https://simplecast.com Angel City Culture Quest Angel City Culture Quest is an interview based show about artists and their work, additionally, issues surrounding social justice and the environment will inform many of our discussions. en Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:00:12 +0000 https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com Angel City Culture Quest https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/cb8e07a3-db4f-462a-a8b8-2aabc60cc5f0/2fc81589-407e-4b59-9a5a-0a3b08fee2d6/3000x3000/iconography-48.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com episodic Angel City Culture Quest is an interview based show about artists and their work, additionally, issues surrounding social justice and the environment will inform many of our discussions. Host: Melina Paris false https://feeds.simplecast.com/Y5GlzEXb art, artists, city of angels, culture, culture quest, environment, exhibition, gallery, interviews, social justice Melina Paris melinaparis9@gmail.com b188f805-2153-41a4-999a-7dd85b99ce01 Candice Gawne, ‘Glowing’ Artist of Light Light, energy, and beauty are the subjects of my work. My light sculptures are inspired by the fluid grace and endless variation in form of the inhabitants of our translucent seas and botanical realms. With electricity, I transform the noble gasses Krypton, Neon, Xenon and Argon, illuminating my glass forms to show the color and energy of life. Glass, at once translucent and reflective, contains the light, as the form and energy are revealed. Thus, my invisible feelings of love for the natural world appear as "jewels of light in glass."

Candice went on to say:

“The Hallmark of all my work is light coming out of the darkness”

Light brings life. It helps define our world and shows us the way. Painting is my main medium, but I wanted to work with Neon to work with actual light. And it was exciting to work with colored light that comes off the tube and into the room and changes everything it touches. It was fascinating to work with colored light of neon, and the different pigment colors of paint and how they interacted with each other.

An interesting detail, the definition for Candice (kan'dis) from ancient Greek means glowing.

Candice has worked in the mediums of: painting, figure drawing, neon and plasma sculpture — and she also sings. Out of them all, her favorite remains painting. The artist creates unique compositions, applying both texture and light to depict moments that range from intimate scenes to dramatic, lit-from-within encaustic works. 

www.candicegawne.com 

https://www.instagram.com/gawnecandice

 

 

 

 

]]> Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Candice Gawne - Guest, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/candice-gawne-glowing-artist-of-light-z1KqVmqo Light, energy, and beauty are the subjects of my work. My light sculptures are inspired by the fluid grace and endless variation in form of the inhabitants of our translucent seas and botanical realms. With electricity, I transform the noble gasses Krypton, Neon, Xenon and Argon, illuminating my glass forms to show the color and energy of life. Glass, at once translucent and reflective, contains the light, as the form and energy are revealed. Thus, my invisible feelings of love for the natural world appear as "jewels of light in glass."

Candice went on to say:

“The Hallmark of all my work is light coming out of the darkness”

Light brings life. It helps define our world and shows us the way. Painting is my main medium, but I wanted to work with Neon to work with actual light. And it was exciting to work with colored light that comes off the tube and into the room and changes everything it touches. It was fascinating to work with colored light of neon, and the different pigment colors of paint and how they interacted with each other.

An interesting detail, the definition for Candice (kan'dis) from ancient Greek means glowing.

Candice has worked in the mediums of: painting, figure drawing, neon and plasma sculpture — and she also sings. Out of them all, her favorite remains painting. The artist creates unique compositions, applying both texture and light to depict moments that range from intimate scenes to dramatic, lit-from-within encaustic works. 

www.candicegawne.com 

https://www.instagram.com/gawnecandice

 

 

 

 

]]> Candice Gawne, ‘Glowing’ Artist of Light Candice Gawne - Guest, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host 00:37:06 Candice Gawne's work has been featured in more than forty museum and gallery exhibitions, worldwide. The Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and the Corning Museum of Glass are among the several institutions that contain Gawne’s sculptures in their permanent collections. Candice’s work derives its essence from the symbiotic relationship between light and darkness, and the energy emitted from this codependency. Her translucent glass sculptures echo the sinuous forms of flora and fauna found in nature and the deep sea. Candice Gawne's work has been featured in more than forty museum and gallery exhibitions, worldwide. The Frederick Weisman Art Foundation, the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and the Corning Museum of Glass are among the several institutions that contain Gawne’s sculptures in their permanent collections. Candice’s work derives its essence from the symbiotic relationship between light and darkness, and the energy emitted from this codependency. Her translucent glass sculptures echo the sinuous forms of flora and fauna found in nature and the deep sea. #themourners, #art, #painting, #artoflight, #candicegawne, #aestheticarrest, #consciousness, artistinterview, #sanpedro, #angelcityculturequest, #neonart, #glowing false full 40 34e2b32f-d835-4db5-b0ed-92a062805bef Artist Peggy Reavey: Embracing Personal Perception through Bold Narrative Art  

"I've always been looking to be able to convey that feeling I had as a kid that there's just more to being a girl than people are saying," -- Peggy Reavey.

In September 2025, Peggy participated in AGCC’s Call Freedom: Artists Speak, a group exhibition exploring the theme of freedom at Range Projects Gallery in Los Angeles. 

Now, Peggy has an upcoming, one woman show titled: “GYRLE: paintings by Peggy Reavey” at solo. Gallery in San Pedro, which will open in late December, 2025.

 ~ Artwork: "Girl experiment: egg, nest, drawing, power pole" by Peggy Reavey ~

]]> Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Peggy Reavey- Guest, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/artist-peggy-reavey-embracing-personal-perception-through-bold-narrative-art-xSln6oTg  

"I've always been looking to be able to convey that feeling I had as a kid that there's just more to being a girl than people are saying," -- Peggy Reavey.

In September 2025, Peggy participated in AGCC’s Call Freedom: Artists Speak, a group exhibition exploring the theme of freedom at Range Projects Gallery in Los Angeles. 

Now, Peggy has an upcoming, one woman show titled: “GYRLE: paintings by Peggy Reavey” at solo. Gallery in San Pedro, which will open in late December, 2025.

 ~ Artwork: "Girl experiment: egg, nest, drawing, power pole" by Peggy Reavey ~

]]> Artist Peggy Reavey: Embracing Personal Perception through Bold Narrative Art Peggy Reavey- Guest, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host 00:27:34 Born in Philadelphia, Peggy Reavey was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. A figurative painter whose work varies in terms of scale and materials, Reavey is a narrative artist, and her work often revolves around the quiet storms of domestic life. Exploring fundamental dramas of life – fear, truth, love, the body – Reavey’s work explores a symbolic connection between the spiritual and physical worlds. It is confessional, and often portrays private things not meant to be seen. A flamboyant colorist, Reavey has a freewheeling approach to composition that lends her work a potent graphic quality: she plays with perspective in her pictures, which often incorporate patterning and text. Born in Philadelphia, Peggy Reavey was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. A figurative painter whose work varies in terms of scale and materials, Reavey is a narrative artist, and her work often revolves around the quiet storms of domestic life. Exploring fundamental dramas of life – fear, truth, love, the body – Reavey’s work explores a symbolic connection between the spiritual and physical worlds. It is confessional, and often portrays private things not meant to be seen. A flamboyant colorist, Reavey has a freewheeling approach to composition that lends her work a potent graphic quality: she plays with perspective in her pictures, which often incorporate patterning and text. #personalperception, #boldart, #narrativeart, #rhinoceros, angel city culture quest, creation myth, #storytelling, #gyrle, #animals false full 38 bab1468c-3968-4f17-81b9-aa087ff6efeb Artist Eric Johnson: Maker of Minimalist, Sensual, Clean and Sinuous Lines Eric's early years ended up being very influential to his career and we begin there because, not only did he suggest it, but the specific experiences he cited, and which we discuss, map his trajectory toward the language that speaks through his works today. 

Eric attended LA Valley College in San Fernando Valley, where he met Fidel Danieli, an early writer for Artforum magazine. Danieli became an influential figure to Eric. He knew all of the leading artists of the time, many of whom were in the Light and Space movement like DeWain Valentine, Peter Alexander and Bob Irwin. He also knew Ed Ruche.

Meeting Danieli was a significant event in the young artist's life who's advice echoed Eric's father’s belief.

“He said son, go find the most important person in the field that you're doing no matter who they are. Find them and work for them for free, befriend them. Do whatever you can to learn what they know. And it was invaluable," said Eric.

Eric's work is a remarkable fusion of unconventional elements: automotive tools, techniques, and materials. These form the cornerstone of his unique style as a sculptor. He masterfully blends the structures of wooden architecture with the fluidity of biomorphic forms, resulting in a contrast that captures the essence of life and movement. 

Beyond this, Eric has mastered the art of incorporating resin, using it to infuse visual depth into his work. The result is a blend of surface and subsurface fluid color, a technique that has earned him respect in the art world.

In this episode we discuss Eric's career as well as his process and his motivation for masterfully creating beautiful form.

 

]]> Wed, 8 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Eric Johnson - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host, Douglas Johnson - Technical Producer) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/artist-eric-johnson-maker-of-minimalist-sensual-clean-and-sinuous-lines-lknQst2n Eric's early years ended up being very influential to his career and we begin there because, not only did he suggest it, but the specific experiences he cited, and which we discuss, map his trajectory toward the language that speaks through his works today. 

Eric attended LA Valley College in San Fernando Valley, where he met Fidel Danieli, an early writer for Artforum magazine. Danieli became an influential figure to Eric. He knew all of the leading artists of the time, many of whom were in the Light and Space movement like DeWain Valentine, Peter Alexander and Bob Irwin. He also knew Ed Ruche.

Meeting Danieli was a significant event in the young artist's life who's advice echoed Eric's father’s belief.

“He said son, go find the most important person in the field that you're doing no matter who they are. Find them and work for them for free, befriend them. Do whatever you can to learn what they know. And it was invaluable," said Eric.

Eric's work is a remarkable fusion of unconventional elements: automotive tools, techniques, and materials. These form the cornerstone of his unique style as a sculptor. He masterfully blends the structures of wooden architecture with the fluidity of biomorphic forms, resulting in a contrast that captures the essence of life and movement. 

Beyond this, Eric has mastered the art of incorporating resin, using it to infuse visual depth into his work. The result is a blend of surface and subsurface fluid color, a technique that has earned him respect in the art world.

In this episode we discuss Eric's career as well as his process and his motivation for masterfully creating beautiful form.

 

]]> Artist Eric Johnson: Maker of Minimalist, Sensual, Clean and Sinuous Lines Eric Johnson - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host, Douglas Johnson - Technical Producer 00:33:35 Images; Eric Johnson in 1972, on left, and on right, in 2017. Photos courtesy of the artist. At the time of our recording, Eric Johnson had two fresh exhibits open in the Harbor area of LA. His solo show, “Fade to Black” at solo. Gallery in San Pedro opened August 16 and ran to October 4. And "ex.cerpt", Eric’s newest show at the Palos Verdes Art Center, opened September 13 and runs to November 15. Images; Eric Johnson in 1972, on left, and on right, in 2017. Photos courtesy of the artist. At the time of our recording, Eric Johnson had two fresh exhibits open in the Harbor area of LA. His solo show, “Fade to Black” at solo. Gallery in San Pedro opened August 16 and ran to October 4. And "ex.cerpt", Eric’s newest show at the Palos Verdes Art Center, opened September 13 and runs to November 15. sculptor, fade to black, madame valentine, madame x, sinuous lines, artist, eric johnson true full 37 04d057d1-0d1f-4023-a5c8-727ca5090f51 Rachel Bruhnke: Cold War Truth Commission, Putting the US Cold War on Trial  

The Cold War Truth Commission was a day of online lectures and discussion in 2021, in essence it was a trial about the origins of the Cold War, and the millions of human lives it took, mainly from US invasions and proxy wars. Sponsoring organizations included Witness for Peace Southwest, School of the Americas Watch, Code Pink, KPFK Radio, Project Censored and others. 

Compiled from that webinar, Rachel's new book features 54 vital testimonials from respected people including, whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, national director of RootsAction.org Norman Solomon and cofounder of Code Pink Medea Benjamin, as well as everyday people who shared how they were personally affected by the U.S. Cold War.

For nearly a decade Rachel has been raising awareness about the US Cold War. In 2017, she started the Cold War Truth Commission, after the presidential election. She noted, the reason she started this work was because, during the aftermath of the 2016 election, Rachel juxtaposed Senator Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump and what she called the two dynamics; the voice and the movement of Sanders, and the idea that it could not be accepted.

Rachel asks, how is it possible that something like FDR's economic New Deal could be almost the law of the land,  from a supremely popular four-time elected President, and yet, Bernie Sanders was basically saying the same thing, an economic New Deal, and it wasn't even possible for it to be on the Democratic ticket? 

What had happened, politically, to cause that sea change in our culture and our politics and what we thought was possible in the very definition of the United States and who we think we are?

]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Rachel Bruhnke - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/rachel-bruhnke-cold-war-truth-commission-putting-the-us-cold-war-on-trial-K6KwxEo9  

The Cold War Truth Commission was a day of online lectures and discussion in 2021, in essence it was a trial about the origins of the Cold War, and the millions of human lives it took, mainly from US invasions and proxy wars. Sponsoring organizations included Witness for Peace Southwest, School of the Americas Watch, Code Pink, KPFK Radio, Project Censored and others. 

Compiled from that webinar, Rachel's new book features 54 vital testimonials from respected people including, whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, national director of RootsAction.org Norman Solomon and cofounder of Code Pink Medea Benjamin, as well as everyday people who shared how they were personally affected by the U.S. Cold War.

For nearly a decade Rachel has been raising awareness about the US Cold War. In 2017, she started the Cold War Truth Commission, after the presidential election. She noted, the reason she started this work was because, during the aftermath of the 2016 election, Rachel juxtaposed Senator Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump and what she called the two dynamics; the voice and the movement of Sanders, and the idea that it could not be accepted.

Rachel asks, how is it possible that something like FDR's economic New Deal could be almost the law of the land,  from a supremely popular four-time elected President, and yet, Bernie Sanders was basically saying the same thing, an economic New Deal, and it wasn't even possible for it to be on the Democratic ticket? 

What had happened, politically, to cause that sea change in our culture and our politics and what we thought was possible in the very definition of the United States and who we think we are?

]]> Rachel Bruhnke: Cold War Truth Commission, Putting the US Cold War on Trial Rachel Bruhnke - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson 00:40:19 In this episode, we discuss the new book, edited by Rachel Bruhnke, "Cold War Truth Commission Putting the US Cold War on Trial, A Project of Testimony, Education and Action" A book of U.S. Cold War testimonials. In this episode, we discuss the new book, edited by Rachel Bruhnke, "Cold War Truth Commission Putting the US Cold War on Trial, A Project of Testimony, Education and Action" A book of U.S. Cold War testimonials. #pentagonpapers, #books, #education, #rootsaction.org, ##nonfiction, #oliverstone, #action, #angel city culture quest, #testimony, #codepink, #coldwarontrial, #exposecoldwarhistory false full 36 5b26e6d6-0dba-4561-8bae-e327e61ad079 Cora Ramirez-Vasquez, Art as Catharsis from Empowering Women to Informing Community Cora is a psychotherapist and an artist.

She has been practicing art psychotherapy since graduating from Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in 2005. She obtained her California Marriage and Family Therapist license and Art Therapy Registration in 2010. She opened her private practice in 2010, and received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D) in 2018.

In 2006, she and her husband Ray opened Gallery Azul in San Pedro, named after their child, Harmony AZUL Vasquez. They initially opened to showcase their artwork, but then began to invite other artists. Gallery Azul enjoys holding group art exhibitions that focus on informing and educating the community.

Cora was the first in her family — immediate and extended — to obtain a Bachelor’s degree, a Master’s degree, and a Psy. D (Doctoral in Clinical Psychology).

"Art is an ever evolving and ongoing part of my life, it is my cathartic expression, and the place in which I sublimate any residual from my clients and the world." -- Cora Ramirez-Vasquez

www.instagram.com/galleryazul

Website: galleryazul.com and coraramirezvasquez.com

 

]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Cora Ramirez-Vasquez - Guest, Host- Melina Paris, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/cora-ramirez-vasquez-art-as-catharsis-from-empowering-women-to-informing-community-khXvdW6S Cora is a psychotherapist and an artist.

She has been practicing art psychotherapy since graduating from Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in 2005. She obtained her California Marriage and Family Therapist license and Art Therapy Registration in 2010. She opened her private practice in 2010, and received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D) in 2018.

In 2006, she and her husband Ray opened Gallery Azul in San Pedro, named after their child, Harmony AZUL Vasquez. They initially opened to showcase their artwork, but then began to invite other artists. Gallery Azul enjoys holding group art exhibitions that focus on informing and educating the community.

Cora was the first in her family — immediate and extended — to obtain a Bachelor’s degree, a Master’s degree, and a Psy. D (Doctoral in Clinical Psychology).

"Art is an ever evolving and ongoing part of my life, it is my cathartic expression, and the place in which I sublimate any residual from my clients and the world." -- Cora Ramirez-Vasquez

www.instagram.com/galleryazul

Website: galleryazul.com and coraramirezvasquez.com

 

]]> Cora Ramirez-Vasquez, Art as Catharsis from Empowering Women to Informing Community Cora Ramirez-Vasquez - Guest, Host- Melina Paris, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson 00:29:49 We are living in a time when fundraising for the arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and even smaller, local Arts organizations are being slashed. In this episode we are speaking with Cora Ramirez-Vasquez about her art and psychology practices, from empowering women to informing community. Our conversation today demonstrates how art has the power to serve and help people. We are living in a time when fundraising for the arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and even smaller, local Arts organizations are being slashed. In this episode we are speaking with Cora Ramirez-Vasquez about her art and psychology practices, from empowering women to informing community. Our conversation today demonstrates how art has the power to serve and help people. #artheals, #art, #sanpedroartsdistrict, #galleryazul, #artcatharsis, #arttherapy false full 34 ee2903e0-ae60-4229-b6b8-66916e3978cc Peggy Sivert Wisdom Peggy’s art is generated out of the site of her home studio at Portuguese Bend in Rancho Palos Verdes, California where she has resided since 1996. Her practice has incorporated sculpture, mixed media, drawing, painting, and assemblage across figuration and abstraction. Peggy’s body of work utilizes equestrian and architectural motifs as embodiments of memory and lived experience. 

