Shows
The ZAMI NOBLA PodcastAlexis Pauline Gumbs Speaks on Her New Audre Lorde BiographyAlexis Pauline Gumbs' Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde Book Reading Information: https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/survival-promise-eternal-life-audre-lorde-homecoming-celebration-alexis-pauline-gumbs-and Book Reading Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/survival-is-a-promise-the-eternal-life-of-audre-lorde-tickets-938622193247?aff=oddtdtcreator A queer black troublemaker, a black feminist love evangelist and a prayer poet priestess, Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs was the first scholar to research the Audre Lorde Papers at Spelman College, the June Jordan Papers at Harvard University, and the Lucille Clifton Papers at Emory University during her...
2024-08-121h 27
The ZAMI NOBLA PodcastSharon Bridgforth with bull-jean & dem/dey Book PartyThis book party was hosted on May 27, 2023, at Charis Books & More in Decatur, Georgia. It featured esteemed writer Sharon Bridgforth in conversation with ZAMI NOBLA creative director Angela Denise Davis in celebration of bull-jean & dem/dey back. You can view the YouTube video of this event at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6EcaVl7dxo The ZNP previous interview of Sharon Bridgforth: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/zaminobla/id/21629876 Bull-jean & dem/dey back is a collection that unites two performance/nov...
2024-08-121h 04
Tell Me About XTell Me About the Female Freedom Fighters of MexicoIn this episode X speaks with Daniel Fabelo and Diana Guizado. Daniel (he/him) is a Latino filmmaker originally from Austin, Texas. He is the son of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents. He graduated from UT Austin with a degree in Radio-TV-Film and, for a time, was a writer/director for online powerhouse Rooster Teeth. There, he directed numerous web series, documentaries and the sci-fi feature, Lazer Team 2. His latest short film, El Gato Feo, is a historical drama about the women who fought in the Mexican Revolution. It premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival and...
2023-11-2739 min
Commonplace PodcastEpisode 114: Live & Embodied with Hope MohrLinks, Bios & Support InfoHope MohrHope Mohr’s Horizon StanzasAlyssa HaradComing to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bridge by Alyssa HaradThe Descent of Alette by Alice NotleyInanna Queen of Heaven and Earth by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah KramerMOTHERs by Rachel ZuckerAlice Notley reading books 1 and 2 of Descent of AletteAlice Notley reads books 3 and 4 of Descent of AletteSharon Bridgforth Omi Osun Joni L. Jon...
2023-08-281h 39
One Million ExperimentsEpisode 5 - REP with Signe Victoria HarridayOne Million Experiments turns to the Twin Cities to connect with Signe Harriday of Relationships Evolving Possibilies, or REP. REP is a network of dedicated abolitionists showing up to support others in moments of crisis or urgency, with care and respect for the full dignity and autonomy of the people in crisis. They help community build pods of communal reliance, and facilitate a hotline to address the needs of community members in times of crisis. We talk with Signe about how relationships are the building blocks of liberation work, how having a different number to call shifts individual and communal...
2022-03-241h 10
AirGoEp 297 - One Million Experiments Part 5: REP with Signe Victoria HarridayOne Million Experiments turns to the Twin Cities to connect with Signe Harriday of Relationships Evolving Possibilies, or REP. REP is a network of dedicated abolitionists showing up to support others in moments of crisis or urgency, with care and respect for the full dignity and autonomy of the people in crisis. They help community build pods of communal reliance, and facilitate a hotline to address the needs of community members in times of crisis. We talk with Signe about how relationships are the building blocks of liberation work, how having a different number to call shifts individual and communal...
2022-03-241h 10
The ZAMI NOBLA PodcastSharon Bridgforth Creates Spaces for Healing and Remembrance on Stage and in LifeAngela sat down with Sharon Bridgforth on October 8, 2021, to record this interview via video conference. Bridgforth talked about her formative years, her pathway to healing, intergenerational mentoring, and her life as a touring artist in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharon Bridgforth's website https://www.sharonbridgforth.com/ Twin Cities PBS did a special on Pillsbury House Theatre - who GRACIOUSLY chose to feature "dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/The Show!!!" The special premiered on 7/10/21. https://www.datblackmermaidmanlady.com/the-show A Doris Duke Performing Artist, Sharon Bridgforth is a...
