ArtyParti turned 10 years old this year! Join us as we listen back to the last decade of ArtyParti, and celebrate ten years of brining artists & creatives together for conversations and development of creative practice.
This episode of ArtyParti was recorded at Port Independent in Sunderland. Alongside collaborating on shared canvases and generally chilling and mixing, we shared extracts and images from across the past ten years of ArtyParti.
Clips featured in this episode:
- Our first ever broadcast as a radio show on Spark in 2015, hosted by Sinead Livingston and Jay Sykes, and one of our first guests David Callaghan, then part of the Cultural Spring.
- A live-recorded performance of an original song by singer/songwriter Sinead Livingston, 'Patchwork Pier'.
- Our gold-winning entry to the Community Radio Awards in 2016 (which itself contains a bunch of clips!)
- The journey behind a collaborative piece of soundscape + writing between audio producer RJ Phoenix and writer James Whitman.
- A live show recorded at BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival in 2018 at the (formerly) Sage Gateshead, hosted by Emma Millen, RJ Phoenix, and Jay Sykes, leading into vox-pops about the 'Radio.Garden' project recorded and mixed by Michael McLaren.
- A short promo used regularly on the radio station Spark.
- Sound composer Odette Johnson a.k.a. Museleon in discussion with audio producer Lewis Harrower about Odette's electronic/found sound composition 'Wasps'.
- Odette's vibrant sound collage composition for ArtyParti - meticulously mixing 24 arts-based sounds.
- One of our first podcast episodes - recorded at Mackie's Corner as one of our 'Celebration' events in 2019 - supported by the Unlock Strand of Sunderland Culture's 'Great Place' scheme. This clip features Laura Brewis, Sarah Carr, and Dr. Loes Veldpaus.
- Ceramic artist Iona Stock in conversation with (then) 17Nineteen's Lily Daniels about their pottery collection inspired by the cracks in the building.
- Singer/songwriter and Witch-Pop Pioneer Shannon Pearlsharing the process behind her music + found sound album 'Ghosts'.
- An extract from our most recent Show and Tell episode, recorded at Port Independent in Sunderland. This clip features writer Auburn Langley, vegan creative Sarah Drummond, contemporary romance author Carrie McGovern, animator Anthony Deligiannis, and visual artists Sully Alenezi, Sally Anderson, and Jordan Quinn.
- Reflections by artists Sofia Barton,Sully Alenezi, and Lianne Bell about Sofia's 'Death Magic' exhibition at the Vane Gallery in Gateshead.
- A montage of artists and visitors to the third Sunderland Art Festival of 2025, organised by Art Café's Su Devine.
- Our most recent episode, 'The Doors Refused to Open, But I Kept Pushing' - a live-audience panel recorded at Diego's Joint in Sunderland. This clip features journalists Godstime David, Rachel Charlton-Dailey, and media producer Sophie Willox.
More about ArtyParti:
ArtyParti is a twice-monthly podcast, events series, and community platform that celebrates and supports development of the work of artists and creatives. ArtyParti brings artists and creatives together to share about their projects & passions, promote events and exhibitions, and offer insight and advice on developing creative practice. Whether emerging or established, everyone is invited to ArtyParti.
ArtyParti's Events:
We host regular events at the café Port Independent in Sunderland - including upcoming Show and Tell, Sunderland Scratch, and Writers' Toolkit events, as well as live-audience panels. Tickets are a fiver for these events, or free for our 'Friend' supporters on Patreon, and include a complimentary +1. Head to ArtyParti.com for more info and to book your tickets. That’s Arty with a Y, Parti with an I. Why aye!
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