Art & Other People
Art & Other People
Podcast Description
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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The podcast focuses on the interplay between care and creativity, discussing themes such as the artistic process within domestic life and the significance of vulnerability in storytelling. Episode examples include conversations with filmmakers and musicians about their experiences, such as Sarah Gavron's exploration of youth storytelling in her film 'Rocks' and the dynamics of artistic creation in the midst of caregiving responsibilities.
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.
During COVID-19, Rowena Richie and her colleagues were struck by the unprecedented isolation faced by elders. Their response was to connect artists—suddenly without performance venues—with older adults through a project called ”For You.” What makes this approach unique is its focus on reciprocity. ”We started calling it a gift FOR them,” Ritchie explains, ”but then it really became a gift WITH them.”
Richie took these insights into her work with Memory Cafes, where people with dementia share poems aloud, and as a Fellow with the Atlantic Foundation's Global Brain Health Institute, where she observed different cultural approaches to care around the world.
Collectively, these experience help us see what creative care can accomplish: reciprocal courage, patient listening, and the recognition that each of us—regardless of age or cognitive ability—has something valuable to give.
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