🎙️ Interview by Gen Hemeson & Fisola Kelly-Akinnuoye

Join Youth Collective members, Fisola and Gen as they share their guide on the art of creative collaboration with peers.

The pair reflect on their experience as collaborators in the Youth Collective, on Wordstew literary magazine’s first issue - ‘Reconnect’ and in their own practice as creatives working in graphic design, image production, theatre, literature and more. The conversation explores the why, how and what of creative collaboration with tips on how to initiate and execute your own collaborative projects.

Check out Wordstew: https://wordstew-magazine.kit.com/20a4b18984Find out more about Arts Emergency: https://www.arts-emergency.orgFind out more about The Emergency Room Podcast: https://www.arts-emergency.org/podcasts/the-emergency-room

🚨 The Emergency Room: Community within Design

🎙️ Hosted by Yusuf Uddin & Louis Shepley

Join us for a conversation with Kevin Green & Taiye Ige from STORE STORE, a shop and educational space that hosts a weekly After School Club for young people. Participants learn with practicing artists and designers to develop their own products, learn practical skills and build portfolios in art, design and architecture.

Kevin and Taiye shared the story behind STORE STORE, explaining how they turned a retail space into a hub for community-led design. They also reflected on the lessons learned from running their After School Clubs and offered invaluable advice for the next generation of makers.

Kevin and Taiye talked about how STORE STORE started, why it's necessary to have programmes like this to equal the playing field and share advice for young creatives.

🚨 The Emergency Room: Surviving & Thriving in the Music Industry

🎙️ Hosted by Scarlett Smith & Georgia Madden

Join us for a conversation with Georgia Davies of The Last Dinner Party, hosted by members of the Youth Collective. Georgia shared tips on finding like-minded creatives, gave insights into entering the music industry, told us why TLDP are activists as well as artists, and talked about what the future looks like for the band.

We’re joined by:
✨Georgia Davies - Bassist from The Last Dinner Party, a 5-piece Baroque pop, rock band from London. Formed in 2021, The Last Dinner Party have two studio albums, their debut Prelude to Ecstacy (2024) reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, they are BRIT award recipients and have toured across the world. The band has established a reputation for using their platform for social and political activism, particularly surrounding Palestinian rights, political censorship in the music industry, and supporting grassroots venues.

The Emergency Room is an ongoing podcast series where members of the Arts Emergency Youth Collective host open and honest conversations with professionals from across the creative world.