R-F/C's Podcast

It's our R-F/C 5-year anniversary! We love what we do! With the opportunity to meet and learn from amazing Beings who give us inspiration, insight, and knowledge. Thank you for being here with us on this adventure! Let's keep this work going! Please subscribe, like, and share with your networks!***Welcome to Part One of the Quotidian Radicality Collection. We are exploring somatics, ritual, place-keeping and playing cards. And we’re asking, “How do you practice liberation on a daily basis?”Re-Flect/Calibrate is funded by Dannie & janet and your donations! Help keep our podcast going by making a donation via the RFC landing page https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands. Tap the Donate button! Help us continue this fruitful work. Copyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibitedSHOW NOTES:Jessica Valoris https://www.jessicavaloris.com/Alexis Pauline Gumbs https://sangodare.podia.com/breathing Angela Davis' Women, Culture, & Politics (1989) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/37353/women-culture-and-politics-by-angela-y-davis/ Victor Turner’s From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play  https://monoskop.org/images/7/79/Turner_Victor_From_Ritual_to_Theatre.pdfThe People's Forum https://peoplesforum.org/events/course-the-artist-must-take-sides-culture-the-movement-past-present-future/Sun Yuan and Peng Yu's "Can’t Help Myself" at the Venice Biennale in 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t_Help_Myself_(Sun_Yuan_and_Peng_Yu)

Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part Three of the Knell of Poetry Collection. We are exploring how we use language for liberation. And asking, "What strategies are writers using to topple the colonizer’s tongue?" During Part Three, we invite some of our R-F/C comrades to join our discussion! Today we are further pondering on language as a tool for liberation with Tobi Orisarayi, Katherine Henderson, and Karlee Raye!Re-Flect/Calibrate is funded by Dannie & janet and your donations! Help keep our podcast going by making a donation via the RFC landing page https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands. Tap the Donate button! Help us continue this fruitful work. Opening music "Crown" by @TheMilkyWayans Copyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibitedABOUT OUR R-F/C COMRADES!Tobi Orisarayi was born and raised in Los-Angeles. Former Junior Olympian and couture designer, he now lives in New York where he is a guest commentator on TMZ. He's a 2024 Tin House Fellow. 2023 PEN America Emerging Writer Finalist. And his fiction has been recognized by A Public Space and the New Yorker. https://www.biglil.co/ Katherine Henderson is a Bedford, Virginia based painter. Formally educated at Brevard College in western North Carolina, Katherine studied sculpture and art history. She is currently pursuing an MFA in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design. Her most recent body of work is predominantly oil painting, with experimental acrylic and resin projects on the side. Currently, her work is transitioning from bright, expressive landscapes to dramatic figurative and narrative paintings. https://paintedponistudio.com/Karlee Raye is a singer-songwriter based in Central Virginia known for her powerful voice and heartfelt lyrics. She recently released her album “World Won’t Stop”. Her performances mix classic country, soft rock, pop, and more. https://www.facebook.com/KarleeRayeMusicSHOW NOTESStudy Guide for Standard American English by Elisabeth Houston https://litmuspress.org/resources/teaching-guides/standard-american-english-teaching-guide/No Logo by Naomi Kleinhttps://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312429270/nologo/Ours by Phillip B. Williams https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726148/ours-by-phillip-b-williams/

Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part Two of the Knell of Poetry Collection. We are exploring how we use language for liberation. And asking, "What strategies are writers using to topple the colonizer’s tongue?" With special guest, Elisabeth Houston (who also goes by Eli) is also EL_S_TH H__ST_ON is also “baby” is also “not baby.” They work across poetry, video, and live performance. Check out “baby” as they tumble through Standard American English (Litmus, 2022) and parachute into secret and not-so-secret performances. Performances have been staged at – uggghhhhh – The Hammer Museum (LA); Montez Press Radio (NYC); El Grafo Grafo (Tijuana); and Good Press (Glasgow). Poke through the internets and stalk them at www.elisabethisonline.com.Re - Flect/Calibrate is funded by Dannie & janet and your donations! Help keep our podcast going by making a donation via the RFC landing page https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands. Tap the Donate button! Help us continue this fruitful work. Subscribe on your streaming services: https://reflectcalibrate.buzzsprout.com/shareOpening music "Crown" by @TheMilkyWayans Copyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibitedSHOW NOTESElisabeth Houston's Standard American English -  https://litmuspress.org/product/standard-american-english/Study Guide for Standard American English - https://litmuspress.org/resources/teaching-guides/standard-american-english-teaching-guide/

Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part One of the Knell of Poetry Collection. We are exploring how we use language for liberation. And asking, "What strategies are writers using to topple the colonizer’s tongue?" Re - Flect/Calibrate is funded by Dannie & janet and your donations! Help keep our podcast going by making a donation via the RFC landing page https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands. Tap the Donate button! Help us continue this fruitful work. Subscribe on your streaming services: https://reflectcalibrate.buzzsprout.com/shareCopyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibited

Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part Three of the Navigating Artivism Collection. We are further pondering on how Artivists thrive in an economic system built on racial capitalism. And how Artivists reconcile and navigate capitalist practices when trying to subvert them. In this episode, Phinees Robert and Tanya Byker join us to ponder! Phinees Roberts https://phinestro.com/ Tanya Byker https://www.tanyabyker.com/homePhinees or “Phinestro” earned his moniker for his multi-instrumental abilities and leadership approach to music, unifying others through art, culture, and forming an authentic community. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Phinees is a Haitian-American award-winning film composer and music producer renowned for his diverse musical talent and creative collaborations. In addition to his remarkable career, Phinees is dedicated to pushing boundaries in music and empowering artists to find their unique voices in the industry.Tanya Byker is an associate professor of Economics at Middlebury College. Her research falls in the areas of Labor and Development Economics under the umbrella of Economics and Gender. As an applied micro economist, she uses data analysis to explore the interrelated choices individuals and households make about education, work, and fertility. The policy contexts she has examined span paid leave, reproductive health, childcare subsidies, and most recently the environment.Re - Flect/Calibrate is funded by Dannie & janet and your donations! Help keep our podcast going by making a donation via the RFC landing page https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands. Tap the Donate button! Help us continue this fruitful work. Subscribe on your streaming services: https://reflectcalibrate.buzzsprout.com/shareOpening music "Crown" by @TheMilkyWayans Copyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibitedSHOW NOTESCheck out Segregated By Design, a film that examines the forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy. The site includes info about about the book that the film is based on (and that Tanya referenced in the podcast): The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothsteinhttps://www.segregatedbydesign.com/The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economyhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/hidden-rules-of-race/33D38E05DCD5B288BBC4090CC900A967The Economics of Race in the United Stateshttps://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674368187Artists at Work: Rethinking Policy for Artistic Careershttps://www.sup.org/books/sociology/artists-workFreedom From The Markethttps://www.mikekonczal.com/freedom_from_the_market.html The ELVIS Acthttps://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2024/3/21/photos--gov--lee-signs-elvis-act-into-law.html

Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part Two of the Navigating Artivism Collection. We are chatting with Y?, an interdisciplinary artivist who uses creative expression & cypher pedagogy to activate his highest potential serving communities through art, education, and culture. Learn more about Y? https://www.creativeexpressions.co/ & https://www.whynotshowlove.com/ Contact Y? via [email protected] Re - Flect/Calibrate is funded by Dannie & janet and your donations! Help keep our podcast going by making a donation via the RFC landing page https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands. Tap the Donate button! Help us continue this fruitful work. Subscribe on your streaming services: https://reflectcalibrate.buzzsprout.com/shareOpening music "Crown" by  @TheMilkyWayans  Copyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibitedSHOW NOTESLearn more about the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) model:https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-dao/Y? mentioned the book "The Body Keeps the Score"https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/"Pedagogy of the Oppressed"https://files.libcom.org/files/Paulo%20Freire,%20Myra%20Bergman%20Ramos,%20Donaldo%20Macedo%20-%20Pedagogy%20of%20the%20Oppressed,%2030th%20Anniversary%20Edition%20(2000,%20Bloomsbury%20Academic).pdf"Theatre of the Oppressed"https://revolutionary-socialism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Augusto-Boal-Theatre-of-the-Oppressed-20081.pdf

