words of wisdom for budding photographers.
Instagram handle: @izaradz
BJP website: https://www.1854.photography/
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Alex Harman is the CEO and one of the founding members of KODE Media Productions, a London-based production house who represent directors and photographers across a range of creative activities.
Throughout his career, Alex has helped to produce music videos, advertisements, commercials and other moving image work for companies such as Nike, Adidas and Aston Martin.
In this episode, Alex discusses his unorthodox trajectory through education, the skills and attributes he likes to see in directors and what it takes to succeed in a very competitive industry.
Instagram handle: @kodemedia
KODE Media website: https://kodemedia.com/
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Jelly Green is a British – New Zealander painter based in Suffolk. Jelly’s work is defined by her passion for the natural world, particularly the earth’s forests. She has spent extended periods working from the jungles and rainforests of the world which has inspired her work.
We talk to Jelly about her experience of being mentored by another British artist Maggie Hambling since she was very young and how her practice is spurred on by the current climate crisis.
Instagram handle: @jellygreenartist
Jelly’s website: www.jelly-green.com
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Artist and writer, Annabel Dover, favours the representation of the ephemeral, she is interested in unveiling the hidden stories and emotions of the objects around us, engaging the viewer in untold tales of wonder.
Annabel uses a variety of mediums, including painting, photography, video, cyanotype, and drawing. Her work is part distillation, part peripatetic ramble through her influences which range from archaeological illustration, archaic scientific techniques and the enthusiasms of a Victorian lady to the theories of Freud and anthropological research.
We talk to Annabel about the nuances of having a multifaceted career, how to creatively compromise with clients without compromising your creative identity, and how to continually find new creative ideas.
Annabel’s website: https://www.annabeldover.uk/
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Karina is a cultural curator, educator, producer and consultant who works to improve representation in the arts and culture.
Over the past 20 years, she’s worked across the arts, culture, education, and media to shape the experience & engagement of diverse audiences and stakeholders.
We discuss with Karina the importance of decolonising the curriculum and representation in the arts – or the lack thereof. We also talk about her passion for music and the different influences that have shaped her multihyphenate career.
Karina’s website: https://karinahmaynard.com/
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Jesse is a musician and producer best known as the bass player of the British pop-rock band, Keane. Alongside performance, Jesse has dedicated his voice as a campaigner for music accessibility in schools. Including a recent interview with the BBC lobbying the government to support and fund music in schools.
He also founded and runs a community arts centre called Old Jet on an abandoned U.S. Air Force base in the English countryside near Suffolk.
We discuss how collaboration and community are key in the music industry, and how education today supports but also sometimes fails young musicians and artists.
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Nina Stevenson is Education for Sustainability Leader at UAL’s Centre for Sustainable Fashion. CSF (Centre for Sustainable Fashion) ‘provokes, challenges and questions the fashion status quo’, ‘shaping and contributing to Fashion Design for Sustainability as a field of study, industry, and education practices.’
Her work involves collaborating with others to develop complex sustainability ideas into creative and measurable learning in online and offline spaces.
We will be exploring how teachers can use creative education to enable conversations and learning about climate justice. We will also talk about how to remain creative, optimistic and experimental when working in an industry that has faced so much criticism.
Check out resources for fashion tutors: www.fashionseeds.org
CSF’s latest free online courses: https://www.futurelearn.com/partners/lcf
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Jamie Beddard, one of the UK's leading disabled theatre practitioners. He is a writer, actor, director and workshop leader as well as a trainer and consultant. Above it all, Jamie is an insisting advocate for the integrated sector, working tirelessly for change.
He is Co-Artistic Director for Diverse City, a performing arts company where social justice and culture meet and Lead Artist for Extraordinary Bodies, which is the UK’s leading professional and integrated circus company.
We talk to Jamie about his multi-faceted career so far, the barriers and the opportunities for the disabled in creative arts and how covid has affected these. We also discuss his view on how teachers and learning institutions can lead the way in accessibility for the performing arts, and how society can shift its focus on what disability is.
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Sue Hamilton-White, an Art Psychotherapist, artist, MD and founder of a non-profit arts organisation, Untapped. Sue studied MA Art Psychotherapy at Goldsmiths College and is passionate about reducing youth suicide and self-harm through her work with Untapped and as an Art Psychotherapist for CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) (NHS)
Sue’s dedication and unreserved commitment to using art as a tool for healing is a testament to the kind of person she is.
We talk to Sue about the cross-section of arts and therapy, how Covid has affected young people, and how teachers can support wellbeing in creative teaching.
Trigger warning: In this episode we will be covering the topic of mental health, including suicide and self-harm. If you or anyone you know is affected by these issues, please do check out the links in the show notes for more information and support in this area.
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Rob Gildon, world recognised baritone and vocal animateur, was a recipient of the renowned Garsington Opera Prize and has performed in countless Opera productions around the Globe. Rob has a passion for education, and alongside his own performance work he is a mentor for Music for Youth and a Britten Pears Arts Community Ambassador for Snape Maltings.
He believes in the creative open mindset of being driven by curiosity, finding inspiration in diversity, criticism and the everyday surrounding.
In this episode explore how openness and kindness are key to making a significant contribution to the world of the arts and how these values can guide new generations.
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Advertising powerhouse and inspirational female leader, Rosie Arnold, started her career in advertising moonlighting at a tiny creative hot shop called Bartle Bogle Hegarty in 1983 while studying Fine Art at Central St Martins.Under the mentorship of Sir John Hegarty himself, Rosie worked her way to the top, resulting in a position on the board and as Executive Creative Director.
Her motivation and passion to do mould-breaking creative work with like-minded people saw her lead some of the most influential advertising campaigns in the UK. From flipping the lense on Pretty Polly stockings to using a catchy rap song to promote Yeo valley yoghurt, her ability to communicate by thinking outside of the box is second-to-none.
We talk to Rosie to find out what it is like to be a female leader in what was - and to some extent still is - a heavily male-dominated industry. We are also going to delve into creative responsibility and advertising’s role in society. Ending with some creative tips for you and your students…
Rosie’s website: https://rosiearnold.co.uk/
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