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The Creativity Pioneers Podcast

 Moleskine Foundation

An inspiring moment for the self, a toolbox for amplifying our creativity, critical gaze, and imagination, and an opportunity for personal growth, “Creativity Pioneers” is a podcast hosted by Moleskine Foundation CEO Adama Sanneh. It examines the role of creativity as a tool for personal and social transformation.
We engage in conversations with unique creative minds from all over the world—from Johannesburg to Paris, Berlin to Milan, Harare to New York City—to explore and expand our understanding of creativity and its transformative power.
Tune in and join us on this journey!

To learn more about the Creativity Pioneers, visit creativitypioneersfund.org and moleskinefoundation.org

Self-Improvement Society & Culture Creativity Education
Update frequency
every 4 days
Average duration
41 minutes
Episodes
29
Years Active
2021 - 2024
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S5E1 - From Alienation to Connection: Mental Health in an Uncertain World

S5E1 - From Alienation to Connection: Mental Health in an Uncertain World

The mental health crisis has become impossible to ignore. Nearly 1 in 8 people—close to a billion worldwide—are living with mental health disorders, and the pandemic only made things worse, with anxi…

00:58:53  |   Fri 20 Dec 2024
S4E2 - Social Change and the role of the Creative Industries

S4E2 - Social Change and the role of the Creative Industries

From climate change to social justice to racial equity and gender identity, Creativity and Culture are playing a critical role in solving the main issues affecting the planet. But creativity practiti…

00:21:42  |   Fri 11 Aug 2023
S4E1 - Creative Cities, Inclusive Cities

S4E1 - Creative Cities, Inclusive Cities

Creatives thrive in cities, and cities move, change, and grow with the creative minds they host. Urban landscapes are shaped by creative practices rooted in local communities, which can lead to trans…

00:21:31  |   Fri 11 Aug 2023
S3E4 - Creativity as a tool for community-building | Skinder Hundal

S3E4 - Creativity as a tool for community-building | Skinder Hundal

"Art is not a hobby, or a luxury. Rather, it is a necessity, it gives purpose, and saves life." Skinder Hundal, Director of the Arts of the British Council, unravels decades of learning through his o…
00:57:22  |   Fri 29 Apr 2022
S3E3 - What we owe to the beauty of art | Elvira Dyangani Ose

S3E3 - What we owe to the beauty of art | Elvira Dyangani Ose

"An institution should be an echo, a magnifier for the relationship between art and viewer. Curating is a collective project." Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director of the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelo…
00:58:21  |   Thu 14 Apr 2022
S3E2 - The power of the modern storyteller | Eliza Anyangwe

S3E2 - The power of the modern storyteller | Eliza Anyangwe

“There is this ongoing need to identify and challenge where power rests.” says Eliza Anyangwe, editor for the CNN “As Equals” project and Founder of The Nzinga Effect. After years of experience in th…
01:03:55  |   Thu 24 Mar 2022
S3E1 - On navigating the complexities of identity and creating art ecosystems | Ngaire Blankenberg

S3E1 - On navigating the complexities of identity and creating art ecosystems | Ngaire Blankenberg

“How can we contribute as an Afro-global Art institution to a regenerative art ecosystem? How can we not be extractive of collection, capital, people, how do we navigate the paradigm of ownership, ho…
01:08:19  |   Thu 24 Mar 2022
S2E8 – The book of our life: why to play in different context, with creativity and curiosity, to stay alive | Joël Andrianomearisoa

S2E8 – The book of our life: why to play in different context, with creativity and curiosity, to stay alive | Joël Andrianomearisoa

Episode recorded during our Creativity Pioneers Instagram Live Conversation.
"Let's use the answer of creativity and curiosity to stay alive. I’m still alive because I'm curious. I think that's the on…

00:40:24  |   Fri 24 Dec 2021
S2E7 – The healing power of art | Rossy de Palma

S2E7 – The healing power of art | Rossy de Palma

Episode recorded during our Creativity Pioneers Instagram Live Conversation.
“Creativity can give us some therapeutic and balsamic power; we can express our creativity and share with the others and be…

00:40:19  |   Fri 24 Dec 2021
S2E6 – Observe, deepen things and elaborate: the sources of creative inspiration | Carlo Stanga

