Sideways thought
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Tag: leadership
Doing More
Often it feels like I’m Clinging onto my arts career by my finger tips even after 20+ years. And yet still I feel an enormous sense of joy when I get to enter an arts building to be part of the community of arts leaders. I never knew this life could be possible for me, growing up away from a “cultural hub” with no industry … Continue reading Doing More
Cop 22 is coming
The #Coptimists over at Julie’s Bicycle have been reminding us that agreement made in Paris last year becomes binding today and showed us some of the movers and shakers in arts who are trying to make climate change awareness and action a reality. We were delighted to be included in a small way! (2 mins 30 in – blink and you miss our artistic director … Continue reading Cop 22 is coming
Arts4Britain – Thunderclap
[ezcol_1third] [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] Just Jones & is part of a national movement committed to putting and keeping arts and culture in the centre of pub lic life in the UK. It’s not just about funding: for us it’s about making life fun, exciting, thrilling, surprising, challenging and beautiful for everyone; it’s about giving everyone somewhere to go, and the skills and crafts, to explore the … Continue reading Arts4Britain – Thunderclap
Stop Reaching for the High Notes
When I was in my mid teens some time in the last century, I had a vocal range of three and a half octaves (give or take). I’m told this was impressive and I know it was a tad unusual because I started in one production as the contralto and was later promoted to the soprano lead. (It was in this same production that I … Continue reading Stop Reaching for the High Notes
Stop Reaching for the High Notes
When I was in my mid teens some time in the last century, I had a vocal range of three and a half octaves (give or take). I’m told this was impressive and I know it was a tad unusual because I started in one production as the contralto and was later promoted to the soprano lead. (It was in this same production that I … Continue reading Stop Reaching for the High Notes
Green Ey’d Monster
A report from D&D held at The Yard in 2014 See the event details devoted and disgruntled The full title of this is: Green Ey’d monster – does your professional jealousy make you want to kill yourself or kill the other guy? I first heard this phrase used in an evening of spoken word performed at the Albany by (just going to look up her … Continue reading Green Ey’d Monster
Thoughts before attending my first I’ll Show You Mine meeting
Note: I started to write this sitting in the sun in the courtyard at Somerset House yesterday. I’d just been to a What Next? Culture meeting…. and Tony Benn was still alive. “Today I shall be attending my first I’ll show you mine meeting hosted by Ovalhouse. If you don’t know what that is, the best way is to read the source blog post by Bryony Kimmings … Continue reading Thoughts before attending my first I’ll Show You Mine meeting
