Samantha Lippett
About
I co-founded the Independent Community Radio Network (ICRN) in 2022 and Out of Office Radio in 2023. Last year, I was nominated as a Keychange Leader in recognition of my work on ‘Gender-Diversity in Radio,’ and I have been on the Executive Committee of Reset! Network since 2023. I regularly advocate for the independent sector at public events, which have recently included Linecheck Festival, Le Guess Who?, Nuits Sonores, European Lab, and Alternating Currents, among others.
Alongside my creative work, I regularly work as an editor and proofreader for academic and journalistic writing. I am open to proposals and enquiries for freelance fundraising, projects, grant writing, and strategy.
Education
London, UK (2014-16)
First Class BA (Hons) Illustration and Cultural Studies
Brighton, UK (2010-13)
Present
A network of small-scale web radios founded in the Baltic-Nordic region and now operating internationally. Together we strive for a more sustainable future through joint projects, workshops, meet-ups and advocay.
Funded by Nordic Culture Point (2022-27)
Co-Founder, Out of Office (OOO) Radio
A long-term mobile community radio and loanable resource for the arts community of Helsinki. Co-founded in 2023 with artist and educator James Prevett.
Funded by Kone Foundation (2022-24)
Grants Writer & Fundraiser
Offering freelance fundraising and grant writing services to in the non-profit cultural sector. I have worked with web radios, organisations, festivals and individuals. Specialist in cross-border and hybrid cooperation and mobility grants, as well as membership models and sustainability reports. Reach out for portfolio.
Executive Committee Member, Reset! network
Reset! is a European network initiated by Arty Farty, gathering and supporting independent cultural and media organisations.
Institutional Positions
Curator of the PUBLICS Youth Advisory Board; a new employment and education programme for local youth in collaboration with other regional partners.
Helsinki, Finland (2021-22)
Residents’ Programme Curator for ‘Open Plan’, South London Gallery
Oversaw the development and delivery of an annual public programme of international artist residencies, public audiovisual commissions and artist projects for residents’ living on three neighbouring housing estates.
London, UK (2017-21)
Educator, Wellcome Collection
Delivered educational programming in response to the exhibition ‘Play Well’.
London, UK (2018)
Participation Programme, Gasworks and Triangle Network
Led on several participation projects with local schools.
London, UK (2017-18)
Projects
A regional residency for sound artists living in the Baltic-Nordic region, including artists Michael Holland, Reinis Semēvics, Maarit Mustonen and Olli Aarni.
Funded by the Nordic Culture Point
Švenčionėliai, Lithuania (2023-24)
‘Signals2Noise’ Radio Festival, Cashmere Radio and Easterndaze
Member of the coordination team of Signals2Noise: a major gathering of independent community radios held in Berlin (and or air) that focussed on an exchange of experiences and collective artistic processes between Eastern, Central and Northern European community radios.
Berlin, Germany (2024)
‘Local Radio’, Aleknaičiai Cultural and Educational Space
Sound and documentary project made in collaboration with children of Aleknaičiai village and sound artist Michael Holland. Broadcast on NTS Manchester (UK), among several Baltic community radios.
Funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture (LTKT)
Aleknaičiai, Lithuania (2022)
‘Šilainiai Radio’, Šilainiai Project and Palanga Street Radio
Month-long public arts and community radio project made with local residents of Silainiai, presented as a durational broadcast and sound installation in the Silainiai neighbourhood.
Funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture (LTKT)
Šilainiai, Lithuania (2021)
Teaching
Elective Course in Field Recording and Broadcasting
Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (2024)
Lecturer in Visual Cultures, Middlesex University
Bachelors in Visual Communciation and Masters in Fine Art and Photographhy
Online and London, UK (2018-24)
Guest Lecturer, Vilnius Academy of Arts and KUNO
Online, International (2021)
Visiting Lecturer, University of Brighton
Bachelors in Design for Digital Media
Brighton, UK (2018)
Lecturer in Cultural Studies, Unviersity of Brighton
Bachelors in Visual Communication
University of Brighton (2017-2020)
Commissions
Year-long commission as part of the festival’s project COSMOS, which celebrates underdiscovered local scenes from across the globe. Results included a film collaboration with NARA, mixtapes and live radio.
Vilnius, Lithuania (2024)
COSMOS Radio Takeover, Le Guess Who? Festival
A two-day radio takeover during the festival featuring Tīrkultūra, ICRN, Valentina Magaletti, Rắn Cạp Đuôi and Dragon Child.
Utrecht, Netherlands (2023)
Radio Pop-Up for Trans Europe Halles Conference 95
Curated radio pop-up at the 40th anniversary of the Trans Europe Halles - a network of cultural venues from across Europe. Made in collaboration with Sphere Radio.
Leipzig, Germany (2023)
‘The Model: A City Reimagined’, Index Foundation
Audio work made in collaboration with Nils Norman, as part of The Aural Exhibitions series, launched at the 59th Venice Biennale
Stockholm, Sweden (2022)
‘Small Signs of Hope: A Conversation on Relapse’
An autobiographical textwork exploring relapse and altered states of time.
Published as part of the Rupert Journal on ‘Interdependence and Care’ (2020)
Awards and Residencies
Keychange Leader ‘Gender-Diversity in Radio’
Keychange, with support from British Council and PRS Foundation
International (2024)
Artist-in-Residence, LungA School
Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (2024)
Curator-in-Residence, Akee, Aleknaičiai Cultural and Educational Space
Aleknaičiai, Lithuania (2022)
Scholarship ‘Interdisciplinary Art’, Lithuanian Council for Culture (LTKT)
Vilnius, Lithuania (2021)
Curator-in-Residence, Rupert Residency
Vilnius, Lithuania (2020)
Three month residency on the theme of ‘Care and Interdependency’
Graduate Award for Research with the Birth Rites Collection
Association of Art Historians
London, UK (2013-14)