Peggy has had regular exhibits at Art galleries throughout Los Angeles and internationally in South Korea, Thailand, and Japan. She has been founder, curator and director for several nonprofit art galleries in Los Angeles.

The artist also addresses the land movement upheaval where she lives. Her home is adjacent to a nature preserve that is part of an ancient landslide. Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, it is a haven for nature and wildlife and a crisis of broken land. Her work often explores the dichotomy between the broken and the flourishing.

The breakdown is where she feels compelled to begin and explore.

LINKS to Reviews

Introducing the artwork of Peggy Sivert, an artist compelled to find meaning of ‘in the broken’, through her work

Peggy Nichols, Gallery C, Nov. 10, 2024

Tijuana Triennial – Exciting International Art Just Across the Border, DiversionsLA review, Jan. 15, 2025

~ ‘The Horses’ poem: ~

https://allpoetry.com/poem/8496359-The-Horses-by-Edwin-Muir

Website:

https://peggysivert.com/

 

]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest - Peggy Sivert, Music by Terence Toy, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Host- Melina Paris) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/peggy-sivert-wisdom-Kb_jN2LA Peggy’s art is generated out of the site of her home studio at Portuguese Bend in Rancho Palos Verdes, California where she has resided since 1996. Her practice has incorporated sculpture, mixed media, drawing, painting, and assemblage across figuration and abstraction. Peggy’s body of work utilizes equestrian and architectural motifs as embodiments of memory and lived experience. 

Peggy has had regular exhibits at Art galleries throughout Los Angeles and internationally in South Korea, Thailand, and Japan. She has been founder, curator and director for several nonprofit art galleries in Los Angeles.

The artist also addresses the land movement upheaval where she lives. Her home is adjacent to a nature preserve that is part of an ancient landslide. Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, it is a haven for nature and wildlife and a crisis of broken land. Her work often explores the dichotomy between the broken and the flourishing.

The breakdown is where she feels compelled to begin and explore.

LINKS to Reviews

Introducing the artwork of Peggy Sivert, an artist compelled to find meaning of ‘in the broken’, through her work

Peggy Nichols, Gallery C, Nov. 10, 2024

Tijuana Triennial – Exciting International Art Just Across the Border, DiversionsLA review, Jan. 15, 2025

~ ‘The Horses’ poem: ~

https://allpoetry.com/poem/8496359-The-Horses-by-Edwin-Muir

Website:

https://peggysivert.com/

 

]]> Peggy Sivert Wisdom Guest - Peggy Sivert, Music by Terence Toy, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Host- Melina Paris 00:45:18 Tune in to this delightful episode featuring Peggy Sivert as she shares her Wisdom about Art, Nature, Horses and the Value of Authentic Exploration and Experimentation. In her art practice a great portion of Peggy's work — but not all — focuses on horses, which she describes as a bridge between man and nature. Tune in to this delightful episode featuring Peggy Sivert as she shares her Wisdom about Art, Nature, Horses and the Value of Authentic Exploration and Experimentation. In her art practice a great portion of Peggy's work — but not all — focuses on horses, which she describes as a bridge between man and nature. portuguesebend, community, horses, peacecorps, peggysivert, returntonature, painter, offgrid, artist, wisdom, sanpedro, art, gallerist false full 33 3cea7fb0-cbea-4cfc-8dfe-1cbbe3abc536 Perceive Kristine Schomaker, Artist and Cultural Producer In 2014, Kristine founded Shoebox Arts, aimed at helping artists gain a presence in the art world. In 2018 she founded the nonprofit January Arts which officially became the publisher of her art magazine Art and Cake in 2024. Kristine runs an alternative art space, Shoebox Projects at the Brewery art colony, and is an Art Activator for the organization Artists Thrive.

Her mission is to create community among artists and the art world in order to help each other thrive. Through social practice and engagement, Kristine is interested in using art, community, education and expression to cultivate change.

Shoebox Arts, which serves as a support system for artists, celebrates its 11th anniversary this month. For more than a decade, Kristine said, Shoebox has helped artists with the steps they need to take to achieve their goals. It offers resources, education, tools, coaching mentoring, advice and critique.

Most importantly, Shoebox offers accountability. 

Kristine has been helping others her whole life. Listen in to discover more about Kristine's services, and her own project, "Perceive Me." This project, which is the artist's "life's work," has evolved to include a social aspect practice where Kristine brings  artists together to do nude portrait sessions, and the public is invited to sign up to pose for a professional session.

 

Kristine Schomaker Links:

https://www.kristineschomaker.net

https://www.januaryarts.org/

https://www.shoeboxarts.com/

https://www.artandcakela.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest - Kristine Schomaker, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/perceive-kristine-schomaker-artist-and-cultural-producer-Khamexjt In 2014, Kristine founded Shoebox Arts, aimed at helping artists gain a presence in the art world. In 2018 she founded the nonprofit January Arts which officially became the publisher of her art magazine Art and Cake in 2024. Kristine runs an alternative art space, Shoebox Projects at the Brewery art colony, and is an Art Activator for the organization Artists Thrive.

Her mission is to create community among artists and the art world in order to help each other thrive. Through social practice and engagement, Kristine is interested in using art, community, education and expression to cultivate change.

Shoebox Arts, which serves as a support system for artists, celebrates its 11th anniversary this month. For more than a decade, Kristine said, Shoebox has helped artists with the steps they need to take to achieve their goals. It offers resources, education, tools, coaching mentoring, advice and critique.

Most importantly, Shoebox offers accountability. 

Kristine has been helping others her whole life. Listen in to discover more about Kristine's services, and her own project, "Perceive Me." This project, which is the artist's "life's work," has evolved to include a social aspect practice where Kristine brings  artists together to do nude portrait sessions, and the public is invited to sign up to pose for a professional session.

 

Kristine Schomaker Links:

https://www.kristineschomaker.net

https://www.januaryarts.org/

https://www.shoeboxarts.com/

https://www.artandcakela.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> Perceive Kristine Schomaker, Artist and Cultural Producer Guest - Kristine Schomaker, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris 00:47:01 Kristine Schomaker is an artist mentor, community organizer, curator, advocate, cheerleader, facilitator, social activator and artist. Kristine Schomaker is an artist mentor, community organizer, curator, advocate, cheerleader, facilitator, social activator and artist. #nudeportraitsessions, #socialpractice, #perceiveme, #januaryarts, #acemicwriting, #shoeboxarts, #losangelesartista, #helpingothers, #angelcityculturequest, #artandcake false full 32 79659e5f-8eb2-4d5d-850e-67d430dd45ae A Red Cantaloupe Experience Presents, “The Music — The Magic” a Tribute to Music Legends, George Duke and Al Jarreau   A Red Cantaloupe Experience will return to Roscoe’s on Sunday, Nov. 24 to present “The Music — The Magic” in celebration of two great musical legends, George Duke and Al Jarreau. The great news is the Knick Smith Quartet is on the bill again for November. The LA based band features Rickey Woodard- sax/flute, Edwin Livingston - acoustic and electric bass, Marvin “Smitty” Smith - drums, Knick Smith - keys, piano and Fender.

In addition, Jeff Robinson will be on vocals and, “surprise” guest, Munyungo Jackson on percussion. The live show will also be streamed on View Stub. The event even includes a bonus attraction with magician/illusionist David Golidy Jr. 

Listen in to this discussion about what holds this great music together in order to bring you the magic.

Details:

www.pocketjazzpresents.org

   Read Melina's article on the first performance here: 

https://tinyurl.com/Torchbearer-to-Trendsetter

 

 

 

]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guests-Producer & host Robert J. Carmack / jazz pianist and musical director Knick Smith /vocalist Jeff Robinson, Music by Terence Toy, Host-Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/a-red-cantaloupe-experience-presents-the-music-the-magic-a-tribute-to-music-legends-george-duke-and-al-jarreau-42e0kuk4   A Red Cantaloupe Experience will return to Roscoe’s on Sunday, Nov. 24 to present “The Music — The Magic” in celebration of two great musical legends, George Duke and Al Jarreau. The great news is the Knick Smith Quartet is on the bill again for November. The LA based band features Rickey Woodard- sax/flute, Edwin Livingston - acoustic and electric bass, Marvin “Smitty” Smith - drums, Knick Smith - keys, piano and Fender.

In addition, Jeff Robinson will be on vocals and, “surprise” guest, Munyungo Jackson on percussion. The live show will also be streamed on View Stub. The event even includes a bonus attraction with magician/illusionist David Golidy Jr. 

Listen in to this discussion about what holds this great music together in order to bring you the magic.

Details:

www.pocketjazzpresents.org

   Read Melina's article on the first performance here: 

https://tinyurl.com/Torchbearer-to-Trendsetter

 

 

 

]]> A Red Cantaloupe Experience Presents, “The Music — The Magic” a Tribute to Music Legends, George Duke and Al Jarreau Guests-Producer & host Robert J. Carmack / jazz pianist and musical director Knick Smith /vocalist Jeff Robinson, Music by Terence Toy, Host-Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson 00:36:54 Our guests today include three longtime jazz musicians who have graced many venues in Los Angeles and across the country with their respective talents; producer and host of A Red Cantaloupe Experience Robert J. Carmack, jazz pianist and musical director Knick Smith and vocalist Jeff Robinson. These artists have joined us today to discuss A Red Cantaloupe Experience. The high energy live jazz concert featuring the Knick Smith Quartet, made its debut this summer, served up hot at Roscoe’s Jazz Lounge In Long Beach. Our guests today include three longtime jazz musicians who have graced many venues in Los Angeles and across the country with their respective talents; producer and host of A Red Cantaloupe Experience Robert J. Carmack, jazz pianist and musical director Knick Smith and vocalist Jeff Robinson. These artists have joined us today to discuss A Red Cantaloupe Experience. The high energy live jazz concert featuring the Knick Smith Quartet, made its debut this summer, served up hot at Roscoe’s Jazz Lounge In Long Beach. roscoe's jazz lounge, live music, red cantaloupe experience, long beach, the music-the magic, torchbearer to trendsetter, jazz false full 31 d6e7422d-ceb1-4ebb-999b-8f26239628a4 Artist Reidar Schopp, Entanglements & the Life You Build Join us in discussion with Artist/Photographer Reidar Schopp, about two very special Photography Series, Shibari (Japanese Rope Bondage) his Boxed Series and the LB Shibari Dojo. 

Reidar takes inspiration from photographer William Mortensen, 1897-1965, who Ansel Adams called the Antichrist.

On Mortensen, Reidar wrote; “His imagery was the first to stop me in my tracks. I loved the dark undertones, the stories he was telling ..." 

Reidar’s current series necessitated his learning of Japanese Rope Bondage including suspensions. These series entitled “Renaissance Shibari” and “Vases” are his latest avenue of exploration into surrealism.

 

Find  below, a listing of Reidar's recent photography series:

1. Boxed, The Life We Build for Ourselves - nearly complete with about 350 images

2. Life's Entanglements - Shibari series. Includes the subseries of the Renaissance Still Lifes and the Human Vase - created about 25 images so far

3. Starting the series of "franz xaver messerschmidt character heads" this will be about 90 images

4. Organized Chaos - forming random lights into mandulas and kaleidoscopic images - About 30 images

5. Musical Instruments - applying pieces of instruments to a human body to become that instrument and have another play them - Only 2 have been created. I need musical instruments to continue creating this series.

6. 180 Degrees of Portraiture - Infrared portraits where a 1st time model is asked to bring an object that is very emotional to them, either good or bad emotions.

https://www.instagram.com/rlsfoto/

www.lbshibaridojo.com

 

]]> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Reidar Schopp - Gueat, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/artist-reidar-schopp-entanglements-the-life-we-build-xI8olyHx Join us in discussion with Artist/Photographer Reidar Schopp, about two very special Photography Series, Shibari (Japanese Rope Bondage) his Boxed Series and the LB Shibari Dojo. 

Reidar takes inspiration from photographer William Mortensen, 1897-1965, who Ansel Adams called the Antichrist.

On Mortensen, Reidar wrote; “His imagery was the first to stop me in my tracks. I loved the dark undertones, the stories he was telling ..." 

Reidar’s current series necessitated his learning of Japanese Rope Bondage including suspensions. These series entitled “Renaissance Shibari” and “Vases” are his latest avenue of exploration into surrealism.

 

Find  below, a listing of Reidar's recent photography series:

1. Boxed, The Life We Build for Ourselves - nearly complete with about 350 images

2. Life's Entanglements - Shibari series. Includes the subseries of the Renaissance Still Lifes and the Human Vase - created about 25 images so far

3. Starting the series of "franz xaver messerschmidt character heads" this will be about 90 images

4. Organized Chaos - forming random lights into mandulas and kaleidoscopic images - About 30 images

5. Musical Instruments - applying pieces of instruments to a human body to become that instrument and have another play them - Only 2 have been created. I need musical instruments to continue creating this series.

6. 180 Degrees of Portraiture - Infrared portraits where a 1st time model is asked to bring an object that is very emotional to them, either good or bad emotions.

https://www.instagram.com/rlsfoto/

www.lbshibaridojo.com

 

]]> Artist Reidar Schopp, Entanglements & the Life You Build Reidar Schopp - Gueat, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host 00:39:05 Reidar's goal is to create stories that elicit an emotional attraction or repulsion. Images that appear specific to the viewer’s but for each viewer, the story differs. I prefer invented stories on imaginary stages with flashes of surrealism and conceptualism. The joy and inspiration is not in the initial idea, rather it is the process of finding the models, assembling the sets, and working through a collaborative process that generates the final image to be presented to those willing to look. Reidar's goal is to create stories that elicit an emotional attraction or repulsion. Images that appear specific to the viewer’s but for each viewer, the story differs. I prefer invented stories on imaginary stages with flashes of surrealism and conceptualism. The joy and inspiration is not in the initial idea, rather it is the process of finding the models, assembling the sets, and working through a collaborative process that generates the final image to be presented to those willing to look. boxed series, long beach shibari dojo, damsel in distress, malaga cove art on the lawn, the vexed man, conceptualism, lifes entanglements, shibari, william mortensen, emotional attraction or repulsion, photography, subconsciousness of a saint, surrealism, franz xaver messerschmidt, the life we build for ourselves, christ of saint john of the cross, reidar schopp, landscape painting, artist, salvador dali false full 30 231150d9-00de-4605-9892-b3a6a81a5ac6 The World According to Joan Didion, Contrasts and Transformations Evelyn had been talking about writing this book for some time with her publishers. Trying to write a biography of a person who's still alive is never easy, especially for such a vaulted figure as Joan Didion.  

After her death, the book had a context of also trying to explain Didion's legacy in the wake of many articles that came out on Didion. Evelyn wrote this book because there was so much interest in Joan Didion, but also hype around her.

Listen in to hear more about Didion's Contrasts and Transformations including significant connections between Evelyn and Joan.

]]> Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest - Evelyn McDonnell, Music by Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/the-world-according-to-joan-didion-contrasts-and-transformations-gimZmPyJ Evelyn had been talking about writing this book for some time with her publishers. Trying to write a biography of a person who's still alive is never easy, especially for such a vaulted figure as Joan Didion.  

After her death, the book had a context of also trying to explain Didion's legacy in the wake of many articles that came out on Didion. Evelyn wrote this book because there was so much interest in Joan Didion, but also hype around her.

Listen in to hear more about Didion's Contrasts and Transformations including significant connections between Evelyn and Joan.

]]> The World According to Joan Didion, Contrasts and Transformations Guest - Evelyn McDonnell, Music by Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson 00:35:57 In this episode, we speak with Evelyn McDonnell on her latest book on the literary figure Joan Didion. Evelyn has written or edited eight books, from "Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop and Rap" to "The World According to Joan Didion." Her articles for The Miami Herald, The Village Voice, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Billboard, Ms., and elsewhere have won numerous awards. Evelyn is a professor of journalism and faculty director of Media, Arts & a Just Society at Loyola Marymount University. In this episode, we speak with Evelyn McDonnell on her latest book on the literary figure Joan Didion. Evelyn has written or edited eight books, from "Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop and Rap" to "The World According to Joan Didion." Her articles for The Miami Herald, The Village Voice, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Billboard, Ms., and elsewhere have won numerous awards. Evelyn is a professor of journalism and faculty director of Media, Arts & a Just Society at Loyola Marymount University. #menot, the world according to joan didion, where i was from, feminis or not, haight-ashbury, hawaii, evelyn mcdonnell, personal voice, portuguese bend, writer, new york literati, journalistic skepticism, legacy, author, the center will not hold, personal essays, looking to the orient, slouching towards bethlehem, contrasts and transformations, sacramento false full 29 696c2cb0-e20a-4e99-b822-c3df6afd6c9d Javier Proenza of What’s My Thesis?  

The son of United Nations diplomats, Artist Javier Proenza grew up in the global foreign service networks of Washington DC, San Jose, Costa Rica and Rome, Italy. While Rome nurtured his interest in art, history and global politics, his high school and college years in Miami are when he reached his final form of Florida Man. 

His conceptual art practice is centered on the universal absurdities of contemporary experience, and is realized in various traditions including painting, sculpture, video, and installation. 

In 2018 Javier gave up on grad school, designed a scam to have artists teach him for free, and pretended it was a podcast called What’s my Thesis?

https://www.instagram.com/whatismythesis

 

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest Javier Proenza, Music by Terence Toy, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Host - Melina Paris) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/javier-proenza-of-whats-my-thesis-6RStmv5v  

The son of United Nations diplomats, Artist Javier Proenza grew up in the global foreign service networks of Washington DC, San Jose, Costa Rica and Rome, Italy. While Rome nurtured his interest in art, history and global politics, his high school and college years in Miami are when he reached his final form of Florida Man. 

His conceptual art practice is centered on the universal absurdities of contemporary experience, and is realized in various traditions including painting, sculpture, video, and installation. 

In 2018 Javier gave up on grad school, designed a scam to have artists teach him for free, and pretended it was a podcast called What’s my Thesis?

https://www.instagram.com/whatismythesis

 

]]> Javier Proenza of What’s My Thesis? Guest Javier Proenza, Music by Terence Toy, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Host - Melina Paris 00:31:27 Today, we talk with artist and podcast host Javier Proenza in discussion of his growing up in Rome, Art, Miami Florida and his art podcast, "What’s My Thesis?" Today, we talk with artist and podcast host Javier Proenza in discussion of his growing up in Rome, Art, Miami Florida and his art podcast, "What’s My Thesis?" italy, conceptual art, guitars, florida man, podcast, rome, miami, art, what’s my thesis? false full 28 32c9b68a-749b-46bb-8ae1-f63d3458c206 Marie Thibeault and June Edmonds, Consciousness Through the Lens of Abstraction This site hosts audio only. 

