Suzie Plumb on Strategies for Diversity

What is the role of public art in shaping our collective imagination? How does economics influence what kind of art is allowed in our public spaces? Where are the opportunities for radical new types of creative activity that can shift what seems possible?

Join artist Toby Tobias Kidd as he explores all of these questions and more with guests including artists, curators, and philosophers in a new podcast series in collaboration with Kings College London, Future Narratives Lab, Art School Plus, and Professor Shanbaum of Coventry University.

In episode seven, host Toby Tobias Kidd is joined by curator Suzie Plumb, the Arts Development Officer for the London Borough of Camden. She talks about investigating the often complicated histories of public artworks, and writing Camden’s Strategy for Diversity in the Public Realm 2023–2028. She also discusses her broader work across public art, with an interest in introducing art into unexpected places, always with a focus on creating meaningful encounters for the people who live with these spaces.

Hugo Heagren