brave Projects

Founder and Communications Professional Meg Molloy joins brave podcast host Lydia Higton to talk about her route from Margate into the art world and the Working Arts Club, the network she started for people from working class backgrounds in the arts.From the shop at Turner Contemporary to Dulwich Picture Gallery, Studio Voltaire and the commercial galleries of Mayfair, Molloy explains how one call out on Instagram and LinkedIn drew hundreds of responses. She and Higton cover why so many people mask their accents at work, what London costs anyone trying to get in, why salary transparency matters, why wall texts shut people out, and why her advice to her younger self is to talk to as many people as you can.Headline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney

'When I Look in the Mirror, I Don’t See Myself' by Arcadia MolinasHeadline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney

'I Write Letters of Longing to the Riverbed Archive' by Jess Rowley.Headline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney

Curator and Writer Vittoria Beltrame joins brave podcast Host Lydia Higton to talk about her work at Soho Revue, where she helps run the Revue Residency, and Carta Magna, her platform for works on paper.From Christie’s to Soho Revue, Beltrame explains what three months in a free Soho studio gives an artist and what she looks for in an application. She and Higton cover why paper is a medium and not just a sketch, why artists should know how to read a contract, and why trust in the art world is built in steps.Headline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney

'BST+'1 by Writer Sarah RoigHeadline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney

'Great Fear' by Writer Yasmina Hashemi.Headline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney

'Friday 12 July 2024' by Writer Kelly Wu.Headline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-RowneyThumbnail photo by Maya King-Dabbs.

Pieces from a Skin-Coloured Room: Part 1 by Writer Kevin Omosele.Headline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney

Writer Gabrielle Sicam debuts brave’s online reading series.‘Two or Three Movies’ by Gabrielle Sicam.Headline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney

Gallerist and Writer Matt Carey-Williams joins brave podcast Host Lydia Higton to talk about thirty years in the art world and the gallery he opened in 2023.From Sotheby's, Gagosian and White Cube to Deputy Chairman at Phillips and Head of Sales at Victoria Miro, Carey-Williams explains why he left the blue chip world for a small space with large ambition. He and Higton cover why his programme runs in episodes and scenes, why he writes his own 3,000 word exhibition texts, what an emerging artist should ask a gallerist, the 50/50 relationship between artist and dealer, and why trust is built by actually doing what you said you would do.Headline Supporter: Shoreditch Arts ClubPartner: Daler-Rowney