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#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 33: Preserving Somerville’s Central Street Studios: It Takes A VillageEpisode 33: Preserving Somerville’s Central Street Studios: It Takes A Village#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with artists & musicians from Somerville’s Central Street Studios about the preservation of their affordable artist workspaces. The Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, with financial support from the City of Somerville, plans to become the next steward of this special creative community. The artists do their part by launching their own preservation fundraiser to help bridge the gap in funding. Recorded by Ethan Dussault at New Alliance Audio in Somerville. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2025-03-3159 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 32: MASSCreative: 2025-26 Legislative Agenda, Art Advocacy Week, Create the Vote, & MoreEpisode 32: MASSCreative: 2025-26 Legislative Agenda, Art Advocacy Week, Create the Vote, & More#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with team MASSCreative about their 2025-26 legislative agenda, ongoing advocacy to unlock financial resources for the arts sector in MA, the 2025 Create the Vote initiative, the upcoming Arts Advocacy Week & more. Recorded at The Record Co. by Dan Moffat. Edited by Nicholas Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2025-03-261h 10
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsSpecial: Advocacy Preparation: Land Use Hearing: Supernova Development in SomervilleOver the recent years, much work has moved forward regarding Rafi Property's Somernova development in Union Square, Somerville. The joint committee of Somerville's planning board & City Council's land use committee will hold a public hearing on Thursday, March 20 at 6:30pm on 3 zoning text amendments (ZTA) impacting this project: revised ACE (arts & creative enterprise) definitions, a new research & development (R&D) base zoning & a new Arts & Innovation Sub-Area zoning overlay. #ARTSTAYSHERE's Ami Bennitt & Ethan Dussault give a contextual overview of where this project started, how it's improved, how it's beneficial to the community & Somerville's arts/creative sector...2025-03-1242 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 31: Mass Cultural Council's Michael Bobbitt & Jay PagettEpisode 31: Mass Cultural Council’s Michael Bobbitt & Jay Pagett on the Cultural Facilities Fund#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with MCC’s Executive Director Michael Bobbitt & Cultural Facilities Fund Program Director Jay Pagett about arts advocacy, various cultural space efforts state-wide & more. Recorded at The Record Co. by Dan Moffat. Edited by Nicholas Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville2025-02-261h 12
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 30: Charlestown Rehearsal Studios Part 2: 95 Music Rehearsal Studios Here to Stay!Episode 30: Charlestown Rehearsal Studios Part 2: 95 Music Rehearsal Studios Here to Stay!#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Jesse Vengrove, Daniel Sussman & Emily Doran, the Steering Committee of the Charlestown Rehearsal Studios Tenants Association about their 2-year advocacy campaign resulting in preserving the 95 music rehearsal studios in Boston. They discuss the nuance and challenge of organizing, how the state of music rehearsal has evolved over time, and the importance of participating in the process. Recorded at The Record Co. by Dan Moffat. Edited by Nicholas Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2025-01-301h 17
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 29: Post-Preservation Growing Pains at Humphreys Street StudiosEpisode 29: Post-Preservation Growing Pains at Humphreys Street Studios#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Cristina Todesco, Franklin Marval & Josh Rosewood from Humphreys Street Studios about post-preservation growing pains once becoming majority artist owned/operated, including group dynamics, whether to keep the tenants association, property management, neighbor disputes, tenant evictions & more. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Edited by Nicholas Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2024-11-011h 39
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 28: 50 Year Anniversary of Somerville’s Vernon Street Studios’ Open StudiosEpisode 28: 50 Year Anniversary of Somerville’s Vernon Street Studios’ Open Studios#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Vernon Street Studios artist Heather Balchunas & documentary filmmaker Anne Continelli about the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Vernon Street Open Studios, its origin story, the value of community spaces, and synchrony.2024-10-071h 15
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 27: Become an Advocacy & Organizing Fellow & More from MassCreative#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with the MassCreative team about their Advocacy & Organizing Fellowship, recent arts & culture Legislative Package, upcoming plans for Advocacy Week, their Advocacy Institute & ways to speak up for the arts & creative sector across Massachusetts. 2024-09-231h 13
