In this episode, we consider the role that teaching artists play in shaping the art school experience. How does an artist in academia cultivate expressive opportunities for students while making time to deepen their own creative practice? New

Creating Community in Kazakhstan—with CEC ArtsLink

Dec 20th, 2023 22m 37s

Where in the world can you express yourself freely, share cultural knowledge, test inventive art practices, and build a transnational creative community in only 10 days time?During an intensive CEC ArtsLink program in Kazakhstan, 23 artists an

Poetic Interventions Point to Pollution in Kyrgyzstan

Dec 7th, 2023 25m 51s

Today, we introduce a few of the artists and activists energizing the 2023 Art Prospect & TRASH-5 Festival in Kyrgyzstan. They give voice to the issues, ideas, and intentions that shape their truly creative approaches to mitigate pollution. The

Listening to St. Louis—Counterpublic Art Triennial 2023

May 18th, 2023 26m 9s

Today, we take you to St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States of America. Home of the Gateway Arch, an Emblem of Manifest Destiny, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Emblem of Manifest Destiny. St. Louis is nicknamed “‘

Searching for Libertalia—with Shiraz Bayjoo

Mar 16th, 2023 15m 59s

In February 2023, we travel to the United Arab Emirates for the first time. We’re here to witness and celebrate Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present. Four years in the making, the exhibition is ambitious and expansive. More

Sharjah Biennial 15—with Hoor Al Qasimi

Mar 2nd, 2023 27m 18s

In February 2023, we travel to the Arab Emirates for the first time. We’re here to witness and celebrate Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present. Four years in the making, the exhibition is ambitious and expansive. More than 1

Global Appalachia—Where Culture and Geography Shape Community

Nov 30th, 2022 38m 30s

In 2022, members and guests of the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT) travel from around the world to Kentucky, in the Appalachian region of the United States. The uninitiated might consider this a remote context fo

Lure of Local Arts in Appalachia

Nov 15th, 2022 31m 26s

In 2022, members and guests of the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art make their way to Kentucky, in the United States. Our first days are packed with urban experiences — museum, gallery, private collection, and studio vi

Curators Declare Independence at IKT Kentucky

Nov 2nd, 2022 17m 52s

With six independent curators, we explore a growing trend in the field of contemporary art. We discover that the covid epidemic and a global economic recession have not weakened their resolve to navigate the field on their own terms. Viewing ch

A Persian Garden in Manhattan—with Bahar Behbahani

Jun 23rd, 2021 16m 17s

“This Persian Garden Project will be providing visitors with a private, yet public environment in which to engage important social and cultural issues by gathering and gardening through conversations, screenings, readings, and communal performa

The State of Blackness—with Andrea Fatona

Jun 9th, 2021 16m 15s

“In a way, I've always been working on the edge of both a larger dominant society engagement and a deep engagement with my communities. My focus is really digging deep into blackness.”Andrea Fatona, 2021Toronto-based curator and scholar And

Public Water—with Mary Mattingly

May 19th, 2021 11m 22s

With American-born artist Mary Mattingly, we delve into her collaborative environmental interventions over time. We remember the 2015 Havana Biennial when rainwater nourished Pull, a pair of geodesic dome eco-systems through which she engaged l

I Wish to Say—with Sheryl Oring

May 5th, 2021 13m 43s

Today’s story takes place at the intersection of art and the First Amendment. This vital element of the United States Constitution protects our right to freedom of expression, by prohibiting lawmakers from restricting the press or the rights of

Aesthetics of Excess—with Jillian Hernandez

Apr 14th, 2021 18m 38s

Jillian Hernandez gives voice to girls and women of color in her 2020 book Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment. In this episode, you’ll hear how she has been delving into the “aesthetic hierarchies” of femm

Art in Miami, Then and Now—with FeCuOp

Apr 7th, 2021 19m 37s

In 2019, we recorded the first part of this story about the history of Miami's contemporary art scene inside Locust Projects, the longest running alternative art space in the city. Locust Projects director Lorie Mertes and artists from a collab

Diaspora Art from the Creole City—with Rosie Gordon-Wallace

Mar 31st, 2021 18m 59s

Now, more than ever, culture transcends geographic boundaries. In this episode, we explore the impact of that global phenomenon on the visibility of contemporary diaspora art.From Jamaica, Rosie Gordon-Wallace is a globally recognized curator,

Puerto Rico Rising—Resisting Paradise

Feb 24th, 2021 18m 10s

In the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the struggle to survive is real. Natural disasters, a failing economy, corrupt leadership, and the legacy of colonialism in the Caribbean are among forces that challenge sustainability and sovereignty. Outs

Puerto Rico Rising—Resilient Artists

Feb 17th, 2021 22m 55s

In 2018, two years after Hurricane Maria devastated the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, Dominica and St. Croix, Art in America published an exposé by San Juan born and based curator Marina Reyes Franco. Journalists were “comparing Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Rising—Radical Leaders

Feb 10th, 2021 13m 10s

Puerto Rico is an island steeped in contradictions—the idyllic tourist mecca is where unpredictable forces of nature, a stagnant economy, and a corrupt government complicate everyday life for locals.After Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica,

The Awakening

Jan 27th, 2021 28m 24s

Today is January 27, 2021. One week ago, we inaugurated new leaders in the United States. Many hope that President Joseph. Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris will cultivate an era of unity, democracy, and truth in this country. Multiple fl

Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith Take a Stand

Jan 13th, 2021 20m 52s

Today’s story unfolds at the intersection of art, sports, and activism.In 1968, Black American athlete Tommie Smith set a new world record. He became a gold medalist when he raced to win the 200-meter event at the Summer Olympics in Mexico C

Making Good Time in Miami

Aug 28th, 2020 13m 13s

In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami student Kristian Kranz heads to Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida, for a conversation with Lynne Barrett, editor of the book Making Good Time, and two of the boo

Sacred Land Beneath The Skyscrapers

Aug 27th, 2020 6m 48s

In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami students Diana Borras and Kurt Gessler discover sacred land hiding in plain sight at the heart of Miami’s business district. Carib Tribal Queen Catherine Hummingbird

New Caribbean Cinema

Aug 26th, 2020 11m 51s

In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami student Luz Estrella Cruz makes her way to the Third Horizon Film Festival at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex in Miami. She’s there to meet filmmakers Diana Peralta

At Home in Miami’s Little Haiti

Aug 25th, 2020 8m 40s

In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami students Gretchell Cano and Luz Estrella Cruz explore the work of Haitian-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrié. They, along with the rest of the Miami Moves Me team, visi