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Holding Space with "LEAF Global Arts" director Jennifer Pickering
Greetings, James Navé here. I'm thrilled to welcome "LEAF Global Arts" director Jennifer Pickering to the microphone for a heartfelt conversation called 'Holding Space,' which spans almost three decades. Jennifer and I had known each other for a few years when we met in the fall of 1994 to discuss her idea for a music and arts festival at Lake Eden in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She said she wanted to call the festival The Lake Eden Arts Festival. I said, "Why not shorten it to The LEAF Festival?" Jennifer's vision was to bring cultures together and build a community that values diversity…
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