2021-12-301h 00
The Institute of Black Imagination.E34. The Process of Un-Drowning with Poet and Scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Part Two).In today’s episode Dario sits with poet, independent scholar, and self-ascribed cousin to all sentient beings, Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs. As described by writer, Sharon Bridgforth, “Alexis serves as guide and translator of vibrational realities of dreaming into how to survive, thrive and shape-shift this world.” Dario and Alexis discuss creating our own paths outside of established institutions, particularly, academia and the church. Alexis shares thoughts on collaborating with Spirit and a love offering to anyone who has experienced spiritual violence. Today’s conversation is part 2 of our conversation with Alexis. During these conversations, we invite you t...
2021-12-191h 01
The Institute of Black Imagination.E34. The Process of Un-Drowning with Poet and Scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Part One).In today’s episode Dario sits with poet, independent scholar, and self-ascribed cousin to all sentient beings, Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs. As described by writer, Sharon Bridgforth, “Alexis serves as guide and translator of vibrational realities of dreaming into how to survive, thrive and shape-shift this world.” Dario and Alexis discuss how creatives can use their own archives to find their voice and the many lessons of love that come from grief. Today’s conversation is the first of two with Alexis. During these conversations, we invite you to slow down and simply listen.To listen in between t...
2021-12-1247 min
TBA21 on st_agePouring Libation: Lessons from the Water on Mothering, Ceremony, and SurrenderingWhat healing power does the ocean hold for us? How can we learn to be in the right relationship with the earth, ourselves, and non-human companion species by engaging with the ocean? If we imagined the ocean as a divine ecology, how would that transform how we approach it? What if the ocean could teach us how to survive climate catastrophe and the violence of white supremacy? This fluid and dynamic conversation brings together four Black women artists, activists, scholars, and spirit workers to discuss Courtney Desiree Morris’s experimental film project, Sopera de Yemaya. The film explores the esthetic, sp...
2021-06-1034 min
Who Yo People IsBonus Track - Florinda BryantFlorinda is an interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator that I’ve been art-family with since 1998. Here she talks about tending not only to her art, and her communities, but to her own mental, physical, spiritual health. A Texas gurl who calls Austin home, Florinda has worked with Salvage Vanguard Theater, the Rude Mechs, the Vortex, Paper Chairs, Theater en Bloc and Teatro Vivo in Austin, TX and the Ensemble Theater in Houston.
2021-04-2650 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 36 - Mankwe NdosiInfluenced by nature, the earth, Spirit and early experiences with Douglas R. Ewart and Laurie Carlos. Mankwe says she found herself in Fred Anderson’s Velvet Lounge, which was filled with Black folk from all over the world. There she grew herself as a creative musician and composer - working to hear an expanded audio palette of color. https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-3
2021-04-191h 12
Who Yo People IsEpisode 35 - Renita MartinIn this conversation Renita speaks about being from Terry Mississippi/feeling the Angels, Ancestors, animal Life and Trees playing “all up in my head.” Renita talks about learning how to navigate Spirit, and growing towards her mission of advancing social and economic development in our communities through the creation and promotion of world-class art. More at: whoyopeopleis.com/season-3
2021-04-1255 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 34 - Aimee K. BryantAimee speaks of being from Detroit, raised southerners that migrated there. A founding company member of Congo Square Theatre Company in Chicago, Aimee encourages emerging artists to build a Life and career centered in being kind, empathic, compassionate and Loving. She says, “Take a leap of faith, move towards what you want, what feels good - even if it is scary.” https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-3
2021-04-0554 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 33 - Sonja ParksSonja Parks has stayed true to her spirit by staying free, curious and expansively true to who she is professionally and in Life. After being an outsider - as a Black person in prominently White spaces - Sonja is dedicating her work to decolonizing artistic spaces. She wants to make certain that the “entire artist” is taken care of and respected. https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-3
2021-03-2953 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 32 - Stacey Karen RobinsonStacey Karen Robinson shares that her work is “about the emotional and Spirit-Life of Black FOLX.” She speaks about walking with the Ancestors - being an improvisor, stewarding what is coming through - while creating time, space and containers for listening, vesseling, and allowing during the creative process. At the end of our conversation you will hear Stacey’s performance of the excerpt from “bull-jean & dem dey back/Dreaming”. Visit: whoyopeopleis.com
2021-03-221h 19
2021-03-1104 min
Who Yo People IsEnd of Season 2/Honoring Diane RodriguezToday we honor anthologized writer, regional theatre director, and Off-Broadway Obie Award winning performer Diane Rodriguez. Diane transitioned April 10, 2020 from cancer. May God Bless her Soul in Flight. May all the Love Beauty and Divine Blessings that she so Brilliantly and generously gave the world/carry her in Light with Love. I am SO grateful to have received Diane's support/encouragement and generosity, and that she made time for a conversation with me. You can Listen to episode 18 and receive her wisdom/and Glory. More about Diane at: https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/04/10/diane-rodriguez-a-light-and-a-fire Season 2 of "Who Yo P...
