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For the final episode of series 3, we spoke to Jason Baron, a creative industry veteran whose work centres on making brands and people look good.

A photography expert who dedicates so much of his time to giving back to the industry he has worked in for many years. Jason used to lead the photography team at BBC Creative, and also acts, does voice over work and loves to make music.

We talked about Jason’s career in television and commercial photography, the mentoring he does, and what a day in the life of a creative director in the BBC looks like. Jason shared his philosophy on what commercial photography should be - namely, the wider impact that great, art photography can have on those that view it. Most recently, Jason has been working with Comic Relief to tell the stories of the communities they help so people can understand where their money goes when they donate.

Find out more about Comic Relief here - https://www.comicrelief.com
Check out Jason’s portfolio here - https://www.jasonbaron.co.uk

-- artists in residence is hosted by Isabelle Wilkinson, a writer, creative producer, and interviewer from East Yorkshire. To get in touch, sponsor us (now booking for series 4!), pitch yourself as a guest, or share your creative project, email hello@artistsinresidence.fyi
Episode produced by Billy Truswell.
Brand design and episode artwork by Holly Whitaker.

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Host - Isabelle Wilkinson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabellewilkinson/
Podcast editor - Billy Truswell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-truswell-94535011a/

Nelly Rodrigues is a filmmaker, producer, editor, and director. Through their work as a university lecturer at BIMM, and one of the co-founders of the Trans Creative Collective, Nelly’s mission is to amplify the voices and stories of trans and gender non-conforming people.

We spoke about: Nelly’s teaching, their creative career so far, and how their work has evolved through writing short stories, working on events, to creating short films. Nelly has worked for the likes of ITV and Abbey Road studios, and their mission for telling impactful stories and using storytelling to create change is always at the heart of their work.

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artists in residence is hosted by Isabelle Wilkinson, a writer, creative producer, and interviewer from East Yorkshire. To get in touch, sponsor us (now booking for series 4!), pitch yourself as a guest, or share your creative project, email hello@artistsinresidence.fyi

Episode produced by Billy Truswell. Brand design and episode artwork by Holly Whitaker.
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Catch us on social
artists in residence - https://www.instagram.com/artistsinreside/
Host - Isabelle Wilkinson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabellewilkinson/
Podcast editor - Billy Truswell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-truswell-94535011a/

Ciaran Thapar is a writer, author, and social worker who brings all of those things together to create meaningful change.

In 2021, Ciaran published his first book, Cut Short, which tells the stories of a cast of characters at the sharp end of the UK's serious youth violence epidemic, with chapters on subjects such as social media, gentrification and criminal justice.

More recently, he’s launched a Substack called ALL CITY - the diary of a youth worker, from the pen of an author.

We spoke about; creativity, writing your first book, writing as therapy, Ciaran’s vision for ALL CITY, and advice for anyone wanting to start their own creative projects.

Grab a copy of Cut Short - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316628/cut-short-by-thapar-ciaran/9780241988701
Read and subscribe to ALL CITY - https://ciaranthapar.substack.com/p/welcome-to-all-city
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artists in residence is hosted by Isabelle Wilkinson, a writer, creative producer, and interviewer from East Yorkshire. To get in touch, sponsor us (now booking for series 4!), pitch yourself as a guest, or share your creative project, email hello@artistsinresidence.fyi

Episode produced by Billy Truswell. Brand design and episode artwork by Holly Whitaker.
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Catch us on social
artists in residence - https://www.instagram.com/artistsinreside/
Host - Isabelle Wilkinson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabellewilkinson/
Podcast editor - Billy Truswell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-truswell-94535011a/

In our weekly conversations, we focus on speaking to people who use creativity for good.
But, before that was our focus, and for all of series 1, this podcast was focused on asking questions about creativity more generally.
What it is, what the outputs of creativity could be, and why some people described themselves as creatives and other don't.

So, for this community-led episode, we passed the mic over to some of our listeners to hear what 'creativity' means to them.

Want to contribute to the series 4 community special? Drop us an email - hello@artistsinresidence.fyi.

