Why should people put their guard down and look at a show from a jokingly perspective. Cover art photo provided by Drew Beamer on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@drew_beamer
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The award-winning podcast Being Seen is an in-depth exploration of culture’s role in resolving the tension between how we are seen and how we see ourselves. It is a space to explore current cultural representations and their impact through conversations with leading artists, writers, activists, entertainers, and community leaders. If we create nuanced and accurate cultural portrayals of identity and experience, we have an opportunity to reduce stigma and change perception - impacting everyth ...
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AN AUDIO LIBRARY OF VARIOUS MELANATED NARRATIVES, JOURNAL ENTRIES, INTERVIEWS, EVENTS & CONVERSATIONS
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Located at 600 Museum Way in Bentonville, Arkansas is Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. In this new podcast series, we’re sharing all the ins-and-outs of the museum, from the galleries to the trails, the architecture and more—you’ll learn the museum way of Crystal Bridges.
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Kajan Chow is a music connoisseur, curator and sound manipulator. He is moving forward within the contemporary electronic- and sonic- landscape with a 15+ years experience. Hailed as a versatile artist, he appeared in the US, Netherlands, Belgium, Malta, Bulgaria, Tel-Aviv, Poland, Zagreb, Berlin, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai. As head-resident in one of the worlds most beautiful restaurants @The-Jane-Antwerp **, there is a refined way about how Kajan explores areas of soul, funk, delicate ele ...
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After Dark Sessions - Social Room Hong Kong 10.2022
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Recorded set at After Dark Sessions, Social Room Hong Kong.Finally returned to HK after 3 years.Really lovely night with the ADS crew.By Kajan Chow
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We want to hear from our listening community! We need your input, your feedback, your agreements and your disagreements. Share your thoughts and help shape the future of Being Seen by filling out our listener survey. It only takes two minutes and can be found at beingseenpodcast.com/survey.By ViiV Healthcare
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How does movement show up in our lives and what power does it hold? With movement comes the future, the ability to grow, to try something new, adapt, and become. Featured in this episode: A’ja Wilson, Ashley Everett and Lady Jess. Artwork provided by Sarah Dahir. Photography provided by Amber Pinkerton…
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The ability to feel safe -- when and how one wishes. How do we define safety, on our own terms? What does the future look like when we create, and dream into being, safe spaces for all Black women? Featured in this episode: Jessamyn Stanley, Aria Sa’id and Mariame Kaba. Artwork provided by Tiffany Alfonseca Photography provided by Kate Sterlin, Nyd…
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Laughter as a salve, a weapon, a commentary, and an intimacy that is often best shared. Where does laughter show up in our lives, and how can we use it as a tool for empathy and understanding? Featured in this episode: Ts Madison. Artwork provided by Uzo Njoku Photography provided by Kourtney King and Amber Pinkterton…
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How can we find our freedoms and ourselves through our stories? Freedom from stereotypes, from stigma, from silence. The freedom of visibility. The freedom of being seen. Featured in this episode: Dominique Jackson, Calida Rawles and Jacqueline Woodson. Artwork provided by Calida Rawles Photography provided by Kate Sterlin…
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All too often motherhood is a narrowly defined space full of bias and assumption. How can we think about it more expansively and in what ways have we provided or received mothering in our own lives? Featured in this episode: Raquel Willis, Ciarra Covin and Kaitlyn Greenidge. Artwork provided by Sydney Vernon Photography provided by Imani Dennison, …
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A conversation about health and care, with a focus on mental health. How can we create the spaces and systems needed to dismantle stigma for ourselves and for each other? Featured in this episode: Taraji P. Henson. Artwork provided by Megan Gabrielle Harris Photography provided by Lucie Rox and Ruby Okoro…
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What are we asked to be responsible for? Do we assume our responsibilities willingly or are they placed upon us? A conversation on the many things we have been asked to carry. Featured in this episode: Sydney Barber, Tiya Miles and Martha Jones. Artwork provided by Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi Photography provided by Nydia Blas and Kate Sterlin…
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An exploration of power. How we use it, how it can be used against us, and the many ways it manifests in our lives. Featured in this episode: Ledisi (Singer & Actress) and Roxane Gay (Author). Artwork for this episode provided by Quiana Parks.By ViiV Healthcare
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Being Seen, Episode 21, Introducing Season 3
