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Dexter's L.A.B.
by The Boston Foundation x Dunamis
Dexter‘s L.A.B. is a new digital series created by the Boston Foundation and Dunamis that celebrates and examines the creative process. In each episode, released every Wednesday, we talk to a Live Arts Boston grantee about their craft and why the arts matter to them. Much like in the children‘s animated television series of a similar moniker, Dexter‘s L.A.B. is a space where artists are invited to explore their creativity and inspire others to do the same.
Episodes
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Season 2, Ep. 10: Emily’s L.A.B. with Emily Beattie
Emily Beattie is a Somerville based artist working in multiple disciplines: movement, text, space, film, and interactive media to create performance in many formats.
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Season 2, Ep. 9: Rosa’s L.A.B. with Rosa Weinberg
Rosa Weinberg is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based artist and licensed architect. Her projects are grounded in research and interviews and seek to use surprise and delight to challenge assumptions and social constructs. Her work asks people to take a pause from reality. Through her installations,...
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Season 2, Ep. 8: Goldsaito’s L.A.B. with Katrina and Jonah Goldsaito
This episode of Dexter’s LAB features Katrina and Jonah Goldsaito: a pair of uniquely talented multihyphenates and the creators of one of our most futuristic LAB projects. What began as a performance in Kazakhstan has transformed into Reach You: an augmented reality transmission from the future...
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Season 2, Ep. 7: Reynaliz’s L.A.B. with Reynaliz Herrera
REYNALIZ HERRERA is a professional musician, percussionist, composer and educator based in Boston but originally from Mexico where she studied and began pursuing music at the Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza, with maestro Noel Savon. Reynaliz has performed in different countries like Mexico…
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Season 2, Ep. 6: Omar’s L.A.B. with Omar Najmi
Boston-based artist Omar Najmi splits his time between composition and performance, maintaining a busy schedule as an operatic tenor. As a performer, Najmi has recently made his international debut creating the title role in Joseph Summer’s operatic adaptation of Hamlet with Bulgaria’s State…
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Season 2, Ep. 5: U-Meleni’s L.A.B. with U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo
U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo is a Zimbabwean American poet, author, speaker, singer, and educator who has performed internationally in Africa and Europe. She is fiercely passionate about using her voice for women's empowerment, wellness, diversity & inclusion and the exploration of translation or...
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Season 2, Ep. 4: Mariona’s L.A.B. with Mariona Lloreta
Mariona Lloreta is a Catalan-American cultural producer and interdisciplinary artist working internationally in film, painting and dance. Mariona’s work celebrates the universal thread that binds our human experience as it examines the fine line between presence and absence, wholesomeness and...
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Season 2, Ep. 3: Soyoung’s L.A.B. with Soyoung Kim
Soyoung L Kim’s work blends several practices, including painting, sculpture, writing, stop motion animation, and performance. Her background as 교포 Gyopo, as part of the Korean diaspora, allows her to move freely across artistic disciplines to create new works that blend those disciplines and to...
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Season 2, Ep. 2: Phoebe’s L.A.B. with Phoebe Potts
Too Fat for China follows Phoebe Potts, comic storyteller and professional Jew, as she tries, fails and eventually succeeds to adopt a baby. After a US adoption goes horribly wrong, Potts finds herself surprised, disgusted and ultimately resigned to the role she plays as a middle class white lady...
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Season 2, Ep. 1: Jean’s L.A.B. with Jean Appolon
In addition to being the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE), Jean Appolon is a successful choreographer and master teacher based in Boston and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Beginning in 2006, Appolon conceived and has since directed a free annual summer dance course in...
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Naseem's L.A.B.
Naseem Alatrash is a Palestinian cellist, composer and educator, whose performances include a mix of improvisation and traditional Arabic music, jazz, and contemporary classical music influence. During our conversation, we talk about Naseem's cultural approach to music, the powerful and…
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Wendy's L.A.B.
In what was arguably our most contemplative and philosophical episode yet, we spoke with Wendy Jehlen, founder and artistic director of Anikaya, about the artist as a storyteller, how her intercultural education and experiences shaped her artistry, and the inextricable interconnectedness of...
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Karen's L.A.B.
