BCMA Podcast: Equity and Leadership with Illana Hester

Join our host Lorenda and Illana Hester, Executive Director of The Old School House Arts Centre, arts advisor, and coordinator of Creative Coast, for a conversation about leadership, accountability, bravery, and community-building. Explore leadership as a collaborative practice grounded in care, curiosity, transparency, vulnerability, and a willingness to learn from failure, and reflect on how arts and cultural organizations can build trust, share decision-making, challenge hierarchical systems, and create space for meaningful connection.

• Resources:
  • BCMA – 2SLGBTQIA+ Cultural Professionals Network
  • QP — The Old School House Arts Centre
  • The Old School House Arts Centre