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Arts Unscripted with Monica Holt
This is arts and culture. Unfiltered. Unscripted. Formerly known as CI to Eye, Arts Unscripted with Monica Holt is a trove of meaningful interviews with executives, artists, and experts across industries. Together with Monica, we'll explore the way innovation, leadership, and joy drive our industry forward.
Episodes
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltLIVE FROM BOOT CAMP: Dan Titmuss, Visibility in the Age of AI Search
AI is changing how audiences discover arts and cultural experiences, and the implications extend far beyond marketing and IT teams. For arts leaders…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltGiorgia Lupi, Information Designer and Partner at Pentagram (Encore Episode)
Arts and cultural organizations are constantly being asked to demonstrate their impact. Data can help us make that case, but how do we bring the stories behind…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCory Pattak, Lighting Designer
For Cory Pattak, lighting design has always carried a sense of magic. Over a 20-year career, Cory has designed productions across Broadway, regional theatre…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltLisa Richards Toney, President and CEO of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP)
The arts help people feel, connect, and find the courage to act. How can we better harness that power—and communicate it beyond our own circles—to ensure the…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltMichele Y. Smith, Chief Executive Officer of the Museum of Pop Culture
How do you build a museum around a subject that's constantly evolving? As CEO of Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP), Michele Y. Smith is helping preserve…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltJoseph Fowler, Head of Arts & Culture at the World Economic Forum
What changes when artists aren't simply invited to perform, but are given a seat at the table where ideas, policies, and solutions take shape? Joseph Fowler…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltBaratunde Thurston, Writer, Comedian, and Earthling
The future isn't something that simply happens to us. It's something we help create through the stories we tell, the technologies we use, and the choices we…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCourtney Burke Summers, Chief Marketing Officer of Vivo Performing Arts
Rebranding a beloved institution requires not only defining what comes next, but building enough trust and shared ownership that both longtime supporters and…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltLisa Yun Lee, Executive Director at National Public Housing Museum
What if a museum's job isn't simply to preserve history, but to help us imagine a different future? Lisa Yun Lee has spent her career exploring what cultural…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltKim Jakominich, Senior Director of Brand at Barnes Foundation and Calder Gardens
A great exhibition or performance can draw people in, but a strong institutional brand shapes how they understand the experience—and whether they feel invited…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltAnn Morrow Johnson, Global Immersive Experience & Entertainment Leader at Gensler
As our attention becomes increasingly fragmented, the value of being fully present together has never been greater. The most memorable experiences go beyond…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltLive from TLCC: Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Spoken Word Artist and Cultural Strategist
Join Monica Holt for a live recording of Arts Unscripted with Marc Bamuthi Joseph, an internationally acclaimed cultural strategist, spoken word artist, and…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltClive Chang, President and CEO of YoungArts (Re-Release)
Producer's Note: While Arts Unscripted is on summer hiatus, we're re-sharing a few of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Clive was actually the first…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCody Renard Richard, Tony Award-Winning Producer and Stage Manager (Re-Release)
Producer's Note: While Arts Unscripted is on summer hiatus, we're re-sharing a few of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Cody recently celebrated Tony…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCarlos Simon, GRAMMY-Nominated Composer, Curator and Activist (Re-Release)
Producer's Note: While Arts Unscripted is on summer hiatus, we're re-sharing a few of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Carlos Simon is the the…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltShanta Thake, Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Re-Release)
Producer's Note: While Arts Unscripted is on summer hiatus, we're re-sharing a few of our favorite episodes from past seasons. Shanta Thake is the vision…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltJeffrey Haydon, President and CEO of Ravinia Festival
A festival lasts only a few weeks or months each year, but the work of leading one never stops. Jeffrey Haydon has spent his career at the helm of some of the…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltTONYS WEEK: Beth Callen, Musician, The Lost Boys
The Tony Awards often celebrate the names on a show poster, but every Broadway production is carried by countless artists whose work rarely fits neatly into a…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltTONYS WEEK: Victor Vazquez, Casting Director, CATS: The Jellicle Ball
