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Cerebral Women Art Talks PodcastAnthony AkinbolaEp.224 Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola (b. 1991, Missouri) has had solo exhibitions at Sean Kelly, New York; Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna; Carbon 12, Dubai; John Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan; the Queens Museum, New York, and other galleries and institutions. His work has been featured in group shows at the Guggenheim, New York, NY; Hauser & Wirth, New York and Los Angeles; Pace Gallery, New York; and the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, among others. Akinbola's work is included in the permanent collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection; The Everson Museum of...
2024-12-0419 min
CulturalDC PodcastTorrents: Bomba Panel with Alex Lasalle, Amber Robles-Gordon, and Isha M. Renta LópezFeaturing musician, composer, and director, Alex Lasalle, interdisciplinary artist, Amber Robles-Gordon, and founder and director of Semilla Cultural, Isha M. Renta López.
Moderated by Torrents 2024 Scholar, Adrian Loving
Torrents: New Links to Black Futures is November 14-17, 2024 in the Union Market District and The Kennedy Center. Learn more on our website: culturaldc.org/torrents
The Bomba Performance featuring Amber Robles-Gordon and Isha M. Renta López is Sunday, November 17th at 1:30 PM at Songbyrd Music House in Washington, DC. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/torrents-dance-bomba-tickets-1038206191667?aff=oddtdtcreator
2024-11-1451 min
Murder, Mystery and Mayhem Laced with MoralityRachel Bykowski—Award-Winning Chicago Playwright Discusses Author IdentityRachel Bykowski, a Chicago playwright, writes to explore the many facets of the female identity. Her full-length, 28 Light Years From Now, is the winner of 2020 Getchell New Play Award. Her full-length play, Tight End, has been featured with The National New Play Network (NNPN) in a workshop at the Kennedy Center for the MFA Playwrights’ Festival in 2016, was a top 20 finalist for CulturalDC’s Source Theatre Festival in 2017, and received Honorable Mention for the Jane Chambers 2017 Student Playwriting Award.
Her full-length play, Rev, was the runner-up for the 2018 Todd McNerney Playwriting Award, the winner of the 2019 SETC/Stag...
2024-09-2243 min
CulturalDC PodcastAfrofrequencies with Ursula Rucker and Thomas Stanley, Ph.D - Torrents: New Links to Black FuturesIn this conversation, Thomas Stanley, Ph.D., interviews spoken word recording artist Ursula Rucker.
Thomas Stanley is an artist, author, and activist deeply committed to audio culture in the service of personal growth and social change. As performer and curator, Bushmeat Sound has been an integral part of a visionary music scene straddling the Baltimore-Washington corridor. His audio work employs musical sound to anchor, frame, and accelerate our subjective experience of history.
Ursula Rucker is an interdisciplinary poet, performer, and recording artist whose work reflects on personal history, family, and place. She chara...
2024-03-0850 minCulturalDC PodcastBlack Utopia with Thomas Stanley, Ph.D. and Alex Zamalin - Torrents: New Links to Black FuturesToday’s conversation is between Thomas Stanley, Ph.D., and Alex Zamalin. Thomas Stanley is an artist, author, and activist deeply committed to audio culture in the service of personal growth and social change. As performer and curator, Bushmeat Sound has been an integral part of a visionary music scene straddling the Baltimore-Washington corridor. His audio work employs musical sound to anchor, frame, and accelerate our subjective experience of history. Dr. Stanley interviews professor and author Alex Zamalin to discuss themes of his book Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism.
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2024-03-0837 min
CulturalDC PodcastLiving Myths Panel with Film Makers Alexis Aggrey, Merawi Gerima, Shaka King, and Ytasha Womack moderated by DJ Underdog - Torrents: New Links to Black FuturesTorrents: New Links to Black Futures is an artist-led program exploring new territories in Black future-building through visual arts, technology, music, film, and performance.
This DC-based interdisciplinary event series gathers artists, collectors, professors, and community stakeholders to participate in a week filled with engaging experiences. Torrents examines critical questions about the development of Black futures across the African diaspora by featuring innovators across industries. Through expert panels, film screenings, live music, artistic performances, and demonstrations of advancements in technology, we aim to create opportunities to build community and inspire collaboration.
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2023-04-2532 min
CulturalDC PodcastRoots of A Future Visual Arts Panel with Dr. Reynaldo Anderson, Dr. Raimi Gbadamosi, & Artist Nyugen E. Smith, moderated by Adefolakunmi Adenugba - Torrents: New Links to Black FuturesTorrents: New Links to Black Futures is an artist-led program exploring new territories in Black future-building through visual arts, technology, music, film, and performance.
This DC-based interdisciplinary event series gathers artists, collectors, professors, and community stakeholders to participate in a week filled with engaging experiences. Torrents examines critical questions about the development of Black futures across the African diaspora by featuring innovators across industries. Through expert panels, film screenings, live music, artistic performances, and demonstrations of advancements in technology, we aim to create opportunities to build community and inspire collaboration.
