#127 Alayo Akinkugbe on Artistic History

Welcome to Wanna Be- the podcast takes you from where you are now to where you wanna be in 30 minutes or less. Happy Black History Month! I’m Imriel Morgan, Founder of Content is Queen a podcast community that specialises in empowering and amplifying underrepresented voices, specifically women, people of colour, and LGBTQIA+ people. Thank you so much for taking the time to be here! Wanna Be’s focus is to help you take consistent action to build a successful life and career in the creative and entertainment industry. But this month we’re going to spend some time looking back as well as forward. [STING] Today’s guest is Alayo Akinkugbe who is the Founder and Mastermind of @ABlackHistoryOfArt on Instagram which she founded in February 2020. Alayo is an Art History graduate from Cambrisge University and is studying her MA in Curating at Courtald. Through @ABlackHistoryOfArt Alayo highlights overlooked black artists, sitters, curators and thinkers from art history and the present day. As of recording the platform has over 50,000 Followers. In today’s interview Alayo shares what she loves about Art History and how she was able to carve out a lane in space that traditionally excludes Black art and history. We explore what success looks like in Art history and how that’s reflected in her career. We also dive deeper into some of the barriers to entry in Art and Art history and how you can overcome them. Alayo is levels! I loved this conversation it was refreshing to hear her passion and joy about the lane she occupies in Art history right now! It’s inspiring to see too! I highly recommend you follow @ABlackHistoryOfArt on Instagram if you’re in the mood to be moved and uplifted. Ok so this one is defo going to be extended for a bonus because we went to levels I couldn’t fully deliver in just 30 minutes! As usual I hope this half an hour has made you think, reflect and contemplate what your next step should be. If you enjoyed this episode please do share it with your friends or on social media. If you’re a podcaster or thinking you want to join a community that takes you and your podcast to the next level. Go ahead and visit contentisqueen.org where you can access free resources, talks and news as well as joining our community. That’s contentisqueen.org That’s a wrap, thank you so much for listening. Until next time…. Byeeee Credits This is a Content is Queen Production Hosted by me Imriel Morgan Edited by Joseph Perry Sound Design by Amber Miller Music and sound FX’s are from Epidemic Sound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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