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A conversation between Darnell Moore, host of Seasons 1 and 2, and Anika Noni Rose, host of Season 3, on occupying this space at this moment and the importance of prioritizing the voices and experiences of Black women. Featured in this episode: Darnell Moore (Host of Season 1 and 2) and Anika Noni Rose (Host of Season 3) Artwork for this episode pr…
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We want to hear from our listening community! We need your input, your feedback, your agreements and your disagreements. It only takes two minutes to fill out and can be found at beingseenpodcast.com/survey.By ViiV Healthcare
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A look behind the scenes at what it means to create in this moment. Reflections on community, fellowship and love from the creators of Being Seen. Featured in this episode: Emil Wilbekin (Founder, Native Son), Darius Brown (Emmy-Award Winning Producer), Gioncarlo Valentine (Visual Narrator, Writer & Curator), and DaShawn Usher (Founder, Mobilizing …
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How gay and queer Black men are reimagining sports, creating space, and discovering new possibility models. Featured in this episode: Nate Burleson (Sports Commentator & Former NFL Player), Jason Collins (Former NBA Player), and LZ Granderson (Award-Winning Sports Journalist). Artwork for this episode provided by Jonathan Lyndon Chase, and photogra…
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Being Seen, Episode 18, Trans Masculine Experience
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An exploration of masculinities through the eyes of trans masculine people, gender-expansive individuals, and the ones who love us. Featured in this episode: Guest Host Texas Isaiah (Visual Narrator), Wazi Maret (Producer & Songwriter), Ahya Simone (Multidisciplinary Artist), and Marquise Vilsón (Actor & Activist). Artwork for this episode provided…
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How interconnected identities shape our stories, through the lens of the Afro-Latinx experience. Featured in this episode: Representative Ritchie Torres, Steven Canals (Screenwriter & Producer), and Wilson Cruz (Award-Winning Actor). Artwork for this episode provided by Gustavo de Nazareno and photography provided by Steven Molina Contreras & Gionc…
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An exploration of representation in Hollywood and how entertainment can become a tool for transformation. Featured in this episode: Anthony Hemingway (Director & Producer), Brandon Goodman (Writer & Actor), and Colman Domingo (Actor, Writer & Director). Artwork for this episode provided by Xavier Daniels and photography provided by Dustin Thierry.…
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Finding spaces where we can inhabit shared visions of freedom. Featured in this episode: Quincy Mills (Professor & Author), Marc Lamont Hill (TV Host, Author & Activist), and Lorenzo Lewis (Advocate, Speaker & Author). Artwork for this episode provided by Stephen Towns and photography provided by Antonio Johnson.…
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An exploration of marking our existence, building community and cherishing our youth. Featured in this episode: Shangela (Actor, Comedian & Performer), Kalen Allen (Creator, Writer & Actor), and Keiynan Lonsdale (Dancer & Singer-Songwriter). Artwork for this episode provided by Daniel Marcellus Givens and photography provided by Widline Cadet.…
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The power of mentoring to create representative narratives, construct community and build a collective legacy. Featured in this episode: Guest Co-Host Lena Waithe (Writer, Actor & Producer), Gina Prince-Bythewood (Writer & Director), Little Marvin (Writer & Producer) and LaDarian Smith (Writer & Producer). Artwork for this episode provided by Jon K…
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An exploration of the power, the challenge, the opportunities and the experience of fatherhood. Featured in this episode: Dennis Williams (SVP, WarnerMedia), Jericho Brown (Award-Winning Poet), and Calvin & Tim (Fathers & Advocates) joined by their daughter Grady. Artwork for this episode provided by Cbabi Bayoc and photography provided by Gioncarl…
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XAXIM, Laylah Arruda - Pó De Guaraná (Kajan Chow Acid Dub Mix)
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Released in February 2020.XAXIM is a live-project by Fabio Soares and Dudu Marote, crafting latino futurism. Dudu is one of Kajans great friends and the warm connection between the two established this acid centered remix.By Kajan Chow
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Stories as freedom. Our futures. Transforming culture and ourselves through the power of narrative, community, and our connection to our pasts. Featured in this episode: Lena Waithe (Writer, Actor & Producer) and a special interview with James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni (courtesy of WNET and originally recorded for Soul!). Artwork for this episode …
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The pain of stigma and the power we have to dismantle it. Building communities that embrace and care for people living with HIV in all the ways. Giving them the love, care and consideration they have always deserved. Featured in this episode: Dr. Kimberly Smith (Head of R&D, ViiV Healthcare), Emil Wilbekin (Founder, Native Son), Tboy (Community Act…
