The Brave Moment Podcast

This week on the show, we speak to artist and illustrator Rosie Johnson. Rosie has made quite a name for herself with the online community for creating fun, fresh and thought provoking illustrations imbued with political and social commentary. Leaving her teaching career behind her after 15 years to pursue her dream of freelance artistry, Rosie takes us through her journey and reflects on the moments that changed and challenged her along the way. it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to Rosie Johnson. Blurt foundation: https://www.blurtitout.org/ follow Rosie here: https://rosiejohnsonillustrates.com/

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This week on the show we speak to multi disciplinary large scale and studio fine artist Tony Plant. If you live near a beach in Cornwall, you may have come across one of Tony’s mammoth beach pieces whilst looking down over a cliff edge, or maybe you’ve been wondering through a national trust site and caught something unusual created in the landscape- if it’s big art and it’s in the landscape, it’s most likely Tony that has created it. In the studio, Tony’s paintings, full of movement and memory capture the natural world in a different way with all his work living in symbiosis and reflection of each other. Featured on radio, tv and in the newspapers, Tony’s work inspires conversations on our connection to place, environmental issues and most importantly with each other. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to the wonderful ingenuity of Tony Plant follow Toby here: https://www.tonyplant.co.uk/

This week, we have a very special celebratory podcast! For our 50th episode, and Britney Spears 40th birthday, we welcome back to the show best selling author and rock and roll historian Jennifer otter Bickerdike to talk about her new biography- Being Britney- pieces of a modern icon. Coinciding with the release of britney spears from a nearly 14 year long conservatorship, not only do we celebrate her freedom, but also why we should all be taking notice of this historical event in pop history and how it came to mute one of the most powerful women on the planet. Jennifer's insight, humour and articulate account of Britney will leave you feeling like you know the pop icon just a little more intimately and equally enlighten you about how powerful woman are still misrepresented in the media and the music industry. It is with great pleasure that I re-introduce you to the woman, the myth, the legend that is Jennifer otter Bickerdike. Follow Jennifer here: https://www.jenniferotterbickerdike.com/ and please Like/ Subscribe and Leave your review for us, we’d love to know how you’re finding the show :) Follow us on all social media under the Brave Moment Podcast.

This week on the show, we speak to Emma Bass aka The paper otter to discuss her journey into the intricate and painstaking art of paper cutting. With a degree in zoology, Emma began her career researching and identifying insects, but when she moved to Cornwall, there was another passion burning inside, a passion to replicate the beauty she saw in the animals and insects that she studied , and so she took her curiosity and literally gave it wings, turning it into beautiful and vibrant art for all to enjoy. Today, Emma creates all sorts of wonderous pieces from stunning dragonflies to paper versions of David attonbourough. It is my great pleasure to introduce you to Emma and the fascinating world she creates through The Paper Otter. Follow Emma on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ThePaperOtterShop

Meet Amy Groves, A Super talented professional dancer and choreographer at the Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland! Any talks to us today about what it takes to make it in the ballet world, how finding confidence and resilience at the toughest point in her life transformed her dream into reality and how when you give 100% you get 100% of your deserved success. search for the brave moment on your favourite platform. Follow Amy’s journey on Instagram: @amy_grovesxx Her choreo here: @amygchoreo #balletlife #rcsballetcompany #nutcrackerballet #dancersofinstagram #balletbody #fitnessjourney #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthsuccessstory #thebravemomentpodcast

This week we speak to eco artist @coastalcuriositiesgb about her wonderful collections, how her business came to be and what it’s like to live in a converted van! We discuss art, poetry, beach combing, sensitivity, love and of course her Brave Moment. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to the curiosity curator that is @sun_fluur Sophie Wright. Follow Sophie and her work here: https://instagram.com/coastalcuriositiesgb?utm_medium=copy_link Link to our social media and other streaming sites including Apple/Spotify and YouTube https://linktr.ee/TheBraveMoment

This week on the show we speak to founder of make work play , Lucy Taylor. Lucy is a facilitator, systemic coach, constellation mapper and designer of immersive learning experiences. She is a passionate believer that things always go better when we play and specialises in helping people to use creative practice to find their flow and work together better.  Before setting up Make Work Play Lucy worked variously as a behaviour change consultant, a collaborator with On Your Feet, as part of the Story Team at Greenpeace International and as a Strategy Director for communications consultantancy eatbigfish. But realising that nothing quite fit her vision for herself took the big freelance leap and ended up with the creative job of her dreams encocorporating everything from puppetry to dance. She is a collaborative regular with the ever creative Dancing Fox team where Together with founders Tommy Crawford and Brian Fitzgerald they run training sessions for activists on the power of improvisation and story to create a better world for us all. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to the innovative and playful Lucy Taylor. Follow Lucy and her work here: https://www.makeworkplay.co.uk/

This week on the show we speak to newly graduated theatre practitioner, Charlotte Stevenson. Diagnosed with dyslexia at an early age, Charlotte struggled at school, often at the hands of her teachers. Undeterred, she applied to university, flew through her performing arts degree with flying colours and now devises theatrical work for people like herself. With a nee found confidence in her writing ability, Charlotte is going from strength to strength in her art. We examine her life after lockdown, what it means to be a performer at this time and of course discover Charlotte’s Brave moment.