YBCA 10 Podcast

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YBCA 10 Podcast

At the intersection of art and activism stands the 10 - a multidisciplinary cohort of artists brought together by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA). This podcast is dedicated to highlighting each member of the YBCA 10, making space for pivotal conversations about their cultural motivations, civic engagement, and how each are designing creative prototypes that directly address racial justice and climate equity for the betterment of community health and well-being.

  1. 06/10/2022

    Episode 15: Deanna Van Buren and Samora Pinderhughes

    In this episode, we beautifully wrap up this season of the YBCA 10 podcast with an invigorating extended conversation with YBCA 10 artist Deanna Van Buren and multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes. Seated front and center, these two offer a wealth of insight and grounded thought on topics including the agency of healing (both individual and collective), being in service to community, uplifting the stories of marginalized voices, eradicating systems of structural violence, and much more. Learn more about dreamseeds, the YBCA 10 artist workshop now open and available through September 4, 2022! Learn more about Deanna by visiting: Deanna’s YBCA 10 Profile Page ​Designing Justice + Designing Spaces​ (DJDS) Deanna’s Ted Talk “What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like” Learn more about Samora: Samora’s YBCA artist page Samora’s website The Healing Project Samora featured in PBS NewsHour  Connect with YBCA: dreamseeds YBCA 10 artist exhibition  Official Website YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

    58 min

  2. 05/27/2022

    Episode 14: Leticia Hernández-Linares and Caleb Duarte

    The dreamseeds exhibition at YBCA featuring the YBCA 10 artist workshop has launched and is open to the public til September 4! In this episode, we continue our extended conversations with YBCA 10 artist Leticia Hernández-Linares. Joining her in this intimate dialogue is YCBA Creative Cohort Artist Caleb Duarte. Listen to hear the group flesh out conceptual ideas around art, healing through storytelling, memory work, and being historians of our own history through dialogue. Learn more about Leticia by visiting: Leticia’s YBCA 10’s Profile Page Leticia’s website Order Leticia’s book of poems: Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl Order Leticia’s most recent book Alejandria Fights Back! / ¡La Lucha de Alejandria! Learn more about Caleb: Caleb Duarte’s website Caleb’s Creative Cohort Artist Profile  Inside the Aesthetics of Revolt: Caleb Duarte’s The Monument as Living Memory Connect with YBCA: Official Website Learn more about dreamseeds exhibition YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

    1h 16m

  3. 05/13/2022

    Episode 13: Alex J. Bledsoe and Cara Page

    In this episode, we keep our extended conversations going with select members of the YBCA 10 and likeminded community doers and practitioners in the space. We reconnect with YBCA 10 member Alex J. Bledsoe, a multidisciplinary artist whose work focuses on Black liberation and dismantling exploitative systems. Paired with her is the eminent and renowned Cara Page, Black Queer Feminist cultural/memory worker, curator, and organizer. Together we discuss stories of healing, creation of sacred spaces, art as a supplement of healing, grief, and collective care and much, much more. Learn more about the dreamseeds exhibition running at YBCA from May 14–September 4, 2022! Learn more about Alex by visiting: Alex’s YBCA 10 Profile Breaktide Productions Oaklead documentary Healing Justice London Check out Alex on Instagram Learn more about Cara Page: Cara Page website Changing Frequencies on Instagram Healing Histories Project What is Healing Justice? Cara Page on GMA Connect with YBCA: Official Website YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

    1h 14m

  4. 04/29/2022

    Episode 12: Nikiko Masumoto and Galería de la Raza

    More extended conversations with the YBCA 10? Yes please! In this episode, we reconnect with organic farmer, memory keeper, and YBCA 10 artist Nikiko Masumoto. We hear an update on the Plant Library, the prototype collaboration between Nikiko and fellow YBCA 10 artist Darryl Ratcliff. We also welcome to the table Galería de la Raza, a non-profit dedicated to promoting Xicanx/Latinx art and culture. Galería de la Raza’s Ani Rivera, Executive Director and Ivette Diaz, Curatorial Programs Coordinator join the conversation for a synergetic dialogue about memory keeping and cultural work, thinking of artists as professional feelers and essential to community development, the importance of maintaining relationship with elders, deeply personal intergenerational stories with land, and so much more! Learn more about Galeria de la Raza Linktree for Galería de la Raza with full list of upcoming events, resources, artist toolkits, and more Caravan For the Children:Uncage, Reunify, and Heal Migrant Children Separated at the Border SIGN THE PETITION for the reunification of families Pedagogy of Hope exhibit in YBCA Galería de la Raza website Galería de la Raza on Twitter Galería de la Raza on Instagram Learn more about Nikiko: Visit the Masumoto Family Farm website! Masumoto Family Farm on Instagram Buy the book! Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming Yonsei Memory Project website Nikiko's YBCA 10 profile Connect with YBCA: Official Website YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