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 26: The Record Co.'s New Executive Director, Boston Waves & Extension to Monthly Music RehearsalEpisode 26: The Record Co.'s New Executive Director, Boston Waves & Extension to Monthly Music Rehearsal#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with The Record Co.’s new executive director, Bobby Boyd, who talks about what The Record Co. (TRC) has accomplished & goals for the future. Boyd also announces their upcoming BOSON WAVES free, live music concert on 9/20 and a two-year extension to their monthly music rehearsal in Dorchester.2024-09-0944 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 25: Artist Displacement Can Cause TraumaEpisode 25: Artist Displacement Can Cause Trauma#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with different creatives about how multiple displacements have impacted their work, creative practice, livelihoods, and their mental health. This “roundtable” interview features JJ Gonson (ONCE Somerville), Wayne Strattman (119 Braintree Street, Allston), Nicholas Zampiello (New Alliance East), and Ethan Dussault (New Alliance Audio). *Note: since the recording of this interview, the development at 119 Braintree Street has paused & artist/tenants have been invited back. However, the city approval for this development remains active.2024-09-061h 19
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 24: Rehoming Hundreds of Musicians from Brighton’s Former Sound Museum#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Jim Healey (Alreckque/Blood Lightening) and Matt Harrington (Cortez) about the underrated value of music rehearsal studios, the displacement from the former Sound Museum, and the interim move to 55 Morrissey Blvd in Dorchester. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Edited by Nicholas Zampiallo/New Alliance East, Somerville.2024-08-271h 21
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 23: Brickbottom Artist Building: Origin Story (Part 1)In this episode, guest interviewer Greg Jenkins, Executive Director of Somerville Arts Council, talks with some of the original founders of Brickbottom Artist Building. At the time of their founding, BAB was one of the largest artist live/workspace communities in the United States. This is Part one of this telling. Recorded at New Alliance Audio; edited by Nicholas Zampiello/New Alliance East, Somerville.2024-08-201h 26
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 22: Midway Studios, a Flagship of Fort PointEpisode 22: Midway Studios: a Flagship of Fort Point#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Raber Umphenour, a filmmaker at Midway Studios, an artist live-work community of 89 rental units. He was one of many involved with helping preserve the building in the beloved artist community of Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. in Roxbury. Edited by Nicholas Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2024-05-2943 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 21: Somerville Arts Space Roundtable: the State of SpaceEpisode 21: Somerville Arts Space Round Table: The State of SpaceThis conversation brings together representatives from various artist workspace communities across Somerville including Miller Street Studios, ESH Circus Arts, Joy Street Studios, Milk Row Studios and Brickbottom Artists. Folks shared about their individual communities, the concerns regarding incoming development, the challenges of organizing and more.2024-05-151h 39
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 20: Sometimes You Advocate, But Don't Get What You WantIn this episode, #ARTSTAYSHERE talks with fine art painter Brendan Killian whose affordable artist workspace was at 128 Brookside Avenue in Jamaica Plain. He shares his building's displacement story, including the advocacy he & other artists did to try to keep their workspaces. 2024-05-0841 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 19: MassCreative’s Creative Space Preservation Act & Creative Sector Legislative AgendaEpisode 19: MassCreative’s Creative Space Preservation Act & Creative Sector Legislative Agenda#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with MassCreative’s Executive Director Emily Ruddock & Director of External Relations Kelsey Rode about their current Creative Sector Legislative Agenda, its 4 bills that have moved out of committee & specifically the Creative Space Preservation Act. Recorded at The Record Co. in Roxbury by Dan Moffat. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2024-04-0854 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 18: Unpacking the Somerville Arts Risk Assessment with Metropolitan Area Planning Council & Somerville Arts Council In this episode, #ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Annis Sengupta of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) & Greg Jenkins of Somerville Arts Council about their Somerville Arts Risk Assessment work & report, how Somerville’s arts buildings are at high risk of displacement & potential tools to help prevent it. Recorded & edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville, MA. 2024-03-281h 15
