Changing Arts with Tom O’Connor

Changing Arts with Tom O'Connor is a podcast for arts professionals looking to make change in our industry and in our organizations. In this series of conversations, hear from people working on the ground to make change at all levels: from their own team or organization to macro effects on the field.

Our first season included conversations with a range of professionals from the arts industry covering topics including Disability Inclusion in the Arts; Embedding Anti-Racism in Strategic Planning; and Arts Education and Cultural Responsiveness. We are now planning for season two and can’t wait to introduce you to more incredible colleagues from our industry. If you would like to nominate a potential guest, send us an email!

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Ep. 11 | Arts Leadership Now: In Conversation with TOCG's Cynthia Fuhrman

Tom sits down with Cynthia Fuhrman, TOCG's Vice President of Executive Search to discuss her unique perspective on how art organizations and their boards can meaningfully represent their communities, particularly through political advocacy and collaboration with other arts organizations in their communities.

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Ep. 7 | Arts Education and Cultural Responsiveness: Holly Bass

Tom talks with Holly Bass, teaching artist and National Director of Turnaround Arts at the Kennedy Center, about the power of arts education to deliver culturally responsive experiences that can have a liberatory effect on the lives of students.

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Ep. 6 | Impact for the Long Game: Minnesota Opera's Lee Bynum

Tom talks with Lee Bynum, consultant with The Inclusion Firm and the Vice President of Impact for the Minnesota Opera, about what his role entails and his vision for how change happens in organizations as they seek to serve their whole communities, and how the work we do today can ripple out for the long term.

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Ep. 5 | The Multi-Track Arts Career: Producer Sally Cade Holmes

Tom talks to Broadway Producer, consultant, podcast producer --and more -- Sally Cade Holmes about false choices, blurring lines between business and creativity, and ways to improve training for artists and arts administrators in our current realities.

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Ep. 3 | Rebranding an Icon: Carnegie Hall

Tom talks with Sara Villagio, Chief Marketing Officer of New York City's Carnegie Hall about the company's recent rebrand, virtual programming during the pandemic, and how change is introduced in large, storied institutions.

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