To see the video of this special episode, please go to, https://youtu.be/8NdUlrhpjHk

Marie is an internationally exhibited painter. Her oil paintings address the tension of urban landscape and the natural world. Inspired by frequent walks through various trails and open spaces in California, her work reveals her observations of the changes and dynamics of nature in the face of the ongoing climate crisis. Engaging notions of abstraction, her work references the surrounding landscape using atmospheric color shifts, fragmented imagery and multiple viewpoints to suggest the ideas of flux, change and instability in the environment. Marie taught painting and color theory at CSULB for 30 years, where she developed an Advanced Studies in Color class.

June is a recipient of the COLA Fellowship, the Guggenheim and the California Community Foundation, Fellowship for Visual Artists.  June uses abstract painting to explore how color, repetition, movement, and balance can serve as conduits to spiritual contemplation and interpersonal connection to her African-American roots. Exploring the psychological construct of skin color or tone through pattern and abstract painting has proven to be a revealing gesture and these ideas are explored in her two ongoing series: the Energy Wheel Paintings inspired by her meditation practice and her Flag Paintings, which explore the alignment of multiple identities such as race, nationality, gender, or political leanings.  June’s public art works include a Venetian glass mosaic at the Metro Pacific Station in Long Beach


 

Influences: 

Marie has two main influences: first, the New York abstract school where her formalist abstract artist teachers were students of the pivotal figure in Abstract Expressionism, Hans Hoffman. That experience that has always remained with her. Second, were her teachers Elmer Bishoff and Joan Brown at Berkeley, members of the "second generation" of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Marie always loved the California painting of Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud and the landscape expanse.

June’s influences include Varnette Honeywood, Romare Beardon, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, David Hockney and Alma Thomas. Another influence was the 1976 LACMA show ‘Two Centuries of Black American Art.’ These works had a profound, formative impact upon June. Other inspiration/explorations have drawn from cultural and African American historical references, sacred geometry and very recently, the Benin emblem of the river leaf.

Find more information at: 

www.mariethibeault.com  and www.luisdejesus.com/artists/june-edm
 

]]> Fri, 7 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Marie Thibaeult - Guest, June Edmonds - Guest, Technical Producer - Douglass Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/marie-thibeault-and-june-edmonds-consciousness-through-the-lens-of-abstraction-kpKonEIJ This site hosts audio only. 

To see the video of this special episode, please go to, https://youtu.be/8NdUlrhpjHk

Marie is an internationally exhibited painter. Her oil paintings address the tension of urban landscape and the natural world. Inspired by frequent walks through various trails and open spaces in California, her work reveals her observations of the changes and dynamics of nature in the face of the ongoing climate crisis. Engaging notions of abstraction, her work references the surrounding landscape using atmospheric color shifts, fragmented imagery and multiple viewpoints to suggest the ideas of flux, change and instability in the environment. Marie taught painting and color theory at CSULB for 30 years, where she developed an Advanced Studies in Color class.

June is a recipient of the COLA Fellowship, the Guggenheim and the California Community Foundation, Fellowship for Visual Artists.  June uses abstract painting to explore how color, repetition, movement, and balance can serve as conduits to spiritual contemplation and interpersonal connection to her African-American roots. Exploring the psychological construct of skin color or tone through pattern and abstract painting has proven to be a revealing gesture and these ideas are explored in her two ongoing series: the Energy Wheel Paintings inspired by her meditation practice and her Flag Paintings, which explore the alignment of multiple identities such as race, nationality, gender, or political leanings.  June’s public art works include a Venetian glass mosaic at the Metro Pacific Station in Long Beach


 

Influences: 

Marie has two main influences: first, the New York abstract school where her formalist abstract artist teachers were students of the pivotal figure in Abstract Expressionism, Hans Hoffman. That experience that has always remained with her. Second, were her teachers Elmer Bishoff and Joan Brown at Berkeley, members of the "second generation" of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Marie always loved the California painting of Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud and the landscape expanse.

June’s influences include Varnette Honeywood, Romare Beardon, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, David Hockney and Alma Thomas. Another influence was the 1976 LACMA show ‘Two Centuries of Black American Art.’ These works had a profound, formative impact upon June. Other inspiration/explorations have drawn from cultural and African American historical references, sacred geometry and very recently, the Benin emblem of the river leaf.

Find more information at: 

www.mariethibeault.com  and www.luisdejesus.com/artists/june-edm
 

]]> Marie Thibeault and June Edmonds, Consciousness Through the Lens of Abstraction Marie Thibaeult - Guest, June Edmonds - Guest, Technical Producer - Douglass Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host 01:00:39 June Edmonds and Marie Thibeault are both esteemed artists, each with notable careers. Through the lens of abstraction their powerful works awaken you to dramatic ecosystemic flux and resilience, and meditative contemplation of historicity and connection. Today, we explore their impactful works — through color, rhythm, symbols and the sublime — and the profound insights they offer on humanity’s cultural and environmental relationships. June Edmonds and Marie Thibeault are both esteemed artists, each with notable careers. Through the lens of abstraction their powerful works awaken you to dramatic ecosystemic flux and resilience, and meditative contemplation of historicity and connection. Today, we explore their impactful works — through color, rhythm, symbols and the sublime — and the profound insights they offer on humanity’s cultural and environmental relationships. witness, crows, extinction, painting, consciousness, river leaf, june edmonds, red lining, historical narratives, immersion, grand street arts, history, primary colors, circle curve series, rhythm and pattern, skin tones, flag series, silence, chaotic, entanglement, marie thibeault ×, environment, ecosystemic flux and resilience, drawing, abstract art, feminine sublime, the anthropocene, angels gate cultural center, co-participation, capitol chasm, capture, san pedro, benin plaques, meditative contemplation, photos, african american female pioneers, diaspora false full 27 f517cb8e-3b94-40b5-a389-35e1ae65ee65 Unfolding ~ Breeze-ology with Breeze Smith  

Breeze Smith plays drums, percussion and creates electronic live-looping. An improvisational drummer, instrument designer/builder, visual artist/designer and sound sculptor, he has completed several commissions for sculptures, paintings, designs and soundtracks.

 His growing interest in experimental/improvised music and his ever-expanding search for new sounds led him to incorporate his metal sound sculptures into his drum/percussion universe.

Breeze says his journey of musical expression has gifted him with opportunities to create with so many  including Dwight Trible, Stan Smith, Scott Heustis, David Ornette Cherry, Justo Almario, Ralph Miles Jones lll, Roberto Miranda, Neneh Cherry, Rod Poole, Hannibal Lakumbe, Dianne McIntyre, Roger Hines, Dwight Trible, Trevor Ware, John Beasley, Billy Childs, Charles Owen, Maggie Brown, Eric Barber, Tony Green, Andre Caporaso, Thomas Hamasu, Eddie Ray & Co, Willie Pooch Blues Band AND duos with his wife, dancer/vocalist Cheryl Banks-Smith.

Breeze will perform with his band, Cosmic Vibrations at The World Stage May 31. You can connect with Breeze to inquire about, or to purchase, his music or art at:

       www.breezemuse.com/about 

  www.instagram.com/breezemuse888

]]> Thu, 16 May 2024 16:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Breeze Smith ` Guest, Melina Paris Host, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/unfolding-breeze-ology-with-breeze-smith-RTgu9Fkl  

Breeze Smith plays drums, percussion and creates electronic live-looping. An improvisational drummer, instrument designer/builder, visual artist/designer and sound sculptor, he has completed several commissions for sculptures, paintings, designs and soundtracks.

 His growing interest in experimental/improvised music and his ever-expanding search for new sounds led him to incorporate his metal sound sculptures into his drum/percussion universe.

Breeze says his journey of musical expression has gifted him with opportunities to create with so many  including Dwight Trible, Stan Smith, Scott Heustis, David Ornette Cherry, Justo Almario, Ralph Miles Jones lll, Roberto Miranda, Neneh Cherry, Rod Poole, Hannibal Lakumbe, Dianne McIntyre, Roger Hines, Dwight Trible, Trevor Ware, John Beasley, Billy Childs, Charles Owen, Maggie Brown, Eric Barber, Tony Green, Andre Caporaso, Thomas Hamasu, Eddie Ray & Co, Willie Pooch Blues Band AND duos with his wife, dancer/vocalist Cheryl Banks-Smith.

Breeze will perform with his band, Cosmic Vibrations at The World Stage May 31. You can connect with Breeze to inquire about, or to purchase, his music or art at:

       www.breezemuse.com/about 

  www.instagram.com/breezemuse888

]]> Unfolding ~ Breeze-ology with Breeze Smith Breeze Smith ` Guest, Melina Paris Host, Technical Producer - Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 01:18:19 In his creative endeavors, Breeze Smith is improvisational at heart. In this episode we unfold Breeze's creative/spiritual side, the "Zebra-Breeze," overtone singing without the use of vocal cords, facing fears and much more, Breeze~ology. In his creative endeavors, Breeze Smith is improvisational at heart. In this episode we unfold Breeze's creative/spiritual side, the "Zebra-Breeze," overtone singing without the use of vocal cords, facing fears and much more, Breeze~ology. meditation, musical sculpture, throat singing, sound sculptor, breeze~ology, improvisational drummer, overtone singing, nothingness and knowingness, percussionist, drums, improvisation, caporaso ensemble, painter, john cage, visual artist/designer, instrument designer/builder, zebra-breeze, denmark, sound sculpture, breeze smith, wind, copenhagen, eck ank ur, art, cosmic vibrations false full 26 54f9ec02-43bc-480c-8f91-0fc58abc152a Steven T. Bramble of Pathos Press: The Beginnings of a Local Independent Publishing House  In this episode, Steven noted what Pathos Press can offer LA authors who might think to query them, along with some (not all) indie publishers:

"Small publishing houses tend to be much more willing to consider challenging or experimental works, especially by new authors without an established reputation. Some indie publishers assign editors to their authors in order to ensure the quality of the final text of the book. With larger publishing houses, it is sometimes the case that editors serve to recalibrate aspects of the book's plot or characters they consider as being possibly detrimental to future sales. Often, indie publishing editors are concerned only with the ultimate integrity of the manuscript and guaranteeing the legibility and artistic vision of the author."

Novels:

"Disposable Thought"

"Grid City Overload" 

 "Affliction Included"

"3rd & Orange"

"The Year I Went Away" ("El Año Que Me Fui")

 

 

]]> Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest - Steven T. Bramble, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/steven-t-bramble-of-pathos-press-the-beginnings-of-a-local-independent-publishing-house-seFc2WhV  In this episode, Steven noted what Pathos Press can offer LA authors who might think to query them, along with some (not all) indie publishers:

"Small publishing houses tend to be much more willing to consider challenging or experimental works, especially by new authors without an established reputation. Some indie publishers assign editors to their authors in order to ensure the quality of the final text of the book. With larger publishing houses, it is sometimes the case that editors serve to recalibrate aspects of the book's plot or characters they consider as being possibly detrimental to future sales. Often, indie publishing editors are concerned only with the ultimate integrity of the manuscript and guaranteeing the legibility and artistic vision of the author."

Novels:

"Disposable Thought"

"Grid City Overload" 

 "Affliction Included"

"3rd & Orange"

"The Year I Went Away" ("El Año Que Me Fui")

 

 

]]> Steven T. Bramble of Pathos Press: The Beginnings of a Local Independent Publishing House Guest - Steven T. Bramble, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris 00:32:54 Steven T. Bramble is a novelist based out of Long Beach. He is the author of "Disposable Thought," "Grid City Overload," and "Affliction Included." He is also the translator of "The Year I Went Away," the new novel from Argentinean author Jorge Schneider. He is a cofounder of ZQ-287, a futurist think-tank, and of Pathos Press. Listen in to our discussion to hear about the beginnings of an independent publishing house in Long Beach. Steven T. Bramble is a novelist based out of Long Beach. He is the author of "Disposable Thought," "Grid City Overload," and "Affliction Included." He is also the translator of "The Year I Went Away," the new novel from Argentinean author Jorge Schneider. He is a cofounder of ZQ-287, a futurist think-tank, and of Pathos Press. Listen in to our discussion to hear about the beginnings of an independent publishing house in Long Beach. psychology of technology trilogy, oakland, triptych of novels, literary city, el año que me fui, between the covers, disposable thought, collective, affliction included, indie publisher, grid city overload, pathos press, speculative fiction, los angeles, futurist think tank, maximalism, writing, 3rd & orange, philosophy, publisher, poetry, the year i went away, zq-287, josh peralta, philosophical fiction, narrative false full 25 03e1dc67-a01c-4ee3-a428-6b8ba89fcc8d Filmmaker Pamela Torrance In Discussion of Her Pro-Choice Documentary WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!
In May, 2022, when the SCOTUS leak threatened to overturn Roe v Wade and strip half the country of their reproductive right protections, Pamela quit her corporate sales job and embarked from her California bubble to Red states to capture the harrowing and mundane stories of American women. The resulting documentary, WE’RE NOT GOING BACK! won the Grand Jury award for Emerging Filmmaker when it premiered at The Awareness Film Festival in 2022.  Since then, Pamela continues her pro-choice activism with her feminist blog and podcast, The HisTerical Society. 

About WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!

The film is a Pro-choice documentary film from 2022 before and after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v Wade with its Dobbs decision, taking away the constitutional right to abortion, abandoning almost 50 years of precedent, and paving the way for states to ban abortion. Capturing stories from Red states to educate and promote awareness of what’s at stake now that Roe has fallen and to encourage everyone to vote, in what Pamela dubbed, Roe-vember

You can find Pamela at; https://torranceproductions.com

Link to WE’RE NOT GOING BACK! Pro-choice documentary 

on YouTube:  

https://youtu.be/FF9f4aNgnVU?si=oD1gfhV8MfK9iTwj

 

]]> Thu, 9 Nov 2023 18:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Pamela Torrance - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/filmmaker-pamela-torrance-in-discussion-of-were-not-going-back-E_wOils7
In May, 2022, when the SCOTUS leak threatened to overturn Roe v Wade and strip half the country of their reproductive right protections, Pamela quit her corporate sales job and embarked from her California bubble to Red states to capture the harrowing and mundane stories of American women. The resulting documentary, WE’RE NOT GOING BACK! won the Grand Jury award for Emerging Filmmaker when it premiered at The Awareness Film Festival in 2022.  Since then, Pamela continues her pro-choice activism with her feminist blog and podcast, The HisTerical Society. 

About WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!

The film is a Pro-choice documentary film from 2022 before and after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v Wade with its Dobbs decision, taking away the constitutional right to abortion, abandoning almost 50 years of precedent, and paving the way for states to ban abortion. Capturing stories from Red states to educate and promote awareness of what’s at stake now that Roe has fallen and to encourage everyone to vote, in what Pamela dubbed, Roe-vember

You can find Pamela at; https://torranceproductions.com

Link to WE’RE NOT GOING BACK! Pro-choice documentary 

on YouTube:  

https://youtu.be/FF9f4aNgnVU?si=oD1gfhV8MfK9iTwj

 

]]> Filmmaker Pamela Torrance In Discussion of Her Pro-Choice Documentary WE’RE NOT GOING BACK! Pamela Torrance - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host 00:26:32 — In a Leap of Faith, Pamela journeyed from earning a Science Doctorate to Producing her Pro-Choice Documentary. Pamela has always had a love for stories and an endless curiosity. Now she focuses on storytelling with her film and video production company, Torrance Productions, LLC, which seeks to tell stories that have a positive impact on the world and to help others to be seen in their best authentic light. — In a Leap of Faith, Pamela journeyed from earning a Science Doctorate to Producing her Pro-Choice Documentary. Pamela has always had a love for stories and an endless curiosity. Now she focuses on storytelling with her film and video production company, Torrance Productions, LLC, which seeks to tell stories that have a positive impact on the world and to help others to be seen in their best authentic light. storytelling, beacon street, equality, la harbor, drama, pro choice, scotus, 7th heaven jail, dobbs decision, filmmaking, screenwriting, abortion "crimes", histerical society feminist podcast, collaboration, we're not going back, roe-vember, male allies, red states, american women, feminism, pamela torrance, heartbeat act, pro-choice activism, documentary, torrance productions llc, post-roe world, san pedro, abortion ban ruling, roe v wade false full 24 94b7922f-1a13-4b6b-966d-0caba3c68d86 Richard Foss & COLLAGE Amplifying the Social Capital of San Pedro and Beyond In this episode, hear about why COLLAGE became a nonprofit as opposed to simply a venue and the good work its doing to help students in the Los Angeles region.

        "I have a sense that music can give people a reason to live, a reason to stay alive. So, rather than just run shows, I want to do something more than that," — Richard Foss.

COLLAGE is a beautiful venue, built in the 1930's, featuring  art deco styling both original and recreated by George Wytovich. It’s intimate and relaxed, seating 49 and the inside is more modern and visually interesting thanks to aged brick walls, a curved wooden ceiling with open beams. 

COLLAGE is best known for concerts, but also offers art classes, poetry events, storytelling, culinary events and much more. The venue presents both live shows and live streams for many of its events.

 https://www.collageartculture.org

   ~  COLLAGE is located at 731 South Pacific Ave., San Pedro

]]> Tue, 3 Oct 2023 17:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Richard Foss - Guest, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/richard-foss-collage-amplifying-the-social-capital-of-san-pedro-and-beyond-59diOUsZ In this episode, hear about why COLLAGE became a nonprofit as opposed to simply a venue and the good work its doing to help students in the Los Angeles region.

        "I have a sense that music can give people a reason to live, a reason to stay alive. So, rather than just run shows, I want to do something more than that," — Richard Foss.

COLLAGE is a beautiful venue, built in the 1930's, featuring  art deco styling both original and recreated by George Wytovich. It’s intimate and relaxed, seating 49 and the inside is more modern and visually interesting thanks to aged brick walls, a curved wooden ceiling with open beams. 