The Tony Awards often celebrate the names on a show poster, but every Broadway production is carried by countless artists whose work rarely fits neatly into a…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltTONYS WEEK: Allison Blackwell, Broadway Performer, Ragtime
The Tony Awards often celebrate the names on a show poster, but every Broadway production is carried by countless artists whose work rarely fits neatly into a…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltOliver Richman, Singer-Songwriter and Actor
Creative work is often romanticized as spontaneous: a flash of inspiration, a breakthrough moment, a burst of talent. In reality, many artists discover that…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltSydney Symphony Orchestra on Creating a Culture of Collaboration
Arts organizations thrive when teams stop operating in parallel and begin building together. Take it from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, which is wrapping its…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltSusan Magsamen, Co-Author of "Your Brain on Art"
Susan Magsamen has spent her career arguing that creativity and aesthetic experiences are not luxuries, but biological necessities woven into how we heal…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltJacob Jonas, Dancer, Choreographer, and Founder of Films.Dance
Jacob Jonas consistently questions who dance is for, where it belongs, and how it can be sustained. From his early days as a street performer on Venice Beach…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltGiorgia Lupi, Partner at Pentagram
Giorgia Lupi has built a career at the intersection of design, storytelling, and information, treating data not as cold fact but as something deeply human…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltRuth Hartt, Founder of Cindr
What's the root of the audience growth problem? Relevance. Few people understand that better than Ruth Hartt. Ruth has built a career at the intersection of…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltBrent Reidy, Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries at The New York Public Library
Libraries are often thought of as quiet repositories. But at their best, they are living, evolving spaces where culture is preserved, interpreted, and…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltDerek A. Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer of the Seattle Symphony and Benaroya Hall
The best leaders build conditions for others to shine. Derek A. Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer of Seattle Symphony and Benaroya Hall, has built his…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltAshley Hufford, Content Creator and Theater Influencer
The beauty of theater isn't just what happens on stage. It's the community that forms around it. And increasingly, that community is being built online. Ashley…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCarlos Simon, GRAMMY-Nominated Composer, Curator and Activist
Music has the power to move a room. For composer Carlos Simon, that effect was first felt in church, where music was both a creative act and a shared…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltSara Villagio, Chief Marketing Officer of Carnegie Hall
Sara Villagio believes some of the most important leadership lessons begin with listening. Early in her tenure at Carnegie Hall, she made a point of meeting…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltPamela Tatge, Executive and Artistic Director of Jacob's Pillow
A long history is a gift for any cultural institution, but it also invites a constant balancing act. How do you honor tradition while continuing to evolve for…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltPaul Tate dePoo III, Set and Production Designer
Before audiences fall in love with a story, they fall into a world—one shaped by the unseen artistry that turns empty space into something alive. Set and…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltDuke Dang, Executive Director of Works & Process
Before a performance is polished, premiered, or reviewed, it exists in a more vulnerable state. What happens when you invite audiences into that space? As…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCody Renard Richard, Tony Award-Winning Producer and Stage Manager
Great theater starts by creating trusted conditions for talent and creativity to thrive. Cody Renard Richard is a Tony Award-winning producer and stage manager…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltAidan Connolly, Executive Director of Irish Arts Center
Aidan Connolly knows that institutional growth isn't just a matter of square footage. It's a test of values. As Executive Director of Irish Arts Center in New…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltSammi Cannold, Broadway, Film, and TV Director
Risk is usually something leaders are told to minimize. But for Sammi Cannold, it's essential to success. As an award-winning director across Broadway, film…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltAndrew Recinos, President and CEO of Tessitura
If you could spend a year visiting arts organizations around the world, what patterns would start to emerge—and which assumptions would fall apart? Last year…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltBest of the Season
As of May 1, 2025, CI to Eye is now Arts Unscripted. This name change reflects Capacity's broader rebrand, but the heart of the show remains the same: candid…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltAly Maier Lokuta on the Intersection of Arts and Health
