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Banner & CompanySai Clayton: Artist and CuratorGrowing up with two artistically minded parents, Sai Clayton never wanted for something to fill her time — using her imagination wasn't just encouraged, it was expected. Creativity runs in the family, and it permeated her early life. That included many days spent at the Frist Art Museum, exploring the galleries and, in her childhood years, hanging out in the ArtQuest area.
Life has come full circle for Sai, who was selected as the Frist's inaugural curatorial fellow and now, has co-curated the new exhibit In Her Place, which showcases the works of numerous women artists who have he...
2026-02-1538 min
Things to do in NashvilleNashville's Vibrant Summer: Music, Art, and AdventureNashville pulses with music, creativity, and a spirit that invites everyone to join the party. Listeners arriving this week can start with a true cultural sampler by visiting Plaza Mariachi on Nolensville Pike. There’s a vibrant flea market from 8 AM to 4 PM on Sunday, ideal for discovering Latin flavors, fresh produce, home goods, and even local crafts. For those keen to experience the city’s dance energy, Plaza Mariachi also hosts Jaripeo Baile from 4 PM to 10 PM on July 27, featuring bull riding, live bands, and dancing—a fusion of music and spectacle that’s distinctly Nashville.For live mus...
2025-07-2704 min
Anna Marie's Sunday FocusEvents at the Frist Art MuseumIn this episode, Meagan Rust, Interpretive Director of Nashville's Frist Art Museum, tells about current and upcoming exhibitions at the Frist, as well as the numerous related events and hands-on activities. The Frist features the Martin ArtQuest, videos, exhibition talks, tours, special nights with live music (It IS Nashville), and dining, all in addition to simply seeing the exhibitions. Also coming up in November is an exhibit of photos taken by Sir Paul McCartney in the Beatles early years. There are also paid internships, docent and volunteer opportunities, and ways to save money by becoming a member. Learn more ab...
2025-06-2230 min
Dear Creative Mind｜a space for creative liberation[conversation] Cultivating creative sustainability with Lydia-Renee DarlingToday, I'm chatting with Lydia-Renee Darling about growing our creative work without burning out. We also touch on navigating uncertainty as an artist and creative, and also running a business with chronic illness or mental health issues. It's been so lovely to get to know more about Lydia-Renee and her journey, and I hope you'll enjoy this conversation.
About Lydia-Renee
Lydia-Renee Darling is an actor-writer and founder of Oh! (My Gosh) Creative Co., an entertainment marketing agency partnering with production companies and creative professionals. Originally from Wisconsin, she splits her time between the US and...
2023-01-2534 min
Glasgow Museums PodcastSeason 3 Episode 5: GoMA at 25 with Malcolm Dickson and Marcus JackRecorded on 22 December 2021 via zoom this conversation with Malcolm Dickson- a curator, writer and organiser, alongside being the director of Street Level Photoworks and Marcus Jack, a freelance curator, writer and print designer. As Malcolm notes he worked with GoMA from its inception, including curating a show, Infinitude, which opened in 2000. This work (and more) that Malcolm has done in Scotland is also part of Marcus’ PHD looking at the history of artists moving image in Scotland since 1970 and was at the heart of an interesting conversation about moving image in Scotland, GoMA’s early ambitions about new media and cons...
2022-06-091h 02
Out of SPACECare: Looking After the ArtIn the series' fourth episode, Cathy is in conversation with artist Mimei Thompson and consultant Registrar Daniel Smernicki. Together they take a deep dive into how we should care after our artworks, and what happens after they leave the studio. Further reading and references from this episode:Preservation Equipment Limited – Conservation materials and tools. - https://www.preservationequipment.com/Conservation by Design – Conservation-grade storage and archival solutions: https://www.cxdinternational.com/The A-N Contracts Toolkit - https://www.a-n.co.uk/resource/the-artists-contracts-toolkit/...
2021-07-1459 min
ArtquestConway Hall Residency 2019: Interview with Sophia KosmaoglouRecorded conversation between Artquest and Conway Hall Residency 2019 recipient Sophia Kosmaoglou. The conversation explores key concerns in her practice, such as the legitimising role of the institution and the need for alternative models of art education.
Image: Conway Hall Library with Richard Carlile's writing desk from Dorchester Gaol and William Lovett's chair
2019-10-2822 min
ArtquestThe Horniman Residency: Interview 2 with Helena HunterIn this, the second Artquest interview with Helena Hunter, the selected artist of the 2018/19 Horniman Residency reflects on her time at the Horniman Museum and Gardens. The conversation covers unexplored avenues of research, opportunities that have come up as a result of the residency programme and future plans for practice as a result of research undertaken during the residency period.
