Curating Conversation

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with Anna Gormezano Marks.  Anna is the Director of Community & Mentoring at Creative Edinburgh. Our chat covers Anna's initial fascination with art and her journey through and post art school. Through sharing her experiences dealing with issues such as dyslexia, self confidence, and time management, she offers advice that I am sure...

This week's episode see's Leo in conversation with Scottish Fine Artist Jody Mulvey.  Jody graduated in 2020 and has responded to the recent digitisation of the arts by creating a platform entitled SADGRADS 2020. Through this platform she hopes to create a community of recently graduated artists who have been affected by the current pandemic.  Our chat covers Jody's introduction to...

This week features Leo in conversation with fellow Podcaster, Ica Headlam.   Hailing from London, but having spent the last 17 years living in Aberdeen, Ica has spent his time working full time as a social worker, while championing creative talent in the North East of Scotland via his podcast, and his platform 'Big up the 'Deen' where he collaborates with artists. More recently Ica...

This week Leo is joined by Edinburgh based DJ Aleem Ellingtone to chat to Scottish artist Sam Macinnes. Sam had just finished his MAFA degree when we spoke and I was keen to hear about his experiences at art school, along with a deeper conversation into his amazing artwork. Much of Sam's art is to do with lad culture and asks important questions about toxic masculinity in contemporary society...

This week we have a double guest episode for you. Theo Dingwall-Main and Colin Fung, two students who have nearly come to the end of their MA's in Art business from Sotheby's Institute of Art chat to me about their experiences there and their views on the current state of the arts. It is a very interesting conversation, covering topics such as the art markets, whether having a degree is...

This week Leo is in conversation with our biggest guest yet, DJ PROSPECT. DJ Prospect is an Edinburgh based DJ and recently became head of A&R for Grimey Limey records (Charlie Sloths label). Our discussion charts his rise from Swiss upbringing, to working the Edinburgh under 18 clubs, through to performing for Justin Bieber and Snoop Dog! Alongside his DJ'ing, we chat about his role in t...

In today's episode, Leo chats to Aidan Stephen. He has had a bit of a different route into the art world, first turning to painting as a way of aiding his transition from armed forces to civilian life, which led to him attending the Edinburgh College of Art as a mature student. It was here where we first met at his amazing degree show.  In this episode we delved into a variety of topics, from...

Leo was lucky enough to have a virtual sit down with Edward Hayter. Hailing from north London, Ed has spent last the 10 years acting and modelling globally. Having met in Edinburgh a year ago during his global run of Touching the Void, we felt now would be a good time to see what he has been up too. We chat about his start into the world of acting, having done theatre, TV and film, most recently s...

Leo and Will sit down and chat to Dr Christian Weikop, Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary German Art, History of Art at The University of Edinburgh. We discuss topics ranging from his earliest memories in Denmark, to his journey gaining his PHD and his current work with Strategy Get Arts. Within all this we got into how Sean Connery used to life model in the Edinburgh College of Art, the i...