Artists Ajara Alghali and Patrick Quarm discuss what their West African heritage teaches them about themselves, their community, and their art. References Sierra AfriqueSekondi-Takoradi, GhanaNational Dance Company of Sierra LeoneThe Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD)Temate African Dance ArtsEye of the Beholder, Patrick Quarm (2020)This Mirror Reflects Your Truest Self filmNXTHVN Larry Ossei-Mensah

Faina Lerman and Scott Vincent Campbell dismantle the idea of being full-time artists and emphasize manifesting a life full of creativity, particularly in Detroit, instead.  References Popps PackingRobert David Momm and Popp Residency For Parent ArtistsThe Sustainable Arts FoundationMatthew EatonWedge 1, 2016M Contemporary ArtGrant CzujLaKela Brown

Artist Ian Kuali'i and poet Jessica Care Moore discuss where to draw the line between cultural admiration and cultural appropriation and consider if gatekeeping is even worth Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. References: Doze Green of Rock Steady CrewCherokee Advocate printing press returns to Cherokee NationLand AcknowledgementsFelicia Garcia, curator of education at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC)KuleanaIt’s Time to Acknowledge Native Hawaiians' Special Right To HousingDonate to KAHEA Donate to Pu’uhonua O Waianae houseless villageDonate to Protect Mauna KeaBlack Women RockMoore Black PressRas BarakaSaul WilliamsAmiri BarakaSonia SanchezLucille CliftonAudre LordeGil Scott HeronAlphonso CoxAssata Shakur Dr. Brenda GreeneThe National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) Heard Museum MONUMENT/PILLARRadcliffe BaileyAtlantic Center for the ArtsNikki GiovanniT.S. EliotWalt WhitmanRobert FrostWhere Are The People? A poetry mini film by jessica Care mooreWe Want Our Bodies BackThird Man RecordsSource BooksellersQ’s KitchenConcert of ColorsQasim BasirMarvin Towns Jr.

adrienne maree brown and Taylor Aldridge consider how archives tantilize and thrive in the present moment. Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. Steffani JemisonOctavia ButlerAllied Media ConferenceMama Aneb aka Gloria HouseZora  Neale HurstonToni MorrisionAlice WalkerCharity HicksBeverly Glenn-CopelandAlexis Pauline GumbsToni Cade BambaraNnedi OkoraforARTS. BLACKJessica LynneBLK Enunciated LifeCalifornia African American Museum: CAAMKimberly DrewAudre Lorde Uses of the EroticEnshrined: Presence + Preservation, the art of Mario MooreDamon Davis Cracks SeriesMaceo PaisleyHolding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation by adrienne maree brown

Artists Cherise Morris and Holly Bass discuss the restorative, transformative journey of creating contemporary work that draws from the past and reaches all generations. Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. Deborah WillisỌmọlará Williams McCallisterRoot Work by Holly BassJasmine HearnVisions of the Evolution by Cherise Morris

Jennifer Harge and Joiri Minaya discuss creating your own value systems and resisting institutional frameworks around art making by displaying and performing art in unconventional ways. Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. SHOW NOTES Containers Mourn and Never Tire Fly Drown Riverside Park Another Space Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Devin Drake Yadoo

Ahya Simone, Cristina Tufino, and Nour Ballout consider the limitations, inaccuracies, and obscurities of the phrase "safe space" by analyzing the reality of their lived experiences. Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript.  Trans Sisters of Color Project Femme Queen ChroniclesHabibi HouseRed Bull Arts Residency: Cristina TufiñoArab, A Real Arab BlueprintProyecto Martia

American Artist, Darryl D. Terrell, and Salakastar delve into the world of naming, alter egos, and persona as they interrogate identity and resistance through their personal lens of creation and discuss those that paved the way. ⁣Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, “Dion”"Self Portrait as a 90s R&B Video” by Danez SmithOutkast Best New Rap Group 1995 Source Awards speechConstruction #10Jospehine Baker in 1932, covering her body with pearls and silkSalakastar, “December 22 song”American Artist, “A Refusal”The Emotional Turmoil behind Picasso’s Blue PeriodLina Iris Victor“Bluets” by Maggie Nelson (book)“Blue” by Joni Mitchell (album)“Kind of Blue” by Miles DavisJardin Majorelle in Marrakech

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