40 (English): Merendiando with Armando Minjarez

Published: Oct. 21, 2020, 2:49 p.m.

b'\\u201cWe assume that people understand their own history, but so often that\\u2019s not the case.\\u201d - Armando Minjarez\\nArmando Minjarez is a Mexican interdisciplinary artist, designer and community organizer. His artistic practice is guided by themes of displacement, collaboration and empowerment to open spaces for the development of social change strategy and creative expression.\\xa0\\nIn this interview we chatted about community organizing in Kansas\\u2019 rural communities, how he produced the biggest mural ever made, and designing public space.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nSHOW NOTES\\xa0\\nKansas\\u2019 history of resistance includes Carrie Nation, John Brown, Dodge City and Billy the Kid\\xa0\\nParral, Chihuahua and Ulysses, Kansas have more in common than you might think\\xa0\\nDay of the Dead and Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, traditional Mexican holidays\\xa0\\nDel Norte Studio, Armando\\u2019s ceramics studio\\xa0\\nThe Horizonte Project, which produced North America\\u2019s largest mural designed by Colombian visual artist Gleo\\xa0\\nArmando is currently exhibiting a new work \\u2018Technotitlan\\u2019 in Paper Pavillions, a live and digital gallery show.\\xa0\\nArmando\\u2019s merienda: homemade cakes inspired by Preppy Kitchen!\\xa0\\nCelia Cruz, iconic singer and topic of question for next week\\u2019s guest.\\n\\xa0\\n"Asumimos que la gente comprende su propia historia, pero muchas veces ese no es el caso". - Armando Minjarez\\nArmando Minjarez es un artista interdisciplinario Mexicano, dise\\xf1ador y organizador comunitario. Su pr\\xe1ctica art\\xedstica est\\xe1 guiada por temas de desplazamiento, colaboraci\\xf3n y el habilitar la creaci\\xf3n de espacios para el desarrollo de estrategias de cambio social y expresi\\xf3n creativa.\\nEn esta entrevista hablamos sobre la organizaci\\xf3n comunitaria en las comunidades rurales de Kansas, como produjo el mural m\\xe1s grande que jam\\xe1s se ha realizado y el dise\\xf1o del espacio p\\xfablico.\\nBibliograf\\xeda\\nLa historia de resistencia de Kansas que incluye a personas como Carrie Nation, John Brown, Dodge City y Billy the Kid\\xa0\\nParral, Chihuahua y Ulysses, Kansas tienen mucho en com\\xfan.\\xa0\\nD\\xeda de los muertos y D\\xeda de la Virgen de Guadalupe, fiestas tradicionales Mexicanas.\\nDel Norte Studio, Estudio de cer\\xe1mica de Armando.\\nThe Horizonte Project, proyecto en el que se produjo el mural mas grande de Norte America dise\\xf1ado por la artista visual colombiana Gleo.\\nActualmente Armando est\\xe1 exhibiendo su nuevo trabajo \\u201cTechnotitlan\\u201d en \\u201cPaper Pavillions\\u201d una galer\\xeda en vivo y digital.\\nLa Merienda de Armando es un pastel hecho en casa inspirado por Preppy Kitchen!\\xa0\\nCelia Cruz, cantante ic\\xf3nica y tema de discusi\\xf3n para el invitado de la pr\\xf3xima semana.\\nAll Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish, English, or Spanish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released on Wednesdays. Follow and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and wherever else you get your podcasts.\\nRadio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Toronto Arts Council, The Ontario Arts Council,\\xa0 the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Metcalf Foundation.\\xa0\\xa0\\nAluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Monica Garrido and Camila Diaz-Varela.\\nFor more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or \\u2018like\\u2019 us on facebook.\\n\\xa0\\nTodos los episodios de Merendiando son en Ingl\\xe9s, Espa\\xf1ol y Spanglish. Nuevos episodios de Radio Aluna Teatro cada Mi\\xe9rcoles. S\\xedguenos y suscr\\xedbete a este podcast en iTunes, Google Play, y donde sea que escuches tus podcasts.\\nRadio Aluna Teatro es una producci\\xf3n de Aluna Theatre con el apoyo de\\xa0 Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Department of Canadian Heritage, y\\xa0 Metcalf Foundation.\\xa0\\xa0\\nAluna Theatre es Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, con Sue Balint. Radio Aluna Theatre es producido por Camila D\\xedaz-Varela y M\\xf3nica Garrido.\\nPara m\\xe1s informaci\\xf3n sobre Aluna Theatre, visita nuestra p\\xe1gina alunatheatre.ca, s\\xedguenos en twitter @alunatheatre o en instagram, o haz c'