Outsider Art, Community & Museums as Catalysts for Social Good w/ DEBRA KERR - Highlights

December 18, 2020/ Interviewed by Mia Funk

Debra Kerr is the Executive Director of Intuit - the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago. She was previously at the John G. Shedd Aquarium for 17 years - she is a past board member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, past chair and instructor for its Professional Development Committee and management courses, past chair of the zoo and aquarium committee for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, and former board member of the National Veterans Art Museum.

She currently serves on the board for the Merit School of Music and the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Leaders Council. She frequently presents on issues related to museum relevance, teen empowerment and activating the public for social good.

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Mia Funk is an artist, interviewer and founder of The Creative Process.

September 25, 2020

Design for Change: TANNER WOODFORD on Leading the Design Museum of Chicago & Social Impact - Highlights

September 25, 2020/ Interviewed by Mia Funk

Tanner Woodford is founder and executive director of the Design Museum of Chicago. He teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and paints large scale typographic murals across public spaces. As a designer, educator, and entrepreneur, he has taught, lectured, and led workshops on design issues, social change, and design history in classrooms and at conferences. He is happy to be scrappy, irrepressibly optimistic, and believes design has the capacity to fundamentally improve the human condition. He lives and works in Chicago, Ill.