About this episode
Brooke Roberts interviews Jessie Wong about building a creative business in Wellington and the upcoming Common Material event.
In this special episode, Brooke Roberts sits down with Yu Mei founder Jessie Wong to hear what it takes to build a creative business in Aotearoa, and to introduce Common Material, a pilot event celebrating Wellington's creative industries. Taking place 5–7 June, during a special limited opening of Wellington City Gallery, Common Material will bring together the capital’s design creatives for three days of free exhibitions, runway shows, and talks. Hear Jessie discuss the potential of our creative economy, the community impact of this event, and the broader ambition to position Wellington as the creative capital of the Pacific. Sharesies is proud to sponsor Common Material. The exhibition is free and open to all. Find tickets for Sunday's Value of Artistry panel discussion and other talks at commonmaterial.co.nz. For more places to follow Shared Lunch—check out http://linktr.ee/sharedlunch Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies Australia Limited (ABN 94 648 811 830; AFSL 529893) in Australia and Sharesies Limited (NZ) in New Zealand. It is not financial advice. Information provided is general only and current at the time it’s provided, and does…
People in this episode
Host: Brooke Roberts
Guest: Jessie Wong
Topics covered
- creative business
- Wellington
- design
- community impact
- creative economy
- event promotion
Keywords
- creative business
- Wellington
- Common Material
- Jessie Wong
- design creatives
- exhibitions
- runway shows
- talks
Sponsors
Sharesies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Yu Mei, Common Material, Wellington City Gallery
Places: Wellington, Aotearoa
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