episode 59: Featuring Jourdan Christopher
Episode Image by Jourdan Christopher @jo.christopher Theme song HoodGrown by David-James @davedashjames_ https://soundcloud.com/davedashjames Transition music Nathan Peters @mztrwlsn @mrwilsonbeats https://soundcloud.com/mrwilsonbeats TAG THE ARTIST: Colgan Johnson @1981andco www.1981andco.com FOR US BY US: Anisha Nicole @akcreationsbynicole www.akcreationsbynicole.com WORD ON THE STREET: Black Artist, black ideas How Stanley Whitney Became an Icon of Contemporary Abstraction in His Seventies https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-stanley-whitney-icon-contemporary-abstraction-seventies Prada and Theaster Gates explored black identity Art Basel Miami Beach https://www.cnn.com/style/article/art-basel-theaster-gates-prada-mode-miami/index.html A Film Fantasia by Hito Steyerl and a Think Tank for Black Artists Are Coming to New York’s Park Avenue Armory Next Year https://news.artnet.com/art-world/park-avenue-armory-program-2019-1404838 Mass Greens Plastic Bag Ban Officially Goes Into Effect in Boston https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Plastic-Bag-Ban-Officially-Goes-Into-Effect-in-Boston-502732912.html Massachusetts cannabis panel OKs 4 more pot shop licenses https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/12/13/massachusetts-cannabis-panel-oks-4-more-pot-shop-licenses Hate and Education and unlawful dumbies Hate Crime Reports In Massachusetts Reach 10-Year High https://www.nepr.net/post/hate-crime-reports-massachusetts-reach-10-year-high#stream/0 Threat to teacher of color follows swastika discovered at high school, district reports http://www.cambridgeday.com/2018/12/12/threats-to-teacher-of-color-follows-swastika-discovered-at-high-school-district-reports/ Students sue Rhode Island over lack of civics education https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/01/us/civics-class-action-lawsuit-rhode-island/index.html 8th Massachusetts State Trooper Arrested in OT Scandal; 2 Others to Plead Guilty https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/8th-Massachusetts-State-Trooper-Arrested-in-OT-Scandal-502577072.html KING PINS: Kermit Oliver https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/symbols-of-life-and-death-populate-new-works-by-texas-artist-kermit-oliver-9008393 https://www.npr.org/2012/10/21/163273742/how-a-texas-postman-became-an-herm-s-designer http://piwigo.hermesscarf.com/index?/category/72-kermit_oliver https://www.wacotrib.com/entertainment/accesswaco/art/waco-artist-kermit-oliver-named-texas-state-artist-for/article_6a17a84c-ac88-5382-90bf-e3c069ce96ba.html UNSUNG HEROES/history moves: Street Photography of the 90s https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-12-photographers-who-captured-hip-hop-from-old-school-to-the-90s https://www.complex.com/style/greatest-street-photographers/daido-moriyama https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-these-8-photographers-captured-the-youth-culture-of-the-90s GOOD LOOKS (interview): Jourdan Christopher @jo.christopher @strangersinboston REALTALK: I Expected to Hate Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Then Marvel Made It Extra Black https://www.theroot.com/i-expected-to-hate-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-t-1k831076221 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 Jourdan Christopher @jo.christopher 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!