2020-04-1303 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 30 - Alexis Pauline GumbsAn academic guided by intellectual practices inspired by Black liberation and Love, Alexis is a 2020-21 National Humanities Center Fellow. She says she is a Marine Mammal Apprentice...one who is carrying on blood line traditions of listening to whales. Alexis says, "one foot in the water one foot in the sand is where I hear the best." Alexis speaks of coming from mental health and spiritual workers...shoreline people, oyster workers, church founders, freedom practicing people/and a grandmother who designed the revolutionary flag for Anguilla, and is founder of the Caribbean Mental Health Association. Always...
2020-04-061h 24
Who Yo People IsEpisode 29 - SangodareSangodare speaks of learning how to sermonize, study, have critical analysis, deep thinking about sacred texts/and how to have integrity as a spiritual leader - from her preacher father, and other preachers in her family. Creating energy and vibrational fields to open space for people to be more of who they are, Sangodare makes connections between the vocality of Black preaching styles, and Ifa oriki traditions and tonalities. Sangodare and her partner, Alexis Pauline Gumbs are actively visioning building an intergenerational assisted living, residential space. In addition to investigating sustainable models for collective economic practices and re-imagining collective...
2020-03-301h 07
Who Yo People IsEpisode 28 - Amara Tabor-SmithAmara speaks of having family members who were Seers/that didn't talk about it - and how she learned to navigate her own Seeing. She names that we are living in present day traumatic stress syndrome as she talks about her walk with depression, learning to hold both grief and sorrow, and valuing what she has come to view as an opportunity to be bought into a space of darkness - darkness that holds possibility. Orisha traditions gave Amara a feeling of coming home and helped her move towards becoming more herself. Amara says that all her work is...
2020-03-231h 30
Who Yo People IsEpisode 27 - gina Breedlovegina talks about the grief work that she currently does as being rooted in her people's histories of keening and wailing/as a way to move grief...grief being sometimes distant, sometimes intimate, and sometimes lineages old. gina says sound has helped her turn, dive into and surrender to the waves of grief - feeling it - as a way to release it. gina says, "I am deeply and profoundly interested in your freedom." With that in mind, she asks herself what is the sound that will set you free, what is the sound that will bring you back t...
2020-03-1648 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 26 - Ron RaginRon shares some of his Journey growing up in Perry, Georgia being from story telling historians who primed him to be a critical thinker with things like post school pre-homework sermon sessions with his grandfather - centered on questions like "what does it mean to be a man and how can you grow into that all areas of your life?" Growing up singing as part of congregational choirs, Ron speaks about time traveling through song/Shape Shifting imposed assumptions. Ron is co-shaper - with Rebecca Mwase - of Vessels - a seven-woman harmonic meditation on the transcendental...
2020-03-0959 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 25 - Rebecca MwaseRebecca speaks about: coming from deep connection to Spirit; growing up African in rural Arkansas; navigating belonging; finding fortitude through literature and the arts; and the work of crafting ritual in performance. Rebecca is Creator of "Vessels" a seven-woman harmonic meditation on the transcendental possibilities of song during the Middle Passage - that asks, “What does freedom sound like in a space of confinement?” Junebug Productions production of Vessels, co-shaped by Ron Ragin, opens March 26, 2020. Rebecca is a Zimbabwean-American theater and performance artist, consultant, and cultural organizer working at the intersection of art and social justice. They craft...
2020-03-021h 12
Who Yo People IsEpisode 24 - Stephanie McKeeStephanie speaks about: being from singers and medicine people; growing through self-doubt imposed by the public school system; creating life-long friendships in art making spaces; her determination to make and hold space for Black creatives; and being part of a second generation of connection and partnerships between Junebug Productions and Urban Bush Women. Stephanie is a performer, choreographer, educator, facilitator and cultural organizer based in New Orleans, LA. She is the Artistic Director for Junebug Productions Inc., the organizational successor to the Free Southern Theater (FST), which was formed in 1963 to be a cultural arm of the Ci...
