Podcasts about echelman

In this episode, host Guy Kawasaki interviews Janet Echelman, an acclaimed sculptor known for her swooping, volumetric artworks made of fiber and suspended at an architectural scale over streets, parks, plazas, and waterways. Echelman traces her journey from studying painting to a turning point where she started working with sculpture using found materials, overcoming numerous obstacles with persistence to create never-before-seen floating artworks that provide peaceful, inspiring havens in the hustle of daily urban life. She also discusses her creative process of developing harmonious, site-specific installations that physically embody her belief that "art can serve as an inspiring voice to bring people together across boundaries of difference. In this episode, Guy also shares the release of his new book, Think Remarkable!---Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable. With his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy's questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing. If you love society and culture, documentaries, and business podcasts, take a second to follow Remarkable People. Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable. Episodes of Remarkable People organized by topic: https://bit.ly/rptopology Listen to Remarkable People here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guy-kawasakis-remarkable-people/id1483081827 Like this show? Please leave us a review -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! Thank you for your support; it helps the show!

Today, we're talking about libraries, but in a way you've probably never imagined them before. To me, libraries have always been magical spaces, where whole new worlds exist within the pages of books, where you can stumble on anything, where anyone can find space to learn or find safety or community. Where everyone belongs. But as Adam Echelman, the Executive Director of the U.S. office of Libraries Without Borders, shows us in this episode, libraries aren't only magical; they are fundamental to equality and justice. As of this recording, the U.S.—and the globe—has been facing a pandemic for nearly a year. So Adam and I dive into not only literacy and access to information through books, but digital literacy and the way, in this age of virtual school and Zoom meetings and Zoom court and telehealth appointments, digital literacy and access to a computer and Internet are not only luxuries; they're necessities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashley-asti/message

Adam is the executive director of Libraries Without Borders and the co-founder of the Digital Equity Coalition. He advocates for dynamic programs that increase access to information by meeting people where they are—whether through digital literacy classes in Laundromats or health workshops in churches. In 2017, he launched the Legal Literacy Initiative to help public libraries deliver legal information to underserved communities across the US. He also launched the Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition which brought together 50 organizations to support a rapid response and coordinated actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The artist and sculptor Janet Echelman works on huge pieces of public art that combine high tech design, history and visual imagination to soar above the heads of the public and interact with the environment. Her latest, Bending Arc, has been waiting out the Covid crisis before finally being unveiled to the public in St Petersburg, Florida. Spanning 427 feet, and held by some 180 miles of twine, this giant net sculpture has needed a team of architects, model makers, computer scientists, aeronautical and structural engineers - all led by Echelman - to create a billowing, multi-coloured artwork that will cast shade and inspire the pier walkers of St Petersburg. It is also an artwork that draws directly on Echelman’s own family history in ready-to-wear fashion. Andrea Shea has been documenting Echelman's creative processes and now, all that awaits, is the grand opening scheduled for July when the artist’s imagination will billow and dazzle in the sea breeze.

Today I talk with public works artist, Janet Echelman. Don't miss what Janet has to say about one's imagination. Also, a fun little app and some great books to share, plus an update on upcoming classes and a "hold the date" announcement. www.craftcast.com

Janet Echelman and Buro Happold Consulting Engineers

Janet Echelman and Buro Happold Consulting Engineers

Janet Echelman and Buro Happold Consulting Engineers

Janet Echelman and Buro Happold Consulting Engineers

Janet Echelman and Buro Happold Consulting Engineers