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsCBA (Community Benefits Agreement) Summit 101: What it is, why you should go & what to ask for...CBA Summit 101 is NOT a podcast episode. It's a special quick learning about the upcoming Union Square Neighborhood Council's CBA Summits being held in Somerville. Visit www.dontfwithfab.org for summit details. There ARE a handful of podcast episodes regarding Somerville arts spaces, its Fabrication District, ACE Requirements, Somerville Arts Council, MAPC's Art Space Risk Assessment, Union Square Neighborhood Council, Joy Street Studios & more at https://rss.com/podcasts/artstayshere/. Recorded at The Record Co. in Roxbury by Dan Moffat. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville. 2024-03-0714 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 17: Union Square Neighborhood CouncilEpisode 17: Union Square Neighborhood Council #ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Union Square Neighborhood Council (Bill Cavelini, Michele Hansen, Emily Doran & Mattias Rudolph) about the purpose of a neighborhood council, the work they do advocating for the residents & workers of Union Square, including negotiating Community Benefit Agreements with developers. Recorded & edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance Audio & New Alliance East, in Somerville.2024-03-051h 05
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 16: Joy Street Studios: Protected by FAB or At Risk? #ARTSTAYSHERE talks with artists at Joy Street Studios in Somerville (Dan Coughlin, Jason Pollins, Coleen Palencia) about being at risk, potential displacement, and organizing in advance to prepare for what may come. Recorded at The Record Co. in Roxbury. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2024-03-0453 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 15: Somerville's Fabrication District, Part 2: Don't F with FAB!This is part 2 on Somerville's Fabrication District. #ARTSTAYSHERE's Ami Bennitt & Ethan Dussault connect the dots on potential changes to different arts communities in Somerville & outline what it means & how artists & arts supporters must join the Don't F with FAB! movement to keep affordable arts workspaces in Somerville. 2024-02-2643 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 14: Somerville's "Unsung Hero" Fabrication District 101#ARTSTAYSHERE unpacks the issues that impact affordable arts workspace in Somerville, including its Fabrication District, MAPC's Art Risk Assessment, Arts & Creative Enterprise uses/set-asides (ACE), current proposed zoning amendments, potential impact, the importance of activating the arts sector to participate in the community process to have their voices heard. Ami Bennitt interviews Ethan Dussault, co-owner of New Alliance Audio (twice displaced), located at Milk Row Studios in Somerville's Union Square. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co; edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East. To learn more, visit www.dontfwithfab.org. 2024-02-0540 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 13: Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC): Arts & Culture in Regional Planning#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Annis Sengupta, Director of Arts & Culture at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) about adding the creative sector to planning, both at the municipal level & regionally; as well as research on the area's cultural spaces & how to act as arts ecosystem. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co.; edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2024-01-291h 02
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 12: Fitchburg Arts Community: Investing in Artists to Revive One Downtown Gateway City#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Fitchburg Art Museum director Nick Capasso about being a bilingual museum whose mission includes showing New England artists & a deep connection to community & economic development for Downtown Fitchburg, including the incoming Fitchburg Arts Community (FAC) affordable housing development. Just 50 miles northwest of Boston, a once-thriving industrial hotbed turns to investing in artists as seeds of economic health for one gateway city.2024-01-2148 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 11: MassCreative: Advocacy, Organizing, Bills & More...#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with MassCreative, our statewide arts advocacy organization. With Executive Director Emily Ruddock & Director of External Relations Kelsey Rode, we learn about the history of this important agency, its different areas of work & the importance of advocating consistently, not just during election years.2024-01-1459 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 10: The Record Co: Just Cause You Can Don't Mean You Should#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with The Record Co.'s Matt McArthur & Sasha Pedro about getting the interim music rehearsal facility at 55 Morrissey Blvd. ready under extreme pressure, thus providing an almost seamless transition from Brighton to Dorchester.2024-01-0859 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 9: Somerville Arts Council, Fabrication Zone, ACE & More...#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Greg Jenkins (Executive Director) & Michael Rosenberg (Arts Development Manager) of Somerville Arts Council about cultural space, Fabrication Zoning, ACE requirements & more. Recorded & edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2023-12-181h 14