2020-02-241h 03
Who Yo People IsEpisode 23 - E. Patrick JohnsonI am proud to share my conversation with one of the most Beloved artist/scholar/community members of our times - Dr. E. Patrick Johnson! Patrick talks about growing up in North Carolina in communities where everyone made sure everyone was taken care of. He says that he owes who he is/how he moves in the world/how he theorizes/and what is possible in his life to his mom, her side of the family, and the sacrifices they made. Patrick says that in these perilous times, he feels art is the thing that is going...
2020-02-171h 04
Who Yo People IsEpisode 22 - Nick SlieI am proud to offer this conversation with my Soul Brotha, Nick Slie. Here, Nick shares some of his Cajun family history as he speaks of being Spiritually rooted in his instincts and the ancestral connections therein. An artist that creates work that lives outside, Nick says "we are nature," so returning to being in the great mysteries and gentleness of outdoors returns him to his goal of being a better person. He speaks of harm done through lack of vulnerability, and not allowing people to show up and help and he talks about what doing his "sacred man...
2020-02-1059 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 21 - Lisa C. MooreIn this conversation Lisa speaks of growing up in a Louisiana based family with a long history of music and education traditions. She shares her Journey as someone with a life mission of creating synergy/serving connection . . . and the fruits of that, which include RedBone Press. One of the architects of the Fire & Ink writers festival for GLBT people of African decent, Lisa talks about the work and research that went into working with Joseph Beam's mother, Dorothy Beam, to re-print, Brother to Brother and In the Life. Always graceful, humble and fierce, Lisa lays down words of wisdom...
2020-02-031h 02
Who Yo People IsEpisode 20 - Alicia Bauman-MoralesAlicia Bauman-Morales is an Oakland born Boricua tomboi, a queer woman, a dancer/organizer/performer/trouble maker. During our conversation Alicia brings the wealth of her Ancestry forward by calling the names of many in her blood lineage as she speaks of coming from fantastical storytellers, people committed to doing things on their own terms. Alicia shares a bit about her piece: huracán: storm medicine - a personal dance story, living altar and town hall about destruction, translation, and the transformative power of storms. And she names some of her influences, as she shares her Journey of learning h...
2020-01-2753 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 19 - Omi Osun Joni L. Jones"Who Yo People Is" jingle sanga, episode editor, season 2 producer - my daughter - Sonja Perryman is Guest Host for this episode!! Sonja interviews my wife/her other Mama - Omi Osun Joni L. Jones!!! Omi talks about growing up in Chicago's Southside suburbs - the youngest in a Black middle class family/raised by folks that migrated from the South - and their protocols. She shares about what initially moved her towards her long term/ongoing connection to Yoruba spiritual practices; she names her gratitude to the Ancestors as a source of Inspiration that she leans...
2020-01-2059 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 18 - Diane RodriguezAs a long time fan of Diane Rodriquez's work, grace, tenacity, generosity and passion driven service/I am thrilled to share our conversation. During our conversation Diane shares some of her experiences growing up in San Jose - during which she learned early on/from her parents how to serve in community...she talks about her history with Teatro Campesino, her experiences as a Chicana actress in Hollywood, her more than twenty years of work on artistic staff at Center Theatre Group, and much more! Be sure and listen to the end, so you can receive the gold that...
2020-01-131h 02
Who Yo People IsEpisode 17 - Ananya ChatterjeaAnanya Chatterjea is Ananya Dance Theatre founder, artistic director, choreographer, dancer. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Choreography Fellow, 2012 McKnight Choreography Fellow, 2016 Joyce Award recipient, 2019-2020 Urban Bush Women Choreographic Fellow, and a 2019 Dance/USA Artist Fellow. In this interview Ananya speaks of growing up in Kolkata, India learning about transnational feminist & women’s movements, urban beats, social justice and the drum beat of women's daily life in dance. She speaks of coming to the US to study at Columbia university (NY), and later temple University where she received her (Ph.D). Ananya shares her Journey with what it me...
2020-01-0647 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 16 - Alexis De VeauxAlexis De Veaux, Ph.D, is one of a stellar list of American writers highlighted by LIT CITY, a public art initiative of banners bearing their names and images in downtown Buffalo, New York, in recognition of the city’s renowned literary legacy. Co-Founder of The Center for Poetic Healing, a project of Lyrical Democracies (with Kathy Engel), and of the Flamboyant Ladies Theatre Company (with Gwendolen Hardwick), Alexis De Veaux is an activist and writer whose work in multiple genres is nationally and internationally known. In this interview Alexis talks about: reaching back to bring it for...
