MEET OUR CO-HOST: Madeleine McGirk

<p><strong>During this fourth episode of </strong><em><strong>Why Change?</strong></em><strong> you will meet one of our co-hosts, Madeleine McGirk. Madeleine is an actor and teaching artist and leads a global network supporting participatory artists. She has an interest in politics, social change through the arts, and inspiring, powerful women leaders.</strong></p> <p><strong>In this episode, you’ll learn:</strong></p> <ol> <li><strong>About efforts to connect the global field of teaching artists<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>Madeleine’s thoughts on the connection between the arts and politics<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>Who and what keep her focused and ready to reinvent systems.<br> </strong></li> </ol> <p><strong>Please download the episode transcript </strong><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-536207642/meet-our-co-host-madeleine-mcgirk"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong>Check out some of the things mentioned during this podcast, including:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.itac-collaborative.com/"><u><strong>The International Teaching Artists Collaborative<br> </strong></u></a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.brown.edu/amst-2650-s01-spring-2017/2017/04/19/toby-ziegler-the-west-wing-and-governments-role-in-culture/"><u><em><strong>The West Wing </strong></em></u><u><strong>and its views on the arts<br> </strong></u></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>ABOUT Madeleine McGirk- &nbsp;</strong><em><strong>Madeleine McGirk is the Managing Director of the International Teaching Artists Collaborative (ITAC), which works to connect and promote teaching artists and their practice around the world. Madeleine is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she supports all of the Collaborative's activities. Her role includes overseeing monthly Think Tanks, network and Hub development, project management and the ground-breaking ITAC conferences held biennially (hosted most recently in 2020 by Korean Arts and Culture Education Service, and in 2018 by Carnegie Hall &amp; Lincoln Center NYC ).