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 8: Bill Madsen Hardy (New Atlantic Development)Episode 8: Bill Madsen Hardy (New Atlantic Development)#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Bill Madsen Hardy of New Atlantic Development about preserving Boston-area arts spaces in Jamaica Plain, Fort Point & Dorchester. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2023-12-061h 28
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 7: Lightening in a Bottle (NOT): Part 1Episode 7: Lightening in a Bottle (NOT): Part I#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with Humphreys Street Studios artist tenants Cristina Todesco, Josh Rose-Wood & Franklin Marval about their 3-year-plus journey to preserve their artist studios in Dorchester, which are now majority artist-owned/operated as affordable artist workspace in perpetuity. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville. 2023-11-201h 26
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 6: The Answer is Money. What's the Question?Episode 6: The Answer is Money. What’s the Question? Jim Grace, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston#ARTSTAYSHERE talks with long-time executive director Jim Grace about the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, the services they provide, and their Creative Campus initiative on creating & preserving cultural space. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2023-11-131h 08
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 5: Charlestown Rehearsal Studios Episode 5: Charlestown Rehearsal Studios#ARTSTAYSHERE's Ami Bennitt talks with musicians Jesse Vengrove (Glacier/Greylock), Daniel Sussman (Duck & Cover) & Emily Doran (Hammered Saint) from CRS (Charlestown Rehearsal Studios), who, earlier this year were at risk of potential displacement. Recorded & edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville. 2023-11-021h 30
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 4: JJ Gonson: Wearer of Many A HatEpisode 4: JJ Gonson: Wearer of Many A Hat#ARTSTAYSHERE’s Ami Bennitt & Ethan Dussault talk with JJ Gonson, long-time music photographer, concert promoter & advocate. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Friday, August 25, 2023. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville.2023-10-271h 22
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 3: 119 Braintree Street, AllstonCulture Crisis Conversations: #ARTSTAYSHERE's Podcast SeriesEpisode 3: The Artists & Creative Small Businesses of 119 Braintree Street, Allston#ARTSTAYSHERE's Ami Bennitt talks with 119 Braintree Street artists Wayne Strattman, Lisa Lobel (Boston Casting), Kristen Goodfriend & David Jackel (Shave Media) about their impending displacement from their aritst workspaces. Recorded by Dan Moffat at The Record Co. Friday, August 11, 2023. Edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East in Somerville. Culture Crisis Conversations is in partnership with The Record Co., New Alliance Audio & New Alliance East.2023-10-161h 04
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 2: Part 2: Third Time's A Charm? Episode 2, Part 2, continues with #ARTSTAYSHRE in conversation with New Alliance's Alvan Long, Ethan Dussault & Nick Zampiello.2023-09-2852 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsEpisode 2: Part 1: Third Time's A Charm? In this second episode, #ARTSTAYSHERE talks with New Alliance Audio's Alvan Long, Ethan Dussault, and New Alliance East's Nick Zampiello about the organic, unique creative community of New Alliance -- from its start in Boston's Fenway, to it's second home at the EMF Building in Cambridge, to its current home in Somerville. Twice displaced, twice rebuilt.Recorded & edited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East.2023-09-2753 min
#ARTSTAYSHERE's Culture Crisis ConversationsCulture Crisis Conversations: Episode 1: #ARTSTAYSHERE OriginsIn this very first episode, #ARTSTAYSHERE founding members discuss how the Coalition's work started, why it's necessary & what we hope to accomplish. With Ami Bennitt, Cristina Todesco & Ethan Dussault.Recorded by Ethan Dussault at New Alliance AudioEdited by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East2023-09-151h 01
Concert Cast: A Travel Series Exploring Concert CultureUnderground Music Venue in Boston, MA called The LoftJourney to The Loft in Boston, a DIY artist rehearsal and performance space that serves as a sanctuary for experimental sounds. We'll shadow Audrey Ryan, the venue's owner (a talented musician herself), during her preparations and performance for the concert and spend time with a group of Boston bohemians to gain insight into the significance and preciousness of this venue in a city that is grappling with the loss of artist spaces.I'm Kyle Lamont, founder and host of Concert Cast, a rockumentary podcast network. Our series "in the pocket" explores independently owned venues where music and...2023-09-1130 min