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ReVisioning the Arts is an anti-elitist arts podcast focused on inclusivity and egalitarianism. The show has two primary focuses: offering strength and encouragement to struggling artists and dreaming up new world models that would support as many people as possible in making their art. Join me as I interview working artists who are creating cultures of inclusivity and asking questions around justice in the arts.
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Ep 11: Reshaping Our Demons with Katy Pyle
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Katy Pyle of the Ballez Company joins us to talk about the origins of the company and their journey in starting this alternative queer ballet troupe. Katy speaks to how the evils and wrongdoings that we experience, and the way that they stick with us, can lead us to an expression of our own values and desires. This is a conversation for anyone who …
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Ep 10: Supply, Demand and Complicity in Unjust Labor with Millicent Johnnie
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Millicent Johnnie comes on the podcast to bring insights and perspectives into justice in the arts, including artists' own complicity in injustice. We talk about the practice of land acknowledgement and complications around its current manifestation. Millicent shares her perspectives from being in indegenous communities and what bringing those prac…
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Inspired by a recent episode of "This Jungian Life", this episode of ReVisioning the Arts delves into the concept of normalcy. As artists, we are socialized to strive to be exceptional. We learn that in order to stand out from other applicants our work and our ideas have to be unique, original and above all, highly impressive. Deb, one of the hosts…
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Ep. 8: The Cost of Ambition with Mira Treatman
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This is a conversation about ambition in "career artists" and the cost of ambition. You'll absolutely want to listen to if you struggle with feelings of inadequacy. We go into deep talk about productivity and the toll it can have on our mental health and how we can define ourselves as artists with regards to our rate of productivity. We go into the…
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It's an industry norm that companies ask dancers to pay to be considered for employment. In this episode I talk about the most common forms of this that I've encountered: asking dancers to pay for a summer intensive in order to be considered or asking for an audition fee at the audition. I argue that any form of a dancer paying to be considered for…
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Ep. 6: Why Switching Careers Isn't "Giving Up" On Your Art
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Busting the myth of the "successful art career". Most of us have been conditioned with this story: When I am making a significant portion of my income from art, when I can show on my tax return that x percentage of my job revenue is from my artwork, then I am truly an artist. Anything less is just "hobbyist". Many artists are turning away from that…
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Ep. 5: Justice in Funding with Yanira Castro
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Yanira Castro and I sit down to discuss equitable funding and the problem of giving money to artists. Yanira describes the current funding system as “a mess of grants that create no stability for anyone.” She brings up the quandary of justice in funding, and how we can even begin to justify how we give artists money. This episode is, hopefully, the…
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Ep. 4: Tenacity in the DIY Arts World and SoLow Fest with Chris Davis
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Chris Davis, organizer of SoLow Fest (www.solowfest.weebly.com) joins me to talk about tenacity and resilience in the DIY world. Keep this podcast in your arsenal for the times when you feel down about your art and the world isn’t meeting you. Chris’ inspiring stories of continuing on his path without traditional fame and glory (but with much love …
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Episode 3: The Falsehood of the Meritocracy and Comparison with Logan Schulman
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Episode 3: The Falsehood of the Meritocracy and Comparison with Logan Schulman In this interview, Logan Gabriel Schulman(they/them) and I explore the ownership of the title "artist". Logan brings in the falsehood of the meritocracy of capitalism - i.e. that if our work is just "good enough" it will take off and be seen. They also go into the dynami…
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Episode 2: Non-Competitive Funding with Colin Logue
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Episode 2: Non-Competitive Funding with Colin Logue Today’s guest, Colin Logue, brings us conversations about how to fund art in a noncompetitive way. How does market-based economics/capitalism play into our current understandings of how we fund art? How could we support artists without making us win out over each other and compete for resources? W…
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ReVisioning the Arts is an anti-elitist arts podcast focused on inclusivity and egalitarianism. The show has two primary focuses: offering strength and encouragement to struggling artists and dreaming up new world models that would support as many people as possible in making their art. In this podcast, I will bring on guest artists who have experi…
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