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State of the Arts NYC is a weekly radio show where various sectors of NYC’s arts worlds converge to report and analyze the dynamic state of the arts and its participants. Hosted by Savona Bailey-McClain, long-time Executive Director of the West Harlem Art Fund (WHAF), she confronts, analyzes and celebrates victories, challenges and changes in the country’s dynamic creative capital. Reports from the field; from the far-flung fringes; from center stage and from behind the scenes—the host Savon ...
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State of the Arts NYC Prototype edition 1/9/2020
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This edition of State of the Arts NYC we have Juecheng Chen (singer) and Garrett Fisher (composer) for the opera Blood Moon and then Ricky Ian Gordon (composer) and Emma Griffin (director) for the opera Ellen West on our show. Both operas are apart of the Prototype Festival which starts tonight.By SAVONA BAILEY-MCCLAIN
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State of the Arts NYC APAP interview with Mario Durham
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This episode is a special interview with outgoing Executive Director Mario Garcia Durham. State of the Arts NYC has covered this industry festival for three years. We talk with Durham about this year's focus and his feelings about the organization he helped build.By SAVONA BAILEY-MCCLAIN
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State of the Arts NYC with host Savona Bailey-McClain 11_26_2019 episode
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This week on State of the Arts NYC we have the artist Swoon in the studio. She is the most successful female graffiti artist in America. We talk with Swoon whose real name is Caledonia Dance Curry about her practice and influence of Gordon Matta Clark; her new exhibition at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery and an upcoming show at BRIC Media.…
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State of the Arts NYC with host Savona Bailey-McClain 11_19_2019
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FortGansevoort, in association with Pavel Zoubok Fine Arts present Vanessa German, TRAMPOLINE:Resilience & Black Body& Soul. We talk with Vanessa German about this exhibition in Meatpacking District on Ninth Avenue near Little 12th Street. State of the Arts NYC learns what inspire her current show and how her artistic practice involved.…
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State of the Arts NYC with host Savona Bailey-McClain 11/12/2019
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This week on State of the Arts NYC, we have Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Artistic Director for the Elisa Monte Dance Company (EMD) and Monique Martin, Director of Programming for Harlem Stage. We talk about EMD's new work H.E.R. that will premiere in 2020 honoring the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance and lesser known Black women writers.…
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This week State of the Arts NYC returns with David Tunick and Jenny Gibbs. We talk about the IFPDA Fair opening October 23rd at the Jacob Javitis Center. Jenny Gibbs is the Executive Director of the International Fine Print Dealers Association, the Fine Art Print Fair and the IFPDA Foundation. David Tunick is the President of the IFPDA. They share …
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This episode of State of the Arts NYC spotlights the Bessie Awards with Lucy Sexton, Executive Director and Heather Robles, Managing Director. Produced in partnership with Dance/NYC, the NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies have saluted outstanding and groundbreaking creative work by independent dance artists in NYC for 33 years. Known as “…
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Gallery talk with Leonardo Drew, Savona Bailey-McClain, and Brooke Kamin Rapaport in conjunction with the artist's exhibitions on view at Galerie Lelong & Co., New York and at Madison Square Park Conservancy. Savona Bailey-McClain is Executive Director/Chief Curator of the West Harlem Art Fund, which has organized high-profile public arts exhibits …
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State of the Arts NYC Blue Note Edition 6/11/2019
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This edition of State of the Arts NYC we have Sophie Huber, Swiss filmmaker on the show to talk about her new documentary -- Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes. With Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Norah Jones, Robert Glasper, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Terrace Martin, and Don Was. This film marks the 75th anniversary of this record label and its impact…
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State of the Arts NYC on Governors Island 6/1/2019
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This is a special interview on-site on Governors Island with State of the Arts NYC host Savona Bailey-McClain. The West Harlem Art Fund and the Eli Klein Gallery kicked off the opening of the exhibition TRACES with an artist talk with Chinese artist Miao Xiaochun at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 1st in Nolan Park, Building 10 (NP/10). As the one of the …
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State of the Arts NYC 4/16/2019 with host Savona Bailey-McClain
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On this episode of State of the Arts NYC we dancer/choreographers Stephanie Acosta and Remi Harris. Both are Brooklyn-based and we talk about the recent Dance NYC Symposium where the duo were guest curators. We also talk about the state of dance today both regionally and across the country. Hear our lively conversation.…
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