Art & Other People
Art & Other People explores the intersection of care and creativity at a time when artists and caretakers are more needed than ever.
Artist-teachers Sophie Herxheimer and Dan Schifrin talk with artists across music, poetry, painting, film, and more, and investigate the spaces where imagination thrives — as much in the dustbin lids and screaming babyland of domestic effort as in the ivory towers of some mythical studio solitude.
Our theory of change is that everyone is creative, and accessing that creativity is fundamental to personal, familial, and social health.
Can the practice of caring for others expand our capacity as makers? And what do we make of that?
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"Art & Other People" was made possible by a grant from Asylum Arts at The Neighborhood.
Art & Other People
Latest Episodes
How Poetry Helps Us "Make Room" For Others (Denise Saul)
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Letting Go: The Art of Creating Characters and Raising Children (Jai Chakrabarti)
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Care in the Chaos: A Filmmaker's Creative Journey (Sarah Gavron)
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