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2023-04-0452 min
Media in the MixAdventures with Rorschach Theatre!Welcome to Media in the Mix, the only podcast produced and hosted by the School of Communication at American University. Join us as we create a safe space to explore topics and communication at the intersection of social justice, tech, innovation & pop culture. Let's introduce you to our guests!
Jenny McConnell Frederick is a Washington, DC-based director, producer and strong believer in impossible theatre. She is the founder and co-Artistic Director of Rorschach Theatre as well as a member of Rorschach’s groundbreaking Distance Frequencies project. She has worked in development and director positions for prominent organizations lik...
2023-03-0125 minCulturalDC PodcastDavid Jeremiah & Teri Henderson In ConversationArtist David Jeremiah and Journalist & Curator Teri Henderson discuss Jeremiah’s artistic practice, his Dallas roots, his exhibition "FOGA" with CulturalDC, and more.
2022-08-0935 minCulturalDC PodcastInsurrection ft. Phillip Brookman and Andres SerranoFor 20 years, CulturalDC has been making space for art. That includes physical places like galleries, theaters and affordable housing for artists. But it also includes making space in the conversation for art. In this brand new episode of the Cultural DC podcast, we sit with two influential artists to reflect on CulturalDC’s latest film collaboration, Insurrection by Andres Serrano presented by a/political. Joining our podcast today is featured artist Andres Serrano and Art Curator Phillip Brookman.Philip Brookman is Consulting Curator for the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery. Brookman’s books, essay...
2022-01-1840 minCulturalDC PodcastInsurrection ft. Sylwia Serafinowicz, Kristi Maiselman and Andres SerranoFor 20 years, CulturalDC has been making space for art. That includes physical places like galleries, theaters and affordable housing for artists. But it also includes making space in the conversation for art. In this brand new episode of the Cultural DC podcast, we sit with three arts leaders to reflect on CulturalDC’s latest film collaboration, Insurrection by Andres Serrano presented by a/political. Joining our podcast today are artist Andres Serrano and Art Curator Sylwia Serafinowicz, and CulturalDC Executive Director Kristi Maiselmann.Sylwia Serafinowicz is Chief Curator at a/political, public speaker and writer bas...
2022-01-1846 minCulturalDC PodcastInsurrection ft. Andres Serrano and Andy GrundbergFor 20 years, CulturalDC has been making space for art. That includes physical places like galleries, theaters and affordable housing for artists. But it also includes making space in the conversation for art. In this brand new episode of the Cultural DC podcast, we sit with two influential artists to discuss their latest works and reflect on CulturalDC’s latest film collaboration, Insurrection by Andres Serrano presented by a/political. Joining our podcast today are artist Andres Serrano and Art Curator Andy Grundberg to discuss Serrano’s new book The Game : All Things Trump and Grundberg’s latest...
2022-01-181h 09
CulturalDC PodcastWhen We Gather...ft. M. Florine Démosthène and Atsu NumadziFor 20 years, CulturalDC has been making space for art. That includes physical places like galleries, theaters and affordable housing for artists. But it also includes making space in the conversation for art.
This summer, CulturalDC is proud to present, When We Gather…, a collaborative exploration between Haïtian-American (Flo·reen Day·most·ten) and Ghanaian (Aaah·chu Nuu·maah·jee).
“When We Gather…” is a visual arts installation highlighting the cultural significance of flag making in military campaigns, clan identity, spirituality, and storytelling.
Using the history of Haiti’s Battle for Independence and the symbology of the Anlo Ewe people , Day·most·ten and...
2021-08-1853 minCulturalDC PodcastA Discussion on Sneakers ft Ian Callendar, Dominick Adams and Abdul FouziIn this brand new episode of the Cultural DC podcast, we sit with three purveyors of DC sneakerhead culture to discuss the impact and future of sneaker collecting and community.
Today’s discussion is framed against CulturalDC’s latest Mobile Art Gallery Installation, Overboard by Andy Yoder, an exhibit of over 220 sneakers constructed from recycled and repurposed materials. The installation examines sneakerhead culture and brings attention to the impact of capitalist consumer culture on our environment.
Joining our discussion today are DC sneaker enthusiasts Ian Callender, Dominick Adams and Abdul Fow-zi.
Ian Callender has been longtime DC business owner and snea...
2021-06-231h 02CulturalDC PodcastAs An Enemy ft. Teri Henderson + Brandon SoderbergCulturalDC presents the second video installation in partnership with Baltimore-based curator Teri Henderson. The exhibit, “SUBVERSIONS,” will be projected onto the windows of CulturalDC’s Source Theatre in the historic 14th and U Street Corridor in Northwest Washington, D.C. “As An Enemy” is a multichannel video installation showing the corruption of the Baltimore City Police Department. Curated in collaboration with Baltimore based writer Brandon Soderberg, “As An Enemy” offers a stark microcosm of corrupt police forces across the country.
