The Culture Bar: Race and the Civic Responsibility of the Arts
26/10/2021
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Under the Spotlight
A special podcast episode for Black History Month, we delve into race and the civic responsibility of the arts.
In this insightful and inspiring conversation, we are thrilled to be joined by these wonderful panellists:
- Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante – producer, composer, musician, dancer and DJ; co-founder and co-artistic director of the hip-hop dance company, Boy Blue
- Kaya Brown – Artist Coordinator at Polyarts and Creative Access alumnus
- Cliff Fluet – Joint Head of Media & Entertainment at Lewis Silkin, Chair of the Ivors Academy Trust, and Help Musicians Trustee
- Samir Savant – CEO of St George’s Bristol and trustee for the HarrisonParrott Foundation
Hosted by HP’s Henry Southern
This episode is part of our ‘Under the Spotlight’ podcast series where we shine a light on ‘challenging’ topics in the arts, and focus on guests living these experiences and who are working to create change in the sector.
The Culture Bar is a podcast series created by HarrisonParrott focussing on conversations in culture and the arts.
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A special thank you to Robert Cochrane as the composer of the theme tune music, and Merlyn Thomas our editor.