Our panellists explore the challenges and barriers young people are currently facing in the creative industries.

They discuss what the creative sector needs to know, in order to become a more inclusive and representative industry.

They touch on the effects of the pandemic and the fight for change within a digital world while sharing how their identity and lived experience influences and informs their creative practice.

How do we champion new voices and nurture emerging talent?

Multi-disciplinary artist Manoel Akure, joins visual creator and co- founder of Purple Girls Collective, Qezz Gill and artist, poet and producer, Scarlett Smyth. Chaired by Momin Mohamed, award-winning activist and advocate of human rights and equality. Akure, Gill and Mohamed appeared on RIFE magazine’s 30 Under 30 list in 2020.

This event is guest produced by Scarlett Smyth and is part of the A Poetic City season of events commemorating 250 years since the death of Bristol-born poet Thomas Chatterton. A Poetic City is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund using money raised by National Lottery players.

It’s important to us that ideas and debate are affordable to everyone. It’s also important that our commentators, artists, writers, poets and thinkers are paid. This is a Pay What You Can event. You are invited to choose your own contribution to the event, from £0 to £8. All proceeds go towards supporting our speakers and sustaining Festival of Ideas. The option to attend for free is available for all online events.

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