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Creating inclusive communities of faith, sexuality and the divine, the church as a “horizon for imagining the terms of Black life.” How can we create spaces of faith that expand and affirm the fullness of all of our existences? Featured in this episode: Mykal Kilgore (Musician & Activist), Bishop Yvette Flunder (Pastor & Activist), and Josef Sorett…
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Black men loving Black men is, as the deceased Black gay writer Joseph Beam opined in the 1980s, a “revolutionary act” because every moment a Black man is transgressive enough to love what he has been socialized to hate, he commits an act of insurgency. And this is what it is to love, radically. Featured in this episode: Luke James (Musician & Acto…
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How do we define intimacy and in what ways do we cultivate it or allow it to show up in our lives? Are our intimacies many or are they few? And do we ask the people we let into our spaces to show us the care and consideration we both need and deserve? Featured in this episode: Zeke Thomas (Musician & Advocate), Dyllon Burnside (Actor), Kai M. Green…
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Double consciousness. Who defines how we are seen and who creates our archives? What is the power of process when creating more accurate representations? The effects of the many gazes that fall upon us and the ones we apply to ourselves. Featured in this episode: E. Patrick Johnson (Artist & Scholar), Gioncarlo Valentine (Photographer & Curator), T…
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Mississippi, Texas, the Bronx, Camden. The power of context. The places and landscapes that define us from our countries to our bodies. The stories that take place amongst these backdrops and the ways in which our specificity should never be denied or overlooked. Featured in this episode: Kiese Laymon (Author), Diedrick Brackens (Artist), Jerome La…
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Spaces. Space. The places we occupy and a trip that takes us beyond to a point where we can transcend. Eddie Ndopu plans to be the first disabled person to go to space, the first Black queer disabled person. This quest is confirmation of what we should all already know, that people like Eddie are magnificent in all of their multiplicities. Featured…
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A Strange Loop, making it in Hollywood, getting to Broadway, Billie Holiday. What is the story behind culture firsts that break down barriers, push back against invisibility and refute stereotypes? How does the creation impact the creator? Why are we still fighting to get these firsts made? Featured in this episode: Lee Daniels (Writer, Director & …
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Being Seen, Episode 02, Finding The Story
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Who decides what stories will be told and how can we rewrite the narrative of what constitutes the “American” story? How can stories become our proof of life? What will it take to bring forth more stories from places that aren’t officially sanctioned? Featured in this episode: Saeed Jones (Poet & Author), Ben Cory Jones (Writer, Director & Producer…
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Being Seen, Episode 03, The Roles We Play
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What is the impact of the roles we are often asked to play? How do we make more spaces where these roles can be self-defined? How do we use our roles to shift culture and empower others? Featured in this episode: George M. Johnson (Author & Activist), Kenyon Farrow (Activist), Samira Nasr (Editor-In-Chief, Harper's Bazaar). Artwork for this episode…
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DEAR BROS: " Brothas Ya'll Alright?! " EP1
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Welcome to DEARBROS! This Docyouments 2nd podcast installment. A platform for black men to feel safe & expressive! With our first episode we touched base on what is a man? a black man? How do we navigate with ourselves on a daily & how we can do that together. Speaking sexuality, how we were raised vs how we are living now. We sat down with one ano…
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[ PHOTOMATIC. ] EVENT SERIES 6. Ft Kymbreli Francis & Tone Woolfe
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We are finishing up the year on a very good note as we end the Photomatic Single event series with photo artists @handsomecupcakes & @tonewoolfe as they showcase their work via exhibition throughout the space for the public to see. During the event we will have a open conversation about their journeys as photographers, their style, how does a suppo…
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Live from Crystal Bridges with Garden Home Host, P. Allen Smith
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Famed gardener, TV host, author, conservationist, artist, and long-time museum friend, P. Allen Smith joins Museum Way. Allen and our host, Stace Treat swap stories about art, nature, sustainability, homes, and diversity. Allen gives us an update on Moss Mountain, the 600-acre farm in Little Rock, Arkansas, talks pollinators, aging, and more! This …
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La Saison 2019 - Beachhouse 25 - Breskens
