Kristen Tordella-Williams - Public Art Pt 1 Mississippi Artist To Artist podcast

Kristen Tordella-Williams - Public Art pt 1

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I am joined this week by Mississippi Conceptual Artist and Professor Kristen Tordella-Williams who just floods knowledge all over this episode. She shares about her journey with Art into a profession, teaching equality in the classroom (referenced books and authors listed below), tips on how to be a better artist and human, and some much needed advice on bringing Public Arts into your communities.

Places you can find Kristen:

https://kristentordellawilliams.art/

https://instagram.com/kristentordellawilliams

Other websites/accounts referenced:

https://www.midsouthsculpture.org/

https://instagram.com/midsouthsculpture

https://www.lrma.org/exhibition/home-work-collections-interventions-by-kristen-tordella-williams/

https://instagram.com/harderbartermarket

Books & Authors:

Mississippi: Conflict & Change - Textbook by James W. Loewen

bell hooks - American Author

Rebecca Solnit - American Author

Heavy: An American Memoir - Book by Kiese Laymon

Jesmyn Ward - American Author

Photo Credit: Gabe Akagawa and the Foundery Tree project

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