episode 58: Featuring Tyahra Angus

Published: Dec. 10, 2018, 5 a.m.

Episode Image/Guest Host: Tyahra Angus Theme song HoodGrown by David-James @davedashjames_ https://soundcloud.com/davedashjames Transition music Nathan Peters @mztrwlsn @mrwilsonbeats https://soundcloud.com/mrwilsonbeats TAG THE ARTIST: Cryssie @highku FOR US BY US: The Theater Offensive @outoffensive http://www.thetheateroffensive.org/ WORD ON THE STREET: Art as institution Decolonize This Place to Hold Action at Whitney Museum Over Protests Against Vice Chair of Board http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/06/decolonize-place-hold-action-whitney-museum-protests-vice-chair-board/ Fears Grow for Tania Bruguera After Cuban Authorities Detain the Activist-Artist https://news.artnet.com/art-world/support-grows-activist-artist-tania-bruguera-detention-cuban-authorities-1411030 MASS politics ? Ayanna Pressley bids City Council farewell in impassioned speech https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2018/12/06/ayanna-pressley-boston-city-council-farewell The Brockton mayor's city-owned vehicle was set on fire last week https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2018/12/06/brockton-mayor-vehicle-arson BPS The Boston school district is facing 2 lawsuits filed by women https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/12/03/the-boston-school-district-is-facing-2-lawsuits-filed-by-women Boston School Bus Driver Assaulted: School Officials https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Boston-School-Bus-Driver-Assaulted-According-to-School-Officials-501843092.html Black Basel Black Lives Matter Activist Patrisse Cullors Is Bringing the Movement to Miami With a Series of Talks, Shows, and Merchandise https://news.artnet.com/art-world/black-lives-matter-art-basel-miami-2018-1412953 Art and Activism Create 'Darker Gods' for Art Basel Miami https://www.theroot.com/art-and-activism-create-darker-gods-for-art-basel-miami-1830921572 Black man magic with the art world A Pair of Socks Can Be Made Into High Fashion Using Intellect': Virgil Abloh on Why Streetwear Is the Readymade Art of Our Time https://news.artnet.com/art-world/designer-virgil-abloh-on-why-streetwear-is-the-readymade-art-of-our-time-1413127 Graffiti Artist Darrius Ford Launches Agency to Help Emerging Pop Artists https://cheddar.com/videos/graffiti-artist-darrius-ford-launches-agency-to-help-emerging-pop-artists KING PINS: Anila Quayyum Agha @anilaquayyumagha http://www.anilaagha.com/ https://www.artsy.net/artist/anila-quayyum-agha https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/intersections-anila-quayyum-agha UNSUNG HEROES/history moves: Color Field movement https://www.theartstory.org/movement-color-field-painting.htm https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/color-field-artists GOOD LOOKS (interview): Lambert Rahming - @lookdeeper Callmelamb.com https://www.menofmelaninmagic.com/ REALTALK: Tyahra Angus @Afrocentered @afrocenteredmedia www.Afrocenteredmedia.com ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rate, review and subscribe to us on APPLE podcast Check out our white wall review. Would you like to support the show? Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/hoodgrownaesthetic Daughter of Contrast www.daughterofcontrast.com/ @daughterofcontrst HIT US UP! If you’re an Artist or a small business owner, you would like to be interviewed on the show please email us and send us a short bio, images and media handles. Please Review, Rate and Subscribe to us on Apple Podcast Stitcher, Tune in, and Google Play!