Best Broken Boxes Projects Podcasts (2025)

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A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue - Closing program with Ginger Dunnil and Josie Lopez 1:28:19

6d ago1:28:19

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In this episode, we present the final transmission of live recordings from the exhibition program that accompanied Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue at the Albuquerque Museum. This live conversation between exhibition co-curators Ginger Dunnill and Josie Lopez took place on March 2, 2025, and served as the closing event for both t…

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A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue - Joseph M. Pierce & Christine Howard Sandoval Live in conversation with Josie Lopez 1:14:19

10d ago1:14:19

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This episode continues our series of live recordings from the exhibition program which accompanied Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue at the Albuquerque Museum. This program took place on January 16th, 2025, with exhibiting artists Joseph M. Pierce and Christine Howard Sandoval, speaking to the theme of Movement, Memory, and Land. …

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Live at Desert X 2025: Cannupa Hanska Luger and Gerald Clarke in conversation with Desert X Co-curator Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas 58:00

3M ago58:00

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This live conversation features artists Gerald Clarke and Cannupa Hanska Luger and Desert X Co-curator Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas and took place March 29, 2025 at the Thompson Hotel in Palm Springs, CA as a part of the Desert X 2025 program. This lively discussion between these two Indigenous artists unfolds reflections around land ownership, maintenan…

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A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue- Long Con Live with Sterlin Harjo and Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:23:04

3M ago1:23:04

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This special live program took place on November 2, 2024 and featured a screening of Sterlin Harjo's documentary Love & Fury, a film where Sterlin follows Native artists for a year as they navigated their careers in the US and abroad. Love & Fury explores the immense complexities each artist faces in regards to their own identity as Native artists,…

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A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue- Planting Justice Live Panel Discussion 1:03:29

3M ago1:03:29

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This episode features an inspiring panel conversation with members of the Planting Justice project and continues our series of live recordings from the exhibition program which accompanied Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue. Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue co-curator Josie Lopez introduces this conversation with…

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A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue - Raven Chacon & Laura Ortman Live Performance 50:36

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Broken Boxes is pleased to present the audio from a very special site specific experimental music performance by award-winning artists and longtime collaborators Raven Chacon and Laura Ortman. This episode continues our series of live recordings from the exhibition program which accompanied Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue. The p…

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A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue - Artist Roundtable Live with Tanya Aguiñiga, Jeremy Dennis, Amaryllis R. Flowers and Guadalupe Maravilla 1:03:59

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This episode kicks off a mini-series celebrating our six months of live programming which accompanied the 10 year anniversary exhibition, BROKEN BOXES: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue. On September 7, 2024 the opening program of the exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum included an artist roundtable featuring exhibiting artists Tanya Aguiñiga,…

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A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue - Exhibition Sound Installation 1:15:47

6M ago1:15:47

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Over the next several months Broken Boxes will be releasing recordings from live programming which took place at the Albuquerque Museum in relation to the 10 year celebration exhibition, Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue, curated by Ginger Dunnill and Josie Lopez. The exhibition is currently on view until March 7 2025 and features…

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To Belong: Conversation with Isabeau Waia'u Walker 1:36:53

7M ago1:36:53

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In this episode we speak with Portland based multicultural Kānaka Maoli singer songwriter, Isabeau Waia'u Walker. Originally from Wailuku, Maui, Isabeau is a firm believer in the power of stories shared through song and aims to address the mind and heart in everything she creates. Her voice, her lyrics, her melodies and harmonies are both raw and r…

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BROKEN BOXES LIVE - Cassils in conversation with Gayatri Gopinath at SITE SANTA FE 59:29

8M ago59:29

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In honor of the opening weekend of Movements at SITE SANTA FE, exhibiting artist Cassils engages in a wide-ranging conversation with cultural critic Gayatri Gopinath on how their exhibition represents a departure from their earlier work, what it means to create trans* representation at this particularly fraught political moment, and the specificity…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 7 - Tulsa, OK feat. Brownie Harjo 2:03:23

8M ago2:03:23

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Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century. This is the seventh episode of this series, …

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No Place: Conversation with Saya Woolfalk 1:11:57

10M ago1:11:57

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In this episode of Broken Boxes we hear a conversation with Saya Woolfalk, a New York based artist who uses science fiction and fantasy to re-imagine the world in multiple dimensions. Saya’s work builds new narratives and questions the utopian possibilities of cultural hybridity. I first met up with artist Saya in the summer of 2023 at her studio i…

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STANKFACE STANDING SOLDIER: Conversation with Mato Wayuhi 1:46:43

