Art Restart
By The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
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Host Pier Carlo Talenti interviews artists who – whatever they make, wherever they work – are shaking up the status quo in their fields and their communities. Art Restart is produced by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The views and opinions expressed by speakers and presenters in connection with Art Restart are their own, and not an endorsement by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts and the UNC School of the Arts.
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Rebuilding Ballet on New Terms: Choreographer Ja’ Malik
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Indigenous Americas, Indigenous Lens: Photographers Brian Adams and Sarah Stacke
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Free Art, Real Value: The Zero Art Fair Story
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Ariel Fristoe’s Community Theater Actually Changes Communities
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Byron Au Yong Composes a New Kind of Leadership
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Damian Stamer Paints with Intelligence, Artificial and Human.
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Inside and Outside the Box with Sherrill Roland
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Valuing the Invisible: Esther Hernandez on Artists’ Labor
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Indigenous Ingenuity in Architecture: Wanda Dalla Costa
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Dancing in All Senses: Davian Robinson
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Wellspring of Change: Shanai Matteson on Art and Place
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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The Art of Virtual Interventions: Angela Washko
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Immersive Theater Wins 21st-Century Fans: Artistic Director Graham Wetterhahn
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Conductor Jessica Bejarano Wields a Bold Baton
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Choreographing First-Gen Stories: Alfonso Cervera and Irvin Gonzalez
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Choreographing First-Gen Stories: Alfonso Cervera and Irvin Gonzalez
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Trust, Joy and the Cello: Joshua Roman on Music and Healing
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Filmmaker Cyrus Moussavi Finds Stories Where the Music Lives
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May 21, 2025 |
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Curator Coka Treviño Talks Big Medium, Huge Loss
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May 07, 2025 |
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Ryan J. Haddad Claims His Spotlight and Access for All
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Filmmaker Carlos López Estrada Uplifts Indie Voices with Antigravity
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Every Stitch an Immigrant Story: fiber artist Maria Amalia Wood
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Small School, Big Vision: JP Reuer’s New Educational Path for Artists
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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The Art of Land Back: James McAnally and Anita Fields on a historic rematriation to Osage Nation
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Art 25: a collective with joy and independence at its heart
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Violinist Johnny Gandelsman gets scared ... and new music benefits.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Americana duo Chatham Rabbits thrive on authenticity and generosity through thick and thin.
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Access is the art itself: Kinetic Light’s disability-centered revolution
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Aaron McIntosh’s quilts archive queer Southern history
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Kickstarting Classical: Composer Christopher Tin keeps fans close on his musical adventures.
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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What urban-rural divide? Matthew Fluharty supports art across geographies.
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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From land to stage, Groundwater Arts nurtures justice in the arts.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Truly Appalachia: Author/theatre-maker Robert Gipe holds safe spaces through the toughest times.
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Piano/percussion duet SHHH! Ensemble makes contemporary classical a blast for a new audience.
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Norms-busting choreographer Aszure Barton uses joy as the foundation for her work.
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Alexander Lloyd Blake's Tonality: a choral call to social change
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Conscious Costume's Kristen P Ahern builds networks of ethical designers.
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Launch a sumptuous arts complex in this arts climate? Bill Rauch’s vision is already bearing fruit.
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Once a refugee himself, photographer Tariq Tarey honors our newest arrivals.
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Florida-based Antonia Wright channels her rage into boundless discovery—and hope.
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Phil Chan makes ballet a contemporary artform for all Americans.
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May 28, 2024 |
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Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate brings the sounds of Indian Country to the concert hall.
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May 14, 2024 |
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Griff Braun makes ballet dancers union-strong.
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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From rural southern Oregon, Ka'ila Farrell-Smith fights for and paints with Native land.
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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For Rising Appalachia, time off is the newest tool in their slow-music toolbox.
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Equity in collecting? April Bey has a plan.
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Film composer Sultana Isham's curiosity takes her from horror to the stars.
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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"Water is memory": Zeke Peña illustrates the Rio Grande and our changing southern border.
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Shayok Misha Chowdhury on the bracing success of his "Public Obscenities"
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Dimensions Variable plays it smart and cool in Miami's red-hot art market.
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Chicago's Floating Museum: "We don’t bring culture to people; people already have culture."
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Cellist Leo Eguchi makes classical music inviting, immediate and personal
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Midnight Oil Collective: Tech connects creators with venture capital, so why not art?
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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For social sculptor Philippa Pham Hughes, a meaningful conversation between strangers is a gorgeous work of art.
