Gaylene Gould creates spaces for people to connect.
She is an artistic director, writer, broadcaster, facilitator and coach. She conceptualises and designs innovative projects that explore public and private memory and the place they meet. She explores the healing and growth potential of sharing space, stories, ideas and knowledge through her art and coaching practice. She believes the transcendent moments that art and culture creates can change how we are in the world. Her projects have been commissioned by and performed at the Tate, V&A, Moderna Museet Sweden, Arts Catalyst, Vivid Projects, Selfridges and the h club. The Space To Come is her new production company.
She is also an arts broadcaster for the BBC, a published fiction writer, a cultural reviewer and a Cultural Ambassador for London appointed by Mayor Sadiq Khan. She has been a cultural leader for 25 years heading up major cultural institutions and projects including Head of Cinemas at BFI Southbank and producing, programming and consulting for the Arts Council, Toronto International Film Festival, National Theatre, Young Vic and Bernie Grant Art Centre amongst others
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