ART CLASS Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Greetings, Classmates! It's time for a brand new episode of ART CLASS and have we got a show for you today! This episode we're talking to two incredible Black women artists who are both blazing exciting new trails in their fields. First up, we talk to Grammy Award-winning singer, activist and friend of the show, Julia Bullock, in advance of her Metropolitan Opera debut tonight in John Adams and Peter Sellars' El Niño (0:16:43). We chat all about how this gorgeous new production is coming together and how to create a more equitable and inclusive future for the next generation of operamakers. After that, Paige is back with another installment of Kinfolk with Gambian kora virtuoso, griot, and founder of The Gambia Academy, Sona Jobarteh (0:49:29). In part one of their chat, Sona gets into what it's been like to gain world-renown playing an instrument traditionally played by men and the inspiration behind her latest album, Badinyaa Kumoo. All that, plus the Morning Announcements with Emile (0:45:26) and a little PBJ to get you through the rest of your week (1:00:18). Take your seats, folks. Class is in session! 

Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)
Guests: Julia Bullock, Sona Jobarteh
Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink
Producer: Rocky Jones
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Links
Julia Bullock (Website) (Instagram)
Sona Jobarteh (Website) (Instagram)
Metropolitan Opera's El Niño: Apr 23-May 17 (Website)
Walking in the Dark (Spotify)
The Swann (Website)
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (Website)
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New episodes of ART CLASS drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts is a great way to help people find our show. For more info about the show, please visit lincolncenter.org/ArtClass. Email your questions

Happy Tuesday, Classmates! Did you survive all the earthquakes and eclipses?! Oh good, because do we have jam-packed show for you today! First up, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and The New Yorker theater critic Hilton Als, editor of the new book God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin. We chat with Hilton all about the legacy of the legendary James Baldwin and the lessons his life and work can offer us today (0:18:14). After that, stay tuned for part 2 of Paige's Kinfolk conversation with Hannah Mayree of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project (0:45:53). Plus, the Morning Announcements with Emile (0:41:54) and a little Pure Black Joy (1:02:37) to get you to the end of the week. Take your seats, everybody. Class is in session!
Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)
Guests: Hilton Als, Hannah Mayree
Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink
Producer: Rocky Jones
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Links
Hilton Als (Website)
God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin (Book) (Exhibition)
Black Banjo Reclamation Project (Website)
James Baldwin at 100 (Website)
Sugar Hill Salon Chamber Music (Website)
Ensemble Obiora (Website)
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New episodes of ART CLASS drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts is a great way to help people find our show. For more info about the show, please visit lincolncenter.org/ArtClass. Email your questions or comments to artclasspod@gmail.com.
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Thanks to Our Supporters!
Major support for Campaign for One Million Kids provided by Leonard and Judy Lauder
Lead support for educational programming is provided by Anonymous
Major support for educational programming is provided by LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust and The Walt Disney Company
Additional support is provided by Constans

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Let's get straight to it, Classmates! Today on ART CLASS, we are honored to be talking with a bonafide legend! Whom you ask? How about the ambassador for New Orleans bounce music, who's also an iconic entrepreneur, and a fierce advocate for racial justice and queer rights? Yes, that's right, on this episode we will be chatting with the Queen Diva herself, BIG FREEDIA (0:13:55)!!! 🤯 And as if that weren't exciting enough, we're also bringing you the next installment of our Kinfolk series with Hannah Mayree of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project (0:42:28). In this first conversation of two, Hannah and Paige talk all about BBRP and their mission to reconnect Black people with the banjo, an incredibly important part of our musical and cultural history. All that, plus the Morning Announcements with Emile (0:39:11) and a special PB&J for all you soap opera fans (0:59:14). Take your seats, y'all, because class is in session!
***Oh, and if you're in NYC on Wednesday, April 10 at 7:30pm, please come check us out live at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium. Rumor has it that we'll be joined by another spectacular, legendary, iconic guest. For more details, go here. We hope you'll come hang out and have some fun with us!***
Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)
Guests: Big Freedia, Hannah Mayree
Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink
Producer: Rocky Jones
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Links
Big Freedia (Website) (Instagram)
Black Banjo Reclamation Project (Website)
Fresh, Bold and So Def Symposium at Lincoln Center (Website)
Hip Hop Education Center (Website)
Tray Wellington Band (Website)
Generations with Jonelle Allen and Vivica A. Fox
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Syllabus
Ashley N. Payne (2024), “Hip Hop, identity, & Black girlhood: how Black girls (re)construct racial and gender identity through Hip Hop”
Ashley N. Payne & Aria S. Halliday (2023), a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540253.2023.2235382"...

