Episode #11 - Out of the Box

Plymouth’s dazzling new art space, plus making black female academics visible and spying on Jonathan Yeo painting Jamie Oliver Dr. Nicola Rollock tell us about commissioning Bill Knight to photograph Britain’s 45 black female professors for an exhibition on London’s South Bank. We talk Jo Loosemore, curator at Plymouth’s new art space, The Box, about a new exhibition turning myths about the Mayflower on their head and artist Jonathan Yeo welcomes everyone into his studio – via his futuristic new app. We’re visiting; Jonathan Yeo’s virtual studio Jonathanyeo.com We’re breaking out to: Mayflower 400: Legend & Legacy, until September 2021 The Box, Plymouth Theboxplymouth.com Book tickets here https://www.theboxplymouth.com/ Phenomenal Women, until November 8th The Queen’s Walk, South Bank https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/art-exhibitions/phenomenal- women?eventId=860260 We’re lobbying academic institutions about the need for more black female professors by tweeting @ukri_News  @UKRI_CEO   @UniversitiesUK @RussellGroup  @AdvanceHE Produced and Edited by Alex Graham