Hosted by FrancisKnight · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 16 episodes
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A series of stylishly produced conversational podcasts about the ins and outs and highs and lows of making high quality art in the public realm.Louise Francis and Laura Knight, co-directors of FrancisKnight, talk with a number of recognised experts in the field about best practice and why public art is so important.
FrancisKnight hosts Talking Public Art, a arts show with 16 episodes published.
For our final episode in Series 3 we talk to Birmingham-based landscape architect, Joe Gerrard. About: His fascination from a young age with design and engineering; On understanding the landscape and designing with space
In our fourth episode for Season 3 we talk to Victoria Jones the founder of T Projects an Arts consultancy delivering public art, creative strategies & artist development initiatives in Australia and the UK. About: Waffl
This week we talk to Jo Verrent, Director of Unlimited. About: Supporting disabled artists; getting too big for your boots, rubbish off-the-shelf policies; and Grantium, the dreaded Arts Council application portal. Plus:
This week we talk to Chris Dixon, Arts and Cultural Industries Manager at Ashford Borough Council. About: surviving (or not surviving) in the arts; building networks and relationships, creative hooks and creating the con
In our first episode for Season 3 we talk to Artistic Director Brigitte Orasinski of Folkestone-based arts company, Strange Cargo. About: community participation and working with large numbers of people; on bringing the
In our final episode we talk to artists Nicole Mollett and José den Hartog. About: the rewards of community engagement and tapping into local knowledge; making things that people can use in their everyday lives; a shared
In this episode we talk to Caroline Hicks, Director of Growth & Community for Dartford Borough Council. About: the days when local authorities still had money; getting young creatives into Canterbury Market; commissionin
In this episode, we talk to Paul Cowell, Head of Culture & Libraries at Medway Council. About: growing up in Bradford and being inspired by his Mum’s involvement with Am Dram; creating environments and loving pavilions;
In this episode, we talk to artist Kerry Lemon About: escaping being pigeon-holed as an illustrator and getting into public art; being a one-woman B Corp; mentoring and supporting women to do what she does; leaving a soc
In our first episode, we talk to Mark Osborn, Assistant Director of Housing at Gravesham Borough Council. About: the role of public art in giving a place an identity; why a landscape-led development is usually a more suc
In this episode Louise and Laura talk with Writer Mark Hewitt about their own work as Public Art Consultants at FrancisKnight and: the challenge involved with keeping public art as a priority on large-scale projects the
In this episode Louise and Laura talk with Artist Maria Amidu about: why she turned from craft-maker to working in the public realm the importance of rooting a project in the community the interplay between the initial b
In this episode Louise and Laura talk with Artist Chris Tipping and Landscape Architect Mark Fisk about the importance of: - not always having a plan and allowing processes to evolve - responding to local flavour and the
In this episode Louise and Laura talk with Artist Katayoun Dowlatshahi about: how being an outsider can add value to a development working around the challenges of budget limitations being environmentally conscious and o
In this episode Louise and Laura talk with planning director Kathy Putnam about: her journey from being a Conservation Officer in Liverpool and Hampshire to overseeing urban design in Medway working as a woman in a male-
Whether you’re involved in planning, design or architecture, whether you’re an artist interested in public art or whether you’re just simply passionate about public spaces and the role art can have in making spaces bette
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Talking Public Art is hosted by FrancisKnight. The show is categorised under arts (visual) and has published 16 episodes.
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