Aly Maier Lokuta knows that art and science aren't opposing disciplines. They're a shared language for strengthening public wellbeing. Her career has long…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltMing Min Hui on Luck, Leadership, and Wall Street
For Ming Min Hui, there's no single "right" path to arts leadership—only the one you build through curiosity, courage, and a willingness to evolve. Her career…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltAlex Sarian on the Audacity of Relevance
For Alex Sarian, relevance isn't a buzzword. It's a mandate for the future of the arts. As President and CEO of the Werklund Centre in Calgary, he's leading…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltLIVE: Deborah F. Rutter on Leading Through Disruption and Designing for Resilience
The future of arts and culture depends on leaders who can innovate, adapt, and inspire—and Deborah Rutter has been doing it at the highest levels. With five…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltChristopher Williams on Building a More Courageous Arts Sector
It's Boot Camp week! In this special mini episode, Capacity's President Christopher Williams joins host Monica Holt to pull back the curtain on Boot Camp, the…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltShanta Thake on Curiosity, Collaboration, and Building the Next Chapter of Lincoln Center
Shanta Thake sees artistic curation as a practice rooted in curiosity and community connection. As the Ehrenkranz Chief Artistic Officer at Lincoln Center for…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltRachel Moore on The Music Center, Community, and the Arts within Democracy
For Rachel S. Moore, the arts aren't just a mirror for society. They're a means of shaping it. As President and CEO of The Music Center in Los Angeles, she…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltBabatunde Akinboboye on Hip Hopera, Authenticity, and Letting Audiences Lead
Reimagining a centuries-old art form takes more than talent; it takes courage, curiosity, and a deep belief that tradition can evolve. Few embody that spirit…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltTom Gabbard on Cultivating Creative Cities and Building Space for Innovation
Can a performing arts center change the identity of a city? Tom Gabbard has spent more than two decades proving it can as CEO of Blumenthal Arts in Charlotte…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltJane Raleigh on Curatorial Vision and Bridging Tradition with Innovation
How do you bring audiences along as you expand their definition of an art form? That's the question Jane Raleigh has grappled with throughout her career. As…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltKate Lumpkin on Casting Masquerade NYC, Building Community, and Trusting Your Audience
Audiences don't just want to watch theater; they want to step inside it. Few people understand that better than casting director Kate Lumpkin. Kate has become…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltMichael J. Bobbitt on Turning Creative Power into Political Power
Arts and culture don't thrive in isolation. They thrive when artists, institutions, and policymakers work in concert. Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director of…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltMacy Schmidt on Creative Risks, Audience-Centered Experiences, and Barbie
How do you invite new audiences into the symphony in a way that feels fresh, joyful, and unforgettable? Macy Schmidt has been asking that question with every…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltErin Harkey, CEO of Americans for the Arts, on Advocacy, Resilience, and the Power of Community
Few leaders expect their first months on the job to coincide with a fight for the future of the arts in America. For Erin Harkey, that became the reality when…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltDavid Jammy on Story-First Producing and the 2025 Mark Twain Prize
What turns a live event into a cultural moment people never forget? David Jammy has some answers. As Executive Producer at Done+Dusted, he's helped shape…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltJen Taylor on Building AI Strategy That Serves Your Mission
AI is changing how we work. What does that mean for arts and culture? Jen Taylor, Capacity Interactive's Director of AI Strategy and Integration, shares what…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltKendra Whitlock Ingram on Building Arts-Fueled Cities
What happens when a cultural district leads a city's revival? As President and CEO of Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Kendra Whitlock Ingram is leading the cultural…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltClive Chang on Innovation and the Rise of the Multi‑Hyphenate Artist
Can legacy arts institutions innovate like start-ups? Clive Chang thinks so. As President and CEO of YoungArts, he's reimagining how a 40-year-old organization…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCI to Eye | Monica Holt On Curiosity, Leadership, and Evita
A bold new chapter. A brilliant new voice. CI's President Christopher Williams kicks off a new season of CI to Eye by welcoming Monica Holt, this season's host…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCI to Eye | Bridging the Marketing-Development Divide
Marketing and development teams in arts and cultural organizations work toward the same goals: generating revenue, deepening relationships, and advancing the…
Arts Unscripted with Monica HoltCI to Eye | Political Shifts and Cultural Stakes of 2025
Recent political developments in the U.S.—from executive orders to proposed agency closures and evolving federal funding guidelines—have placed cultural…