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Curious Story LabCurating the Branding of Black PowerWelcome to Episode 10 of Curious Story Lab. In this episode, we interview Es-pranza Humphrey, the education coordinator, about her first major curatorial project. The project is called "Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party" held at the Poster House Museum in New York City. We discuss the complex process of curating exhibitions that bring history and Black visual culture to life.Credits:You can find Es-pranza Humphrey: Instagram: es-pranzaFor more information on Black Power to Black People: Branding of the Black Panther Party, visit Poster House Website: Poster House Museum:Instagram...2023-08-2338 min
Curious Story LabExploring the Creative Vision of Marcia MinterIn this episode of Reshaping Culture, I am thrilled to be joined by Marcia Minter, the co-founder, and director of Indigo Arts Alliance, a remarkable non-profit organization located in Portland. Together with her husband, artist Daniel Minter, they established Indigo Arts Alliance to provide a platform for artists of color to connect, create, and exhibit their work. Prior to starting Indigo, Marcia held the position of VP of Creative Director at LL Bean for 16 years. She also serves as a Trustee of the Portland Museum of Art and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and is a respected member of...2023-05-1248 minCurious Story LabMichelle Wilkinson: Reshaping CultureIn Part 1 of episode 5, Reshaping Culture, I’m talking with Michelle Wilkinson, curator of Architecture and Design at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. She talks about why it’s essential for the museum to preserve Black Design History and why she has taken on building out this collection of work by key Black Architects and Designers.Building off preserving Architectural Design, Culture, and history in 2018, Michelle organized the museum’s three-day symposium, “Shifting the Landscape: Black Architects and Planners, 1968 to Now.” Then from 2019-2020, she was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard...2022-09-3035 min
Curious Story LabBill Gaskins: New Forms of Knowledge PT. 2In Part 2 of episode 4, Building New Forms of Knowledge, I'm talking with Bill Gaskins. After interviewing both Kelly Walters and Bill Gaskins, because of the depth of what each shared, I felt strongly that this was the only way I could do them justice. They each have such powerful voices in the spaces they occupy through their practices and as educators, curators, writers, and in pushing forward new knowledge and learning. Bill is the founding director of a new program, Photography + Media and Society, at MICA, Maryland College of Art, in Baltimore, Maryland. Bill discusses why he chose to...2022-06-2248 min
Curious Story LabKelly Walters: Building New Forms of Knowledge Part 1We’re doing a book give away. All you need to do is leave us a review on Apple Podcast, share what you learned from listening to Kellys’ chat with me, then take a screenshot of your review, and email us at curiousstory21@gmail.com. From this pool we will randomly select two winners, for Black, Brown, Latinx Design Educators. Please don’t just say I like this book, we need you to share more in your review. And this is a great book.In Part 1 of our two part episode, Building New Forms of Knowledge, I chat with K...2022-06-0149 min
Curious Story LabPrem Krishnamurthy: Questioning the Boundaries Between Art + DesignIn episode three, host Michele Washington has a conversation with Prem Krishnamurthy. A creator who exists between many worlds, from designer and curation, to writing and education, while living in Berlin. Prem’s the co-founder of WKSHPS, known for its multidisciplinary design practices. The firm works across numerous platforms from art, architecture, education, and culture worldwide. Listen as he guides you through a down-to-earth discussion of an ever-evolving abundance of projects projects including being the creative director of Front International 2022, the Cleveland triennial of contemporary art. Prem has also produced an ever-changing experimental digital book, P!DF, plus Present!, a t...2022-05-261h 12
Curious Story LabMabel O. Wilson: Race, Modernism and ArchitectureIn episode two host, Michele Washington interviews Mabel Wilson, currently the Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, a Professor in African American and African Diasporic Studies, the Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies and co-director of the Global Africa Lab at Columbia University. Wilson talks about her immense body of research, which ranges from academia, writing, race, architecture, and curatorial projects. One of her most recent exhibitions was held at MoMA, “Reconstructions Architecture and Blackness in America.” Wilson also discusses her practice Studio &, being a founding member of Who Builds Your Archi...2022-01-2649 min
Curious Story LabCurious Story Lab Episode 1 Building Wealth with Del TerrelongeYou ever wonder how designers reimagine the work they do that reshapes the world we inhabit? In episode one of Curious Story Lab, Del Terrelonge and I discuss how his work shifts the narrative as he straddles between the fields of art, architecture, and design. As the founder and creative director of RHED; his firm located in Toronto, Canada, Del speaks from experience on building a self-sustaining practice and how designers might envision building wealth. His firm works on a broad range of projects from developing and branding, such as The Templar, a boutique hotel to designing a gallery...2021-12-1648 min