Ep 28: Exploring Creative Vitality with David Holland and Randy Engstrom

<p>During this episode of <em>Why Change?</em> co-hosts Ashraf and Jeff share their most recent adventures. Ashraf interviews David Holland and Randy Engstrom about a recent “Creative Vitality Summit” and interrogates the role of young creatives in the future of the creative economy. Jeff and Ashraf discuss the implications of this work, reclaiming the terminology, and the power in ceding power.</p> <p>In this episode you’ll learn:</p> <ol> <li>New perspectives to view a once-capitalist “creative economy;”</li> <li>How young creatives are helping to shape the future of the sector;</li> <li>How adults can share or cede power to youth decision-makers in the creative economy.</li> </ol> <p>Transcript located <a href="https://creative-generation.org/podcast-episodes/exploring-creative-vitality-with-david-holland-and-randy-engstrom">here</a>.</p> <p>ABOUT DAVID HOLLAND: &nbsp;The deputy director at WESTAF. Since joining WESTAF, he has co-directed the inaugural Creative Vitality™ Summit; authored “Creative Economies and Economic Recovery;” co-led the redesign of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Performing Arts Discovery program in collaboration with regional and national partners; established the Western Arts Advocacy Network; collaborated on developing new equity-focused relief grantmaking programs in the West and the Northern Mariana Islands; spearheaded WESTAF’s Arts and the Rural West and Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminars; and secured private and public investment for WESTAF’s programs. Holland’s prior roles include leadership and senior management positions with the Arts &amp; Business Council of Greater Boston, VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation, VCU School of the Arts, ART 180, the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Arts &amp; Business, and the UK innovation foundation Nesta. Holland began his career with BOP Consulting, a global consultancy on culture and the creative industries, leading projects for public agencies, universities, and international organizations as a senior consultant. For more than 12 years