1y ago1:46:43

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In this episode of Broken Boxes recurring host Cannupa Hanska Luger gets into conversation with Oglala Lakota artist Mato Wayuhi who works in both film and TV as an actor, producer and musical composer, as well as writing his own music. Mato reflects on how he first came to music as an artistic outlet and his creative inspirations and challenges as…

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Breaking Boxes & Building Worlds - 10 Year Anniversary! Ginger Dunnill in conversation with Amaryllis R. Flowers 2:27:07

1+ y ago2:27:07

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In this episode, I get into deep reflection with artist and dear sister-friend Amaryllis R. Flowers to mark the 10 year anniversary of Broken Boxes. Amaryllis interviews me around the arc of the project over the course of a decade, uncovering how it has become an archive of the lived experiences and world building strategies of contemporary artists…

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Unsettled Scores: Conversation with Raven Chacon 1:13:22

1+ y ago1:13:22

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This episode marks the second time featuring artist and friend Raven Chacon on Broken Boxes. The first time I interviewed Raven was in 2017, when I visited with him at the Institute of American Indian Arts where he was participating in a symposium on Indigenous performance titled, Decolonial Gestures. This time around, we met up with Raven at his h…

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BBP LIVE with artists Matika Wilbur, Andrea Carlson and Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:17:58

1+ y ago1:17:58

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This very special episode of Broken Boxes Podcast marked our first ever conversation in front of a live studio audience. Recurring host Cannupa Hanska Luger was joined by Matika Wilbur and Andrea Carlon on October 28th 2023 as part of the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Memory & Monuments program. The artist’s drew from a hat of pre-consider…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 6 1:53:44

1+ y ago1:53:44

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Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century. This is the sixth episode of the Long Con se…

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We Are Here! - Conversation with Raven Halfmoon 1:15:29

2y ago1:15:29

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After years of planning a conversation together for the podcast, artist and friend Raven Halfmoon and I sat down for a chat on a sunny summer afternoon above the clay education workspace at the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana. We talked about the beginning of Raven’s path as an artist and how, although she works across me…

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Representation, Collaboration & Clay: Conversation with Sydnie & Haylie Jimenez 1:24:21

2y ago1:24:21

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This summer I had the opportunity to sit down with twin sisters Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez as they rounded out a two year stint at the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts. We sat down in The Bray’s library to recap on life and art just a couple weeks before they headed back to Chicago to continue the next chapter in their creative practice. The …

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You're Welcome: Conversation with Paul Farber, Cannupa Hanska Luger, and Ozi Uduma 1:32:20

2y ago1:32:20

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For this episode of Broken Boxes I am joined by Monument Lab Director Paul Farber, University of Michigan Museum of Art Assistant Curator of Global Contemporary Art Ozi Uduma and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger. We gathered together in Ann Arbor Michigan in late September 2023 at the University of Michigan’s Media Center during the opening week of the …

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An Indigenous Present: Conversation with Jeffrey Gibson and Jenelle Porter 2:20:21

2y ago2:20:21

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In this episode I had the honor to sit down with artist Jeffrey Gibson joined by curator and co-editor of An Indigenous Present, Jenelle Porter. We were given space at SITE Santa Fe in Director Louis Grachos office to have a long and generative conversation while we celebrated the book's launch over Indian Market weekend. We talk about Jeff’s pract…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 5 2:05:18

2y ago2:05:18

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Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century.This episode is the fifth conversation betwee…

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Instructions For A Future: Conversation with Amaryllis R. Flowers 1:53:45

2y ago1:53:45

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Nine years after our first conversation on Broken Boxes Podcast, I got to circle back with one of my besties, and the incredible artist now known as Amaryllis R. Flowers. Amaryllis works across materials from drawing to video, to performance to clay, creating a visual language paying attention to the spaces in-between categories, and revering those…

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Relative Arts: Conversation with Korina Emmerich & Liana Shewey 1:52:11

2y ago1:52:11

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In this episode of Broken Boxes we sit down with Relative Arts founders Korina Emmerich and Liana Shewey. We chat about their long and collaborative friendship, the powerful impact and also social harms that can often accompany radical collective advocacy within mutual aid and direct action work. We speak to the growing pains and collective strengt…

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The Astral Sea: Conversation with Tsedaye Makonnen 1:20:02

2y ago1:20:02

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In this episode of Broken Boxes Podcast we hear from Tsedaye Makonnen, a multidisciplinary artist, curator, researcher and cultural producer. Tsedaye’s practice is driven by Black feminist theory, firsthand site-specific research, and ethical social practice techniques, which become solo and collaborative site sensitive performances, objects, insta…

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Come With Me! - Conversation with Natalie Ball 1:19:52

