The Art People Podcast Justin Favela

Documentarian and scholar Dr. Linda Garcia Merchant takes time to speak with her good friend Dr. Erika Abad about No Es Facil, which was featured in ‘Two Cultures, One Family.” She reflects on her career-long investment in documenting Chicana experiences and what inspired her to build a career around documenting the history of women who were part of the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), Chicana Caucus of the NWPC from 1977 to 1979, which her mother, Ruth "Rhea" Mojica Hammer, was a key figure.
Two Cultures, One Family
 

During Kaitlyn Jones’s June 2022 Rogers Art Loft Residency, she and Erika Abad discussed the role of rest and grief on the way to liberation. Kaitlyn’s mom, Sharon, was at the closing exhibit; they take time to discuss the role of family in Jones’s work and Sharon’s insights into encouraging her daughter’s creative practice. 
 

Noel Garcia and Sarah Ritch talk with Dr. Erika Abad about their creative home and its influence on Garcia’s career. Garcia then reflects on the relationship between her formal training and what she learned from home in the evolution of her creative career. Garcia’s Cigarettes were featured in “Two Cultures, One Family.”
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Exhibition at the Barrick Museum
Noelle Garcia 
Sarah J Ritch

Erika sits down with Jean Munson to discuss her mother’s influence and responses to her zine and publishing career. Author of Secrets My Mom Keeps & Lola’s Herstory from “Two Cultures, One Family – Finding Family, Building Home,” Jean discusses the process of writing Secrets and reflects on the creative practices she’s been starting with her mom since her mother’s retirement.
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Jean Marie Munson!
Exhibition at the Barrick Museum
Justin Favela - Fantasia/Fantasy

Inspired by the Nap Ministry and Tricia Hersey's book "Rest is Resistance, Justin Favela and Dr. Erika Gisela Abad talk about what they’ve learned about resting, healing, and toxic work cultures in this return episode of Art People Podcast. Abad, after years of writing and interviewing artists, reflects on what she/they learned about balancing higher ed and guest curator work as she transitioned from being Faculty-in-Residence at UNLV to Assistant Prof of Communications. Favela discusses his latest performance about rest at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and his new book (now available!). 
Erika and Justin also introduce the new mini-series: Art, Family, and Memory. Stay tuned! 
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Exhibition at the Barrick Museum
Reposo: A Hispanic Rests for the Entirety of Hispanic Heritage Month 
Tricia Hersey
hija/e/o/x(s) de su - 
Justin Favela - Fantasia/Fantasy

Dan45 Hernandez joins Justin to talk about his latest projects, his obsession with collecting and cataloging objects, the distortion of memory and so much more!
Show Notes:
The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Future Relics 
Marisol Escobar
Ed Fuentes
Cult 33
Savidan Gallery - REMEMORIES
Dan's Instagram
Support for this podcast and the exhibitions at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is provided by the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a relief grant developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support arts organizations in the 13-state western region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional programs are funded in part with support from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Art People Podcast is edited and produced by Justin Favela (@favyfav). Music by Mike McDonald (@mmcdmusic). 
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