Karen Young and Taiko drums are the perfect pairing. Aside from the obvious cultural connection and celebration, Karen has made a practice of tackling issues much larger than herself while using all of herself. An inaugural Boston Artist in Residence, founder and director of the Genki Spark…
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Ana's L.A.B.
Salsa dancer, artist, serial entrepreneur, advocate and so much more Ana Masacote's work is rooted in bringing cross cultural communities together and sparking conversations through the arts. During our conversation together, we discussed her project Queer Bodies in Motion, as well as reconciling...
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Yvette's L.A.B.
A poet, writer, advocate and activist, Yvette Modestin is someone you should know, if only because she's been listed as one of the 30 Afro Latinas You Should Know. Internationally respected for her powerful voice and unshakable authenticity, I had the privilege to sit with Yvette as we discussed...
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Maria's L.A.B.
Percussionist, composer, public artist, educator and arts entrepreneur, Maria Finkelmeier has spent her whole life asking questions she's only now getting the answers to. A chronic disruptor, Maria's work is about reaching unusual audiences and unusual spaces in unusual ways - all while asking…
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Fabiola's L.A.B.
The National Museum of American History describes the cuatro as a five double string guitar-like instrument used to play música jíbara, Puerto Rican country music. On this episode of Dexter's L.A.B, J. Cottle speaks with Fabiola Méndez, an amazing musician whose primary instrument also happens to...
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Alex's L.A.B.
In this episode of Dexter's L.A.B., we spoke with The Flavor Continues Artistic Director Alex Ambila about the intersection of working in visual and physical mediums, the role trauma and pain can play in creativity, and the interplay between making art for yourself and the artistic things we're...
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Zayra's L.A.B.
Family legacy, defying expectations, being an inspiration and always choosing joy. All of this is explored this week's episode of Dexter’s L.A.B. featuring Zayra Pola. We discuss the difficulties of being a woman in relationship to her culture, her musical instrument, and even the genre in which...
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Bao's L.A.B.
Bao Pham is no stranger to the fork in road that many artists face at one point or another in their lives - the choice between a "stable" career and pursuing your art. Right now, she's choosing both. Outside of her 9-5, Bao works with the nonprofit The Flavor Continues. She spoke to J. Cottle…
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Anna & Jay's L.A.B.
Anna Myer and Jay Paris of beheard.world believe everyone is innately creative; it's just a matter of learning where and how to apply one's creativity. In this episode of Dexter's L.A.B., Anna and Jay discuss their work in bringing together dancers and artists from across genres and mediums to...
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Jinyi's L.A.B.
Jinyi Duan of The Flavor Continues started her artistic journey in classical music. Playing music written by other people only fueled her drive to create something that was hers. Learn how street dancing became her artistic medium-of-choice in the third episode of Dexter's L.A.B. Learn more about...
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Francisco's L.A.B.
Have you heard of the Chapman stick? It’s a relatively new, guitar-like musical instrument, and you won’t often see one out in the wild - unless you see Live Arts Boston grantee Francisco Rafart play. He’s mastered the instrument and is self-taught. Francisco sat down with Dunamis' J. Cottle for...
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Brian's L.A.B.
In the first episode of of Dexter's L.A.B., co-founder of The Flavor Continues - a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that serves street and club dance culture through education, events and community building - sat down with Dunamis Executive Director J. Cottle to talk about different creative...
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Created by the Boston Foundation and Dunamis, Dexter's L.A.B. celebrates and examines the creative process. In each episode, released every Wednesday, we talk to a Live Arts Boston grantee about their craft and why the arts matter to them. Much like in the children's animated television series of…
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Dexter‘s L.A.B. is a new digital series created by the Boston Foundation and Dunamis that celebrates and examines the creative process. In each episode, released every Wednesday, we talk to a Live Arts Boston grantee about their craft and why the arts matter to them. Much like in the children‘s animated television series of a similar moniker, Dexter‘s L.A.B. is a space where artists are invited to explore their creativity and inspire others to do the same.
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Dexter‘s L.A.B. is a new digital series created by the Boston Foundation and Dunamis that celebrates and examines the creative process. In each episode, released every Wednesday, we talk to a Live Arts Boston grantee about their craft and why the arts matter to them. Much like in the children‘s...
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