Ministry of Arts Podcast

Gary Mansfield

Booking Overview

An artist-focused interview podcast featuring weekly conversations with emerging, established, and internationally recognized visual artists, plus occasional curators and other prominent creative figures. Agencies could credibly pitch practicing artists, illustrators, photographers, curators, art-world authors, and culturally significant creatives with a distinctive body of work or timely exhibition, book, or project; booking difficulty is medium because the show welcomes emerging talent but also attracts highly prominent guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 381

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

ministryofartsorg@gmail.com

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Host

Gary Mansfield - Artist and curator known for making the visual arts more accessible through his inclusive arts platform and conversations with artists at varied career stages.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Practicing visual artists, illustrators, photographers, curators, or other creative professionals with a distinctive body of work, exhibition history, published work, public recognition, or a compelling personal and artistic perspective.

Required Achievements:

Notable exhibitions or public commissions, Published books or substantial editorial coverage, Distinctive and established artistic practice, Awards, honors, or institutional recognition, Strong relevance to an exhibition, collection, charity, or current creative project

Recent Guest Discussions

GG The Illustrator - Working-class Communities, Council-estate Architecture, Social Documentation, Illustration, Regeneration, And Preserving Overlooked Local Histories.

Alison Lapper MBE - Her Artistic Career, Identity, Disability, Public Art, Alison Lapper Pregnant, And The Role Of Creativity In Mental Health Support.

Steeldoor Studios - Art And Rehabilitation, Prison Experience, Identity, Confinement, Recovery, Colour Blindness, And The Stretched To The Limit Exhibition.

Helen Downie - Her Rapid Development As A Self-taught Painter, Anonymity, Artistic Identity, Social Media Visibility, And The Evolution Of Her Practice.

Andy Aitchison - Documentary Photography, Life Inside UK Prisons, Rehabilitation, Ethics, Consent, Institutional Access, And His Book Incarcerated.

Recent Topics

Art, Visual Arts, Contemporary Art, Illustration, Photography

Episodes

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Ministry of Arts Podcast

REWIND Ep.218 Peter Morris - Ministry of Arts Podcast

September 23, 2026

In this REWIND episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Peter Morris @petermorrisarchitects@kcawlondon Peter Morris is primarily an architect, who has been running his own practice for over a decade. But his other creative work – as an artist, illustrator, model-maker and designer of products and interiors – has always sat alongside his architectural work, and he loves to bring the colour, quirkiness and joy of his artworks to his buildings wherever possible. The sculpture joining KCAW ART TRAIL this...

Ep.309 GG The Illustrator - Ministry of Arts Podcast

September 01, 2026

In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to GG The Illustrator (@ggtheillustrator) GG the Illustrator is a London-based artist whose work celebrates the architecture, people and communities of council estates across the capital. Working across acrylic, watercolour and digital illustration, she creates detailed, colourful images that document everyday life in neighbourhoods often overlooked by the traditional art world. Her ongoing mission to paint every council estate in London reflects her...

REWIND Ep.75 Alison Lapper MBE

August 10, 2026

This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Alison Lapper MBE (@alison_lapper_mbe)Born with no arms and shortened legs, Alison Lapper spent most of her childhood trying to piece together her own identity. Her extraordinary background and passion for creativity has given us one of the county’s most inspirational artists.Alison’s reputation was bolstered when Marc Quinn created his modern day ‘Venus de Milo’ for Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth, a white marble sculpture of the 8 months pregnant Alison t...

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