Please subscribe, like, and share!Welcome to Part One of the Navigating Artivism Collection, where we are asking: how do Artivists thrive in an economic system built on Racial Capitalism? And how do Artivists reconcile and navigate capitalist practices when trying to subvert them?This podcast is funded by Dannie & janet and your donations! Help keep our podcast going by making a donation via the RFC landing page https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands. Tap the Donate button! Help us continue this fruitful work. Subscribe on your streaming services: https://reflectcalibrate.buzzsprout.com/shareCopyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibitedSHOW NOTES1. Example of local cooperative in Charlottesville, VA: C'ville Arts Cooperative Gallery https://www.cvillearts.org/our-artists2. Reach about The United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives https://www.usworker.coop/en/. USFWC national grassroots membership organization for worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces. Our mission is to build a thriving ecosystem for worker-owned and controlled businesses and their cooperative leaders to power movements for racial justice and economic democracy.3. Resource worth checking out: https://www.art.coop/ Art Coop is working for a future in which artists closest to the pain of an extractive economy know their power and use it to dismantle the current system. They resource a community of artists committed to building the art worlds we want. Art.coop is located in the U.S. but is rooted in the international Solidarity Economy movement. Through their site, you can also find courses at https://creativestudy.com/solidarity-economy. Creatives around the world are working together, placing people and the planet over profit to create thriving homes, businesses, investments, and creative work.4. Learn more about trust-based philanthropy at https://www.trustbasedphilanthropy.org/.*Thanks to Kritikos Anti-Racist Reading Group for sharing these resources:5. Extraction as white supremacy | Moving towards anti-extraction practices in the artshttps://www.creativeknow.org/bopawritersforum/extraction-as-white-supremacy6. What Does It Mean to Dismantle Racial Capitalism Anyway? | Nonprofit Quarterlyhttps://nonprofitquarterly.org/what-does-it-mean-to-dismantle-racial-capitalism-anyway/

Please subscribe, like, and share!This is our last episode of 2025! We’re reflecting on the awesomeness of our guests, what we’ve learned, and our bestest takeaways. We'll back in February of 2026!Help us continue this fruitful work. This podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! You can make a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-landsCopyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibited

Please subscribe, like, and share!In this special episode, we are educating ourselves on our rights as artists.Share your thoughts in the comments section. And let us know what questions you need answered regarding Artists Rights.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands ***RESOURCES FOR YOU***- Get familiar with your city's laws and expectations regarding busking. Here’s an example from D.C.: https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/art-in-transit/Performance-Guidelines.cfm - Here are D.C.’s definitions relating to art. How are the definitions different in your city or state? https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/39-202- Deaccession is generally defined as permanently removing a work of art from a collection. Learn more at this article: https://www.americansforthearts.org/2019/05/15/removing-public-artworks-process-and-policies-are-key- Cop Watch https://www.powershift.org/resources/copwatch-101- D.C. Cop Watch https://www.instagram.com/copwatchdc/?hl=en- Artists Rights Society https://arsny.com/- Protestors’ Rights from ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rightsH.R.2690 - Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/2690- “The Legal Protection of Street Art Under Visual Artists Rights Act” By Giselle Ayala Mateus, Esq. https://giselleayala.com/the-legal-protection-of-street-art-under-vara/Copyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibited

Please subscribe, like, and share! Welcome to Part Three of the Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection! We are reflecting with Dori Miller, oil painter, papermaker, installation and teaching artist, and Olumide Idowu, a climate change activist from Nigeria and co-founder of the International Climate Change Development Initiative. We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands Visit Dori Miller’s website: https://www.dorimillerstudios.com/Visit Olumide's linktree: https://linktr.ee/olumideidowu Things we referenced in the podcast:Burning Ice documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1778210/ The Clean Bin Project documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1729557/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1Once there were Six Seasons by Glass Half Full Theatre: https://www.glasshalffulltheatre.com/once-there-were-six-seasons/ Media for Climate Justice: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL2_OHvxRr6/ Copyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie Snyder Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited 

Please subscribe, like, and share! Welcome to Part Two of the Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection! We are chatting with Sari Nordman, an interdisciplinary artist working in environmental art and advocacy.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-landsExperience Sari Nordman's work: https://sarinordman.com/ Copyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibited

Please subscribe, like, and share! Welcome to Part One of the Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection! We’re discussing how interdisciplinary environmental art responds to environmental justice issues. We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-landsCheck out the links below to articles and artists referenced in the episode: - TATE's article/paper "To the Ends of the Earth: Art and Environment" https://www.tate.org.uk/research/tate-papers/17/to-the-ends-of-the-earth-art-and-environment- Art & Object's article (by our fan and guest Amy Funderburk) "These Extreme Artworks Embody the Climate Crisis" https://www.artandobject.com/articles/these-extreme-artworks-embody-climate-crisis- Artist David Buckland's Ice Texts https://www.bucklandart.com/art/ice-texts/ - Glass Half Full Theatre and their production of Once there Were Six Seasons https://www.glasshalffulltheatre.com/once-there-were-six-seasons/ - Sari Nordman (who we're interviewing in our next episode): https://sarinordman.comCopyright janet e. dandridge and Dannie SnyderUnauthorized reproduction is prohibited

