Description

Esther Lisk-Carew is engagement coordinator for a programme called AHEAD (Arts and Humanities Engagement and Dialogue) at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is also a freelance consultant, trustee of Manchester's Portico Library and founder of the Black and Global Majority Cultural Creative Network.

Sarah and Esther talk about

• How she combines a love of storytelling and the arts with a talent for managing events and operations
• Why engagement is often baked into the methods and outputs of arts and humanities
• Building a career in the cultural sector (despite a detour into French law)
• Why academia needs more diverse voices, and high-profile cultural icons

Find out more

• Read the show notes and transcript on the podcast website
• Find out about everything Esther is working on via her Linktree
• Find AHEAD at MMU on the web, Linktree, LinkedIn and Instagram

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