Find out more about our featured community members
1. Matt Alagiah - Editor-in-Chief at It's Nice That
Learn more about Matt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-alagiah-b78146b8/
Learn more about It's Nice That - https://www.itsnicethat.com/

2. Cat Sarsfield - Brand and content strategist, and writer of food-nostalgia newsletter, Since No One Asked
Listen to our conversation with Cat - https://anchor.fm/artistsinresidence/episodes/Champion-local-design-and-production-with-Cat-Sarsfield-e1s4mdm/a-a91h3pi
Read Since No One Asked - https://sincenooneasked.substack.com/

3. Lu Williams - Artist and founder of Grrrl Zine Fair
Learn more about Grrrl Zine Fair - https://www.grrrlzinefair.com/
Learn more about Lu - https://www.instagram.com/luwilliamsdotcom/

4. Jyoti Patel - Writer and the debut author of #Merky Books' The Things That We Lost
Listen to our conversation with Jyoti - https://anchor.fm/artistsinresidence/episodes/Write-a-debut-novel-about-identity--loss--and-belonging-with-Jyoti-Patel-e1ujcab/a-a9a0oq1
Follow Jyoti on Insta - https://www.instagram.com/jyotisbooks/

5. Liam Hart - Photographer
See Liam's work - https://liamhart.co.uk/

6. Jodie Beardmore - Photographer and digital marketer
See Jodie's work - https://www.jodiebeardmorephotography.co.uk/

7. Natalie Campbell-Reid - Writer and executive assistant for film distribution company, Together Films
Learn more about Natalie - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliecampbellreid/

8. Dhruti Shah - Freelance journalist, author, and creative practitioner
Learn more about Dhruti's work - https://dhrutishah.com/

9. Greg Hoffman - Former CMO at Nike, and author of Emotion By Design
Listen to our conversation with Greg - https://anchor.fm/artistsinresidence/episodes/Create-empowering-creative-campaigns-for-Nike-with-Greg-Hoffman-e1t92im/a-a95dpu7
Learn more about Greg - https://www.emotionbydesign.co/

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Host - Isabelle Wilkinson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabellewilkinson

Sam Sutaria is the CEO of Waterbear Network - an interactive streaming platform dedicated to the future of our planet.
First described as the Netflix for nature, what Sam and the Waterbear team are building sets out to bridge the gap between knowledge and action when it comes to the climate crisis. Founded by Ellen Windemuth in 2020, the Waterbear Network exists to create systems change and measurable impact through storytelling.

It was great to hear about Sam’s career as he's moved through science, research, photography, and storytelling. We talked about how brands can drive impact, the B Corp movement, news of a soon to be released original production from some of the top talent involved with The Swimmers, and some great advice on how you can bring your film idea to life.

Sign up to stream from Waterbear for free - https://join.waterbear.com/
Find out more about Sam here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-sutaria-a15a4368/

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1:50 - Meet Sam
3:04 - The origin story
7:00 - How brands can make an impact through better storytelling
10:15 - On Waterbear becoming a B Corp
11:45 - Sam's career
14:28 - Sam on creativity
18:58 - Waterbear must-watch recommendations
21:35 - Sam's advice on breaking into the film industry
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artists in residence is hosted by Isabelle Wilkinson, a writer, creative producer, and interviewer from East Yorkshire. To get in touch, sponsor us (now booking for series 4!), pitch yourself as a guest, or share your creative project, email hello@artistsinresidence.fyi

Episode produced by Billy Truswell. Brand design and episode artwork by Holly Whitaker.

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Catch us on social

artists in residence - https://www.instagram.com/artistsinreside/

Host - Isabelle Wilkinson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabellewilkinson/

Podcast editor - Billy Truswell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-truswell-94535011a/

Jyoti Patel is a writer.
In 2021 she won the #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, which led to publishing her debut novel, The Things That We Lost, in January 2023.
Jyoti is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's Prose Fiction MA, and her work has previously been published as part of WePresent's 'Literally' series, and in the anthology for the 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize.

He debut novel, The Things That We Lost, is a gorgeous and heartbreaking story that explores what it means to be a person of colour in the UK today. It's an exploration of family, loss and ultimately love and it discusses the nature of identity, belonging, and the stories we tell ourselves to manage trauma.

We chatted with Jyoti about her creative influences growing up, how she went from writing for joy, to falling out of love with it, to winning the #Merky Books New Writer’s prize, and learned about her goal to tell a story that centres a British Gujarati family who don’t fall into stereotypes.

Find out more about Jyoti here - https://www.instagram.com/jyotisbooks/
Grab a copy of The Things That We Lost here - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/448416/the-things-that-we-lost-by-patel-jyoti/9781529186338
Find out more about #Merky Books here - https://www.instagram.com/merkybooks/

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artists in residence is hosted by Isabelle Wilkinson, founder of the artists in residence community. To get in touch, pitch yourself as a guest, or share your creative project with us, email hello@artistsinresidence.fyi

Episode produced by Billy Truswell. Brand design and episode artwork by Holly Whitaker.

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Catch us on social

artists in residence - https://www.instagram.com/artistsinreside/

Host - Isabelle Wilkinson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabellewilkinson/

Podcast editor - Billy Truswell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-truswell-94535011a/