    1h 14m

  5. 04/15/2022

    Episode 11: Hasain Rasheed and Fay Darmawi

    This podcast has introduced audiences to the artists who comprise The YBCA 10. Now we keep it rolling with extended conversations about the deployment of artist work! In this episode, we reconnect with acclaimed photographer a member of the 10 Hasain Rasheed and get an update on his creative prototype titled Too Experienced to be Taken for a Stroll, a home structure that captures the spirit, sights, scents, and sounds shared by immigrant families who migrate to the Bay Area. We also meet Fay Darmawi - Founder and Executive Producer of the SF Urban Film Fest. Together this synergetic pairing discusses social reform and urban planning, Bay Area history with immigration, the power of story across different arts, and placing artists and their enterprises at the center of community investment strategies. Learn more about Fay: SF Urban Film Fest Fay’s YBCA profile Fay’s IG: @faymawi @sfurbanfilmfest on TW and IG Learn more about Hasain: Hasain’s YBCA 10 profile page Hasain’s website Shot Shop Oakland Photography Portfolio View more photograph on Hasain’s various project specific Instagram pages @hasainrasheed @theshotshop @oaklandphoto Connect with YBCA: Official Website YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

    55 min

  6. 04/01/2022

    Episode 10: Binta Ayofemi

    “As a visual artist I really think that I’m most inspired by composers…In my practice, I try to take a few notes that you don't normally recognize as being blended and create a new chord.” - Binta Ayofemi Visual artist Binta Ayofemi creates urban forms inspired by Black abstraction, transforming overlooked spaces through sound, movement, and material. In this charming episode, Binta shares with us her artistic journey, the rehearsal of everyday spaces to create radical possibility and imagination, and her work to celebrate Afro-indigineous spaces and rituals of celebration and healing. Learn more about Binta by visiting: Binta’s YBCA 10 Profile COMMONS Oakland Binta’s Twitter Connect with YBCA: Official Website YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

    41 min

  7. 03/18/2022

    Episode 9: Dr. Ayodele Nzinga

    “When I discovered the power in words, was when I began to take the idea of making art and make worlds and understand that’s what it was – world making – that it was powerful. Really, really powerful.” - Dr. Ayodele Nzinga Sometimes, words just hit different. And this episode explains why. Settle in and listen to an intimate conversation with this episode’s featured guest, City of Oakland's first poet laureate Dr. Ayodele Nzinga. Hear from this renowned director, playwright, poet, and community advocate as she shares her introduction into theater, storytelling and imagination, the power of words, language, and ebonics in world making, and MUCH more. Learn more abut Ayodele by visiting: Ayodele’s website YBCA 10 Profile Page BAMBD CDC BAMBD Fest Connect with YBCA: Official Website YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

    1h 2m

  8. 02/25/2022

    Episode 8: My-Linh Le

    "When I look at turfing by itself […] it's already a whole database. It's already a genre of study. We think that scientific method is the only way of knowing something, and that's just simply not true. Our bodies know so much." - My-Linh Le Largely influenced by 80s popping and hip-hop, My-Linh’s career positively exploded in different directions once she fully committed to dance. Now as a choreographer, competitive freestyle dancer, and Founder/Director of the turf dance project known as Mud Water Theater, My-Linh views her artistry as physical explorations of family, identity, and culture through dance and movement. Listen in this genuine conversation to hear My-Linh share details about her work in auto-ethnography, in addition to honestly tackling complex topics such as cultural appropriation, the craze around Tik-Tok dancing, Black cultural influences, and intergenerational trauma and joy. Learn more about My-Linh by visiting: YBCA 10 Artist Profile My-Linh on instagram Mud Water Theater website Connect with YBCA: Official Website YBCA Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook Make a contribution to YBCA to support our artist programs

    55 min
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At the intersection of art and activism stands the 10 - a multidisciplinary cohort of artists brought together by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA). This podcast is dedicated to highlighting each member of the YBCA 10, making space for pivotal conversations about their cultural motivations, civic engagement, and how each are designing creative prototypes that directly address racial justice and climate equity for the betterment of community health and well-being.

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  • Creator
    YBCA
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © YBCA
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    YBCA 10 Podcast

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