COLLAGE is best known for concerts, but also offers art classes, poetry events, storytelling, culinary events and much more. The venue presents both live shows and live streams for many of its events.

 https://www.collageartculture.org

   ~  COLLAGE is located at 731 South Pacific Ave., San Pedro

]]> Richard Foss & COLLAGE Amplifying the Social Capital of San Pedro and Beyond Richard Foss - Guest, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host, Music by Terence Toy 00:42:37 Richard Foss is the Executive Director of COLLAGE: A Place for Art and Culture, which he founded with George Woytovich, the Creative Director and Patti Kraakevik, who is involved in the strategic planning. The mission of COLLAGE is to serve both the local and broader community with programs that are adventurous yet accessible. Richard Foss is the Executive Director of COLLAGE: A Place for Art and Culture, which he founded with George Woytovich, the Creative Director and Patti Kraakevik, who is involved in the strategic planning. The mission of COLLAGE is to serve both the local and broader community with programs that are adventurous yet accessible. culinary, instrument program, music, san pedro high school, cuture, ingenuity and creativity, mom & pop, nonprofit, collage, locally owned businesses, zeitgeist, social capital, art, san pedro false full 23 1db2cf0f-a554-41f2-8471-2be9b016c322 Artist & Writer Jorge Schneider on the Publishing Scene For New Writers, Censorship, Small Press and his recent novel, El año que me fui Jorge posits that publishing houses used to be vanguards. But now, they instead follow the trends that the social landscape we live in wants them to.  

Listen in as we discuss this, Jorges new book and his creative process, advice for young writers and the beauty of the small press.

Jorge is also co-owner. along with his wife Alejandra Menduina, of Menduina Schneider Gallery in San Pedro, California.

Look for Jorge's book "El año que me fui," wherever your favorite place is to buy books. The English version will be published later this year.

]]> Tue, 5 Sep 2023 17:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Jorge Schneider - Guest, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/artist-writer-jorge-schneider-on-the-publishing-scene-for-new-writers-censorship-small-press-and-his-recent-novel-el-ano-que-me-fui-KSRn8qNT Jorge posits that publishing houses used to be vanguards. But now, they instead follow the trends that the social landscape we live in wants them to.  

Listen in as we discuss this, Jorges new book and his creative process, advice for young writers and the beauty of the small press.

Jorge is also co-owner. along with his wife Alejandra Menduina, of Menduina Schneider Gallery in San Pedro, California.

Look for Jorge's book "El año que me fui," wherever your favorite place is to buy books. The English version will be published later this year.

]]> Artist & Writer Jorge Schneider on the Publishing Scene For New Writers, Censorship, Small Press and his recent novel, El año que me fui Jorge Schneider - Guest, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:50:02 Jorge Schneider was born 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He earned a BA in Physical Education at National Institute of Physical Education or I.N.E.F in Buenos Aires. Jorge is the author of: "La sombra de la langosta," Editorial El Escriba, Buenos Aires, Argentina "La Grieta," Grupo Editor Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires, Argentina "Lucas, An Adventure," Writers Press, USA "El año que me fui," ZQ-287, Long Beach/Oakland, USA In this episode, we jump right in to start with Jorge's provocative take on the Publishing Scene for new writers and what he sees happening with publishing house acquisitions. Jorge Schneider was born 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He earned a BA in Physical Education at National Institute of Physical Education or I.N.E.F in Buenos Aires. Jorge is the author of: "La sombra de la langosta," Editorial El Escriba, Buenos Aires, Argentina "La Grieta," Grupo Editor Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires, Argentina "Lucas, An Adventure," Writers Press, USA "El año que me fui," ZQ-287, Long Beach/Oakland, USA In this episode, we jump right in to start with Jorge's provocative take on the Publishing Scene for new writers and what he sees happening with publishing house acquisitions. oakland, ms gallery, el año que me fui, creative process, jorge schneider, literature, bowdlerization, dei, conflict, censorship, equity, vanguard, long beach, writer, publishing houses, books, argentina, buenos aires, zq-287, artist, small press, diversity, inclusion, san pedro, different perspective false full 22 2801630d-0f14-48c1-b8a5-3c4fc7917f93 Karla Diaz and Mario Ybarra Jr. Artists in both Work & Life. Mario Ybarra Jr. is a Mexican-American, a conceptual artist born and raised in Los Angeles. His artwork operates as examinations of excluded social norms, often examining complete environments, histories, and narratives. He received an MFA from the University of California Irvine and a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design. He has been featured in many local, national, and international exhibitions/fairs

Karla Diaz is a writer, teacher, and multidisciplinary artist who engages in painting, installation, video, and performance. Using narrative to question identity, institutional power, and explore memory, her socially engaged practice generates exciting collaborations and provokes important dialogue among diverse communities. Critical discourse is central to her practice as she explores social, subcultural, and marginalized stories. In her introspection, splashes of color became figures and objects that transformed into scenes of domesticity and city life drawn from her upbringing in Mexico and Los Angeles. 

Karla & Mario have been in the forefront of many pilot events, exhibitions and programs in diverse cities, museums, and art galleries all over the world. Diaz's background in youth education, performance, art and writing, influence a multidisciplinary, pedagogical approach to her work, creating dialogue among diverse communities. Mario’s conceptual work and interest in alternative histories and narratives interface with art and cultural contemporary practices.

        Karla Diaz

https://www.karladiazart.com 

https://www.luisdejesus.com/artists/karla-diaz

https://www.instagram.com/karladiaz76/

 

        Mario Ybarrra Jr.

www.marioybarrajrartist.com

https://www.instagram.com/mario_ybarra_jr/

 

        Slanguage Studio

https://www.instagram.com/slanguagestudio/

 

 

 

]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Karla Diaz & Mario Ybarrra Jr. - Guests, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/karla-diaz-and-mario-ybarrra-jr-artists-in-both-work-life-JFHg32MU Mario Ybarra Jr. is a Mexican-American, a conceptual artist born and raised in Los Angeles. His artwork operates as examinations of excluded social norms, often examining complete environments, histories, and narratives. He received an MFA from the University of California Irvine and a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design. He has been featured in many local, national, and international exhibitions/fairs

Karla Diaz is a writer, teacher, and multidisciplinary artist who engages in painting, installation, video, and performance. Using narrative to question identity, institutional power, and explore memory, her socially engaged practice generates exciting collaborations and provokes important dialogue among diverse communities. Critical discourse is central to her practice as she explores social, subcultural, and marginalized stories. In her introspection, splashes of color became figures and objects that transformed into scenes of domesticity and city life drawn from her upbringing in Mexico and Los Angeles. 

Karla & Mario have been in the forefront of many pilot events, exhibitions and programs in diverse cities, museums, and art galleries all over the world. Diaz's background in youth education, performance, art and writing, influence a multidisciplinary, pedagogical approach to her work, creating dialogue among diverse communities. Mario’s conceptual work and interest in alternative histories and narratives interface with art and cultural contemporary practices.

        Karla Diaz

https://www.karladiazart.com 

https://www.luisdejesus.com/artists/karla-diaz

https://www.instagram.com/karladiaz76/

 

        Mario Ybarrra Jr.

www.marioybarrajrartist.com

https://www.instagram.com/mario_ybarra_jr/

 

        Slanguage Studio

https://www.instagram.com/slanguagestudio/

 

 

 

]]> Karla Diaz and Mario Ybarra Jr. Artists in both Work & Life. Karla Diaz & Mario Ybarrra Jr. - Guests, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host 01:19:58 Today we are in conversation with two prolific and highly engaged artists who just happened to be married to each other, Karla Diaz and Mario Ybarrra Jr. Today we are in conversation with two prolific and highly engaged artists who just happened to be married to each other, Karla Diaz and Mario Ybarrra Jr. wilmas, running, love, graffiti, painting, alternative histories, humor, curiosity, corrido, music my mom played while cleaning the house, education, borrego springs, architecture, artist in residence, candlewood run, mentors, long beach, los angeles, long beach museum of art, wilmington, trust, writing, murals, marginalized stories critical discourse, mexico, multidisciplinary artists, wpa, drawing, homeland cultural center, slanguage, histories, interns, narratives, studio one 11, interdependance, reciprocity, teaching, east la, art false full 21 fd8eedaf-838e-4641-906d-025eea3d56e3 Reimagining Safety Movie: A Discussion Matthew was born and raised in Los Angeles and has been in the entertainment business for most of his adult life — first in music and then as an award-winning writer/director. During the pandemic, he returned to school to obtain a Master's degree in Public Administration so that he could have more of an impact in helping to create communities that work for everyone. His course of study involved a deep dive into understanding policing, the carceral system, and public safety. Now, his work involves utilizing art to influence positive change.

Reimagining Safety

Synopsis:

Worldwide protests following the 2020 murder of George Floyd included calls to defund or abolish the police until a sharp rise in crime gave politicians and police supporters the fuel they needed to suppress the movement. Unfortunately, a detailed conversation about transforming public safety was never had. In Reimagining Safety (shot on iPhone), 10 experts (including LA County District Attorney George Gascón, USC Law professor Dr. Jody Armour and law enforcement expert Alex S Vitale) discuss the false premise that more police and more prisons make us safer. It does this while providing practical and actionable solutions toward achieving systems of safety that work for everyone.

The film is already receiving very positive feedback and support from social justice organizations and newly elected progressive leaders. 

The next screening is at The People's Film Festival June 4, in Harlem, New York

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/matthewsolomonfilms/rstrailer

Website: https://www.reimaginingsafetymovie.com

https://www.matthewsolomonconsulting.com 

]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 18:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Matthew Solomon - Guest, solutions, Melina Paris - Host, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/reimagining-safety-movie-a-discussion-Y5jTw_AO Matthew was born and raised in Los Angeles and has been in the entertainment business for most of his adult life — first in music and then as an award-winning writer/director. During the pandemic, he returned to school to obtain a Master's degree in Public Administration so that he could have more of an impact in helping to create communities that work for everyone. His course of study involved a deep dive into understanding policing, the carceral system, and public safety. Now, his work involves utilizing art to influence positive change.

Reimagining Safety

Synopsis:

Worldwide protests following the 2020 murder of George Floyd included calls to defund or abolish the police until a sharp rise in crime gave politicians and police supporters the fuel they needed to suppress the movement. Unfortunately, a detailed conversation about transforming public safety was never had. In Reimagining Safety (shot on iPhone), 10 experts (including LA County District Attorney George Gascón, USC Law professor Dr. Jody Armour and law enforcement expert Alex S Vitale) discuss the false premise that more police and more prisons make us safer. It does this while providing practical and actionable solutions toward achieving systems of safety that work for everyone.

The film is already receiving very positive feedback and support from social justice organizations and newly elected progressive leaders. 

The next screening is at The People's Film Festival June 4, in Harlem, New York

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/matthewsolomonfilms/rstrailer

Website: https://www.reimaginingsafetymovie.com

https://www.matthewsolomonconsulting.com 

]]> Reimagining Safety Movie: A Discussion Matthew Solomon - Guest, solutions, Melina Paris - Host, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson 00:43:54 Today we're discussing the film Reimagining Safety with Director, Filmmaker, Author, Conflict Resolution Facilitator, Matthew Solomon. This film as well as Matthew’s other work is based entirely in “humanity & care.” Today we're discussing the film Reimagining Safety with Director, Filmmaker, Author, Conflict Resolution Facilitator, Matthew Solomon. This film as well as Matthew’s other work is based entirely in “humanity & care.” detask the police, dr. el jones, gina viola, spiffest, george gascón, love, nikki blak, sanpedrointernationalfilmfestival, alex s. vitale, abolition, restorative justice, empathy, care, hadiya kennedy, sennet devermont, incarceration, matthewsolomon, unconscious bias, reimaginigsafetymovie, capitalism, george floyd, mental health, dr. jody armour, transform public safety, sociology, hawk newsom, humanitarian, jose gutierrez, anthropology false full 20 afabbfe2-c7e8-4bd3-ae3a-9e0e9489b745 Artist Michael Stearns: Living In Color Between 1964 and 1966, Stearns served in Vietnam and Japan as a photographer while on active duty in the U.S. Navy. Following his time in the service, he was a partner in a ceramics studio, Opus ll, where he taught ceramics as well as drawing and painting.

Stearns was a fire captain and paramedic with the Los Angeles County Fire Department from 1967 to 1988 and was a consultant on the television show Emergency!

Michael studied at California State University at Los Angeles

In 2002 he opened Gallery 33 in Long Beach, California. It exhibited artists such as Lori LaMont, Todd Brainard, Richard Lopez, Elizabeth Washburn, Adam Normandin and Roderick Briggs. The gallery closed in 2008.

In 2012 he moved his studio and gallery to San Pedro, under the name Michael Stearns Studio 347 and later to Michael Stearns Studio at the LOFT.

As a sculptor Michael works with cardboard and newspaper as a way to bring nature and urban society together.
 

In Michael’s artist statement, he explains how his work exemplifies his spirit. It reads in part:

"In my work I dig deep into the origin of life and explore the universal questions; how did we arrive and what is the force driving this existence?

I strive also to invite the observer into this place of examination.

As a painter, I work with organic shapes and mostly bold colors to intensify the imagery. In my sculptures I incorporate natural materials along with urban components, creating communication out of discord."

https://www.michaelstearnsstudio.com/

 

]]> Wed, 3 May 2023 17:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Michael Stearns - Guest, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/artist-michael-stearns-living-in-color-RbOZG5tZ Between 1964 and 1966, Stearns served in Vietnam and Japan as a photographer while on active duty in the U.S. Navy. Following his time in the service, he was a partner in a ceramics studio, Opus ll, where he taught ceramics as well as drawing and painting.

Stearns was a fire captain and paramedic with the Los Angeles County Fire Department from 1967 to 1988 and was a consultant on the television show Emergency!

Michael studied at California State University at Los Angeles

In 2002 he opened Gallery 33 in Long Beach, California. It exhibited artists such as Lori LaMont, Todd Brainard, Richard Lopez, Elizabeth Washburn, Adam Normandin and Roderick Briggs. The gallery closed in 2008.

In 2012 he moved his studio and gallery to San Pedro, under the name Michael Stearns Studio 347 and later to Michael Stearns Studio at the LOFT.

As a sculptor Michael works with cardboard and newspaper as a way to bring nature and urban society together.
 

In Michael’s artist statement, he explains how his work exemplifies his spirit. It reads in part:

"In my work I dig deep into the origin of life and explore the universal questions; how did we arrive and what is the force driving this existence?

I strive also to invite the observer into this place of examination.

As a painter, I work with organic shapes and mostly bold colors to intensify the imagery. In my sculptures I incorporate natural materials along with urban components, creating communication out of discord."

https://www.michaelstearnsstudio.com/

 

]]> Artist Michael Stearns: Living In Color Michael Stearns - Guest, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host, Music by Terence Toy 00:54:52 Michael Stearns has led a rich and varied life, including through different careers, but ART and LOVE have remained consistently at the center of all that he has accomplished. Indeed, both inform his artwork. Michael Stearns has led a rich and varied life, including through different careers, but ART and LOVE have remained consistently at the center of all that he has accomplished. Indeed, both inform his artwork. gallery 33, san diego county, sculpture, navy, el cajon, inspiration, painting, ceramics, this is us, shared dna, michael stearns studio 347, the universal genome, living in color, the colors of life, paramedic, universal questions, long beach, vietnam, opus2, michael stearns studio at the loft, the colors of us, photographer's mate, say something, mexico, bigot ball, mexican pallet, human genome, drawing, artist, historians, art philanthropy, emergency!, social statements, biological science, fire department, san pedro, latin america false full 19 b1f45bc2-7f26-48cf-af8f-85226c2c1cb2 Chronicling Architecture, Art & Social Justice with Street Archivist Doña Junta from swapmeet_chronicles to the Beyond The Facade Podcast Lia also known as "Doña Junta" is a former graffiti artist turned street archivist. Doña Junta runs the social media page swapmeet_chronicles which started off as an idea to highlight every day cultural happenings growing up in a Mexican household. The concept developed into a blog in 2007 in which Doña Junta documented the streets of Los Angeles from graffiti, personal stories, events, abandoned places AND MORE. Today, swapmeet_chronicles (with nearly 4,000 followers) evolved into research on the history of our streets, architecture of buildings, and social issues such as mass incarceration and prison advocacy through photos and research driven feature stories. In 2020, Doña Junta with co-host Sabrina Calderon created a podcast called Beyond the Façade to further discuss these places in detail and interview people who also create content in similar realms. 

Doña Junta has combined her interest in architecture with some of her podcast episodes where she and her co-host discuss the historical issues surrounding these buildings. And this includes state carceral institutions - juvenile and adult - and the issues that have taken place there.

Her interest in these institutional buildings was also represented at the Slanguage exhibition: Ghosts of Our Youth: Abandoned Institutions and the Impact on Los Angeles Youth at Angels Gate Cultural Center in 2022. It included images of Juvenile Hall, alongside the video of her podcast discussion on how these institutions affected the youth that were there through the decades but particularly in the 80s and 90s. 

]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Doña Junta - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/chronicling-architecture-art-social-justice-with-street-archivist-dona-junta-from-swapmeet-chronicles-to-the-beyond-the-facade-podcast-Eswn2Qbd Lia also known as "Doña Junta" is a former graffiti artist turned street archivist. Doña Junta runs the social media page swapmeet_chronicles which started off as an idea to highlight every day cultural happenings growing up in a Mexican household. The concept developed into a blog in 2007 in which Doña Junta documented the streets of Los Angeles from graffiti, personal stories, events, abandoned places AND MORE. Today, swapmeet_chronicles (with nearly 4,000 followers) evolved into research on the history of our streets, architecture of buildings, and social issues such as mass incarceration and prison advocacy through photos and research driven feature stories. In 2020, Doña Junta with co-host Sabrina Calderon created a podcast called Beyond the Façade to further discuss these places in detail and interview people who also create content in similar realms. 

Doña Junta has combined her interest in architecture with some of her podcast episodes where she and her co-host discuss the historical issues surrounding these buildings. And this includes state carceral institutions - juvenile and adult - and the issues that have taken place there.

Her interest in these institutional buildings was also represented at the Slanguage exhibition: Ghosts of Our Youth: Abandoned Institutions and the Impact on Los Angeles Youth at Angels Gate Cultural Center in 2022. It included images of Juvenile Hall, alongside the video of her podcast discussion on how these institutions affected the youth that were there through the decades but particularly in the 80s and 90s. 

