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194: Liz Lerman: The Horizontal, the Critical, and the Heretic's Path
Episode 194
Can an artist who comes from outside a community become an effective partner in creating change?
That was the question we explored in an earlier episo…
11 hours ago
193: Eric Gottesman Asks: Whose Questions Get Asked -Whose Story is Told?
Episode 193
What happens an artist realizes that they can never
be the only one with questions?
From that reckoning, artist Eric Gottesman spent the next twenty-f…
1 week ago
192: Can Art Build Trust & Love Between Separated Communities?
Episode 192
What can happen when art carries people across
boundaries they rarely cross?
in 2019, a remarkable theater project brought together two very different…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
191: Tricia Rose Burt - This Is No Time For Artists to Be Timid!
Episode 191
Tricia Rose Burt spent nearly fifteen years doing everything right — director of corporate communications, a career built inside Fidelity Investments…
3 weeks ago
190: Who Tells America's Story?
Episode 190
What happens when a government decides that one
of the greatest threats to its future isn't an armed force
— but a cultural institution?
On July 4th, …
4 weeks ago
189: Why Are Dopamine, Synapsis', & the Prefrontal Cortex Critical to Art & Social Change?
Episode 189
A while back we shared the story of how Breaking Ice, a theater company working out of an arts based social service agency called Pillsbury House and…
1 month ago
188: Can Outside Activist Artists Make a Difference in Your Community?
Episode 188
Can an artist from outside a community become an effective force for change
—or does arriving with good intentions risk repeating the very patterns th…
1 month, 1 week ago
187: Ken Grossinger Believes Art is Essential to Effective Organizing
Episode 187
Can the right song, painting, or museum exhibit spark real political change? What if culture is the missing strategy in today’s social movements?
If y…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
186: Effective Community Arts Practice - Should Activist Artists Prioritize Safety or Bravery
Episode 186
Today we continue our Building Blocks of Effective Community Arts Practice series with two longtime fellow travelers: activist poet and cultural orga…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
185: What Makes a Healthy Art and Social Change Ecosystem?
Episode 185
What makes the difference between a community where artists simply survive… and one where creativity becomes part of the living infrastructure of dem…
2 months ago