ARTCONNECTS Podcast

ARTCONNECTS19 Podcast•www.steamco.org.uk

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\n\n\nA Celebration of the Power of Creativity, Technology and People to Inspire Young People and Children in their Learning, To Create Careers and Power the Economy and to Engage and Connect Society and Communities.
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\n\n\nSTEAM Co. believe we have to Connect Young People with their Art be it dance, dj-ing, cooking or coding, fashion or football and Connect Communities with their Schools.
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\n\n\nEvery episode we'll be talking to not just teachers and people in the world of education but across the board in business and other organisations.
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\n\n\nBecause 'Art is what we call it when what we do might connect us'.
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\nSeries 1: #ARTCONNECTS19 - our first flurry into podcasting and what a wonderful response we had
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\nSeries 2: #TALKWALKERS20 - chats with people who knew and were inspired by Sir Ken Robinson on the sad shadow of his tragic passing
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7: #TalkWalkers20 - Creative Coalition Festival

Our last podcast with Mark Featherstone-Witty, Founding Principal of the Brit School and LIPA shortly after the tragic passing of Sir Ken Robinson inspired this short #TalkWalkers20 Series series in memory of Sir Ken and a contribution to his legacy. This one was recorded on our Pyramid Stage made form cardboard, code and creativity which we set up at BBC Television Center as you can see for the Creative Coalition 2020 Festival in London. Like the whole series, it features people who knew and wo...

Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 7

6: The #ART OF LIVERPOOL with Mark Featherstone-Witty OBE, CEO/Founding Principal LIPA

Mark Featherstone-Witty OBE is an educator and entrepreneur. He is the Founding Principal and Chief Executive of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts which he founded, with Paul McCartney, in the mid-1990s, after establishing the British Record Industry Trust BRIT School in Croydon with Richard Branson What an honour to interview him for this podcast series and how timely, with the tragic recent passing of one of Liverpool's founding fathers, Sir Ken Robinson. Hear what Mark says the Engl...

Nov 24, 2020•54 min•Ep. 6

5: The #ART OF BABIES with Suzanne Zeedyk - Research Scientist

Now this episode was a blast and tells the story of how a crazy day out in Oxford became a day in Leicester and a week in Scotland and the North East. A story of connections but is mostly an inspiring chat with Research Scientist Suzanne Zeedyk about the amazing connections that babies form and how we break them at our peril. Enjoy.

Jun 26, 2019•48 min•Ep. 5

4: The #ART OFACADEMICS with Prof Bill Lucas, Co-Chair of the OECD PISA Creative Thinking Committee

"I like university professors, but we shouldn't hold them up as the high watermark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life; another form of life. But they're rather curious, and I say this out of affection for them. There's something curious about professors, in my experience; not all of them, but typically - they live in their heads. They live up there and slightly to one side. They're disembodied in a kind of literal way. They look upon their body as a form of transport for their...

Apr 23, 2019•38 min•Ep. 4

3: The #ART OF BOLD with Kirsty Williams - Minister for Education, Wales

Whether you’re a parent, teacher, employer, policy maker or any other type of creative carer you’ll have a vested interest in how we educate our children. Not just to carve a career to be able to support themselves and any family they gain along life’s journey but also to be able to enjoy life and be a part of and contribute to society. This podcast is about a bold move by a country around how it educates its children to ensure they thrive and don’t just survive in the 21st century, in an age of...

Apr 12, 2019•53 min•Ep. 3

2: The #ART OF THE VILLAGE with Richard Gerver

After our first podcast last week with Matthew Taylor of The RSA you might not think it could get better, but it does here. We're on a mission to understand the challenges and issues behind the looming creativity crisis in our schools, work and lives so who better to speak to than a man who has been a teacher and headteacher who was recognised by UNESCO for his work turning a failing school around. His secret? Making every day, every moment in the school like a day at Disneyland by creating expe...

Apr 07, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 2

1: The #ART OF ART with Matthew Taylor FRSA , CEO of The RSA

Well where better place to start when trying to work out what the heck art is that with A for Art and in John Adam Street no less, home of The RSA where the A stands for Art, or is is Arts? In this podcast, STEAM Co. Co-found and Dad, possibly soon to be CEO, Nick Corston isn't too sure until he gets a good talking to from Matthew Taylor, CEO of The RSA. We can't imagine we'll ever do a much longer podcast than this and we certainly won't spend half of it EVER again telling you what STEAM Co. do...

Mar 27, 2019•42 min•Ep. 1

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Nick Corston, Dad and Co-Founder of non-profit Community Enterprise of STEAM Co. hosts the ARTCONNECTS19 Podcast. Celebrating the power of creativity, technology and people. To inspire young people and children in their learning. To create careers and power the enconomy and to engage and connect society and wider communities. We believe we have to connect young people with their art be it dance, dj-ing, cooking or coding, fashion or football and connect communities with their schools. Every epis...

Mar 19, 2019•2 min•Ep. 1

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