]]> Chronicling Architecture, Art & Social Justice with Street Archivist Doña Junta from swapmeet_chronicles to the Beyond The Facade Podcast Doña Junta - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host 00:40:45 In another life Doña Junta said she might have been a librarian or an archivist. Hence her research skills. Today we’ll discuss some of her history, her time at Slanguage (the de facto art school and artist-run space in Wilmington CA.) and her drive to research and discuss architecture, institutional buildings including what's happening with those structures throughout Los Angeles. We’ll also highlight a couple of Beyond The Façade episodes; "The Sleepy Lagoon Murder and The Zoot Suit Riots: 78th Anniversary" and "Ghosts of Our Youth: Abandoned Institutions and the Impact on Los Angeles Youth" In another life Doña Junta said she might have been a librarian or an archivist. Hence her research skills. Today we’ll discuss some of her history, her time at Slanguage (the de facto art school and artist-run space in Wilmington CA.) and her drive to research and discuss architecture, institutional buildings including what's happening with those structures throughout Los Angeles. We’ll also highlight a couple of Beyond The Façade episodes; "The Sleepy Lagoon Murder and The Zoot Suit Riots: 78th Anniversary" and "Ghosts of Our Youth: Abandoned Institutions and the Impact on Los Angeles Youth" institutions, photograph, los angeles youth, swapmeet_chronicles, mass incarceration, taggers, architecture, preservation, de-facto art school, wilmington, blogger, spray paint, beauty and ugly, higher learning, street archivist, slanguage, graffiti artist, perl, beyond the facade, sociology, chavez ravine, doña junta, sleepy lagoon, san pedro, juvenile detention, zoot suiters false full 18 a7f04437-d696-4d66-b036-3c0dc7537703 Author Ava Homa's Daughters Of Smoke And Fire and its Parallels to the Uprisings in Iran Daughters Of Smoke And Fire gives voice to human struggles and issues of justice and inequity that we’re seeing with increased frequency across the globe.

Ava's message is, "a victory for women in Iran is really a victory for women everywhere.'"

This message is expressed in an essay Ava wrote in December 2022 for, “Journal of Critical Race Inquiry” an open-access electronic journal that advances scholarship on race and racialization in Canadian and international contexts. Her piece is titled: The Path to Freedom in Iran is through Women and Minorities.

It introduces readers to the history of Kurdish resistance to oppression by the Iranian regime as well as the history of the refrain “Woman, Life, Freedom,” chanted now by protesters and adopted by activists and others around the world.

Find the article link here:
Article The-Path-to-Freedom-in-Iran-is-through-Women-and-Minorities

https://www.avahoma.com/

Social Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ava.homa/

Twitter : https://twitter.com/AvaHoma

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ava.homa/

 

 

 

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Ava Homa - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Edited By Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/author-ava-homas-daughters-of-smoke-and-fire-and-its-parallels-the-uprisings-in-iran-USV2fpUD Daughters Of Smoke And Fire gives voice to human struggles and issues of justice and inequity that we’re seeing with increased frequency across the globe.

Ava's message is, "a victory for women in Iran is really a victory for women everywhere.'"

This message is expressed in an essay Ava wrote in December 2022 for, “Journal of Critical Race Inquiry” an open-access electronic journal that advances scholarship on race and racialization in Canadian and international contexts. Her piece is titled: The Path to Freedom in Iran is through Women and Minorities.

It introduces readers to the history of Kurdish resistance to oppression by the Iranian regime as well as the history of the refrain “Woman, Life, Freedom,” chanted now by protesters and adopted by activists and others around the world.

Find the article link here:
Article The-Path-to-Freedom-in-Iran-is-through-Women-and-Minorities

https://www.avahoma.com/

Social Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ava.homa/

Twitter : https://twitter.com/AvaHoma

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ava.homa/

 

 

 

]]> Author Ava Homa's Daughters Of Smoke And Fire and its Parallels to the Uprisings in Iran Ava Homa - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Edited By Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host 00:44:04 Ava Homa is an award-winning novelist, a journalist, and activist. Her debut novel Daughters of Smoke and Fire (2020) is the story of a Kurdish woman’s search for justice and freedom. The story has been described as being prescient in portraying what is happening now with the uprisings in Iran, spurred by the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini. Daughters Of Smoke And Fire is inspired by the life of Kurdish human rights activist Farzad Kamangar and was published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of his execution. Ava Homa is an award-winning novelist, a journalist, and activist. Her debut novel Daughters of Smoke and Fire (2020) is the story of a Kurdish woman’s search for justice and freedom. The story has been described as being prescient in portraying what is happening now with the uprisings in Iran, spurred by the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini. Daughters Of Smoke And Fire is inspired by the life of Kurdish human rights activist Farzad Kamangar and was published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of his execution. teacher, canada, gen z, liberation, resistance, intersectionality, protests, iran, woman life freedom, kurdish, iranian, jina mahsa amini, farzad kamangar, activist, uprising, journalist, author, notorious prison, compulsory hijab, authentic name, ava homa, novel, journal of critical race inquiry, daughters of smoke and fire, oppression false full 17 84ffcc64-f754-4157-8020-5f228b0a24ea Karina Nistal: An LA Woman As Much As A Houston Woman. Inspired Beats From Her New Release Soulspired. What is remarkable about Karina is her independent spirit, which has served as her guide both in her career decisions and in how she relates to and emboldens those around her.

Soulspired, released in September, is inspired by COVID times, grief, love and new beginnings. Karina has said her aim is to share a message of renewal and hope — and to remind her listeners how important our lives are, how much our time matters. and how much we can make a difference when we are inspired by our soul.

Watch Karina's video American Dream from Soulspired here:

https://youtu.be/Pv0d7hk0FO8

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Karina Nistal - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/karina-nistal-an-la-woman-as-much-as-a-houston-woman-inspired-beats-from-her-new-release-soulspired-vvbuY5IP What is remarkable about Karina is her independent spirit, which has served as her guide both in her career decisions and in how she relates to and emboldens those around her.

Soulspired, released in September, is inspired by COVID times, grief, love and new beginnings. Karina has said her aim is to share a message of renewal and hope — and to remind her listeners how important our lives are, how much our time matters. and how much we can make a difference when we are inspired by our soul.

Watch Karina's video American Dream from Soulspired here:

https://youtu.be/Pv0d7hk0FO8

]]> Karina Nistal: An LA Woman As Much As A Houston Woman. Inspired Beats From Her New Release Soulspired. Karina Nistal - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson 00:25:37 Our guest today is singer/songwriter Karina Nistal. Hailing from Houston, Texas, Karina is a multifaceted performer recognized for her diverse collaborations. Her extensive range includes jazz, soul, Latin hip hop, reggaeton and house music. Her new release Soulspired is Karina’s seventh studio album — written entirely by her and released on her own independent label, L.O.V.E. Records, You may recall Karina's name coming up in our previous episode, ~ Terence Toy: Vanguard of House Music. Terence and Karina collaborated on the samba house track "Wiser." Our guest today is singer/songwriter Karina Nistal. Hailing from Houston, Texas, Karina is a multifaceted performer recognized for her diverse collaborations. Her extensive range includes jazz, soul, Latin hip hop, reggaeton and house music. Her new release Soulspired is Karina’s seventh studio album — written entirely by her and released on her own independent label, L.O.V.E. Records, You may recall Karina's name coming up in our previous episode, ~ Terence Toy: Vanguard of House Music. Terence and Karina collaborated on the samba house track "Wiser." indie label, terencehousetoy, new beginnings, believe, l.o.v.e. records, america, persevere, renewal, american dream, texas, cuba, los angeles, soulspired, rebel crew, singer, buena vibra, mexico, 24, karina nistal, houston, como tu, wiser false full 16 6ac7f637-3363-447c-9c25-f0e89a76f591 Elana Mann: An Artists' Soundtrack of Activism Elana Mann has presented her work in museums, galleries, and public spaces in the U.S. and globally. 

She has received numerous awards, including an International Artist-In-Residence at Artpace San Antonio, the California Community Foundation Artist Fellowship, the Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Award, the COLA Individual Artist Fellowship, and she was the inaugural artist-in-residence at Pitzer College's ceramics department. Elana received her B.F.A. with honors from Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A from California Institute of the Arts.

Indeed, Elana has accomplished so much; one look at her website is testament to this. One can spend hours absorbing it — from her projects, writings, videos and poetry to her thoughts on social justice, and the power and agency we have as people. In exploring her site, my initial thought was that Mann could be an educator.

Getting to her artwork, within most of it there’s an element of sound. Yet, as a younger artist, Mann said this was confusing to her when she was in grad school. Then a connection revealed itself. It was her Jewish culture. 

Elana's links plus an article in The Forward

View the exhibition Unprotected here:  https://epoch.gallery/

Elana Mann, The Forward: https://elanamann.com/press/can-noisemaker-rattle-world-out-its-complacency-elana-mann%E2%80%99s-activist-art-mixture-politics-and

https://elanamann.com

www.instagram.com/elanamamma

 

IMAGE CREDITS:

Elana Mann by Josh Caffrey.

Change Rattle image by Monica Orozco

 

]]> Sun, 30 Oct 2022 17:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Elana Mann - Guest, Edited By Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/elana-mann-an-artists-soundtrack-of-activism-pnHulV7m Elana Mann has presented her work in museums, galleries, and public spaces in the U.S. and globally. 

She has received numerous awards, including an International Artist-In-Residence at Artpace San Antonio, the California Community Foundation Artist Fellowship, the Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Award, the COLA Individual Artist Fellowship, and she was the inaugural artist-in-residence at Pitzer College's ceramics department. Elana received her B.F.A. with honors from Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A from California Institute of the Arts.

Indeed, Elana has accomplished so much; one look at her website is testament to this. One can spend hours absorbing it — from her projects, writings, videos and poetry to her thoughts on social justice, and the power and agency we have as people. In exploring her site, my initial thought was that Mann could be an educator.

Getting to her artwork, within most of it there’s an element of sound. Yet, as a younger artist, Mann said this was confusing to her when she was in grad school. Then a connection revealed itself. It was her Jewish culture. 

Elana's links plus an article in The Forward

View the exhibition Unprotected here:  https://epoch.gallery/

Elana Mann, The Forward: https://elanamann.com/press/can-noisemaker-rattle-world-out-its-complacency-elana-mann%E2%80%99s-activist-art-mixture-politics-and

https://elanamann.com

www.instagram.com/elanamamma

 

IMAGE CREDITS:

Elana Mann by Josh Caffrey.

Change Rattle image by Monica Orozco

 

]]> Elana Mann: An Artists' Soundtrack of Activism Elana Mann - Guest, Edited By Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy, Melina Paris - Host 00:52:48 Elana Mann is an artist and activist who explores the power of the collective voice and the act of listening through sculpture, sound, and community engagement. She has created sonic sculptures that are designed to be used by musicians, audiences, and activists alike. In her artwork, listeners become performers, protests become musical and music becomes protest. Elana Mann is an artist and activist who explores the power of the collective voice and the act of listening through sculpture, sound, and community engagement. She has created sonic sculptures that are designed to be used by musicians, audiences, and activists alike. In her artwork, listeners become performers, protests become musical and music becomes protest. sonic sculptures, truth, aeolian tone, self-portrait as radical empath, chinatown, united, peter woo, grogger, epoch gallery, reproductive rights, human resources, our work is never done (unfinished business), kintsugi, occupy protest, activist, purim, jewish traditions, gavel, carol ockman, year of wonders redux, ketanji brown jackson, sharon chohi kim, corita kent, feminist, body sovereignty, angel city culture quest, humanist, rattle watch, public defender, soundtrack, unprotected exhibition, digital realm, judaism, supreme court, elana mann, artist, social movements, nft, protest rattles, social justice, corey fogel, megaphone, peoples mic, double headed axe, art, clara shortridge foltz, power false full 15 2e0bcce5-7a33-4a0c-9cb9-19176475740d CalArts Center For New Performance: Scene With Cranes In celebration of its 20th anniversary season, we'll look at the ways CalArts Center for New Performance - or CNP - has been an incubator for testing, developing and producing artistic projects, and what Travis calls a truly different paradigm for creating professional work. 

And We'll speak with Octavio about Scene With Cranes and his process in writing it, including  the varied symbols that cranes represent and even an unexpected master class from one of the leads in this production.

CalArts is one of the preeminent theater training grounds in the country, designed to educate the whole person and to prepare fully equipped theater artists to transform the field. 

Scene With Cranes is part of a project of Duende CalArts, an initiative of the Center for New Performance - or CNP - dedicated to developing and producing innovative work emerging from Latinx and Latin American communities and sources. Established in 2009 by Marissa Chibás, Duende CalArts develops adventurous projects at CNP that aim to expand aesthetic boundaries and performance discourse, and advance multilingual works.

The play will have a short run from September 29 to October 1, at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles. And the program will include a pre-show talk with playwright Octavio Solis in conversation with director Chi-wang Ya(a)ng on Saturday, October 1st at 7:30 PM.

Creative Team

Director: Chi-wang Yang
Playwright: Octavio Solis
Scenic Designer: Efren Delgadillo Jr.
Lighting Designer: Christopher Akerlind
Costume Designer: Edurne Fernandez
Sound Designer: Cristian Amigo

Marissa Chibás, Lourdes
Emilio Garcia-Sanchez, Angel
Stacia Marcum, Ruby
Isaias Alexander Miranda, Nico
Angela Rosado, Letty
Hilario Saavedra, Ramiro
Tony Sancho, Lieutenant David Leyva
Hannah Trujillo, Yolie

PERFORMANCES
September 29 at 8:30pm
September 30 at 8:30pm
October 1 at 8:30pm
REDCAT, Los Angeles

ARTIST TALK
Join us October 1 at 7:30pm for a pre-show conversation with playwright Octavio Solis and director Chi-wang Yang.

TICKETS for "Scene With Cranes" are now on sale here.

https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/scene-with-cranes/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guests: Travis Preston Octavio Solis, Host- Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/calarts-center-for-performance-scene-with-cranes-cZaq56z_ In celebration of its 20th anniversary season, we'll look at the ways CalArts Center for New Performance - or CNP - has been an incubator for testing, developing and producing artistic projects, and what Travis calls a truly different paradigm for creating professional work. 

And We'll speak with Octavio about Scene With Cranes and his process in writing it, including  the varied symbols that cranes represent and even an unexpected master class from one of the leads in this production.

CalArts is one of the preeminent theater training grounds in the country, designed to educate the whole person and to prepare fully equipped theater artists to transform the field. 

Scene With Cranes is part of a project of Duende CalArts, an initiative of the Center for New Performance - or CNP - dedicated to developing and producing innovative work emerging from Latinx and Latin American communities and sources. Established in 2009 by Marissa Chibás, Duende CalArts develops adventurous projects at CNP that aim to expand aesthetic boundaries and performance discourse, and advance multilingual works.

The play will have a short run from September 29 to October 1, at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles. And the program will include a pre-show talk with playwright Octavio Solis in conversation with director Chi-wang Ya(a)ng on Saturday, October 1st at 7:30 PM.

Creative Team

Director: Chi-wang Yang
Playwright: Octavio Solis
Scenic Designer: Efren Delgadillo Jr.
Lighting Designer: Christopher Akerlind
Costume Designer: Edurne Fernandez
Sound Designer: Cristian Amigo

Marissa Chibás, Lourdes
Emilio Garcia-Sanchez, Angel
Stacia Marcum, Ruby
Isaias Alexander Miranda, Nico
Angela Rosado, Letty
Hilario Saavedra, Ramiro
Tony Sancho, Lieutenant David Leyva
Hannah Trujillo, Yolie

PERFORMANCES
September 29 at 8:30pm
September 30 at 8:30pm
October 1 at 8:30pm
REDCAT, Los Angeles

ARTIST TALK
Join us October 1 at 7:30pm for a pre-show conversation with playwright Octavio Solis and director Chi-wang Yang.

TICKETS for "Scene With Cranes" are now on sale here.

https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/scene-with-cranes/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> CalArts Center For New Performance: Scene With Cranes Guests: Travis Preston Octavio Solis, Host- Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:41:46 Today we are speaking with two very special guests: Travis Preston, CalArts Center for New Performance Executive Artistic Director and Dean of the CalArts School of Theater, and acclaimed playwright Octavio Solis, one of the most prominent Latino playwrights in America, to discuss his play Scene With Cranes. Today we are speaking with two very special guests: Travis Preston, CalArts Center for New Performance Executive Artistic Director and Dean of the CalArts School of Theater, and acclaimed playwright Octavio Solis, one of the most prominent Latino playwrights in America, to discuss his play Scene With Cranes. building cranes, play, birds, pandemic, actors, chi-wang yang, visionary, the vague and obscure, performing arts, comedic timing, operatic, realism, 20th anniversary season, polaroid, grief, workshops, duende calarts, marissa chibás, los angeles, artist- and project-driven framework, stage, discourse, scene with cranes, masterclass, octavio solis, calarts, travis preston, latino playwright, gentrification, center for new performance, symbolism, live experience, hibernation, jean sibelius, redcat, theater, clarinets, physical vocabulary true full 14 7820b0f9-ef97-44fd-8df1-da9348a22227 The Business of Art: Going To School With K. Ryan Henisey K Ryan Henisey brings years of experience in the arts and premium/luxury retail to fine art management and curation with Artlounge Collective. Ryan is an award-winning artist and recent recipient of a public arts grant from the city of West Hollywood. His fine art has appeared throughout California and in locations that include international galleries and museums. Ryan previously worked for major cruise lines, overseeing product management and publication for a half-billion dollar segment of the global tour industry, among other notable accolades. Until very recently, Ryan was the president of TAG Gallery in Los Angeles.

And in May of this year, he opened Artlounge Collective in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles.

Ryan brings an edifying, inclusive and pragmatic approach in working with the artists in Artlounge Collective. He said Artlounge chooses all the artists and there are many factors in that but most important to Ryan is making sure that Artlounge is keeping the quality of the artwork even across the board.

  ~  https://artlounge.co/ ~

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (K. Ryan Henisey - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/the-business-of-art-going-to-school-with-k-ryan-henisey-r3A0gJqr K Ryan Henisey brings years of experience in the arts and premium/luxury retail to fine art management and curation with Artlounge Collective. Ryan is an award-winning artist and recent recipient of a public arts grant from the city of West Hollywood. His fine art has appeared throughout California and in locations that include international galleries and museums. Ryan previously worked for major cruise lines, overseeing product management and publication for a half-billion dollar segment of the global tour industry, among other notable accolades. Until very recently, Ryan was the president of TAG Gallery in Los Angeles.