2019-07-2329 min
ArtquestThe Artist Researcher: A Collections PerspectiveMuseum professionals from the Foundling Museum, Horniman Museum and Battersea Arts Centre talk with Artquest on the benefits to museums of working with artists and some of the practical issues of the relationship.
Chair: Nick Kaplony – Artquest. Panelists Tim Corum – Horniman Museum and Gardens, Alison Duke – Collections Manager, Foundling Museum, Bethany Haynes – Senior Producer, Battersea Arts Centre
2019-06-1945 min
ArtquestThe Artist Researcher: Artists PerspectivesArtists who have worked with museums engaging with their collections through research residencies or similar projects talked on the benefits they gained, their motivations for working with museums, and their relationships with audiences during and after research.
Chair: Caro Howell – Foundling Museum. Panelists Helena Hunter – Artist and Horniman Residency recipient, Tom Railton – Artists and Foundling Residency recipient, Clare Twomey – Artist
2019-06-1957 min
ArtquestThe Artist Researcher: IntroductionAn introduction and overview to The Artist Researcher: artists and museums working together conference by Nick Kaplony from Artquest.
2019-06-1908 min
Art Juice: A podcast for artists, creatives and art loversHow to be selective about submissions [14]This week, we’re considering event and exhibition submissions and asking what criteria should we use to decide if something is right for us. We consider both the financial and reputational benefits of events, identifying areas to consider including costs, location, audience match etc.
But we also go deeper. This topic unearthed a rare difference of opinion as a result of two different perspectives. In the end, we both agree that submission decisions shouldn’t be made in a vacuum - but rather as an element of your wider strategy.
We also discuss fear of shari...
2019-04-2350 min
ArtquestAdaptation strategies of artist led spacesThis panel discussion, chaired by Artquest and hosted by Shipment, brought together new and established artist-led spaces to consider the financial pressures of this precarious way of working, asking whether the changing economic context of London brings new ethical opportunities to sustainability. The panel consisted of Daniel Kelley of DKUK, Jennifer Lewandowski of French Riviera, Roland Fischer of SET.
2019-04-171h 23
ArtquestAnnie-Marie Akussah in conversation with Hansi Momodu-GordonAnnie-Marie Akussah talks to Hansi Momodu-Gordon about the opportunities that have shaped her career, obstacles both internal and external that are often encountered working in the art world for people of colour.
2019-03-1247 min
ArtquestART/WORK: a conversationA conversation about capital, labour, the working practices of artists, and the future of work, organised by Artquest for the Block 336 / Finnish Institute in London residency ART/WORK, February 2019.
The ART/WORK residency was a 5-week artist residency and exhibition for an artist based in Finland that looks at themes of work, labour, and how these are valued and expressed in wider society, timed to coincide with the end of Finland’s Universal Basic Income trial.
Speakers
Anu Suhonen is a Helsinki-based visual artist who works mainly with video, photography and installations. She is currently artist in residence at Block 336 du...
2019-02-211h 00
ArtquestDIY: navigating the art market and developing a sustainable practice.Artquest organised talk for UAL’s Creative Enterprise Week 2018.
DIY: navigating the art market and developing a sustainable practice.
A talk between Charlotte Marra, Sales and Production Manager at Studio Voltaire, and Patrick Goddard, artist.
2018-11-2154 min
ArtquestHorniman Residency Interview: Harmony and HullaballooThe last interview accompanying the 2017 Horniman Residency sees Alex Julyan in conversation with Artquest reflecting on her closing event "Harmony and Hullaballoo" and talking about the impact the residency has had on her thinking and practice.
2018-07-3040 min
ArtquestThe Work of Art: Marianne Holm HansenArtist Marianne Holm Hansen talks about the value of gallery education and socially engaged practice, the barriers to artistic practice in London and how art fosters political dialogue in this conversation with Artquest's Russell Martin. Part of The Work of Art, a series of interviews aiming to find out what artists really do all day.
2016-04-2646 min
ArtquestThe Work of Art: Barby AsanteArtist Barby Asante talks about artists impact on gentrification in London, her career, what motivated her to become an artist, and art school education in this conversation with Artquest's Russell Martin. Part of The Work of Art, a series of interviews aiming to find out what artists really do all day.
2016-04-0648 min
ArtquestThe Work of Art: Emma SmithArtist Emma Smith talks about the economics of moving out of London, issues of free labour and fees, and her experience of negotiating residencies in this conversation with Artquest's Russell Martin. Part of The Work of Art, a series of interviews aiming to find out what artists really do all day.
2016-03-2954 min
ArtquestSystem Failure: the gallery problemArtists have no real career progression: little basis on which to charge more fees or expect higher sale prices, and very few methods with which to distinguish themselves from their peers. How can you tell if an artist is more established, less ‘emerging’ than another? Arguably, the main traditional marker of an artists career is exhibitions in galleries - objects ostensibly created by individual artists and exhibited in public places for criticism, sale and edification.