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La Saison 17.08.2019 (by @nuevendeephouse).Beachhouse 25 - Breskens, Netherlands.Nacho MarcoNick BrilKajan ChowBy Kajan Chow
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Tomorrowland Festival 2019 | Secret Resto by The Jane Antwerp
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Recorded at the exclusive Tomorrowland Secret Resto, curated by Nick Bril/ The Jane Antwerp (@the-jane-antwerp). It is a (hidden) location in the Mainstage of TML, where food and music pairing are closely connected.By Kajan Chow
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Bonus Feature: Vanessa German, A Force of LOVE
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This bonus episode ‘gets real’ with Vanessa German, artist, activist, performer, and poet. The inspiring and emotional conversation journeys into the gallery near Vanessa’s “power figures” where she talks about the driving force behind these works, the studio visit that landed her in the groundbreaking exhibition, State of the Art, and how language…
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Hear about how 120-acres of trails and grounds is maintained, including the variety of ways landscaping compliments art, and how programs like the popular Forest Concert Series and the first-ever Museum Camp-Out help connect visitors to art and nature. This episode features Avant Gardener Coordinator, Marina McCoy, from the Horticulture Team and Sa…
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Aquarius Club Terrace | Zagreb Croatia - May 2019
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Aquarius Club Terrace | Zagreb Croatia - May 2019 by Kajan ChowBy Kajan Chow
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The museum was designed by Moshe Safdie and embodies the mission to connect visitors with the power of art and the beauty of nature. But HOW did we build a 200,000 square-foot art museum in the middle of a natural forest and ravine? Today, we talk to Ken Robinson, Facilities Engineer, who was on-site from the very beginning of the construction proc…
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[ PHOTOMATIC. ] EP4: Ft. DELILAH WILLIAMS KAILA BOULWARE SHEY BRYANT TATYANA HARRIS & KATHERINE MATEO
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Welcome back, this photomatic episode is geared to the women in visual imagery and creativity as we got together two photographers Delilah Williams @delilahpeach , Kaila Boulware @kailaboulware , two models Shey Bryant @topmodel_shey , Tatyana Harris @tatyana.harris and one stylist/creative director Katherine Mateo @purrrrdykat who are all women of…
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Men of Steel, Women of Wonder + Interview with Artist Laylah Ali
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Superman and Wonder Woman are two of the most beloved icons in American pop culture. Created in times of economic adversity and world war, these characters quickly emerged as beacons of American morality and equality, representing the ideals of truth, justice, and the American way. The artists in Men of Steel, Women of Wonder, on view at Crystal Br…
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March is Women's History Month! To celebrate, we’ve invited six fantastic women from our staff to talk about their favorite women artists in the Crystal Bridges collection. From Georgia O'Keeffe to Vanessa German, you'll learn more about these artists and how they inspire us each day. The episode features Copywriter, Erica Harmon; Volunteer Service…
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[ PHOTOMATIC. ] EP3: - ft. Sophie Mariee, Jean Messeroux, Akintola Hanif & Laylah Barrayn.
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This photomatic event episode was dedicated to bridging the gap between veteran photography artist and new age photography artists. Even though it is black history month we focus on not only the path that these artist's have all taken but also knowing how far we have come as a culture from back in the day, to now. Featuring Sophie Mariee, Jean Mess…
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Welcome back to Museum Way! Today’s episode is one we’ve been excited to share for a while now. On the final day of Black History Month, we look to the coming year and consider how we can take the lessons of Black History forward. One way we’d like to do that is to listen back on a conversation we had last year. In June of 2018, we sat down with Mu…
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[ PHOTOMATIC. ] EP2: Ft. Raeann Walters & Redens Desrosiers. Sounds by Snap.
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Photomatic is an event geared towards black and brown photography artists to express their vision and voice on their photo art and who they are behind the lens. Unfortunately we have had two events prior to this audio document and just now figured out how to record the event the way we see fit. So we took the liberty of recording this one in hopes …
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Happy 2019! A Conversation with Rod Bigelow & Sandy Edwards
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New year, new podcast season! We’re so excited to kick off season 2 of Museum Way with Crystal Bridges’ Executive Director and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Rod Bigelow and Deputy Director Sandy Edwards. They share all about their roles at the museum, as well as their favorite moments of 2018 and what they’re looking forward to in 2019. Thank…
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