2y ago1:19:52

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In this episode we hear from artist Natalie Ball who dives right in sharing critical artworld survival insight gleaned from a life changing studio visit by artist Willie T. Williams while she was attending Yale School of Art. Among a long list of support tactics Willie imparted, the artist emplored Natalie to find a means to sustain a studio practi…

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Harsh Noise: Conversation with Autumn Chacon 2:01:32

2+ y ago2:01:32

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In this episode we hear from Diné and Xicana sound artist Autumn Chacon who uses her activism, art practice and community involvement to communicate as a contemporary storyteller both locally and internationally. Autumn starts the conversation with reflection on the term Artist and how claiming this identity allows for a breaking of the rules insti…

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Multiplicity Of Truths: Conversation with CASSILS 1:25:01

2+ y ago1:25:01

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In this episode of Broken Boxes we hear recurring host and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger in conversation with Cassils, a transgender artist who makes their own body the material and protagonist of their performances. Cassils’s art contemplates the history(s) of LGBTQI+ violence, representation, struggle and survival. For Cassils, performance is a for…

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Origin Story: Ginger Dunnill interviewed by Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski to celebrate 9 Years of Broken Boxes Podcast 3:01:25

2+ y ago3:01:25

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This episode marks 9 years of the independently produced archival broadcasting project Broken Boxes. For this special anniversary episode, creator and producer Ginger Dunnill is interviewed by Artist and friend Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski. This is the first time Ginger has ever been interviewed on the project and the conversation provides a deeper lo…

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Bright Sounds: Conversation with Laura Ortman 57:55

2+ y ago57:55

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Broken Boxes met up with musician and composer Laura Ortman during her Artist Residency at the Institute of American Indian Arts for this episode where we chatted about her long love affair with the violin, how music has supported her in navigating the ups and downs in life and the value of the violin in contributing to collaboration and transcendi…

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Dark Symphony: Conversation with India Sky 1:04:52

2+ y ago1:04:52

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In this episode we hear from multidisciplinary artist India Sky whose art practice of music, moving image, installation, dance and performance investigates the invisible forces of ancestry, power and spirit that shape her experience, and engages radical imagination as a source for transformation, communion, homecoming, liberation, and survival. Her…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 4 2:56:24

2+ y ago2:56:24

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Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century.In this almost 3 hour long episode and the fo…

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Finding The Words: Conversation with Elisa Harkins 1:03:31

2+ y ago1:03:31

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In this episode of Broken Boxes we talk about the life and current projects of Cherokee/Muscogee artist and composer Elisa Harkins. From her experience of being an adopted child to surviving a near fatal bike accident, Elisa shares both foundational and vulnerable life experiences which gave her strength as an artist. Elisa also reflects on grad sc…

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Ingeniero social: Conversation with Guadalupe Maravilla 1:05:52

2+ y ago1:05:52

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Guadalupe Maravilla is a transdisciplinary visual artist, choreographer, and healer. At the age of eight, Maravilla was part of the first wave of unaccompanied, undocumented children to arrive at the United States border in the 1980s as a result of the Salvadoran Civil War. In 2016, Maravilla became a U.S. citizen and adopted the name Guadalupe Mar…

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Into The Irrational Space: Conversation with SWOON 46:30

2+ y ago46:30

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Broken Boxes is thrilled to present a very special conversation with the prolific artist Caledonia Curry, known globally as SWOON. In speaking with Broken Boxes producer Ginger Dunnill during the opening of Seven Contemplations at CONTAINER in Santa Fe, NM, Callie reflects on how art has been a healing practice for her throughout life. She talks ab…

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Full Circle: Conversation with Christine Howard Sandoval 1:21:52

3y ago1:21:52

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In this episode we hear interdisciplinary artist Christine Howard Sandoval in conversation with Cannupa Hanska Luger. Christine breaks down the importance of research within her current practice and how her family have become an integral part of her work as she uncovers deeper relationship to her ancestors' pathways throughout California. She refle…

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Healing Our Collective Imagination: Conversation with Kate DeCiccio 1:18:13

3y ago1:18:13

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In this episode we get into conversation with artist, educator & creative strategist Kate Deciccio who shares how her practice is a space to unpack the ways whiteness, colonization and the prison industrial complex have harmed our collective imagination. Kate also presents tangible ways we may heal and be nourished collectively by collaborative pro…

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Long Con: Sterlin Harjo & Cannupa Hanska Luger, Ep 3 1:36:16

3y ago1:36:16

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Long Con is a series of conversations between Director Sterlin Harjo and Artist Cannupa Hanska Luger about life, art, film, history and everything in between - informally shared from the lens of two contemporary Native American artists and friends actively participating in the record of the 21st century.In this conversation Sterlin Harjo and Cannup…

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Invisible Stories: Conversation with Tanya Aguiñiga 1:10:02

