Informer Podcast with Roddy Schrock
2023
2023
Visit episode webpage here.
From the episode webpage:
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Having worked in the arts in NYC for about 15 years now, a constant inspiration has been Ruby Lerner. I have found her profound commitment to the importance of artists in building a more imaginative and rich culture in this country to be the gold standard in designing rational approaches to arts funding.
If you are an artist, or someone who cares about the health and wellbeing of the arts in the United States, I think you will find this conversation to be both insightful and inspirational. There's only one Ruby and I am honored to be able to work with her through my directorship at Eyebeam, where she serves on the board. It was a pleasure to dig into the shifts since the meltdown of the NEA in the 90's to the current version of the culture wars we are experiencing now, from her perspective, as an arts executive since the 80's.
As she finalizes a new archive and website of her work and the artists that she has engaged with, this was a fine moment to capture conversations that we typically have offline.
From informerpodcast.com:
Informer invites audiences behind the screen to meet the people sketching, hacking, and imagining the next versions of our world.
Hosted by Roddy Schrock, Informer spotlights creative minds grappling with a changing world through art, technology, or both. Schrock connects with friends in lively, critical dialogue to learn more about what sparks their imagination.
Roddy Schrock is an arts organizer and curator, currently Executive Director of Eyebeam in New York, with a career in digital art and production spanning over two decades and three continents.
Beyond The Studio: Ruby Lerner
2023
Beyond The Studio Podcast, 2023
Listen on Apple Podcasts here.
“New episode with Ruby Lerner is live.
This week's episode of Beyond the Studio is a special one—we had the enormous privilege of sitting down to interview none other than Ruby Lerner, founding Executive Director of Creative Capital! If you're not already familiar with Ruby's work, she has devoted her career to supporting artists as a fierce advocate for professional development (Beyond the Studio exists thanks to her legacy!), and we were thrilled to speak with her as she is nearing her 75th birthday and the launch of her new website and online archive.
Hear more from Ruby as she reflects back on her 40 year career advocating for the arts and artists, her advice for emerging arts leaders today, the importance of archiving and personal finance, what it would take to build a nationwide infrastructure of support for artists, and why she remains optimistic about the future.”
Museum As Stakeholder: How To Retool the Funding Landscape and Invest in a Social Change Ecosystem
2022, Museum Metomorphosis: Cultivating Change Through Cultural Citizenship
Museum Metomorphasis: Cultivating Change Through Cultural Citizenship, 2022
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