TGCC Podcast (Ep13) – TGC Media Institute
The Genesis Collective Creatives Podcast
E13 • July 12, 2022
The Genesis Collective Creatives Podcast • E10
TGCC Podcast (Ep10): Hana Uman - Connecting Arts to Funding Series
On episode 10 of The Genesis Collective Podcast, we Continue our Connecting Arts to Funding Series and talk with Hana Uman of the Duquesne Light Company. Hana coordinates DLC’s community impact grant program that supports projects and programs led by diverse grassroots community organizations who are working on the ground to directly support DLC’s customers and communities.
May 23, 2022
The Genesis Collective Creatives Podcast • E16
TGCC Podcast (Ep16): Guy Ruff, III
On episode 16 of The Genesis Collective Creatives Podcast, we talk with Beaver Falls artist Guy Ruff, III about his passion for art, street art techniques, and the nature of public art and art culture in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
November 29, 2023 • 0:33:19
The Genesis Collective Creatives Podcast • E14
TGCC Podcast (Ep14): Melissa Rhines
On episode 14 of The Genesis Collective Creatives Podcast, we begin our Artist Conversation Series by talking with mosaic artist Melissa Rhines about the process of making art as therapy, her new Ambridge studio that includes a “smash” space and other accommodations for the public to gather, create art, and share in Beaver County’s art culture.
November 7, 2023
The Genesis Collective Creatives Podcast • E12
TGCC Podcast (Ep12): Shaunda McDill - Connecting Arts to Funding Series
On episode 12 of The Genesis Collective Creatives Podcast, we continue our Featured Artist Series and talk with Shaunda McDill, Arts & Culture program officer with The Heinz Endowments Shaunda has been with the The Heinz Endowments since 2017 as the Creativity Strategic Area’s Arts & Culture program officer, after more than a decade of nonprofit executive and arts management experience. She has worked for theater companies across the country, including The Goodman Theatre of Chicago, Second Stage Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse and Cornerstone Theater Company. She also founded demaskus, a nonprofit, service-oriented collective of artists and administrators who produce theatrical projects sharing stories of the marginalized. In Pittsburgh, Shaunda served as vice president of programming and cultivation at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, where she managed all artistic and educational programs, and oversaw a $1 million programming budget. As the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s director of public relations, she headed both national and local public relations campaigns, including the North American premiere of Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck Project, which generated more than $10 million in direct spending in the city. To learn more about The Heinz Endowments' Arts & Culture funding opportunities, email Shaunda (smcdill@heinz.org) or contact her here.
June 20, 2022 • 0:32:09
