The Creative Placemaking Podcast

The Creative Placemaking Podcast Ep. 6 (feat. Liz Ogbu)

The sixth and final episode of “The Creative Placemaking Podcast” Season One features Liz Ogbu, founder of Studio O. Liz is a designer, urbanist, and social innovator, who focuses on sustainable design and spatial innovation in challenged urban environments around the world. She’s earned degrees in architecture from both Harvard and Wellesley College and has spent several years at the head of the classroom as a teacher at the California College of the Arts, UC Berkeley, Stanford’s Design School, and the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture. On the podcast, Liz touches upon a wide range of topics from her work advocating for spatial and racial justice in Oakland, CA to a few of her favorite poems that get her through the day. Join us as we speak the inquisitive, Ms. Liz Ogbu!

The Creative Placemaking Podcast Ep. 5 (feat. Adriane Jefferson)

The fifth episode of the “How To Do Creative Placemaking Podcast” features Adriane Jefferson, Director of Arts, Culture, and Tourism in the City of New Haven, CT. Adriane began this role at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and has expertly united community members through various arts and mental health initiatives and virtual engagements to instill a sense of togetherness in New Haven. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated and mother of one, Adriane discusses how her sorority affiliation and profound sense of blackness has guided her work as a creative placemaking practitioner and youth advocate. Join us as we speak the hard-working, Ms. Adriane Jefferson!

The Creative Placemaking Podcast Ep. 4 (feat. Michael O'Bryan)

The fourth episode of the “How To Do Creative Placemaking Podcast” features Michael O’Bryan, Senior Manager of Youth Programs at Village of Arts and Humanities, an organization focused on incorporating the arts and community development in North Philadelphia. Michael’s work focuses on implementing “trauma-informed” community development to strengthen the social fabric of minority neighborhoods. During the interview, Michael touches upon a wide array of topics including his upbringing in New England, the impact of white supremacy on our own concept of humanity, and how our body’s natural homeostasis makes it difficult for us to enact individual change. Join us as we share space with Mr. Michael O’Bryan!