S5 Ep. 10 | Beyond the Frame
from Graves to Gardens Podcast Hosted by Rashida
What would you say to your local officials to convince them to invest more in the arts for the sake of safer more healed communities? One of today's guests said, "I survived by myself in prison. I heal in community." It was the art that allowed Carlos to build community and it is one of the ways that today's guests want to encourage our officials to carefully consider the power of art in policy change. In today's episode I'm joined by Editor-in-Chief of Lucky Jefferson 501 (c)(3) nonprofit publishing company on a mission to reimagine a world where social change is impacted by the creative arts. The award-winning publishing company "reforms books and arts education by creating interactive and collaborative community experiences for writers and artists." Today, we discuss one of those most recent interactive community experiences that centers the work talented artists in the city of Chicago. The project is called Beyond the Frame and today you'll hear from not only NaBeela Washington, Editor-in-Chief; you'll also hear from participating artists! Join in hearing from Marketta Sims, Paxton Murphy and Pablo Mendoza as they everything from their personal journey as artists, the necessity in finding safe space like what was built with Beyond the Frame and how art has the power to transform the lives of those coming home after years of incarceration. Ezekiel 11:19 "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh." Instagram Website
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