Downtown Depot: Fiona Bond
In this episode of Downtown Depot, Austin Meek welcomes Fiona Bond, Executive Director of Creative Waco. Bond has spent the past two decades working in the arts, in both the United Kingdom and the United States. She updates the public on recent works from Creative Waco and assures that even the most non-artistic among us possess a deep desire and ability for creativity. Meek also catches up with Leslie Long, one of the partners behind a new downtown bar, The Warehouse, and previews this weekend's Bowen MusicFest.
Inside the Episode:
0:31: New bar, The Warehouse, opens downtown
2:05: Bowen MusicFest
3:39: Fiona Bond: from Cambridge, England, to Waco, Texas
4:27: Her expectations of Waco
5:21: Working across the pond
6:45: Intersection between Art and Religion
9:11: Is everybody creative?
11:13: Takeaways from Baylor MBA program
13:26: Assessing Creative Waco two years in
14:54: The "Waco 52" project
18:41: "What is someone like you doing in Waco?"
19:40: Unique opportunities
20:26: How can people get involved with Creative Waco?
23:17: Support for emerging artists!
26:27: Thankful for artistic inclusivity