And in May of this year, he opened Artlounge Collective in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles.

Ryan brings an edifying, inclusive and pragmatic approach in working with the artists in Artlounge Collective. He said Artlounge chooses all the artists and there are many factors in that but most important to Ryan is making sure that Artlounge is keeping the quality of the artwork even across the board.

  ~  https://artlounge.co/ ~

]]> The Business of Art: Going To School With K. Ryan Henisey K. Ryan Henisey - Guest, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Melina Paris - Host 01:03:22 Today we examine art through a different lens than we typically do at Angel City Culture Quest; to put it simply - the business of art. At first, this may seem curious. But stick with us to understand better how important what Ryan calls the democratization of art is. Today we examine art through a different lens than we typically do at Angel City Culture Quest; to put it simply - the business of art. At first, this may seem curious. But stick with us to understand better how important what Ryan calls the democratization of art is. taggallery, artist services, teacher, community partners, museum, gallery, americans for the arts, bureau of labor statistics, the business of art, public data, artloungecollective, the artist tree, mondrian hotel, retail market, factoid, school, supply and demand, curation, books, consumer, angel city culture quest, three pillars, exhibition and displays, retail space, hauser & wirth, collectors, national endowment for the arts, fine art, buyers, cruise, art, accessibility false full 13 3e61a0e3-edeb-4eb0-84ef-2ab99e969abc Holly M. Crawford; LACMAs Director of Fun, Joy and Creativity Hello everybody and welcome to ACCQ. Today we have an exciting show. We’re speaking with Holly M. Crawford, who is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Director of Adult Public Programs, Education & Public Programs 

  — But you will quickly discover why I call Holly M. LACMAs Director of Fun, Joy and Creativity.

Today, we will discuss the projects Holly M. brings to the public at LACMA, in terms of education and programming, and connecting those programs to the diverse Los Angeles audience.

And later, we will discuss LACMAs exciting exhibition Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse, including several of the programs that the museum is offering in conjunction with the exhibition.

First, some details about our guest.

Holly M. who uses They/Them pronouns is an artist and educator who is passionate about reimagining museums as sites for healing, connection, and creative invention.

 In Their role at LACMA, Holly develops and implements programs that inspire joy and invite learners to expand their understanding of themselves and the world.

Previously, Holly M. was the Director of Education at ESMoA, where they coordinated the Mychal’s/ESMoA Internship program, a paid internship designed to introduce adults with developmental disabilities to future career opportunities in the arts and culture sector.

Holly M. attended the Maryland Institute College of Art for graduate school receiving an M.A. in Community Arts, and relocated to Los Angeles to learn about murals and public art.

They maintain an independent art and curatorial practice and have exhibited work at leiminspace, Los Angeles; The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, The Main Museum, and The Maryland Institute College of Art. Holly M. is also the Founder & Artistic Director of The Nomadic Werewolf Museum where play and collaboration come together to tell stories about werewolves.

Holly M. said what drives Them to be in museums: they can be magical places that transport you … and seeing to it that people experience joy when they go to these institutions.

Holly M.'s origin story presents insight into the very special work they do in terms of making museums welcoming spaces and bringing that joy to them.

 Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse runs to October 9th. 

Find  the first THREE videos in the 8th R.L. Shep Triennial Symposium” in conjunction with Lee Alexander McQueen Mind, Mythos, Muse  below.

 https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/lee-alexander-mcqueen

https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/lee-alexander-mcqueen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOSnPw1T2A4&t=2s

      ~  Find out more about Holly M. Crawford and Their work at:

IG  @hollym.crawford and @hollymcrawfordstudio

 

]]> Sat, 30 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Holly M. Crawford - Guest, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/holly-m-crawford-lacmas-director-of-fun-joy-and-creativity-cf_d5zIh Hello everybody and welcome to ACCQ. Today we have an exciting show. We’re speaking with Holly M. Crawford, who is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Director of Adult Public Programs, Education & Public Programs 

  — But you will quickly discover why I call Holly M. LACMAs Director of Fun, Joy and Creativity.

Today, we will discuss the projects Holly M. brings to the public at LACMA, in terms of education and programming, and connecting those programs to the diverse Los Angeles audience.

And later, we will discuss LACMAs exciting exhibition Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse, including several of the programs that the museum is offering in conjunction with the exhibition.

First, some details about our guest.

Holly M. who uses They/Them pronouns is an artist and educator who is passionate about reimagining museums as sites for healing, connection, and creative invention.

 In Their role at LACMA, Holly develops and implements programs that inspire joy and invite learners to expand their understanding of themselves and the world.

Previously, Holly M. was the Director of Education at ESMoA, where they coordinated the Mychal’s/ESMoA Internship program, a paid internship designed to introduce adults with developmental disabilities to future career opportunities in the arts and culture sector.

Holly M. attended the Maryland Institute College of Art for graduate school receiving an M.A. in Community Arts, and relocated to Los Angeles to learn about murals and public art.

They maintain an independent art and curatorial practice and have exhibited work at leiminspace, Los Angeles; The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, The Main Museum, and The Maryland Institute College of Art. Holly M. is also the Founder & Artistic Director of The Nomadic Werewolf Museum where play and collaboration come together to tell stories about werewolves.

Holly M. said what drives Them to be in museums: they can be magical places that transport you … and seeing to it that people experience joy when they go to these institutions.

Holly M.'s origin story presents insight into the very special work they do in terms of making museums welcoming spaces and bringing that joy to them.

 Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse runs to October 9th. 

Find  the first THREE videos in the 8th R.L. Shep Triennial Symposium” in conjunction with Lee Alexander McQueen Mind, Mythos, Muse  below.

 https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/lee-alexander-mcqueen

https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/lee-alexander-mcqueen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOSnPw1T2A4&t=2s

      ~  Find out more about Holly M. Crawford and Their work at:

IG  @hollym.crawford and @hollymcrawfordstudio

 

]]> Holly M. Crawford; LACMAs Director of Fun, Joy and Creativity Holly M. Crawford - Guest, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:47:59 Today we’re speaking with Holly M. Crawford, who is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Director of Adult Public Programs, Education & Public Programs  — But you will quickly discover why I call Holly M. LACMAs Director of Fun, Joy and Creativity. Today we’re speaking with Holly M. Crawford, who is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Director of Adult Public Programs, Education & Public Programs  — But you will quickly discover why I call Holly M. LACMAs Director of Fun, Joy and Creativity. what the willow whispers, scanners collection, audience, sandra de la loza, museum, native voices, painting, sparc, earvin magic johnson park, michael schmidt, sandra valls, symposium, mind mythos muse, drag show, judy baca, kang seung lee, san cha and olima, don't eat the pictures., john singleton copley, lee alexander mcqueen, carlos niño and friends, penn museum, mindful monday, mission statement, john matheson, sesame street t, director of fun joy and creativity, los angeles county museum of art, #mcqueen_vault, lol with lacma, charles white elementary school, the great wall of los angeles, the nomadic werewolf museum, la revolución es la solución!, joy and creativity., the river once ran, latasha harlins, lacma x snapchat: monumental perspectives, art, snapchat false full 12 0aa470fd-4d23-4abf-bed7-a781bb728380 Working Artist: Nancy Lynée Woo      What is the definition of a working artist?

      Nancy is a poet, educator, and community organizer. She has co-founded a handful of arts organizations, including the Long Beach Literary Arts Center and briefly ran a social justice-based literary press. 

As an organizer, she has produced innumerable arts events, including writing workshops, public readings and arts festivals. She is also the creator of Surprise the Line, a community poetry workshop.

Writing from an eco-feminist perspective, her poetry is largely inspired by the magic and power of the natural world. Nancy has received fellowships from PEN America, Arts Council for Long Beach, and Idyllwild Writers Week. 

      Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro serves as one of the cultural hubs as part of the Artists At Work initiative, as it hosts both Nancy and artist Taylor Griffith for year-long artist residencies.

     The ARTISTS AT WORK program is inspired by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, or WPA

It was designed to give artists resources to continue to produce work during the COVID crisis, but also, to build new structures and partnerships to help sustain the creative sector in a post-pandemic America. 

The goals of Artists At Work are to give artists a living wage to support their work and to put that work into the public sphere for free, to connect artists and cultural organizations to local initiatives in areas like youth mental health, suicide prevention, food justice, prison reform, youth at risk and other civic engagements to foster healthy communities.

      Links:

]]> Tue, 24 May 2022 17:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Nancy Lynée Woo - Guest, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/working-artist-nancy-lynee-woo-Je2IdzVH      What is the definition of a working artist?

      Nancy is a poet, educator, and community organizer. She has co-founded a handful of arts organizations, including the Long Beach Literary Arts Center and briefly ran a social justice-based literary press. 

As an organizer, she has produced innumerable arts events, including writing workshops, public readings and arts festivals. She is also the creator of Surprise the Line, a community poetry workshop.

Writing from an eco-feminist perspective, her poetry is largely inspired by the magic and power of the natural world. Nancy has received fellowships from PEN America, Arts Council for Long Beach, and Idyllwild Writers Week. 

      Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro serves as one of the cultural hubs as part of the Artists At Work initiative, as it hosts both Nancy and artist Taylor Griffith for year-long artist residencies.

     The ARTISTS AT WORK program is inspired by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, or WPA

It was designed to give artists resources to continue to produce work during the COVID crisis, but also, to build new structures and partnerships to help sustain the creative sector in a post-pandemic America. 

The goals of Artists At Work are to give artists a living wage to support their work and to put that work into the public sphere for free, to connect artists and cultural organizations to local initiatives in areas like youth mental health, suicide prevention, food justice, prison reform, youth at risk and other civic engagements to foster healthy communities.

      Links:

]]> Working Artist: Nancy Lynée Woo Nancy Lynée Woo - Guest, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:31:06 Today we’re speaking with Nancy Lynée Woo who is a member of the Artists At Work program at Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, CA. Today we’re speaking with Nancy Lynée Woo who is a member of the Artists At Work program at Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro, CA. liberation or extinction, imagination, pen america, anthropocene era, arts council for long beach, value the work of artists, community, long beach public library, donation based, artistic career, cultural hubs, artist residencies, and idyllwild writers week, midweek feast, revolutionary, environmental activism, change the frequency, poem, money is a form of energy, crisis of imagination, think slower think deeper, great resignation, nurture, surprise the line, the office performing arts and film, poet, writing, real artists don't starve, professional development training, thrive, artists at work, economic models, nourish, reciprocal relationship, foodie, works progress administration, time, social mission, workshop, angels gate cultural center, climate justice, self care, poems and produce, practice in public, the person is the asset, meditation on chaos, feast: poetry and recipes for a full seating at dinner, working artist, community organizer, san pedro, gift economy, work life balance, literary, starving artist false full 11 53e70944-2dbd-4114-9fe0-c4a106387337 Dark Totem      Jana Opincariu is an award winning artist with paintings recognized across the southwest and paintings that have found their home around the globe. She creates surreal and fantastical images of human bodies, objects and animals. As a painter, she strives to exemplify what it means to become vulnerable and romanticize it. She does this by creating hyper-realistic portraits of people, creatures and bodies, illustrating lucid dreams and making delicate surreal images that demonstrate the lust and chaos we face in day to day life.

In February, Jana won Best of Show and Most Meaningful artwork for her painting Fuck Vegas of the "Sensuality in ART 2022” show at Hellada Gallery.

In her artist statement Jana said, “I imagine that there is no break from my creations and I am my creations and my creations are me. Therefore, every piece I do is a self-portrait.” 

     Daniel Kathalynas is an award-winning international artist. He works in painting, three dimensional art, sculptural wall hanging, hand-painted animation, music, and symbolic use of materials, 2D rendering, filmmaking and stop motion animation. 

In December 2021, his film  Flowering won 2nd place at the Santa Fe 3-minute Film Festival.

Daniel’s method begins in a silent-mind meditation then he allows the first higher thought that enters his mind to forge the direction of the artwork. 

Currently, Daniel is traveling across the country and filming short videos called The Roaming Artist – American Odyssey where he discusses his inspirational process, the beauty of national landmarks, local culture and live painting.

     The first Totem took place in Albuquerque at Factory on 5th in September, 2019. It was such a success they decided to bring it to Hellada in Long Beach.

Dark Totem is about power imagery: such as animals, elements, or, representative of humans' higher aspect, or, walking into the new realm.

Dark Totem brings dark themes and is not as light hearted. It's emotional, with undertones of the original Totem, including images of humans, animals and delicate things. Attendees will also see some of the artwork from the original Totem.


https://www.janaopincariuart.com/ 

and https://danielkathalynas.com/

 

]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Jana Opincariu Daniel Kathalynas - Guests, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/dark-totem-5AxSHAym      Jana Opincariu is an award winning artist with paintings recognized across the southwest and paintings that have found their home around the globe. She creates surreal and fantastical images of human bodies, objects and animals. As a painter, she strives to exemplify what it means to become vulnerable and romanticize it. She does this by creating hyper-realistic portraits of people, creatures and bodies, illustrating lucid dreams and making delicate surreal images that demonstrate the lust and chaos we face in day to day life.

In February, Jana won Best of Show and Most Meaningful artwork for her painting Fuck Vegas of the "Sensuality in ART 2022” show at Hellada Gallery.

In her artist statement Jana said, “I imagine that there is no break from my creations and I am my creations and my creations are me. Therefore, every piece I do is a self-portrait.” 

     Daniel Kathalynas is an award-winning international artist. He works in painting, three dimensional art, sculptural wall hanging, hand-painted animation, music, and symbolic use of materials, 2D rendering, filmmaking and stop motion animation. 

In December 2021, his film  Flowering won 2nd place at the Santa Fe 3-minute Film Festival.

Daniel’s method begins in a silent-mind meditation then he allows the first higher thought that enters his mind to forge the direction of the artwork. 

Currently, Daniel is traveling across the country and filming short videos called The Roaming Artist – American Odyssey where he discusses his inspirational process, the beauty of national landmarks, local culture and live painting.

     The first Totem took place in Albuquerque at Factory on 5th in September, 2019. It was such a success they decided to bring it to Hellada in Long Beach.

Dark Totem is about power imagery: such as animals, elements, or, representative of humans' higher aspect, or, walking into the new realm.

Dark Totem brings dark themes and is not as light hearted. It's emotional, with undertones of the original Totem, including images of humans, animals and delicate things. Attendees will also see some of the artwork from the original Totem.


https://www.janaopincariuart.com/ 

and https://danielkathalynas.com/

 

]]> Dark Totem Jana Opincariu Daniel Kathalynas - Guests, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:45:10 Today we are talking to artists Jana Opincariu, who you may remember from our February episode, and Daniel Kathalynas. They join us to talk about their upcoming exhibition Dark Totem, which will show at Hellada Gallery in Long Beach, May 7 to May 28. Today we are talking to artists Jana Opincariu, who you may remember from our February episode, and Daniel Kathalynas. They join us to talk about their upcoming exhibition Dark Totem, which will show at Hellada Gallery in Long Beach, May 7 to May 28. jana opincariu, daniel kathalynas, totem, petrichor, the bear: history of a fallen king, earth, hyper-realistic portraits, anthropomorphism, who are you willing to become?, factory on 5th, the roaming artist, aberration, dark totem, between masks and transfiguration, hellada gallery, sandalwood, long beach, santa fe 3-minute film festival, flowering, inscription not description, animal emblems, inscription, sensuality in art 2022, fuck vegas, a good hard rain, soul alchemy, in/m true full 10 2a4c4370-7c07-4d06-875f-c3e54ff25c2b Lead Me Home, A Community of Support Pedro Kos  Co-Director

His latest documentary feature film, REBEL HEARTS, which he directed, wrote and edited premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was released worldwide by Discovery+ in summer of 2021. 

Prior to that he wrote and produced a Netflix Original Documentary THE GREAT HACK by Jehane Noujaim  and Karim Amer which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA award. 

His feature directorial debut BENDING THE ARC (co-directed with Kief Davidson) premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. 

Previously, Pedro has edited several award winning and award nominated films, including THE SQUARE, which earned him an Emmy Award for Best Editing for a Non-Fiction program, among others. Pedro is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he received his B.A. in Theater Directing from Yale University.

      Lead Me Home is a co-production of Netflix and Actual Films, and produced by Bonni Cohen, Serin Marshall and Richard Berge. And I'm happy to announce that it will screen at the Warner Grand Theatre, in San Pedro, on March 20th.

In Lead Me Home, Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk filmed the daily lives of more than two dozen subjects over three years. This method allows the viewer to almost be with the subject, to understand from their perspective. That is largely what makes the film so vital - as it sheds urgent light on these individuals' circumstances.

Lead Me Home trailer:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moekzAxXe0o

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest - Pedro Kos, Host - Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/lead-me-home-community-of-support-s53_0UAw Pedro Kos  Co-Director

His latest documentary feature film, REBEL HEARTS, which he directed, wrote and edited premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was released worldwide by Discovery+ in summer of 2021. 

Prior to that he wrote and produced a Netflix Original Documentary THE GREAT HACK by Jehane Noujaim  and Karim Amer which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA award. 

His feature directorial debut BENDING THE ARC (co-directed with Kief Davidson) premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. 

Previously, Pedro has edited several award winning and award nominated films, including THE SQUARE, which earned him an Emmy Award for Best Editing for a Non-Fiction program, among others. Pedro is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he received his B.A. in Theater Directing from Yale University.

      Lead Me Home is a co-production of Netflix and Actual Films, and produced by Bonni Cohen, Serin Marshall and Richard Berge. And I'm happy to announce that it will screen at the Warner Grand Theatre, in San Pedro, on March 20th.

In Lead Me Home, Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk filmed the daily lives of more than two dozen subjects over three years. This method allows the viewer to almost be with the subject, to understand from their perspective. That is largely what makes the film so vital - as it sheds urgent light on these individuals' circumstances.

