At The Mic / Au micro

Join us in a conversation with Mathieu Grondin, Canada's first Nightlife Commissioner for the City of Ottawa. Learn about Mathieu's dynamic journey from Montreal's creative industries to shaping Ottawa's nighttime economy. Discover the initiatives like the Canada After Dark Summit, placemaking projects, and the creation of the Nightlife Council, aimed at transforming Ottawa's cultural and nightlif...

Join us for an engaging conversation with Steve Bellamy, CEO of the Confederation Centre of the Arts, as he discusses the largest rejuvenation project in the Centre's history. Learn about the Confederation Centre's role as Canada's national memorial, exciting upcoming initiatives such as the Arts Academy, Arts Innovation Hub, and Canadian Leadership Institute, and the importance of reconnecting th...

In this edition of At The Mic , we bring you Heather Young of Young Associates in conversation with the ACCA’s Jane Needles. Heather is an expert in Financial Management for the Arts and has just published two books on the subject which are something that should be on every consultant’s bookshelf and in every Arts Administration teacher’s required reading lists for their students. ACCA recognizes...

In this edition of AT THE MIC, we bring you an exceptional example of how Canadian architects are putting contemporary values into action today. Our guests are Bill Lett and Michael Gallant, registered architects with Unity Design Studio. Unity is a high-ranked B Corp architecture firm with over 50 years experience designing many arts and culture venues, including the new Canadian Canoe Museum. Th...

We are back with a new season of At the Mic / Au micro, ACCA’s podcast available now on our YouTube Channel and your favourite podcast platform. We are delighted to kick off this season with a very special guest, Alex Sarian , as he is about to launch his new book,   ‘ The Audacity of Relevance: Critical Conversations on the Future of Arts and Culture . ‘ ACCA recognizes the generous support of Un...

Hosted by Victoria Steele with invited guest expert, Roger Gaudet: Arts organizations have always sought out partnerships to help them develop - to increase their dissemination and production opportunities, to reach new audiences or to share services and infrastructure. Your organization may be thinking of entering a partnership with a group in another sector - or considering a long-term collabora...

As we approach the end of 2023, how has the arts and culture industry adapted since the pandemic - or has it? Considering the current state of inflation and economic instability, what unique revenue generation challenges are arts organizations facing now? Tune in for a discussion with Sue Edworthy and Ben Dietschi as they talk about virtual events and online platforms, collaboration with other sec...

How are municipalities and other regional governments approaching culture planning and strategy? What trends are taking hold in how municipal and regional planners are approaching culture planning and culture service delivery? How have municipal cultural planning goals shifted? In this episode of At The Mic , Peter Lyman and Mila Dechef-Tweddle from Nordicity discuss their observations of how cult...

How do consultants work effectively with diverse and marginalized communities, especially those who may challenge consulting norms? How do they build meaningful relationships in order for authentic community voices and data to be gathered? In this episode of At The Mic, consultants and ACCA members, Dr. Terri-Lynn Brennan and Annalee Adair discuss their approach to working with equity deserving gr...

How do consultants and architects approach working with communities, arts organizations, and city builders to successfully develop or redevelop new cultural spaces? What are the true foundations of arts infrastructure and what’s next in the future of cultural planning? In this edition of AT THE MIC, we bring you a conversation about some essential contemporary approaches to imagining and reimagini...

Does working as an arts consultant with clients in a rural location differ in approach from working with clients in an urban setting? It can, yes. Rural and remote communities hold distinctive nuances that overlay a way of life to which arts sector development is not immune. Knowing what these nuances are and understanding how to both embrace and navigate them offers a path for stronger, webbed, r...

Tune in to Andre Courchesne, Chair of the Carmelle et Remi-Marcoux program in Management of Cultural organizations at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal, as he discusses the trends and needs of teaching Arts Management in the current realities of today’s world as we start to deal with the long recovery from the pandemic and how it has affected the arts as a whole. Joined by Jane...

Over the multi-year stretch of COVID-19, the global pandemic has shaken, threatened, and challenged how the arts, culture and heritage sector operates, and how it sees risk management as an essential tool for optimizing our contribution, our impact. Consultants have been essential to supporting – often leading – the learning curve the sector has experienced. Active as trainer, consultant, educator...

Being on top of the rapidly evolving state of the arts sector, locally and nationally, is vital to government agency policy setting and decision making. It is also essential for the advocates of Canada’s arts community to advance change.  So, how do we stay on top of this?  We get current good quality research that focuses on the arts and culture sector. Join Kelly Hill and Victoria Steele as they...

The field of coaching has recently exploded as has an expectation that everyone should be able to coach as part of their role as consultant, supervisor or colleague. But what is coaching exactly? Join Jewell Goodwyn and Lucy White as they explore what coaching is and is not, how coaching, mentoring, and consulting differ and how coaching skills can be useful tools to bring to your consulting pract...

In this very first edition of AT THE MIC, we bring you a conversation on meaningful approaches to putting DEI practices into action with guest Wendy Vincent and moderator Erika Beatty. Wendy is a Toronto based PR and Media Relations expert with a specialization in equity based strategic communications delivery. As a seasoned professional with specialties in media relations, communications and even...

Welcome to At The Mic, a podcast brought to you by Arts Consultants Canada, l’Association des consultants canadiens en art. ACCA is Canada’s national association of professional consultants dedicated to supporting a vibrant and sustainable arts and culture scene. Nous vous souhaitons la bienvenue au balado Au Micro ACCA. Quelques épisodes seront en français et nous vous offrirons tous les audioscr...