But for an increasing number of artists, the traditional gallery system no longer works - and although some galleries are responding, many remain stuck in earl...
2015-12-151h 29
ArtquestSystem Failure: the education problemThe art world is changing - the role of artists is changing. Creativity and the creative industries are new watchwords for business and politics, with artists increasingly invited to take part in regeneration, community, education and healthcare improvement projects. Within this, how can art schools balance the education they provide between a protected time in which to grow a creative practice, and providing the real-life skills artists will need to earn money in their future careers?
Art schools have long had a problem with how to teach - or whether to teach - about the business side of being an...
2015-12-031h 12
ArtquestSystem Failure: the family problemPart 4 of a six-part conversation on fixing the art world system: see www.artquest.org.uk/articles/view/system_failure.
This talk considers families as a problem for the art world, not as a problem for artists. On a local, mundane level, the art world at best ignores and at worst actively discourages family life. The predominant social and professional network of the art world - the evening gallery opening - occurs at the time when young children are being put to bed, effectively barring artist-parents. If the first three years after graduation are vital when chasing an artists career...
2015-12-011h 16
ArtquestSystem Failure: the money problemPart 3 of a six-part conversation on fixing the art world system: see www.artquest.org.uk/articles/view/system_failure.
Artists, like any other worker, need to earn an income. And like many other freelancers, they are sometimes asked to work for free. The issue of pay for work is complex, political and philosophical on the one hand, but tied very firmly to the practical considerations of housing, raising a family, and making work.
Over the past twenty years or so, the arts have undergone enormous cultural and social changes that provide huge challenges to artists - artists without whom...
2015-11-191h 15
ArtquestSystem Failure: the city problemPart 2 of a six-part conversation on fixing the art world system: see www.artquest.org.uk/articles/view/system_failure.
The relationship between artists and urban regeneration is long and contentious. In London, the activities of developers, businesses and governments have worked for hundreds of years to move poorer residents - often including visual artists - around the city. Whether artists are the avant grade of regeneration or merely its unwilling pawns remain the subject of divided opinion, but surprisingly little hard research.
What seems more certain is that artists have been both benefitted and hindered by regeneration’s inevitable ma...
2015-11-121h 17
ArtquestSystem Failure: the funding problemPart 1 of a six-part conversation on fixing the art world system: see http://www.artquest.org.uk/articles/view/system_failure.
Modern public funding for the arts in the UK is fifty years old this year, with the first (and so far only) white paper A Policy for the Arts - First Steps published by arts minister Jennie Lee in 1965. But much earlier, in 1946, economist John Maynard Keynes was instrumental in setting up its forerunner, the Arts Council of Great Britain, which endured until 1994.
The original aims of public arts funding, as developed by Keynes and his peers, were to...
2015-11-051h 14
ArtquestPractice 360 with Ellie Harrison - Ethics: Extremism and CompromiseEver since her early works, such as Eat 22 (for which she photographed everything she ate for a year), there has been a blurring between Ellie Harrison’s life and work, and an ongoing struggle to balance the two. Over the last six years, as her work has become more politicised, she has developed ever more extreme systems and rules to enable her to live her values (minimise her impact on the world) and be as efficient as possible (maximise her work time) – pushing out all unnecessary objects and relationships as a result. In this talk, as part of Artquest’s Practi...
2015-04-2039 min
Audio ArchiveEthics: Extremism & Compromise (talk by Ellie Harrison)Talk by Ellie Harrison for Artquest's Practice 360 programme at Camden Arts Centre exploring the relationship between her life choices and her work as an artist
2015-03-1839 min
ArtquestThe New Economy of Art: going to art school is a terrible way to learn about being an artistThis debate focusses on the place, purpose and function of art school education and its contemporary use in training a new generation of artists.
Against: Professor Juan Cruz, artist and the Dean of the School of Fine Art at the Royal College of Art.
For: Andrew Brighton, formerly Senior Curator: Public Events at Tate Modern
2014-12-081h 05
ArtquestThe Real World - Social ShiftsThis talk, run in partnership with Whitechapel gallery asked how artists are working outside of the gallery environment to comment on our current political and social climate and explore the inter-relation between people and place? How are they using an inter-disciplinary approach to connect to the everyday? With presentations by Emma Smith and Jordan McKenzie.
2014-09-161h 42
Audio ArchiveFor The Love Of It (speech by Ellie Harrison)Polemic by Ellie Harrison to conclude Artquest's For The Love Of It conference which aimed to explore the various factors which can and should motivate artists
2013-05-1528 min