The exhibition creates space for the victims of police brutality by telling the unique story of Black men and women victimized by...
2021-02-191h 15
CulturalDC PodcastRendition ft. Zoe CharltonSeveral formative experiences have shaped D.C. and Baltimore-based artist Zoë Charlton’s career and inspired her work. Growing up, she was a frequent visitor to her grandmother’s blue house and wooded property in the Florida panhandle, a place that was “dense with growth and large with memory,” where extended family frequently gathered.
At Florida State University, one of Charlton’s mentors, the late Ed Love, told her to “make sure you study with people who look like you.” He knew something she didn’t fully understand at the time: that by being intentional about who you surround yourself with, you are bui...
2020-02-2853 min
CulturalDC PodcastThe Barbershop Project ft. Devan ShimoyamaIn Mighty Mighty, Shimoyama’s paintings come to life, engaging individuals in a dialogue about how to evolve from said stereotypes of such performed hypermasculinity in barbershops and how to cultivate a safe, welcome environment for all.
Devan Shimoyama is a visual artist working primarily in self-portraiture and narratives inspired from classical mythology and allegory. The work of Devan Shimoyama showcases the relationship between celebration and silence in queer culture and sexuality. Shimoyama’s compositions are often inspired by Caribbean folklore, science fiction, and the masters Caravaggio and Goya, though adding a more contemporary expression and sensuality. With the usage of v...
2019-09-1751 min
2019-07-1837 min
CulturalDC PodcastThis Is Not A Drill Ft. Jefferson PinderOn this episode, we hear from artist Jefferson Pinder about his performance art piece “This Is Not A Drill” performed at The Source on 14th Street in mid June 2019. Jefferson Pinder is an artist whose work provides evocative commentary on race and forms of struggle, aiming to investigate aspects of personal identity through the materials of neon, found objects, performance, and video. Pinder is joined in conversation with Dr. Jordana Moore Sa- jay -say to discuss Pinder’s new work and its inspirational ties to The Red Summer of 1919.
Jefferson Pinder’s work has been featured across the globe in group an...
2019-06-241h 03
CulturalDC PodcastStay Fly ft. Jamea Richmond-EdwardsFor 20 years, CulturalDC has been making space for art. That includes physical places like galleries, theaters and affordable housing for artists. But it also includes making space in the conversation for art. We’re excited to bring you the second episode in our podcast series with our friends at Caandor Labs.
On this episode, we hear from Mobile Art Gallery artist Jamea Richmond-Edwards about her exhibit Stay Fly, on view at CityCenterDC through April 13. She’s joined by Desiree Venn Frederic and Howard University Professor Dr. Melanee Harvey. They talk about fashion and the power of the Black consumer. Thanks to o...
2019-04-021h 02
CulturalDC PodcastIvanka Vacuuming ft. Jennifer RubellFor 20 years, CulturalDC has been making space for art. That means physical places like galleries, theaters and affordable housing for artists. But it also means we make space in the conversation. Podcasting is an exciting way to have those conversations and make our work and artistic programs accessible to a broader audience. We look forward to sharing insights from some of our key collaborators with you.
Our first episode features a conversation between CulturalDC’s Executive Director Kristi Maiselman and critically acclaimed artist Jennifer Rubell about the exhibit you’ve probably heard of: Ivanka Vacuuming. A Q&A portion with the...
2019-03-1958 min
Activated: The Future of ContentACTIVATED_LIVE - Ivanka Vacuuming ft. CulturalDC and Jennifer RubellFor 20 years, CulturalDC has been making space for art. That means physical places like galleries, theaters and affordable housing for artists. But it also means we make space in the conversation. Podcasting is an exciting way to have those conversations and make our work and artistic programs accessible to a broader audience. We look forward to sharing insights from some of our key collaborators with you.
Our first episode features a conversation between CulturalDC’s Executive Director Kristi Maiselman and critically acclaimed artist Jennifer Rubell about the exhibit you’ve probably heard of: Ivanka Vacuuming. A Q&A po...
2019-02-1558 min
INSIGHT with Mark OppenheimINSIGHT: CulturalDC – Tanya HiltonTanya Hilton, Executive Director of CulturalDC, discusses how the organization functions as a welcoming house for artists to showcase and share their work with their communities. This interview was produced in collaboration with WHUT (Howard University Television).
2018-06-1400 min
Infinite Earth Radio – weekly conversations with leaders building smarter, more sustainable, and equitable communitiesArt and Creative Place MakingTopic:The arts and community engagement as highly effective community and economic development strategiesGuest & Organization:Juanita Hardy is the Senior Visiting Fellow (SVF) for Creative Placemaking at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Her work supports the Institute’s Building Healthy Places Initiative by deepening and broadening ULI’s focus on creative placemaking through content, the ULI District Council network, and the Healthy Corridors grant program.Hardy has a passion for making business and cultural connections that foster healthy, thriving, and culturally rich places to work, live, and enjoy. She founded Tiger Managem...
2018-04-1216 min