The Power of Creativity: How Arts and Culture Can Inspire Change and Innovation

Ever wonder how Arts and Culture can spare social movements and transform the world? This episode explores how Celia Smith, CEO of Luminato is revolutionizing the arts industry in Canada. Celia Smith is the CEO of Luminato Festival Toronto, Canada’s leading multi-disciplinary, international festival of arts, culture and creativity that takes over the GTA region with big, bold, contemporary work every June. She is also chair of the Toronto Arts Council; faculty at Schulich School of Business, co-founder of the League of Toronto Festivals, along with the leaders of Pride Toronto, Salsa on St. Clair and Toronto Caribbean Carnival; co-founder of LEAN (Leadership Emergency Arts Network), a national pro-bono response to help arts organizations across the country during COVID. In former lives, she was the COO of TAS, a community-focused mixed-use private developer; President of Artscape, a non-profit housing and community hub creator; and General Manager of the Canadian Stage Company. Website: https://luminatofestival.com/ Tea with Li Show Host: Li Koo Tea with Li is a series based on everything and anything related to Community Building, Inspirational People, Real Estate and Hot Topics. Li is a community builder, educator and a successful realtor with experience from the non-profit, government, corporate and culture sectors. She is passionate about making positive change in her communities through grassroots advocacy, housing and education. Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@TeaWithLi/pl... Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TeaWithLi Youtube Clips Channel: @teawithliclips or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCje5... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3J7RsY7...https://open.spotify.com/show/3J7RsY7... Spotify for Podcasters: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/q43szuuj Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/Tea-with-L... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5e6... RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/tea-with-li-6... RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/de97e300/podcast/rss Social Media Handles: @teawithli, @likoo_TO https://linktr.ee/teawithli www.likoo.ca