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Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) President Sanjit Sethi engages with creative, cultural leaders on pressing issues facing artists, designers, and the wider creative community. Season Two explores the theme of creativity and equity—and how it relates to work, leadership, teaching, and beyond. Learn more at mcad.edu/ontopic.

  1. Rosie Gordon-Wallace

    03/31/2022

    Rosie Gordon-Wallace

    MCAD President Sanjit Sethi speaks with curator, arts advocate, and community leader Rosie Gordon-Wallace. Gordon-Wallace shares her experience as the pioneering founder of Diaspora Vibe Culture Arts Incubator in Miami, a leading platform for artists to challenge traditional definitions of Caribbean and Latin American art.

    46 min
  2. Amanda Huynh and Rosemary Ugboajah

    02/04/2022

    Amanda Huynh and Rosemary Ugboajah

    Recorded during the Race and Design 2021 Presidential Lecture Series. MCAD President Sanjit Sethi speaks with Amanda Huynh, a product, interaction, and food designer, and professor at Pratt Institute; and Rosemary Ugboajah, founder and CEO of Neka Creative, a brand development agency committed to bringing the power of inclusion to organizations. Amanda and Rosemary share their own experiences addressing race and racism inside and outside the design world. How can practitioners and company structures be more responsive to the communities it serves, and ultimately, more successful?

    52 min

  3. 12/30/2021

    Ben Cameron and Marianna Schaffer

    MCAD President Sanjit Sethi welcomes Ben Cameron, President of the Jerome Foundation, and Marianna Schaffer, Vice President of Programs at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, to discuss how the philanthropic field has changed and how foundations can equitably support the artists of today as well as long into the future.

    46 min

  4. 11/30/2021

    Sarah Bellamy

    In this episode, MCAD President Sanjit Sethi speaks with Sarah Bellamy of the St. Paul-based Penumbra Theatre, one of the nation’s oldest and largest African American theater companies. Sarah discusses Penumbra’s history and how the organization grapples with the social condition of Black Americans, while it also serves as a beacon for the community. Recently, Penumbra has transformed into a center for racial healing and developed a racial equity training program.

    35 min
  5. Mike Medicine Horse and Jonathan Herrera Soto

    10/26/2021

    Mike Medicine Horse and Jonathan Herrera Soto

    This episode's guests also happen to be MCAD alumni—technical artist and animator Mike Medicine Horse '00 and print-based studio artist Jonathan Herrera Soto '17. Hosted by MCAD President Sanjit Sethi, the conversation explores creativity and equity, and how it relates to mentorship, collaboration, racial inheritance, and social responsibility.

    38 min
  6. Lili Hall & Todd Paulson of KNOCK, inc.

    11/02/2020

    Lili Hall & Todd Paulson of KNOCK, inc.

    Lili Hall and Todd Paulson are the founder/CEO and Chief Creative Officer of KNOCK, inc., a full-experience creative agency with a strong commitment to community development. Sanjit spoke with Lili and Todd about the what it means to be a values driven ad agency, how philosophies on corporate responsibility have changed for them, and how they see empathy as a key driver in their work. Learn more about Lili and Todd on our website (mcad.edu/ontopic)

    1h 1m
  7. Gülgün Kayim

    10/27/2020

    Gülgün Kayim

    Gülgün Kayim is an interdisciplinary theater artist, writer and teacher. She serves as Director of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy for the City of Minneapolis. She and Sanjit spoke on May 28, three days after George Floyd was killed and hours before the 3rd precinct in Minneapolis burned to the ground. This conversation is one of processing, unpacking how our institutions respond during great moments of reckoning, and understanding where art and culture fit in the process of healing and responding to trauma. You can learn more about Gülgün on our website (mcad.edu/ontopic).

    1h 2m
  8. DeAnna and Roger Cummings

    10/20/2020

    DeAnna and Roger Cummings

    DeAnna and Roger Cummings founded Juxtaposition Arts twenty-five years ago in North Minneapolis to engage young artists in education and career development through creativity. As Chief Cultural Producer, Roger activates relationships between space and place through art, design, independent livelihood, and collective social enterprise. A few days after our conversation, DeAnna transitioned from Juxta’s CEO to Program Director of Arts at the McKnight Foundation. Learn more about DeAnna and Roger on our website (mcad.edu/ontopic)

    1h 6m
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Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) President Sanjit Sethi engages with creative, cultural leaders on pressing issues facing artists, designers, and the wider creative community. Season Two explores the theme of creativity and equity—and how it relates to work, leadership, teaching, and beyond. Learn more at mcad.edu/ontopic.

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  • Creator
    Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
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