S5: Pioneering a movement in affordable art, with Will Ramsay, founder of The Affordable Art Fair
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
With a shared passion for art and supporting creative individuals, as well as a joint belief in the power of curation, this is an episode filled with sage advice and a particularly poignant letter to close the conversation.
In this episode, Will and Holly discuss his unique upbringing, being one part of a military dynasty, with a very significant grandfather, and how that shaped his life as an entrepreneur.
Will founded the Affordable Art Fair just over twenty years ago, with a purpose to democratise the art world, which at the time was deemed snooty and only for the upper elite. His business has not only made it easier for more people to buy art but given greater opportunities for artists to make a living.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to my podcast Conversations of Inspiration. |
| 0:06.7 | Found of Not on the High Street and Holly and Co. I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative Small |
| 0:12.4 | Businesses. |
| 0:13.7 | I believe that having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy, fulfilled life, |
| 0:20.3 | and my dream is to help everyone start theirs. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement. |
| 0:29.0 | And in my view, the greatest way to do this is by sharing stories. |
| 0:33.6 | So I've reached out to all my favorite small businesses, |
| 0:37.0 | acclaimed entrepreneurs, and those who just simply inspire me |
| 0:41.8 | and ask them to share theirs. With thanks to our sponsor Nat West |
| 0:46.3 | who have helped bring this free podcast to life. Here are my conversations of |
| 0:51.6 | inspiration. |
| 0:53.0 | Bough your head and let your islands close on down where we're going. |
| 0:58.0 | Hello everyone, just to let you know, it's the last week to get your ticket to the biggest day in the |
| 1:04.5 | Holly and co calendar the Congregation of Inspiration 2019. The latest |
| 1:10.9 | exciting news is that we're going to be recording a live podcast on the day |
| 1:16.3 | And the guests will be none other than the artist Rob Ryan |
| 1:21.2 | Rob's inspired me since the start of my entrepreneurial journey. His beautiful |
| 1:26.8 | paper cut works are breathtaking and I personally have always wanted to own one. So I'm beyond excited that not only will we get to hear his story, but he's offering an exclusive colorway as the Congregation of Inspiration's poster. |
| 1:44.4 | You'll be able to buy this exclusively at our event |
| 1:48.3 | to celebrate this year's get together. |
| 1:50.8 | And we'll also be selling his book that you can get signed. The rest of our lineup is phenomenal with speakers such as Fern Cotton, |
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