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Josephine Ramirez Senior Advisor and Arts Leader
Two radical ideas: everyone is an artist and making art together can bring us together.
In this episode of Closer, Carol Coletta and Mark Wallace talk with Josephine Ramirez, a veteran arts funder and nonprofit leader whose career includes senior roles at The Music Center and the James Irvine Foundation.
Why has the arts world drawn such sharp lines between “artists” and everyone else? And what if creativity is less about excellence, and more about connection?
Josephine shares her provocative vision for flipping the traditional arts model: shifting focus away from elite performance and toward…
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