S2E6 – Observe, deepen things and elaborate: the sources of creative inspiration | Carlo Stanga

Episode recorded during our Creativity Pioneers Instagram Live Conversation.
"Creativity is a kind of transcendent energy, very connected with positive thinking. And it's a powerful element that allow…

00:35:26  |   Fri 24 Dec 2021
S2E5 - Creativity shapes the world: pushing your boundaries out of your comfort zone | Giorgia Lupi

S2E5 - Creativity shapes the world: pushing your boundaries out of your comfort zone | Giorgia Lupi

Episode recorded during our Creativity Pioneers Instagram Live Conversation.
"I define myself as a designer… It's not necessarily only a problem to solve, but really figuring out frameworks and rules …

00:29:24  |   Fri 24 Dec 2021
S2E4 - Music as a catalyser of change through a new age educational model | Valentino Barrioseta

S2E4 - Music as a catalyser of change through a new age educational model | Valentino Barrioseta

"If we had to choose one single skill to teach our kids and the future generations, that would be creativity, that innate talent that we all have as human beings…” said Valentino Barrioseta, NGO Brid…
00:49:17  |   Wed 15 Sep 2021
S2E3 - Building innovative institutions for a new generation of African leaders | Veda Sunassee

S2E3 - Building innovative institutions for a new generation of African leaders | Veda Sunassee

"Building institutions that are transformative and change the world is like building cathedrals: it requires a unique mindset to believe in something so big that you willing to commit to putting the …
00:45:42  |   Wed 04 Aug 2021
S2E2 - Practice of de-canonization of the art system to build common spaces of unlearning and sharing | Bonaventure S. B. Ndikung

S2E2 - Practice of de-canonization of the art system to build common spaces of unlearning and sharing | Bonaventure S. B. Ndikung

"It's about creating spaces of thought, spaces of reflection, spaces of deliberation, spaces in which we can disagree, in which you can dismantle things, in which you can build things, spaces in whic…
00:48:16  |   Wed 04 Aug 2021
S2E1 - Everything is possible: your creativity to give voice to the under-represented narrative | Adepero Oduye

S2E1 - Everything is possible: your creativity to give voice to the under-represented narrative | Adepero Oduye

"You can do many things with what is available to us, and there are a lot of things that are available to us. We have to find a way to exercise our power and create what we want to create, and not ju…
00:51:49  |   Wed 04 Aug 2021
S2 - Intro

S2 - Intro

What is beyond the common notion of creativity and how can it serve us? How can creativity benefit our journey? How can it contribute solving important social issues like education, inequalities or r…
00:01:33  |   Wed 04 Aug 2021
S1E10 - It’s not true that only when the door is locked nobody enters | Benjamin Sainte-Clémentine and Simon Njami

S1E10 - It’s not true that only when the door is locked nobody enters | Benjamin Sainte-Clémentine and Simon Njami

"I am alone in a box of stone. When all is said and done. As the wind blows to the east from the west. Unto this bed, my tears have their solemn rest… It wasn’t easy getting used to this I used to sc…
01:04:35  |   Thu 25 Mar 2021
S1E9 - Art as a caring practice: new connections for social transformation | Elena Cologni

S1E9 - Art as a caring practice: new connections for social transformation | Elena Cologni

“Caring can be considered in the practical sense of hands-on ‘caring for’, then in the emotional and ethical sense of ‘caring about’, and in the context of the dialogic strategy adopted in my creativ…
00:54:21  |   Thu 25 Mar 2021
S1E8 - A new mindset for an institutional change | Roberto Casati

S1E8 - A new mindset for an institutional change | Roberto Casati

“How can we prevent disorientation in terms of getting lost? We need to be super resilient and ready for the next crisis, and it would be possible only by adopting new behaviour and mindset” said Rob…
00:42:43  |   Thu 25 Mar 2021
S1E7 - South Africa: a model for resilience? | Lwando Xaso

S1E7 - South Africa: a model for resilience? | Lwando Xaso

In times of deep crisis, we often look at South Africa as a model for resilience, considering how much of it the country proved to have through its history. “What happened in South Africa is that we…
00:48:16  |   Thu 25 Mar 2021
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