#Doitdifferent

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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