Artists Ajara Alghali and Patrick Quarm discuss what their West African heritage teaches them about themselves, their community, and their art. References Sierra Afrique Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana National Dance Company of Sierra Leone The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) Temate African Dance Arts Eye of the Beholder, Patrick Quarm (2020) This Mirror Reflects Your Truest Self film NXTHVN  Larry Ossei-Mensah

Faina Lerman and Scott Vincent Campbell dismantle the idea of being full-time artists and emphasize manifesting a life full of creativity, particularly in Detroit, instead.  References Popps Packing Robert David  Momm and Popp Residency For Parent Artists The Sustainable Arts Foundation Matthew Eaton Wedge 1, 2016 M Contemporary Art Grant Czuj LaKela Brown

Artist Ian Kuali'i and poet Jessica Care Moore discuss where to draw the line between cultural admiration and cultural appropriation and consider if gatekeeping is even worth Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. References: Doze Green of Rock Steady Crew Cherokee Advocate printing press returns to Cherokee Nation Land Acknowledgements Felicia Garcia, curator of education at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) Kuleana It’s Time to Acknowledge Native Hawaiians' Special Right To Housing Donate to KAHEA  Donate to Pu’uhonua O Waianae houseless village Donate to Protect Mauna Kea Black Women Rock Moore Black Press Ras Baraka Saul Williams Amiri Baraka Sonia Sanchez Lucille Clifton Audre Lorde Gil Scott Heron Alphonso Cox Assata Shakur  Dr. Brenda Greene The National Black Writers Conference (NBWC)  Heard Museum  MONUMENT/PILLAR Radcliffe Bailey Atlantic Center for the Arts Nikki Giovanni T.S. Eliot Walt Whitman Robert Frost Where Are The People? A poetry mini film by jessica Care moore We Want Our Bodies Back Third Man Records Source Booksellers Q’s Kitchen Concert of Colors Qasim Basir Marvin Towns Jr.

adrienne maree brown and Taylor Aldridge consider how archives tantilize and thrive in the present moment. Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. Steffani Jemison Octavia Butler Allied Media Conference Mama Aneb aka Gloria House Zora  Neale Hurston Toni Morrision Alice Walker Charity Hicks Beverly Glenn-Copeland Alexis Pauline Gumbs Toni Cade Bambara Nnedi Okorafor ARTS. BLACK Jessica Lynne BLK  Enunciated Life California African American Museum: CAAM Kimberly Drew Audre Lorde Uses of the Erotic Enshrined: Presence + Preservation, the art of Mario Moore Damon Davis Cracks Series Maceo Paisley Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation by adrienne maree brown

Artists Cherise Morris and Holly Bass discuss the restorative, transformative journey of creating contemporary work that draws from the past and reaches all generations. Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. Deborah Willis Ọmọlará Williams McCallister Root Work by Holly Bass Jasmine Hearn Visions of the Evolution by Cherise Morris

Jennifer Harge and Joiri Minaya discuss creating your own value systems and resisting institutional frameworks around art making by displaying and performing art in unconventional ways. Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. SHOW NOTES Containers Mourn and Never Tire Fly Drown Riverside Park Another Space Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Devin Drake Yadoo

Ahya Simone, Cristina Tufino, and Nour Ballout consider the limitations, inaccuracies, and obscurities of the phrase "safe space" by analyzing the reality of their lived experiences. Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript.  Trans Sisters of Color Project  Femme Queen Chronicles Habibi House Red Bull Arts Residency: Cristina Tufiño Arab, A Real Arab Blueprint Proyecto Martia 

American Artist, Darryl D. Terrell, and Salakastar delve into the world of naming, alter egos, and persona as they interrogate identity and resistance through their personal lens of creation and discuss those that paved the way. ⁣Find links to key materials discussed below and check out win.gs/subjectmatters for the transcript. Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, “Dion” "Self Portrait as a 90s R&B Video” by Danez Smith Outkast Best New Rap Group 1995 Source Awards speech Construction #10 Jospehine Baker in 1932, covering her body with pearls and silk Salakastar, “December 22 song” American Artist, “A Refusal” The Emotional Turmoil behind Picasso’s Blue Period Lina Iris Victor “Bluets” by Maggie Nelson (book) “Blue” by Joni Mitchell (album) “Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech

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