Howdy, Classmates! It's time for another episode of your favorite podcast all about decolonizing the arts and arts education, Lincoln Center's ART CLASS! This week, we're talking all about Black folks' contributions to folk and country music, which we're told is very much in the zeitgeist thanks to the queen of everything, Mrs. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter. We'll be joined for a chat by musician, scholar, and all around lovely person, Jake Blount, who takes us through his journey to the heart of Black folk music both on and offstage (0:14:40). Later, we're joined by author and friend of the show, Kao Kalia Yang (0:51:48), for another inspirational Career Day for all you up-and-coming writers. And of course, the Morning Announcements with Emile (0:48:05) and a moment of Pure Black Joy (0:58:09). (Spoiler alert: somebody wrote about us in a book!) So take your seats, y'all, because class is in session!
Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)
Guests: Jake Blount, Kao Kalia Yang
Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink
Producer: Rocky Jones
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Extra Credit
To read more about country and folk music’s Black roots (through a queer and feminist theory framework), check out Francesca T. Royster’s Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions.
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Links
Jake Blount (Website) (Insta)
Kao Kalia Yang (Website)
• Pre-order Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother’s Life now and check out the book release party on 3/19!
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Good morrow, dear Classmates! For today's episode of ART CLASS, we're thinking about how the art of the future intersects with the art of the present. Have you ever wondered what art will look like in the age of artificial intelligence? Well, so have we, and so has this week's guest: the brilliant artist and scholar, Professor Stephanie Dinkins (0:18:10). Join us for an absolutely fascinating conversation all about the dangers and the limitless possibilities of an AI-generated world as well as insight into her conversations with the world's first Black female robot, BINA48. Later, we're joined for Career Day with playwright C. Quintana (0:57:23). Plus, Morning Announcements with Emile (0:54:28) and a little Pure Black Joy (1:09:08) to get you through to the end of week. Take your seats, because class is in session, y'all!
Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Inawale)
Guests: Stephanie Dinkins, C. Quintana
Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink
Producer: Rocky Jones
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Links
Stephanie Dinkins (Website) (Insta) (Insta)
C. Quintana (Website)
AiArtists (Website)
Revelation: The Ivalas Quartet Performs Music by Women Composers (NYPL)
Twin Cities Public Television (Website)
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New episodes of ART CLASS drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts is a great way to help people find our show. For more info about the show, please visit lincolncenter.org/ArtClass. Email your questions or comments to artclasspod@gmail.com.
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Thanks to Our Supporters!
Major support for Campaign for One Million Kids provided by Leonard and Judy Lauder
Lead support for educational programming is provided by Anonymous
Major support for educational programming is provided by LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust and The Walt Disney Company
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Happy Black History Month, Classmates! This week's ART CLASS is all about healing and self-care. As Black folks and Black artists especially, it's so easy to over-extend ourselves during the month of February, so this week we devote the first part of the episode to delving into our self-care routines. How does one establish boundaries in a world that doesn't want you to have any? Where does self-care intersect with community care? Then, we're joined by an exceptional guest! Last October, we recorded a live show at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, where we were joined by the amazing Jonathan McCrory, Artistic Director of the National Black Theatre, which produced the recent Broadway hit Purlie Victorious starring Leslie Odom, Jr. and Kara Young. We had a powerful conversation all about this incredible piece of theater, its relevance in these times, and what he does to take care of himself (0:26:36). Later, it's time for another installment of Career Day with choreographer, Jennifer Lisette Lopez (0:53:51). Plus, the Morning Announcements with Emile (0:50:55) and a little Pure Black Joy (1:02:02) to get you through the week. Please take your seats, because class is back in session!
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Hosts: Lee Bynum (Insta), Rocky Jones (Insta), Paige Reynolds (Insta)
Guests: Jonathan McCrory, Jennifer Lisette Lopez
Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink
Producer: Rocky Jones
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Links
Jonathan McCrory (Website) (Insta)
National Black Theatre (Website)
Purlie Victorious (Website) (Buy the Play)
The Gathering at The Kennedy Center (Tickets)
The Roll Call: The Roots to Strange Fruit (Stream Now)
Julliard Presents Erismena (Tickets)
Living All Alone (Tickets)
National Theatre at Home (Stream Now)
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New episodes of ART CLASS drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please...