Pilot episode. "Should I Stay or Should I Go" with Alyssa Fearon

In this episode Alyssa Fearon shares about pivotal moments in her career where she took what she labelled as “a calculated risk” to access leadership positions outside of Toronto. In 2018, after the curation of the memorable first edition of Nuit Blanche Scarborough, she moved to Brandon Manitoba to become the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba, and a of couple years later took the role she still occupies today, as the Director and Curator of the Dunlop Art Gallery, in the Regina Public Library, in SK. ¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•...•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤ This episode was recorded in the spring of 2022. ¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•...•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤ To know more about Alyssa and read the episode transcript, please visit: https://www.blackcanadiandiasporacentre.com/projects/the-conversations-that-carry-us 彡★ 彡★ Team/équipe彡★ 彡★ Audio Editor Katie Kotler Transcriber Marina Fathalla Transcription Copyeditor Merray Gerges Branding and social media strategist Leone McComas ¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•...•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤ This episode was made possible through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and The Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora. ¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•...•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤ The theme music is Raindrops Unearthed by Chanteclair.