ETHINKSTL 138: De Nichols | De-Signing Creative Cultures of Impact
[Season 11, Episode 05]

Joining us today is De Nichols, Principal of Design and Social Practice at Civic Creatives. As a cultural producer, De organizes artists to develop digital media and visual artworks that extend the impact of her design practice.

In this episode:

De speaks about the current challenges she faces and how she and her team at Civic Creatives rise to those challenges in an effort to bring awareness to these issues.

De tells us about her projects such as designing the St. Louis Metro Market, The Artistic STL Collective; which mobilizes artists and creators across the region, the Unites Stories Summit and how she likes to create a vulnerable and brave space for people to express themselves in a safe environment.

De describes how she came to the decision to be involved in Social Entrepreneurship. De speaks about how being an artist molded the social side and how her studies solidified the entrepreneurship side.

De fills us in on how she manages to separate herself from a personal vantage point of a person from the person that fuels the business.

De discusses what it was like to be the visioning artist of The Mirror Casket; currently on display at the Smithsonian. The Mirror Casket is a sculpture and performance piece created as protest art during the 2014 Ferguson uprising.

Learn More:

Email:
deandrea@civiccreatives.com

Website:
https://www.denichols.com

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https://www.facebook.com/civiccreatives

Company Twitter:
https://www.twitter.com/civiccreatives