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Steven Melendez, the new a.d. of New York Theatre Ballet, on his plan to create the most accessible dance company ever
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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With a clear and trained voice, Precious Perez advocates for herself and other blind artists
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Three TX artists on creating with and for Meow Wolf
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Executive producer/screenwriter Dorothy Fortenberry ("The Handmaid's Tale," "Extrapolations") on why the WGA strike matters to everyone w...
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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SAG-AFTRA Chicago local president Charles Andrew Gardner on strutting your stank through a strike
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Jazz legend, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, changed how she listened and then centered gender inclusivity in her artistic practice.
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Woodworker and furniture-maker Aspen Golann likes having rules to both heed and push back against in her craft, but she's also working to...
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's new artistic director, Adam W. McKinney, sets the stage for the company to thrive one hundred years from now.
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Designer Norma Baker-Flying Horse's fashions are acts of defiant storytelling.
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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For dancer/choreographer Michael Manson, Detroit Jit is not only a dance; it is also a key tool for cultural preservation and celebration...
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Maura Brewer makes art by laundering money...through art!
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Pro-wrestling aficionada, comedian Robin Tran, on how she's stayed in the comedy ring when it seemed likely she'd go over the top rope
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May 30, 2023 |
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Actor/dancer/choreographer/DASL Alexandria Wailes on why you can't just hire one ASL interpreter and call it a day
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May 16, 2023 |
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dots: three visionary scenic designers swap individual plaudits for the creativity and security of a business partnership
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Director Sean Daniels plans an intervention for the performing-arts industry, which is failing its most vulnerable artists.
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Chef J Chong has built her business not with bricks and mortar but with fundamentally artistic values
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Drag clown Anthony Hudson celebrates horror onstage -- and stands up to homophobic horror off-stage.
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Bassoonist Brian Petkovich on leading San Antonio's musical phoenix, the brand-new San Antonio Philharmonic
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Sound artist Brian Harnetty plays the beauty of Appalachian Ohio back to itself.
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Each cut in Sukanya Mani's paper sculptures tells part of a deeply researched story.
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Despite a devastating flood, visual artist Lacy Hale burrows her roots even deeper into the Appalachian community that has supported her...
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Don't tell choreographer and photographer Trey McIntyre what success is. He knows it when he feels it.
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Siblings Crystal and Rico Worl honor Tlingit and Athabascan tradition with ultra-contemporary design
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Glass artist Cedric Mitchell on joining an exclusive club...and then throwing its doors wide open
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Theater artists Mallory Catlett and Aaron Landsman on remaining unique and humble
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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For bassoonist Midori Samson, holism beats so-called excellence hands-down.
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sekou Cooke translates hip-hop culture into built form
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Rural and proud: In Green River, UT, Maria Sykes and Epicenter place creativity in service to their small community.
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Photographer Shedrick Pelt on capturing the January 6 attack on the Capitol through a Black lens
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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"Don't be ashy!" -- Performance artist Ayo Janeen Jackson pivoted her dance career to honor and care for the Black body through art as we...
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Actor and artistic director Gregg Mozgala uses theater to put the disabled body on display with unassailable authenticity.
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Multidisciplinary artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya on how she protects her explorer's spirit and invites strangers to join her in her disc...
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Lear deBessonet and Clyde Valentín galvanize community artmaking to achieve local and national healing
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Nimble in Boise: Lauren Edson and Andrew Stensaas on founding multimedia company LED.
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Composer Brittany J. Green cultivates community and a deep listening practice
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May 23, 2022 |
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ChristinaMaria Patiño Xochitlzihuatl Houle decolonizes the interview itself!
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May 09, 2022 |
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For Artistic Director Jacob Padrón, a radical change at his theater is an opportunity for collective reimagining
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Landscape architect Daniel Woodroffe tells stories of joy and ingenuity through his urban landscapes.
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Fashion designer Nyla Hasan on code-flexing and playing the long game
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Violinist and composer Earl Maneein brings Paganini chops to heavy metal and punk, slaying all the way
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Amelia Winger-Bearskin on why AI needs artists as a guiding force
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Muralist Troy Summerell on taking an artistic leap of faith and joy, haters be damned
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Interlochen’s Director of Music, Enrique Márquez, shapes the next generation of leaders through music.
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Dancer Valencia James urges artists of all stripes to dream and scheme with techies.
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Composer Sahba Aminikia proves that a musical education is part of a spiritual education.
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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José Ome Navarrete Mazatl
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Evan Weissman
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Danielle Villasana
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Noelle Scaggs
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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christopher oscar peña
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Frank Horvat
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Martine Kei Green-Rogers
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Sep 20, 2021 |