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Future Prairie Radio
by Future Prairie
Sponsored by Regional Arts and Culture Council, Future Prairie Radio is a podcast examining the future of art, design, and culture through the eyes of marginalized artists. We go beyond AI, robotics, and new currencies to learn about process and art making across media. We're using art practice as a lens to investigate the humanist and ethical values that intersect with contemporary life and technology.
Episodes
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S7E2: Work Ethic with Rob Nosse
Musician, labor organizer, and Oregon state legislator Rob Nosse on Portland, politics, and what we need to thrive.
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S7E1: Stay Ready with Mel Brown
Drummer Mel Brown on art, life, and legacy in Portland, Oregon.
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S6E15: I Always Dreamt with Vaughn Kimmons
Multidisciplinary artist Vaughn Kimmons on celebrating Blackness and the sacred through music, digital collage, video, and visual art.
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S6E14: A Metropolis in Eden with Stephan Nance
Musician Stephen Nance on creating poetic piano pop inspired by birds and winning an artist grant from Regional Arts and Culture Council.
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S6E13: The Chosen Generation with Derrick McDuffey
Gospel music director Derrick McDuffey on ministering and teaching in Portland, Oregon.
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S6E12: At Last, I See You with Ricardo Nagaoka
Photographer Ricardo Nagaoka on his process and 2022 solo show in Portland, Oregon.
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S6E11: Destiny with Alonzo Chadwick
Singer Alonzo Chadwick on finding peace through music, his work with the Grammy-nominated Oregon Symphony, and managing BRAVO Youth Orchestras, a nonprofit that teaches children to play classical music with free violin, string, and choral classes.
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S6E10: In the Realm of the Ancestors with Libretto
Rapper Libretto on getting his first record deal with BSI Records, his journey in hip hop, and making art after incarceration.
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S6E9: Navigating with Stephanie Chefas
Curator Stephanie Chefas on bringing local, national, and international artists to Portland.
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S6E8: Into Another Being with Miriam Gossing
Filmmaker Miriam Gossing on making art with her BFF, showing queer work at international film festivals and exhibitions, and making a feature-length movie about mermaids.
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S6E7: Saccharine with Jennifer Timmer Trail
Photographer Jennifer Timmer Trail on relationship-based art, curation, and parenting.
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S6E6: Monstrous, Feminine with Wendy Noonan
Writer Wendy Noonan and visual art collaborator Kirsten Driggers discuss their oracle deck, 'Monstrous, Feminine,' which explores feminine and genderqueer demons, witches, and other mythical creatures.
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S6E5: A Whole New Direction with Michelle Ruiz Keil
Author Michelle Ruiz Keil on developing her critically acclaimed young adult novels, the importance of being cared for as a creative, and her Regional Arts and Culture Council-sponsored research trip for her first novel for adults.
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S6E4: For All of Us with Kerry Politzer
Jazz pianist, composer, and educator Kerry Politzer on creating a driveway jazz series to offer a COVID-safe way for the Portland jazz community to celebrate local musicians.
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S6E3: To Activate with Layna Lewis
Layna Lewis, director of Viva La Free, explores how art and activism can come together to create change in our communities, such as at her trauma-informed approach to art for 9th-grade students at Portland's Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School.
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S6E2: Grateful Cry with Ashleigh Flynn
Musician Ashleigh Flynn on creating a band of female musicians over 40 paying a musical homage to “Rosie the Riveter,” whose brand inspired a social movement putting women to work in America.
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S6E1: By Any Means with David Shirkhani
Multidisciplinary creative David Shirkhani on creating Black & Gifted, his art collective exploring mental health.
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S5E15: Seeing You/Seeing Me with Mami Takahashi
Performance artist Mami Takahashi on sculptural explorations of being Asian and a woman living outside her home country while working towards US citizenship.
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S5E14: Our Healing with Alexandra Loves Lewis
Artist Alexandra Loves Lewis on storytelling from Africa and her diaspora.
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S5E13: Pyrography with Lisa Cox
Pyrographer Lisa Cox on finding her artistic voice and life as a woman in woodworking.
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S5E12: For Artists to Thrive with Mic Crenshaw
Rapper and poet Mic Crenshaw on creating social change through music.
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S5E11: Queen Energy with Saeeda Wright
Vocalist Saeeda Wright on finding the gift of song in Northeast Portland, Oregon.
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S5E10: The New Stories with Rusty Tennant
Director Rusty Tennant on queer canon, building a career as an artist, and the resilience of indie theater.
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S5E9: Your Neighbors with Adam Brock Ciresi
Muralist Adam Brock Ciresi on community practice, public art, and working personal narrative and illness into healing art.
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S5E8: The Core with Tyler Stone
Producer and engineer Tyler Stone on making dance music in Portland, Oregon.
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S5E7: What it Becomes with Karen Polinsky
Playwright Karen Polinsky on devising multilingual theater.