Lead Me Home trailer:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moekzAxXe0o

]]> Lead Me Home, A Community of Support Guest - Pedro Kos, Host - Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:19:57 Today we are speaking to Pedro Kos, the co-director of Lead Me Home, an Academy-award nominated documentary short. Lead Me Home is a strikingly filmed chronicle on homelessness which Pedro and co-director Jon Shenk made over three years in three major West coast cities; Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. In it, viewers are treated to dramatic, all encompassing aerial views and intimate portraits of its subjects. Today we are speaking to Pedro Kos, the co-director of Lead Me Home, an Academy-award nominated documentary short. Lead Me Home is a strikingly filmed chronicle on homelessness which Pedro and co-director Jon Shenk made over three years in three major West coast cities; Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. In it, viewers are treated to dramatic, all encompassing aerial views and intimate portraits of its subjects. act, oakland, documentary short, community solutions lava mae, san francisco seattle, dignity, superhero, rio de janeiro, lead me home mom, merritt lake park, unfortunate circumstances, la family housing, warner grand theatre, joy, chrysalis, our cities, community of support, resheemah ro ro white, frontlines, ronnie futuristic, the center hollywood, west coast cities, film, jon shenk, outreach worker, los angeles, netflix, richard berge, 211, angel city culture quest, council district 15, cloak of invisibility, homelessness, academy award nominee, housing, prolific development, serin marshall, intimate portraits, hud exchange, resilience, connect, proactive site, unhoused people, hope, lead me home, engage, san pedro, marginalizing, the bay area, aerial views, perspective, project roomkey, bonni cohen false full 9 28d715f4-4ebd-4da8-b112-357572d33194 Everything Would Break, with Jana Opincariu Today we are speaking with artist Jana Opincariu, who lives in San Pedro. I was introduced to Jana’s work in June of 2020, at her solo exhibition, Meditations in Solidarity, a collection of paintings created during the pandemic at Hellada Gallery in Long Beach. A striking exhibit, it featured works from Jana’s Black Series, her Beautiful Grotesque series and other works — all of which demanded unremitting attention.

Hyper-realistic is just one way to describe this young artist's work. Jana creates images of human bodies, objects and animals that are surreal and fantastical—and some with macabre undertones. 

Jana originally studied to become a medical lab scientist but decided to follow her true passion: art. She graduated with a dual bachelor’s in art history and studio art from University of New Mexico, with a focus on ancient Latin American art and European art through the centuries. Jana works in photography, printmaking and lithography but her passion is painting.  

She finds inspiration from her studies of Spanish and Italian Baroque, her travels, nature, and her dreams.

Jana has shown in multiple cities across the Southwest and the Pacific coast. Her breakout show, Totem, a September 2019 collaboration with internationally known artist, Daniel Kathalynas, at the  Factory on 5th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Jana’s other recent exhibitions include:
Intro to Black and Gold: A Series in Conversation solo show, Albuquerque Press Club January 2020
Black and Gold I: with TWO separate solo shows, Boxing Bear and Tractory Brewery in Albuquerque February-April 2020
Art in Sensuality 2021: Group Show, Hellada Gallery, Long Beach, February 2021 and 2022
The Harper 420 Golf Invitational Art Exhibition: Group Show, San Pedro, pop up April, 2021
 

]]> Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Jana Opincariu - Guest, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music By Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/everything-would-break-with-jana-opicariu-1v1mBmPo Today we are speaking with artist Jana Opincariu, who lives in San Pedro. I was introduced to Jana’s work in June of 2020, at her solo exhibition, Meditations in Solidarity, a collection of paintings created during the pandemic at Hellada Gallery in Long Beach. A striking exhibit, it featured works from Jana’s Black Series, her Beautiful Grotesque series and other works — all of which demanded unremitting attention.

Hyper-realistic is just one way to describe this young artist's work. Jana creates images of human bodies, objects and animals that are surreal and fantastical—and some with macabre undertones. 

Jana originally studied to become a medical lab scientist but decided to follow her true passion: art. She graduated with a dual bachelor’s in art history and studio art from University of New Mexico, with a focus on ancient Latin American art and European art through the centuries. Jana works in photography, printmaking and lithography but her passion is painting.  

She finds inspiration from her studies of Spanish and Italian Baroque, her travels, nature, and her dreams.

Jana has shown in multiple cities across the Southwest and the Pacific coast. Her breakout show, Totem, a September 2019 collaboration with internationally known artist, Daniel Kathalynas, at the  Factory on 5th in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Jana’s other recent exhibitions include:
Intro to Black and Gold: A Series in Conversation solo show, Albuquerque Press Club January 2020
Black and Gold I: with TWO separate solo shows, Boxing Bear and Tractory Brewery in Albuquerque February-April 2020
Art in Sensuality 2021: Group Show, Hellada Gallery, Long Beach, February 2021 and 2022
The Harper 420 Golf Invitational Art Exhibition: Group Show, San Pedro, pop up April, 2021
 

]]> Everything Would Break, with Jana Opincariu Jana Opincariu - Guest, Melina Paris - Host, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music By Terence Toy 00:21:50 Jana Opincariu in a conversation about her teaching, her art and innocence. Jana Opincariu in a conversation about her teaching, her art and innocence. marek dzida, in between places, cracked egg, totem, david bowie, photograph, painting, beautiful grotesque series, emotion, curiosity, factory on 5th, young artist, jana opinacariu, hellada gallery, long beach, beauty, hyper realistic, new mexico, albuquerque, dead alive, long beach school of art, meditations in solidarity, everything would break, dandelion, tulip, human drama, bravery, inclusion, nihilism, innocence, army of creatives, art, black series false full 8 3c3f60a3-686a-4939-af96-077eedd7d644 Terence Toy: Vanguard of House Music Terence Toy started spinning house tracks in the early 80s, back when the genre was progressing through major east coast cities with velocity. The late New York house DJ David Bryant was a mentor to Terence and turned him on to the deep, funky sound of the underground scene. Bryant’s perceptive advice to Terence was, “to be really successful in this business, these are the grooves to play.” Terence never looked back.

To the benefit of his audience, Terence brings to his turntables his experience as a trained musician. He’s a skilled drummer, he reads music and was a member of his high school band. He understands music theory and is an expert at reconstructing verses, bridges and breaks. Terence is also an accomplished composer and producer of house music, including deep house, R&B house, gospel house, Afro-Cuban rhythms and Afro-tech.

His roots embody the styles of New Jersey swing to the Miami sound to Chicago warehouse; the beats and tempos speak to him. Soulful-vocal-house and straight-ahead jazz have always moved him equally.

Click the links below to listen to the tracks we played on our episode with Terence, plus a few more including Terence's musical response to George Floyd and the story about it.

http://www.terencetoy.com/

]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:35:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest - Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/terence-toy-vanguard-of-house-music-2McsKf3p Terence Toy started spinning house tracks in the early 80s, back when the genre was progressing through major east coast cities with velocity. The late New York house DJ David Bryant was a mentor to Terence and turned him on to the deep, funky sound of the underground scene. Bryant’s perceptive advice to Terence was, “to be really successful in this business, these are the grooves to play.” Terence never looked back.

To the benefit of his audience, Terence brings to his turntables his experience as a trained musician. He’s a skilled drummer, he reads music and was a member of his high school band. He understands music theory and is an expert at reconstructing verses, bridges and breaks. Terence is also an accomplished composer and producer of house music, including deep house, R&B house, gospel house, Afro-Cuban rhythms and Afro-tech.

His roots embody the styles of New Jersey swing to the Miami sound to Chicago warehouse; the beats and tempos speak to him. Soulful-vocal-house and straight-ahead jazz have always moved him equally.

Click the links below to listen to the tracks we played on our episode with Terence, plus a few more including Terence's musical response to George Floyd and the story about it.

http://www.terencetoy.com/

]]> Terence Toy: Vanguard of House Music Guest - Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:35:10 Today we're talking to DJ Terence Toy (aka, Terence House Toy). Listen in to hear what Terence is creating on a huge platform, on being a prominent DJ, his aspirations and goals for House Music plus, some outstanding tracks! If possible, listen with your headphones! Today we're talking to DJ Terence Toy (aka, Terence House Toy). Listen in to hear what Terence is creating on a huge platform, on being a prominent DJ, his aspirations and goals for House Music plus, some outstanding tracks! If possible, listen with your headphones! spotify, warehouse, jazz deep house terence toy, refuge recordings, kipper jones, does your mama know, afromatherapy, inspiration, jouse, amy winehouse, jon mykal, south african, brian forbes, munyungo jackson, latin jazz, ciclavia, song structure, carlos fisher, flamenco house, marvin gaye, lets get jousy, house, ill atmospherics, i want you, little louie vega, nick smith, isr, musicians, acid jazz, louis hale storm hale, kkbt, quincy jones, ashanti dykes, mushroom jazz, samba, chicago style, karina nistal, black coffee, music theiory, love is a losing game, gigs club paradise 24, jay claiborne, jazz, grammys false full 7 2bf3b8f3-f34d-4e92-9253-cd1a546ef4e1 Dance Camera West, 20th Anniversary Season! The Dance Camera West Programming Committee is led by Cati Jean. The festival is produced by Amber Adams. The DCW Board of Directors is George Lugg (president), Lionel Popkin, David Rousseve, Sophie Robertson and Lynn Tejada.

 

Trailers:  

DCWFF 2022 20th Anniversary Promo Trailer

DCWFF 2022 TRAILER (Version 1)

 

Tickets and Program Information now available at dancecamerawest.org and on venue websites.
Please follow the links below to find out more and purchase tickets.

Buy individual tickets, weekend passes or
a full 2 weekend pass!
 

Ink & Linda plus other films, http://www.dancecamerawest.org/2220arts

March 24 to 26 - 2220 Arts & Archives ($15-$75)

March 31 - April 2, 2022 at 8:00pm at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz (TRK)  in-person. ($15-$30) 

Full Festival Pass ($100)

#GreatGiftIdea!

It's the Twentieth Season of Dance Camera West and once again the renowned festival will screen the top selections chosen from around the world. That's 75 films selected from a record number of 400 submissions! The six days of in-person and virtual screenings will happen March 24 to April 2, 2022.

DCW, once again partners with LA presenter Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz to present three nights of international films from March 31 to April 2, as well as with the newly founded 2220 Arts & Archives formerly The Bootleg Theater) from March 24 to 26, 2022.

All films are Los Angeles premieres, with many World and American premieres, including a special world premiere screening of Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic  and six films produced by the recipients of the DCW Finishing Fund for Underrepresented Filmmakers funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

*Program is subject to change. Please check wwww.dancecamerawest.org for updates.

]]> Wed, 29 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest-Kelly Hargraves, Host-Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/20th-anniversary-dance-camera-west-bdRa9Py7 The Dance Camera West Programming Committee is led by Cati Jean. The festival is produced by Amber Adams. The DCW Board of Directors is George Lugg (president), Lionel Popkin, David Rousseve, Sophie Robertson and Lynn Tejada.

 

Trailers:  

DCWFF 2022 20th Anniversary Promo Trailer

DCWFF 2022 TRAILER (Version 1)

 

Tickets and Program Information now available at dancecamerawest.org and on venue websites.
Please follow the links below to find out more and purchase tickets.

Buy individual tickets, weekend passes or
a full 2 weekend pass!
 

Ink & Linda plus other films, http://www.dancecamerawest.org/2220arts

March 24 to 26 - 2220 Arts & Archives ($15-$75)

March 31 - April 2, 2022 at 8:00pm at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz (TRK)  in-person. ($15-$30) 

Full Festival Pass ($100)

#GreatGiftIdea!

It's the Twentieth Season of Dance Camera West and once again the renowned festival will screen the top selections chosen from around the world. That's 75 films selected from a record number of 400 submissions! The six days of in-person and virtual screenings will happen March 24 to April 2, 2022.

DCW, once again partners with LA presenter Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz to present three nights of international films from March 31 to April 2, as well as with the newly founded 2220 Arts & Archives formerly The Bootleg Theater) from March 24 to 26, 2022.

All films are Los Angeles premieres, with many World and American premieres, including a special world premiere screening of Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic  and six films produced by the recipients of the DCW Finishing Fund for Underrepresented Filmmakers funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

*Program is subject to change. Please check wwww.dancecamerawest.org for updates.

]]> Dance Camera West, 20th Anniversary Season! Guest-Kelly Hargraves, Host-Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:47:29 📢 UPDATE: Following up on the postponement of Dance Camera West Film Festival, here is all the new information on dates and ticket links! The 20th season of Dance Camera West’s renowned film festival will screen top selections chosen from a record 400 submissions around the world. DCW partners with LA presenters featuring one of the first film events at the newly founded 2220 Arts & Archives (formerly The Bootleg Theater) from March 24 to 26 including screenings and Q&As. From March 31 to April 2, DCW presents international films at Theater Raymond Kabbaz or TRK Closing night will be the centerpiece of the festival, when DCW presents six films it helped produce, made by the recipients of the NEA funded DCW Finishing Fund for Underrepresented Filmmakers. Buy individual tickets, weekend passes or a full two weekend pass. Follow the links below to find out more and purchase tickets. Ink & Linda will screen during the opening night of DCW’s annual dance film festival, at 7 p.m., March 24, with continued screenings to March 26 at 2220 Arts & Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, $15 and up Ink & Linda plus other films, www.dancecamerawest.org/2220arts Our guest today is Kelly Hargraves, Artistic and Executive Director of renowned dance film festival Dance Camera West, in discussion of the 20th Season Anniversary of the DCW film Festival. Kelly is a creator and curator of dance film. She danced independently in Montréal and New York and was a member of PoMo CoMo (Postmodern Commotion), an artist and scientist collection. Kelly has directed several dance films that are shown internationally. She has travelled as an guest lecturer, panel speaker and jury member at Universities in Canada and the US. Find more information on the festival dates, plus tickets below. >> PLEASE MAKE SURE to check out DCW's exciting TRAILER'S, links below! 📢 UPDATE: Following up on the postponement of Dance Camera West Film Festival, here is all the new information on dates and ticket links! The 20th season of Dance Camera West’s renowned film festival will screen top selections chosen from a record 400 submissions around the world. DCW partners with LA presenters featuring one of the first film events at the newly founded 2220 Arts & Archives (formerly The Bootleg Theater) from March 24 to 26 including screenings and Q&As. From March 31 to April 2, DCW presents international films at Theater Raymond Kabbaz or TRK Closing night will be the centerpiece of the festival, when DCW presents six films it helped produce, made by the recipients of the NEA funded DCW Finishing Fund for Underrepresented Filmmakers. Buy individual tickets, weekend passes or a full two weekend pass. Follow the links below to find out more and purchase tickets. Ink & Linda will screen during the opening night of DCW’s annual dance film festival, at 7 p.m., March 24, with continued screenings to March 26 at 2220 Arts & Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, $15 and up Ink & Linda plus other films, www.dancecamerawest.org/2220arts Our guest today is Kelly Hargraves, Artistic and Executive Director of renowned dance film festival Dance Camera West, in discussion of the 20th Season Anniversary of the DCW film Festival. Kelly is a creator and curator of dance film. She danced independently in Montréal and New York and was a member of PoMo CoMo (Postmodern Commotion), an artist and scientist collection. Kelly has directed several dance films that are shown internationally. She has travelled as an guest lecturer, panel speaker and jury member at Universities in Canada and the US. Find more information on the festival dates, plus tickets below. >> PLEASE MAKE SURE to check out DCW's exciting TRAILER'S, links below! art and power, sophie robertson, dance teacher, communication, inclusivity, film festival, amber adams. the dcw board of directors is george lugg (president), amber adams, dance, wim wenders, david rousseve, finishing fund for underrepresented filmmakers, pina bausch, poetic thinking, vintage film festival, lynn tejada, ovidtv, movement, 2220 arts and archives, underrepresented artists, los angeles film and dance communities, dance camera west, national endowment for the arts, lionel popkin, cati jean, abstract thinking, beyoncé lemonade, carceral spaces, cinematic vision, choreography, bipoc, maya deren, george lugg, culture, visual literacy false full 6 a27eb8d7-b081-42cf-80f8-e4d48426a7af The Spaces In Between: Artist Leah Shane Dixon Leah Shane Dixon, The Spaces In Between

Shane Dixon is an artist in multiple media, whose diverse body of work explores fusion of oppositional polarities, transcendental themes, abstract symbolism, and humankind's unique role within the natural world.  

A graduate of Pratt Institute and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Shane draws from their bi-coastal life experience, informed by the rich tapestry of artistic, historic, cultural, literary, musical and filmic trends of both Los Angeles and New York City. 

A second generation computer geek, Shane fuses digital and video-based art making with the foundation art practices of drawing, painting, installation, and photography. In addition, Shane has curated many group art shows and other curatorial projects in Long Beach and Los Angeles.

Shane's recent exhibitions include:

  • Illuminations Loiter Galleries in Long Beach - An exhibit of Projections & a Mini-retrospective of last 18 years
  • TEMPLE: Eternity in One Hour,  2004,  a video within a round frame
  • Projecting Possibilities July 2021 at The Helms Design Center, Los Angeles

Shane works in: acrylic painting, digital & abstract painting, video installation and projection art, plastic assemblage, visual music, art curation, music tutoring. And they explore: tessellations and color theory 

Shane has created digital works almost entirely for 18 years but recently they have been fusing digital and paint into a single object. 

Shane uses  the pronouns They/He  

http://leahshanedixon.com/

 

]]> Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:26:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest - Leah Shane Dixon, Host - Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/the-spaces-in-between-artist-leah-shane-dixon-xe_Z2_kg Leah Shane Dixon, The Spaces In Between

Shane Dixon is an artist in multiple media, whose diverse body of work explores fusion of oppositional polarities, transcendental themes, abstract symbolism, and humankind's unique role within the natural world.  

A graduate of Pratt Institute and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Shane draws from their bi-coastal life experience, informed by the rich tapestry of artistic, historic, cultural, literary, musical and filmic trends of both Los Angeles and New York City. 

A second generation computer geek, Shane fuses digital and video-based art making with the foundation art practices of drawing, painting, installation, and photography. In addition, Shane has curated many group art shows and other curatorial projects in Long Beach and Los Angeles.

Shane's recent exhibitions include:

  • Illuminations Loiter Galleries in Long Beach - An exhibit of Projections & a Mini-retrospective of last 18 years
  • TEMPLE: Eternity in One Hour,  2004,  a video within a round frame
  • Projecting Possibilities July 2021 at The Helms Design Center, Los Angeles

Shane works in: acrylic painting, digital & abstract painting, video installation and projection art, plastic assemblage, visual music, art curation, music tutoring. And they explore: tessellations and color theory 

Shane has created digital works almost entirely for 18 years but recently they have been fusing digital and paint into a single object. 