2019-12-301h 06
Who Yo People IsEpisode 15 - Daniel Alexander Jones, Pt. 2A critically acclaimed, award winning artist, Daniel Alexander Jones is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow. In this interview Daniel speaks about: some of his mentors; his gender being a constant unfolding/and revelation; becoming a vessel for Jomama Jones; everyday acts of family making/being in community and more. Daniel exemplifies the artist as energy worker. Daniel’s wildflower body of original work includes plays, performance pieces, recorded music, concerts, music theatre events, essays, and long-form improvisations. Energy is his true medium. The Herb Alpert Foundation wrote that he “creates multi-dimensional experiences where bodies, minds, emotions, voices, and spirits conjoi...
2019-12-2349 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 14 - Daniel Alexander Jones Pt. 1Daniel Alexander Jones exemplifies the artist as energy worker. Daniel’s wildflower body of original work includes plays, performance pieces, recorded music, concerts, music theatre events, essays, and long-form improvisations. Energy is his true medium. The Herb Alpert Foundation wrote that he “creates multi-dimensional experiences where bodies, minds, emotions, voices, and spirits conjoin, shimmer, and heal.” This is part 1 of a two part interview. https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-2 http://www.danielalexanderjones.com
2019-12-1645 min
Who Yo People IsSeason 2/BONUS TRACKHosted by Sharon Bridgforth, Who Yo People Is features conversations with artists whose Work and artistic practices are rooted in serving our communities through healing/creative/Spiritual and cultural traditions - centered in Love. Season 2 of Who Yo People Is drops December 16!! Meanwhile check out this BONUS TRACK in which Leigh Gaymon-Jones takes the seat as guest host and interviews me. We talk bout family, art, Divine service and Love. Leigh Gaymon-Jones is a people-centered creative -- she is a mover, a maker and a grower. She is committed to ecology and l...
2019-12-091h 10
Who Yo People IsNEW Podcast JingleHosted by Sharon Bridgforth, "Who Yo People Is" features conversations with artists whose Work and artistic practices are rooted in serving our communities through healing/creative/Spiritual and cultural traditions - centered in Love. This episode introduces our NEW podcast jingle! Lyrics: Sharon Bridgforth Composer & Musician: Renita Martin Singer: Sonja Perryman Engineer: Owen Modamwen, Beyond Studios DC Copyright (c) 2019 Geeched Out Productions http://whoyopeopleis.com
2019-12-0202 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 10 With Marjani Forté-SaundersIn this conversation Marjani speaks about revolutionary Blackness; taping into the prayers that have been prayed for us; the alchemy of Black folks finding our spiritual fortitude and power through our creative energies; the vulnerability of imagining that you can do something; and getting Sun’d in the dance. Crowned a Prayer Warrior early in life by her elders . . . Marjani encourages us to be courageous - to “fail and frolic dopely.” (#fail and frolic dopely::)). Marjani Forté-Saunders is a Mother, choreographer, performer, a collaborative artist, community organizer and most recently a 3 time Bessie award winning choreographer. Anchored in...
2019-05-271h 18
Who Yo People IsEpisode 09 With Virginia Grise & Shayok Misha ChowdhuryIn this conversation Virginia Grise & Shayok Misha Chowdhury talk about longing, Love and the Moon…migration histories…shared lineages…real time collaborations/and just doing the work. Virginia Grise is a recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award, Princess Grace Award in Theatre Directing and the Yale Drama Series Award. Publications include: Your Healing is Killing Me (Plays Inverse Press), blu (Yale University Press) and The Panza Monologues co-written with Irma Mayorga (University of Texas Press). More at: http://virginiagrise.com Shayok Misha Chowdhury is a queer Bengali director, writer, and theater-maker based in Brooklyn. Misha is currently...
2019-05-201h 07
Who Yo People IsEpisode 08 - Ebony Noelle GoldenIn this episode Ebony Noelle Golden speaks of being from People who fight for justice and practice Love as action . . . Love in the DNA, and Seeing at the Cross Roads. Ebony is an artist, scholar, and culture strategist. Her creative work consists of site-specific performance rituals and live art installations that explore relationships between creativity and liberation. She is the founder of Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative, LLC a culture consultancy and arts accelerator based in NYC. More about Ebony and all dem Guests HERE. Ebony's Website HERE. Ebony on YouTube HERE.