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S5E6: The Garden of the Future with Jesse Carsten
Poet, performer, musician, mythologist, educator, and psychospiritual intuitive Jesse Carsten on creating joyful, eclectic song collages that embrace the experimental singer-songwriter tradition of the Pacific Northwest.
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S5E5: Recognize the Gift with Henry Noble
Actor Henry Noble on process, conviction, and his role in August Wilson's play “Gem of the Ocean”.
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S5E4: It's Just For You with Jess Ackerman
Painter Jess Ackerman on paint, process, addiction, recovery, gender, and discovery.
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S5E3: For Nourishment with Colleen Loverde
Choreographer Colleen Loverde on integrity, voice, and expression in movement.
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S5E2: In This Cloth with Lehuauakea
Fiber artist Lehuauakea on identity, displacement, and environmental dysfunction through a contemporary Indigenous lens.
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S5E1: To Listen with Elly Swope
Portland drummer Elly Swope on making collaborations work, leveraging neurodivergence as a creative asset, and finding passion in music again after the onset of the COVID pandemic.
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S4E2: Layer by Layer with Annamieka Davidson
Painter, teacher, and creative mentor Annamieka Davidson on getting started with a professional art career, making botanical paintings, and finding new avenues for social support for artists.
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S4E4: Everyday Feelings with Sarah Mirk
Visual journalist and author Sarah Mirk on representing marginalized voices as a method of writing future historic records.
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S4E5: All the Million Things with Laura Weiler
Collage artist Laura Weiler on visual composition, working with texture, line, color, form, and placement, image sourcing, and developing a narrative for an art piece.
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S4E6: Moment by Moment with Kate Zipse
Writer and doodler Kate Zipse on her two full-length illustrated children’s books: "Squishing the Squash" and "Lighting the Garden".
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S4E7: Beautiful but Chaotic with Michael Bui
Artist and activist Michael Bui on self-expression, social practice as art, and living a free and creative life.
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S4E8: Away from Language with Ebenezer Galluzzo
Photographer Ebenezer Galluzzo on gender identity and photography as a way to claim and redefine the lens through which he sees the world and the world sees him.
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S4E10: How Long Everything's Been Going On with Damon Smith
Freelance illustrator and muralist Damon Smyth on making work that makes your family proud, staying engaged with the community, and creating and facilitating difficult conversations through art. Please note this episode contains racial slurs, racialized violence, and a discussion of violent crime.
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S4E1: The Cannon Will Be Made with Matt Schumacher
Professor Matt Schumacher on moving play into process, how to manage a tenuous artist collective during an economic crisis, the importance of creating art during crisis, and how poetry can support the community during challenging times.
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S4E3: What Speaks to Me with Steven Christian
Medical student, retired football player, and augmented reality artist Steven Christian on making Black stories available to children of all ages, reading skill and comprehension level, making time for everything you love, and getting big dreams to come true.
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S4E9: How To Talk About It with John Akira Harrold
Designer, printer, and educator John Akira Harrold on responding to what interests you, finding a political home while grappling with wokeness, and developing personal politics as an artist.
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S4E15: That's Art Larger Than Me with Daren Todd
Visual artist and musician Daren Todd on unearthing buried Black history, expressing through art, and letting go of expectations through the creative process.
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S4E13: Year of Unity with An Duplan
Trans poet, curator, and artist An Duplan on accessibility in art, Afrofuturism, and driving social change through community building in the arts.
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S4E12: Art Starts With Feeling with Marceau Michel
Artist and entrepreneur Marceau Michel on self-discovery, the process to liberate oneself from outmoded ways of thinking, and raising ten million dollars for Black Founders Matter, a venture fund for black entrepreneurs.
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S4E14: Year of the Spaceship with Jonny Cool
Musician Jonny Cool on spiritual music, ancestor work, and weaving family and future into all of his projects.
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S4E11: With a Sense of Agency with Darrell Grant
Composer, professor, and activist Darrell Grant on the love of jazz, love of community, and the mythology of Portland, Oregon.
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S3E15: Through Questions About Hands with Arcadia Trueheart
Painter Arcadia Trueheart on her project "Handmade Stories Live", a multi-media theater performance that invites the audience to explore how our hands hold formative and enduring stories about who we are and our role in the world.
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S3E14: Take it All In with Kelly Harland
Perfumer Kelly Harland on founding her small-batch fragrance house, Crosby Elements, which is known for botanical, naturally-derived scents inspired by travel, nostalgia, and intuition.
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S3E13: No Spectators Allowed with Kanani Koster
Award-winning filmmaker Kanani Koster on reclaiming nostalgic tropes and aesthetics for diverse audience members who've historically been left off-screen.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Sponsored by Regional Arts and Culture Council, Future Prairie Radio is a podcast examining the future of art, design, and culture through the eyes of marginalized artists. We go beyond AI, robotics, and new currencies to learn about process and art making across media. We're using art practice as a lens to investigate the humanist and ethical values that intersect with contemporary life and technology.
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