Art Restart Podcast & Salons

In the Art Restart podcast and salon series, the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts explores how creatives around the world are reinventing their fields and building a new landscape for the arts.

Select an interview below to listen or read a transcript of the interview, or enjoy listening on Apple, Spotify or your listening platform of choice. Captioned interviews are available on YouTube.

Christopher Tin

In this episode of the Art Restart podcast, award-winning classical composer Christopher Tin reveals how he's finally stopped worrying whether his work was too popular to please the classical music establishment and explains how he's cultivated a legion of fans who encourage him to take ever bigger risks.

Matthew Fluharty

In this episode of the Art Restart podcast, Matthew Fluharty, founder and executive director of Art of the Rural, looks at the connections between rural and urban communities and shows how collaboration and cultural exchange are reshaping how we think about art, place, and belonging.

Groundwater Arts

In this episode of the Art Restart podcast, theater artists Annalisa Dias and Tara Moses offer a blueprint for artists and institutions looking to align their practices with justice, sustainability and true collaboration.

Robert Gipe

In this episode of the Art Restart podcast, author Robert Gipe describes the challenges of community-wide fellowship and celebrates the role of art and artists in creating safe spaces for people of all stripes to celebrate their authentic selves.

SHHH!! Ensemble

In this episode of Art Restart, piano/percussion duo SHHH!! Ensemble explain how they've developed the "avant-accessible" style that invites audiences to take a meticulously curated and delightful musical journey.

Aszure Barton

In this episode of Art Restart, Aszure Barton opens a window into her choreographic practice and how it made her critically acclaimed work "Mere Mortals" equally invigorating to her dancers and her audience.

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Artist As Leader

Artist-leaders with diverse careers and experiences reflect on how the creative process has informed their leadership.

Eric Gilbert

Musician Eric Gilbert discusses how years of touring trained him to develop and curate his vision for Treefort Music Fest, a weeklong festival showcasing artists and community in Boise, Idaho.

Lily Yeh

Lily Yeh, founder of Barefoot Artists, discusses how listening closely to and following her inner voice led her down an unforeseen artistic path and a new understanding of home, community and belonging.

Pierce Freelon

Pierce Freelon, composer, musician, producer and filmmaker, reflects on the leadership legacy left him by his artist parents and his cultural ancestry, and how he's absorbed those lessons to forge his own path.

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