2019-05-1341 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 07 - Ni'Ja WhitsonIn this episode Ni'Ja talks about forgiveness, Love and healing…finding home on a cellular level…the functions of nomadism….and the work of exploring Ancestral stories - centralizing dark matter, dark energy and Blackness as everything. An interdisciplinary artist and writer - Ni’Ja is and Creative Capital, MAP Fund, Bessie-Award winning artist currently teaching experimental choreography at the University of California, Riverside. http://www.nijawhitson.com https://vimeo.com/nijawhitson #whoyopeopleis #nijawhitson #crossroadsleadershiplab
2019-05-061h 05
Who Yo People IsEpisode 06 - D'LoIn this episode, D’Lo and I are joined by Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones (my wife). The three of us talk about shining light on queer narratives and the work of growing into our rolls as elders too soon. We revisit some of my back in the day craycray that D’Lo witnessed me grow through, and we speak on the power of staying in it with each other/finding our messy way forward with patience and kindness and Love. D’Lo is an actor/writer/comic who in addition to touring his own solo works...
2019-04-291h 14
Who Yo People IsEpisode 05 - Adelina AnthonyOriginally from San Antonio, Tejas, Adelina is the eldest daughter of eight. She grounds her work in Indigenous tenets, especially the practice of story as medicine. Adelina is an award-winning and critically acclaimed artist working primarily in the areas of acting, writing, producing and directing in theater/television and film. In this raw, open conversation Adelina talks about Breaking cycles, healing trauma, and reclaiming medicine…by looking at the roots of wickedness and sacredness. She considers the realities of help from the other side in her Journey of being an artist/carrying her Mama’s medicine. More a...
2019-04-221h 17
Who Yo People IsEpisode 04 - Samia Abou-SamraSamia Abou-Samra creates music as Wailing - the cry, the longing prayer to inspire the deepest love. Samia os founder of Whale Wonder: a playspace that incubates incubators for the elevation of consciousness. Samia and is co-founder of Turtle Tank: an incubator for Radical Love and Freedom that supports radical creators, entrepreneurs and leaders in creating wealth and well-being. In this conversation Samia talks about civil unrest, Arabic Jazz, the evolution of consciousness, land and stories of land, and music that comes from revolution, political satire and longing. At the end of our conversation Samia Wails for...
2019-04-1554 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 03 - Gabrielle CivilGABRIELLE CIVIL is a black feminist performance artist, originally from Detroit, MI. She has premiered fifty original performance art works around the world tackling race, body, politics, grief, and desire. She is the author of the performance memoirs Swallow the Fish and Experiments in Joy. She teaches Creative Writing & Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. The child of Haitian and African American parents – in this episode Gabrielle speaks on education, revolutionary heroes, family legends and Black experimental fem women art makers. More about Gabrielle HERE.
2019-04-0853 min
Who Yo People IsEpisode 02 - Maria Bauman-MoralesMaria Bauman-Morales is a NY-based “Bessie” award winning multi-disciplinary artist and community organizer. With her company, MBDance, Maria presents work that centers the non-linear and linear stories and bodies of queer people of color. She is a 2018 Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center Fellow and is currently Artist in Residence at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. In this episode Maria speaks of Florida Water people, and Works that tether...giving witness participants the opportunity to embody knowing that we are not alone, that we don’t have to do it alone. We talk about openness, vulnerability, Joy in making work and har...
2019-04-0142 min
Who Yo People IsSharon Bridgforth Talks About The SeriesIn this episode, Sharon introduces the series and talks about how it came to be. Don't forget to subscribe. This podcast is supported by The Crossroads Leadership Lab at The University of Vermont's Leadership for Sustainability Masters Program in the Rubinstein School of Environment and Natural Resources. More deets at: http://whoyopeopleis.com
2019-03-2705 min
Austin Art TalkSharon Bridgforth - Circles Of Relationship"We need to not only find ourselves but we need to find a way to each other. It’s really hard to show up fully for others if you haven’t shown up for yourself. It’s really hard to have the hard conversations we need to have right now, so that we can move together collectively, so that we can tend our relationships, if we haven’t done that for ourselves. I think it’s really hard to make courageous choices as artists if we haven’t done that work. Because our fear and the things that we are hiding f...
2018-12-171h 15
The GrowlerSharon Bridgforth InterviewSharon Bridgforth
• How the page is like a canvas for poets
• The effect music has had on her writing
• The importance of creating and tending to artistic families
• Advice to writers who are afraid to put themselves out there
• Art as a vehicle for social justice
• What she wants people to get out of her work
2016-04-1300 min