Extraordinary Creatives
by Ceri Hand
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About this podcast
Extraordinary Creatives: The Premier Art Podcast
Welcome to the Extraordinary Creatives podcast, your gateway to the world of exceptional artists and creative leaders who have defied the odds to make a significant impact in the arts and beyond.
Hosted by Ceri Hand, creative coach, curator, and seasoned arts and business insider, this podcast offers a wealth of insights into art and creativity through in-depth interviews. Ceri’s extensive experience and genuine passion for the arts make every episode a treasure trove of inspiration and practical advice.
At the heart of Extraordinary Creatives is the belief that creativity is essential for success. However, it is the courage, confidence, and resilience to dare to be different that truly transforms the world. With her warm, playful, and straight-talking style, Ceri delves into the ideas, processes, mindsets, victories, and challenges of trailblazers who have paved the way in the arts.
Ceri’s mission is to support 100,000 artists and arts leaders by 2025 by providing exclusive access to information, inspiration, and expertise. Discover the transformative power of art with Extraordinary Creatives. Tune in and follow so you don’t miss an episode!
Episodes
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- Sustain the Thing That Sustains You: Finding Your People, Backing Your Work and Building an Art Career with Robin F. Williams · 1 h 15 minWhat happens when you expect your art to become your entire “existential dread receptacle”? That brilliant phrase comes from my guest today, Robin F. Williams, and it opens up a…
- How Your Creative Obsessions Can Help You Find Your People · 17 minI want you to think about somebody whose opinion of your work really matters to you. Perhaps it's a curator you've admired for years, an artist whose practice you find…
- Who Gets Remembered in Art and Why? with Alona Pardo, Director of The Arts Council Collection · 1 h 23 minSome of the decisions that shape art history never make it into the official record. They happen in conversations, through relationships, and because somebody is prepared to…
- What I'm Looking For When I Select Art For Open Calls And Prizes · 19 minWhen I’m selecting for an open call or art prize, I might be looking at hundreds, sometimes thousands, of artworks. So, what actually makes me stop at one and think, hang on, I…
- The Weight of Imagination: Art, Memory, and Making with Andy Holden · 1 h 42 minWhat would it be like to meet every version of the artist you’ve been over the last twenty years? That’s essentially what Andy Holden has just done. For his new book, Weight of…
- What Kind of Art Makes You Glad to Be Alive? · 16 minWhat kind of art makes you glad to be alive? I don't necessarily mean the work you think is important, the artists you're supposed to admire or the exhibitions everybody's…
- What Art Can Do About Climate Change? - with Alice Sharp and Rana Begum · 1 h 29 minWhat can art do about climate change that science, facts, and frightening headlines can’t? That question has driven curator Alice Sharp for more than fifteen years. As Artistic…
- When Research Hasn't Become Art Yet · 17 minAt a recent exhibition opening, I was talking with an artist whose work I admire. We were looking at work that was beautifully made and meticulously researched, yet somehow, I…
- Learning How to Really Look, Understand And Uncover The Story with Daniel Crouch · 1 h 30 minHow does a sixteen-year-old looking for beer money become one of the world’s leading dealers in rare maps, selling extraordinary objects for millions and occasionally outbidding…
- What Four Days Learning About Trauma Taught Me About Creativity · 34 minWhat if the thing that you keep calling procrastination, lack of confidence or self-sabotage isn’t quite what you think it is? What if one part of you desperately wants the…
- Preparing for Viral Success Without Burning Out with Freddie Yauner · 1 h 36 minWhat do you do when an artwork you’ve been quietly developing for years suddenly goes stratospheric? And how do you turn a hit into a career-changing opportunity without…
- Stop Hoping Somebody Will Discover You · 28 min“I don’t know enough people” might be one of the most convenient lies artists tell themselves. And before you get cross with me, hear me out. If you tell yourself, you don’t…
- What Creativity, Leadership and Community Mean When Your Life Changes Drastically with Andrea Grover · 1 h 41 minAndrea Grover has spent nearly thirty years championing artists who take risks. And right now, she’s taking a few of her own. She’s turned her dining room into an experimental…
- When Someone Else's Envy Lands on You · 17 minToday, I am talking about a feeling that most of us know intimately. A feeling that most of us don’t talk about: Envy. This episode is about both kinds, which turn out to be the…
- The Journey Back to Yourself: Letting Go of Who People Expect You to Be with Gabriella Cilmi · 1 h 0 minMy guest today is the wonderful Italian-Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi. Many of you will remember her breakthrough hit Sweet About Me, which became a global…
- The Work That Didn´t Sell · 15 minI was watching The Big Deal, the new programme with Steph McGovern on the BBC, and I came away with more thoughts than will fit into one episode. Most of them can wait. Today I…
- Why Returning to “Failures” Can Be the Most Creative Act of Your Life with Wreckless Eric · 1 h 29 minSome artists spend their whole lives trying to outrun the work that made them famous. Others spend their lives trying to find their way back to themselves. Today's guest has…
- You're Not Avoiding the Task, You're Avoiding the Feeling · 18 minThere is a page in Emma's notebook that has been written out, in more or less the same words, most weeks for months. Five things on it. Email the curator she met last spring…
- What Does It Really Take To Create Extraordinary Work With Another Person With Ain Bailey and Elaine Mitchener MBE · 1 h 28 minWhat does it really take to create extraordinary work with another person? Not just the exciting bits of making, but everything that happens behind the scenes. Building trust…
- When Your Big Idea Becomes Your Big Job · 19 minI was looking at an artist’s proposal recently for a really significant exhibition, and it was one of those proposals where you can immediately see that the artist has really…
