Polen
Magda Chołyst
ESNS: 2024
Visionary founder, Artist in Bloom
Visionary founder of Artist in Bloom - a progressive educational agency that believes creativity is vital for individual and social life. Through ambitious, future-oriented development programs, it supports artists, industry professionals and organisations in acquiring essential skills addressing the challenges of the ever-evolving cultural realm. Named “leader of the future” by the Keychange community, Magda is an educational designer trained in the world-renowned school Kaospilot, a certified artist coach and mentor, and an agent of change focused on gender balance and fair working conditions in the music industry. Besides competencies development and education, her expertise encompasses strategy development, brand building, and networking. Magda has worked on numerous culture-oriented projects with the European Commission, Music Export Poland, Berklee Valencia, European Music Exporters Exchange, Music Export Ukraine, Music Cities Network, and the European Music Managers Alliance. She's also cooperated with music festivals and showcase events, like Different Sounds, Tallinn Music Week or Way Out West.