Shane uses  the pronouns They/He  

http://leahshanedixon.com/

 

]]> The Spaces In Between: Artist Leah Shane Dixon Guest - Leah Shane Dixon, Host - Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:45:04 Today we are talking to artist Leah Shane Dixon about art and the spaces in between. Today we are talking to artist Leah Shane Dixon about art and the spaces in between. pratt institute, biomorphic abstraction, deconstructed x men, temple eternity in one hour, birthing of worlds, visual music, illuminoidal arts, color theory, helms design center, long beach, digital, loiter galleries, leah shane dixon, projecting possibilities, soundpedro, illuminations, angels gate cultural center, analog, spaces in between, san pedro, los angeles high school for the arts, plastic assemblage false full 5 eda3e67f-94ca-4953-b8d4-424e8c922202 No Fear: Ann Weber's Art of Mastering Transitions Going back to 1991, when Ann Weber first started working in cardboard, she had been experimenting with many different materials because, after graduating from CA. College of Arts and Crafts, [now CA. College of the Arts] she said knew she wasn’t going to continue working in clay. 

Ann came to school as a production potter, from the craft world. For 15 years she had a pottery studio/store in upstate New York in Ithaca. Later, in New York City, she made pottery that she sold in pottery stores, specialty stores and in craft fairs up and down the east coast. 

Eventually, she burned out on the business so she took a class with Jim Mackons at Greenwich House pottery, who was doing one of a kind pieces. Mackons told Ann to attend graduate school and to go to the west coast because that’s where artists were using clay as an art material. 

Ann had all kinds of schools to choose from and she chose Viola Frey, because she was a woman — “the lone woman in the pack.” Ann had seen her work at the Whitney and a show in 1984 in New York City. 

When she came out to California, she said she had no idea what to do. She had ended her lease on her pottery studio in New York, she sublet her apartment on Perry St. between Bleaker and W. 4th and she didn’t know if she would return to New York.

“I just knew I wanted to stop doing what I was doing,” Ann said. “But I really was in a huge  quandary and had no idea how to find my way from production pottery to making art. So I started sitting in on Viola’s classes where she would sit on the potter's wheel, giving classes to the freshmen and 18 year-olds and showing how you could make little lumps, and then pile them up and make a sculpture and that was interesting to me. 

Her teacher, Viola Frey said, “You are a beginning artist for the first 10 years out of school,” 

So, Ann experimented with plaster, painting, printmaking, paper mache, fabric by Klaus Oldenberg and her father had a canvas company from which he sent rolls of canvas to her. She did that for four to six years. Then she moved into a second-floor studio in Oakland. Carrying plaster up the two flights of stairs wasn’t an option and there was no elevator. 

“I had all these cardboard boxes that were flattened in the middle of a new 100 sq. ft’ studio,” Ann said. “I thought, make the forms out of cardboard, who cares what the material is. I found that I could cut them into strips and use a [plier] stapler to staple them together and make large organic forms, like I had been making them in clay. I felt like it was just another material to experiment with but it's now been decades, over three decades and I feel like there are infinite possibilities.

“I came to art school thinking they were going to teach me how to be an artist. Their idea, at art school, is if someone is coming in, it’s their journey. The artist has to figure out how to find a way in art.”

She knew I was struggling and she told me to go look at some real art. Look at some Kandinsky ...” 

   ~ For the rest, listen to our episode and how Ann had her Eureka moment.

https://annwebersculpture.com/

]]> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest Ann Weber, Host Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/no-fear-ann-webers-art-of-mastering-transitions-pdQwNpS3 Going back to 1991, when Ann Weber first started working in cardboard, she had been experimenting with many different materials because, after graduating from CA. College of Arts and Crafts, [now CA. College of the Arts] she said knew she wasn’t going to continue working in clay. 

Ann came to school as a production potter, from the craft world. For 15 years she had a pottery studio/store in upstate New York in Ithaca. Later, in New York City, she made pottery that she sold in pottery stores, specialty stores and in craft fairs up and down the east coast. 

Eventually, she burned out on the business so she took a class with Jim Mackons at Greenwich House pottery, who was doing one of a kind pieces. Mackons told Ann to attend graduate school and to go to the west coast because that’s where artists were using clay as an art material. 

Ann had all kinds of schools to choose from and she chose Viola Frey, because she was a woman — “the lone woman in the pack.” Ann had seen her work at the Whitney and a show in 1984 in New York City. 

When she came out to California, she said she had no idea what to do. She had ended her lease on her pottery studio in New York, she sublet her apartment on Perry St. between Bleaker and W. 4th and she didn’t know if she would return to New York.

“I just knew I wanted to stop doing what I was doing,” Ann said. “But I really was in a huge  quandary and had no idea how to find my way from production pottery to making art. So I started sitting in on Viola’s classes where she would sit on the potter's wheel, giving classes to the freshmen and 18 year-olds and showing how you could make little lumps, and then pile them up and make a sculpture and that was interesting to me. 

Her teacher, Viola Frey said, “You are a beginning artist for the first 10 years out of school,” 

So, Ann experimented with plaster, painting, printmaking, paper mache, fabric by Klaus Oldenberg and her father had a canvas company from which he sent rolls of canvas to her. She did that for four to six years. Then she moved into a second-floor studio in Oakland. Carrying plaster up the two flights of stairs wasn’t an option and there was no elevator. 

“I had all these cardboard boxes that were flattened in the middle of a new 100 sq. ft’ studio,” Ann said. “I thought, make the forms out of cardboard, who cares what the material is. I found that I could cut them into strips and use a [plier] stapler to staple them together and make large organic forms, like I had been making them in clay. I felt like it was just another material to experiment with but it's now been decades, over three decades and I feel like there are infinite possibilities.

“I came to art school thinking they were going to teach me how to be an artist. Their idea, at art school, is if someone is coming in, it’s their journey. The artist has to figure out how to find a way in art.”

She knew I was struggling and she told me to go look at some real art. Look at some Kandinsky ...” 

   ~ For the rest, listen to our episode and how Ann had her Eureka moment.

https://annwebersculpture.com/

]]> No Fear: Ann Weber's Art of Mastering Transitions Guest Ann Weber, Host Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Music by Terence Toy 00:37:39 No Fear: Ann Weber's Art of Mastering Transitions tells the personal story of how artist Ann Weber mobilized herself and her career both literally and figuratively, and through obstacles only to master the challenges before her all while making beauty from a common and mundane material, cardboard. No Fear: Ann Weber's Art of Mastering Transitions tells the personal story of how artist Ann Weber mobilized herself and her career both literally and figuratively, and through obstacles only to master the challenges before her all while making beauty from a common and mundane material, cardboard. sacred land, the loft at liz's, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, rome prize, cardboard, pink floyd, port town, piet mondrian, eureka moment, no fear, san francisco museum of modern art, transitions, happiest days of our lives, los angeles, amy erickson, artillery magazine, cylinders, viola frey, sphears, functional pottery, artist, ann weber, dolby chadwick gallery, tulsa kinney, angels gate cultural center, san pedro, kandinsky false full 4 ed07bed0-1189-4da7-a839-f5568772ac9d A Mature and Humble Society: Jai Hudson So you can get to know Jai Hudson better, I’m going to share a few of his accomplishments.

Jai was involved in studying philosophy under Professor Grimes at the Noetic Society

He helped with Occupy LB, Occupy L.A. and Irvine and helped establish Black Lives Matter Long Beach. 

He was the creative director for Community Consciousness. 

He created an art collective called Of Royalty

He created an anti-racist movement called Carry On. 

And just last year, during the pandemic, Jai travelled the United States with the Hoop Bus pushing a new social contract for this nation. 

Currently he is working on a new designer brand called Made Of Blessings. 

Jai said Of Royalty was for liberation, Carry On was for hope and change, Made of Blessings is for a transition into a spiritual healing.

Most recently, Jai co-wrote the Elijah McClain Bill. See the Bill link below..

Elijah McClain Accountability Act or SB 21-0010: https://oag.ca.gov/initiatives/active-measures

Original URL below.

[https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/21-0010%20%28Elijah%20McClain%20Accountability%20Act%29.pdf]

 

More links for Jai.

Of Royalty Shop:  www.etsy.com/shop/OfRoyaltyShop

Carry On Movement: www.facebook.com/groups/Carry-On-Movement

Instagram:  #madeofblessings

 

 

 

]]> Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Guest - Jai Hudson, Music by Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/a-mature-and-humble-society-jai-hudson-IGoe5TW2 So you can get to know Jai Hudson better, I’m going to share a few of his accomplishments.

Jai was involved in studying philosophy under Professor Grimes at the Noetic Society

He helped with Occupy LB, Occupy L.A. and Irvine and helped establish Black Lives Matter Long Beach. 

He was the creative director for Community Consciousness. 

He created an art collective called Of Royalty

He created an anti-racist movement called Carry On. 

And just last year, during the pandemic, Jai travelled the United States with the Hoop Bus pushing a new social contract for this nation. 

Currently he is working on a new designer brand called Made Of Blessings. 

Jai said Of Royalty was for liberation, Carry On was for hope and change, Made of Blessings is for a transition into a spiritual healing.

Most recently, Jai co-wrote the Elijah McClain Bill. See the Bill link below..

Elijah McClain Accountability Act or SB 21-0010: https://oag.ca.gov/initiatives/active-measures

Original URL below.

[https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/21-0010%20%28Elijah%20McClain%20Accountability%20Act%29.pdf]

 

More links for Jai.

Of Royalty Shop:  www.etsy.com/shop/OfRoyaltyShop

Carry On Movement: www.facebook.com/groups/Carry-On-Movement

Instagram:  #madeofblessings

 

 

 

]]> A Mature and Humble Society: Jai Hudson Guest - Jai Hudson, Music by Terence Toy, Host - Melina Paris, Edited by Douglas Johnson 00:46:11 As you listen today let my guest, Jai Hudson, conjure in your mind a mature and humble society as he shares what he calls a new social contract. As you listen today let my guest, Jai Hudson, conjure in your mind a mature and humble society as he shares what he calls a new social contract. mumia abu jamal, a mature and humble society, live with integrity, ethics, dave chappelle, community consciousness, huntington beach, of royalty, new social contract, california attorney general, sb 10, art for the people, pierre grimes, made of blessings, snakes in the garden, black lives matter, community gardens, philosophy, carry on movement, jai hudson, plato's dialogues, activism, questlove, he ain't heavy, social culture, art false full 3 4de9dfb5-f2ae-47ed-90d7-0b8b44d2e4f0 The Inconvenience and Sanity of Being An Artist It's not really about the medium for Karena, she likes to work with different mixed media. But always resourceful, Karena says the best form of what she does is recycling - and the best form of recycling is reuse.

"It's hard not to be impacted by the environment," Karena said. 

One of her most recent works is titled Spoken Ice, linked below, a video project for soundpedro: an ear-oriented multi-sensory arts festival, held annually at Angels Gate Cultural Center, in San Pedro, CA.  For the event, Karena wanted to do something on climate change and glaciers, and to reach and affect people through environmental works. 

Through a total of three  soundpedro videos and many of her other works - some which we discuss in this episode - Karena's art urges consideration the world, nature and its condition and invites the viewer to  reflect upon it, provoke conversation and self-reflection.

   

• View a special Walk Thru video by Karena inside her studio to have a look at the works discussed.

 

Current exhibitions: 

• View Karena's most recent video, Spoken Ice, a video collaboration with artist Sheri Ki Sun Burnham. 

• Rooted at the Greenly Art Space in Signal Hill, the exhibit runs through October 9. 

• Opening Nov 13, a group show at SoLA Contemporary as part of a CRP (Critical Response Process), the culmination of a year of making work during the pandemic.

Information

Karena's website: https://www.karenamassengill.com

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/karena4art/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=karena4art

]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:30:00 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Edited by Douglas Johnson, video, Host: Melina Paris, Guest: Karena Massengill, Music by Terence Toy) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/the-inconvenience-and-sanity-of-being-an-artist-4pM_QC02 It's not really about the medium for Karena, she likes to work with different mixed media. But always resourceful, Karena says the best form of what she does is recycling - and the best form of recycling is reuse.

"It's hard not to be impacted by the environment," Karena said. 

One of her most recent works is titled Spoken Ice, linked below, a video project for soundpedro: an ear-oriented multi-sensory arts festival, held annually at Angels Gate Cultural Center, in San Pedro, CA.  For the event, Karena wanted to do something on climate change and glaciers, and to reach and affect people through environmental works. 

Through a total of three  soundpedro videos and many of her other works - some which we discuss in this episode - Karena's art urges consideration the world, nature and its condition and invites the viewer to  reflect upon it, provoke conversation and self-reflection.

   

• View a special Walk Thru video by Karena inside her studio to have a look at the works discussed.

 

Current exhibitions: 

• View Karena's most recent video, Spoken Ice, a video collaboration with artist Sheri Ki Sun Burnham. 

• Rooted at the Greenly Art Space in Signal Hill, the exhibit runs through October 9. 

• Opening Nov 13, a group show at SoLA Contemporary as part of a CRP (Critical Response Process), the culmination of a year of making work during the pandemic.

Information

Karena's website: https://www.karenamassengill.com

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/karena4art/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=karena4art

]]> The Inconvenience and Sanity of Being An Artist Edited by Douglas Johnson, video, Host: Melina Paris, Guest: Karena Massengill, Music by Terence Toy 00:33:01 Angel City Culture Quest brings you a discussion with artist Karena Massengill on art, the environment, activism and sanity. Discover how significant the environment is in Karena's work in a location where the rugged coastline and the port industry meet in the Harbor area of Los Angeles. Angel City Culture Quest brings you a discussion with artist Karena Massengill on art, the environment, activism and sanity. Discover how significant the environment is in Karena's work in a location where the rugged coastline and the port industry meet in the Harbor area of Los Angeles. alaska, port of los angeles, birds, shinto, allie and cleo, glaciers, poet warrior, recycling, reuse, nothing to sea hear, harbor area, flight, spoken ice, coastline, public art, san pedro shattered lives, los angeles, sunken city, mendocino, industry, black lives matter, climate change, echo, mental health, soundpedro, activism, environment, artist, sheri ki sun burnham, drip drip drip, art false full 2 57c001d3-47b4-4b7d-b087-b930e9c8b8db Graceful Warrior: What One Needs To Be And What One Can Be. Maria Kriya has been practicing yoga for 19 years. For her, yoga was a transformational tool for mental health and resilience. She began her career as a special needs teacher. Soon after, at 29, she started practicing yoga. Then she began to teach it, first to children and then adults. She didn’t have formal yoga training but she had been practicing for five years. Maria says that when she discovered yoga, she realized that combining yoga tools for kids with special needs would be a great skill for kids to learn, to help themselves emotionally.

Find Maria at, www.mariakriya@icloud.com  

]]> Sat, 3 Jul 2021 21:34:21 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Host Melina Paris, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Guest Maria Kriya) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/graceful-warrior-what-one-needs-to-be-and-what-one-can-be-73UlLHFB Maria Kriya has been practicing yoga for 19 years. For her, yoga was a transformational tool for mental health and resilience. She began her career as a special needs teacher. Soon after, at 29, she started practicing yoga. Then she began to teach it, first to children and then adults. She didn’t have formal yoga training but she had been practicing for five years. Maria says that when she discovered yoga, she realized that combining yoga tools for kids with special needs would be a great skill for kids to learn, to help themselves emotionally.

Find Maria at, www.mariakriya@icloud.com  

]]> Graceful Warrior: What One Needs To Be And What One Can Be. Host Melina Paris, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson, Guest Maria Kriya 00:25:31 Today we speak to Maria Kriya who has recently authored her first book, Graceful Warrior: What One Needs To Be And What One Can Be. Graceful Warrior is a book geared for youth and young adults as a tool to help guide them through challenges they may face as they come of age and to help them to understand themselves and their motivations better. Maria said her book is for anyone looking for a different perspective on mental awareness and balance. Today we speak to Maria Kriya who has recently authored her first book, Graceful Warrior: What One Needs To Be And What One Can Be. Graceful Warrior is a book geared for youth and young adults as a tool to help guide them through challenges they may face as they come of age and to help them to understand themselves and their motivations better. Maria said her book is for anyone looking for a different perspective on mental awareness and balance. leap frog yoga, graceful warrior, angel city culture quest, mental health, yoga false full 1 c239f8a9-fbf2-4537-8a3b-9d38ba3c6664 Angel City Culture Quest, Welcome Episode  As an arts journalist primarily, I connect communities to cultural events in their neighborhoods. Being a journalist requires a broad view and within that context, I have also written about subjects ranging from the environment and social justice to politics.

We who are nourished by the arts need to take ourselves on regular culture quests. Each time I do, it grounds me and it opens my mind. AGCC is my way to bring this joy to you. 

However we experience it, art conceives what is possible within each of us and for the planet. In addition, issues surrounding social justice and the environment will inform many of our discussions.

Combining all of this together, alongside the arts, comes naturally to me.

This show is for consumers of art in all of its forms. 

]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 03:17:46 +0000 melinaparis9@gmail.com (Host Melina Paris, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson) https://angel-city-culture-quest.simplecast.com/episodes/angel-city-culture-quest-welcome-episode-UFW_TKRu  As an arts journalist primarily, I connect communities to cultural events in their neighborhoods. Being a journalist requires a broad view and within that context, I have also written about subjects ranging from the environment and social justice to politics.

We who are nourished by the arts need to take ourselves on regular culture quests. Each time I do, it grounds me and it opens my mind. AGCC is my way to bring this joy to you. 

However we experience it, art conceives what is possible within each of us and for the planet. In addition, issues surrounding social justice and the environment will inform many of our discussions.

Combining all of this together, alongside the arts, comes naturally to me.

This show is for consumers of art in all of its forms. 

]]> Angel City Culture Quest, Welcome Episode Host Melina Paris, Music by Terence Toy, Edited by Douglas Johnson 00:03:19 Welcome to Angel City Culture Quest. Please allow me to introduce myself to you, Welcome to Angel City Culture Quest. Please allow me to introduce myself to you, culture quest, community, art lover, melina paris, journalist, angel city culture quest, welcome episode, interview, art, culture false trailer