3y ago1:10:02

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For this episode recurring host Cannupa Hanska Luger speaks with our dear friend and powerhouse artist and activist Tanya Aguiñiga about the cochineal beetle, clay as a healing practice for immigrant detainment camps, Indigenous solidarity and Tanya’s ongoing work with AMBOS: Art Made Between Opposite Sides. Tanya Aguiñiga is an artist, designer, a…

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Future Radicalized Ancestors: Conversation with Kristy Moreno 51:28

3y ago51:28

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In this episode we speak with Mexican American Ceramic and Multidisciplinary artist Kristy Moreno who is a current long-term resident artist at Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (The Bray). “My current body of work examines the systems and bonds between social, political, and personal narratives. These narratives intersect to embody forms…

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Liminal Beings: Conversation with Joseph M. Pierce 1:03:46

3y ago1:03:46

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In this episode recurring host and artist Cannupa Hanska Luger gets into conversation with Joseph M. Pierce, a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an Associate Professor at Stony Brook University where he teaches and researches about Queer Studies, Indigenous Studies and Latin American Studies. Joseph is also a writer and an artist who often collabo…

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On The Other Side Of Time: Conversation with Evan Starling-Davis 1:04:52

3y ago1:04:52

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In this episode we hear from New York-based narrative artist, producer, and curator Evan Starling-Davis who excavates the everyday stories pushed beneath the margins of our society. Navigating his lens as a Black and queer digital-age griot, Evan’s work breaches the hard facts, personal truths, and surreal realities we bury ourselves in. His artist…

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Trauma, the Body, and all those Generations with Dr. Khaleel Isa 48:38

3y ago48:38

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2 Queer Arabz talk with psychologist Dr Khaleel Isa about the body's response to trauma, how generations of trauma live in us, and how to cope. Dr Isa models a few techniques during the episode for folks to follow, and gives us signs to know our body is in a trauma response. There's also advice on how to become a prophet! Listen up!…

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For Us or For Them? Artistic Expression About Third Culture Identity with Yemeni Artist Yasmine Nasser Diaz 47:19

3+ y ago47:19

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Yasmine Nasser Diaz, a multidisciplinary Yemeni Artist, talks with the 2 Queer Arabz about her childhood, third culture identity, and how it informs her artistic expression. She also touches on audiences, how her work is received, and how art itself is the best way to express herself. http://www.yasminediaz.com/ https://arabamericanmuseum.org/exhib…

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Brown Skin, Black Music, White Institutions: Conversation with Mario Ybarra, Jr. 1:25:16

3+ y ago1:25:16

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Mario Ybarra, Jr., is a visual and performance artist, an educator and an activist who combines street culture with fine art in order to produce what he calls “contemporary art that is filtered through a Mexican American experience in Los Angeles.” Mario has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, ICA Boston, LACMA, MOCA Detroit, the Tate and th…

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Past Present and Future Works of Multi-Media Iraqi Artist Dena al-Adeeb 51:16

3+ y ago51:16

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2 Queer Arabz talk with their good friend, and talented Iraqi artist, Dena al-Adeeb. They discuss her past artistic work, the personalization of her political artwork, and how she connects her past to the future. Dena's recent performance art piece, and prose poem, are discussed in detail, and both connect to her future work in Iraq, which her kid …

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To Witness: Conversation with Dr. Chip Thomas aka jetsonorama 1:13:35

3+ y ago1:13:35

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Chip Thomas, aka jetsonorama, is a photographer, public artist and physician who has been working in a small clinic on the Navajo Nation since 1987. There he coordinates the Painted Desert Project which he describes as a community building dialog which manifests as a constellation of murals painted by artists from the Navajo Nation as well as from …

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Getting Lively with Trans Actor, Writer and Comedian D' Lo 54:29

3+ y ago54:29

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Comedian and actor D' Lo talks with the 2 Queer Arabz about his acting roles in Hollywood as a trans person of color, his writing process and his writing workshops. D'Lo and these funny ass Arabz go in on the comedy as they plan a new porn script together in this episode. Check out D'Lo's one person show, summer 2022 at the Kirk Douglas Theater in …

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For Generations PART III: Kathy Elkwoman Whitman speaks with Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:26:17

3+ y ago1:26:17

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This is the final episode of a 3 part interview series featuring artist Kathy Elkwoman Whitman reflecting on her life and art in conversation with her son, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.By Broken Boxes Podcast

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For Generations PART II: Kathy Elkwoman Whitman speaks with Cannupa Hanska Luger 1:10:16

3+ y ago1:10:16

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This is the second episode of a 3 part interview series featuring artist Kathy Elkwoman Whitman reflecting on her life and art in conversation with her son, artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.By Broken Boxes Podcast

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