Please subscribe, like, and share! In Part Three of the Fabric and Crowns Collection, we are reflecting on parts one and two of the collection with Mugisha Ali Allan, Yoga Teacher and TAI Lead Curator, and Kristina Koutsoudas, choreographer, performer, scholar, author and storyteller. We're getting deeper into braiding, yoga, textiles, and the role of art in our healing, spiritual, and activist journeys. We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-landsMugisha Ali Allan @alimugisha8Kristina Koutsoudas @mnemosyne_international and https://www.divinedances.com/aboutNawili G @nawili_

Please subscribe and like and share! In Part Two of the Fabric and Crowns Collection, we are chatting with Nawili G, Master Braider, Yogi, Textile Artist, and Instructor. Nawili guides us through the spiritual journey that has formed her 50+ years of work as a consummate artist. We learn about her healing practices and how she moves with resilience and compassion. Her expertise and calm nature gives us a breath of fresh air. We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-landsView Nawili's creations at https://www.instagram.com/nawili_/Check out the Heidelberg Project https://www.heidelberg.org/

Please subscribe and like and share! In Part One of the Fabric and Crowns Collection, we are discussing how textiles, yoga, and African hair braiding are acts of activism and play significant roles in social movements. In the comments, share your thoughts on how African hair braiding, textiles, and yoga are used in social movements.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-landsPeople, places, and things discussed in this episode:World Afro Day 2022 https://theblackcurriculum.com/blog/worldafroday2022Nawili G https://www.instagram.com/nawili_/Sarah Corbett and Craftivism https://www.craftivist-collective.com/our-story Susan Hudson https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/susan-hudson-navajodine Quiltmakers from Gee's Bend https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/gees-bend-quiltmakers"Quilts That Embody the Legacy of Black America" article from the National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/stories/articles/quilts-embody-legacy-black-america Coalition for Tribal Sovereignty https://coalitionfortribalsovereignty.org

Please subscribe and like and share! In this special episode, we are examining executive branch overreach in the Arts, discussing how Artivists are pushing back, asking each other and you, ‘Whut Ya Gonna Do?’Share your thoughts with us on Instagram. And let us know what questions you need answered regarding the Executive Branch's attack on the Arts?We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-landsArtists mentioned during this episode: Artist Greg Bunbury https://bunbury.co/Artist Austyn Liston https://www.instagram.com/austynliston/?hl=enArtist Shontina Vernon https://shontinavernon.com/grrrl-justiceArtist Tania Bruguera https://taniabruguera.com/Author T.V. Reed https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517906214/the-art-of-protest/Articles: https://hyperallergic.com/1001855/harriet-tubman-erased-from-us-parks-website-without-agency-permission/https://www.americantheatre.org/2025/02/10/new-nea-guidelines-require-compliance-with-trumps-anti-dei-anti-trans-orders/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/trump-and-the-fate-of-the-governments-massive-art-collectionhttps://niemanstoryboard.org/2025/03/27/claire-willett-nea-grants-arts-journalism/?mc_cid=031847c54d&mc_eid=b6f180e4f8www.aaup.org/report/against-anticipatory-obedienceExecutive Branch Overreach Tracker: https://www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/blog/trumps-impact-arts-running-list-updatesExecutive Branch - Executive Order:https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/

In Part Three of the Transmuting Artificial Intelligence Collection, Chris Van Loan Sr. joins us to further ponder upon Artificial Intelligence and its social and cultural impact. In the comments, share how you feel about artists using AI and AI using artist works.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands

Please subscribe and like and share! In Part Two of the Transmuting Artificial Intelligence Collection, we are chatting with Roshmond "Sum" Patten... MC, Writer, Performer, Creative Director, AI Specialist, Researcher, Ethicist, Activist, Liberationist. Learn more and book Sum via https://campsite.bio/sumkillaWe’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands

In Part One, we investigate the intersectionalities of AI, art, and activism, including the social and cultural impacts. In the comments, share with us how AI impacts your life.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands

In Part Three, we reflect on what we've been learning in this Design Advocacy Collection, with guests Michel F. Brava, Marketing Director for Riverviews Artspace and Puppeteer, and Amy Funderburk, Visionary Visual Artist and Arts Writer. Find us on social media and share with us what "design" means to you and how do you see design utilized in activism? We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands

Join our dynamic podcast discussion on DESIGN ADVOCACY. In Part Two, we talk about Design Advocacy with Greg Bunbury, a Black British Graphic Designer, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, lecturer and public speaker of Caribbean heritage. Feel free to share with us what "design" means to you and how do you see design utilized in activism? Just visit our YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v8mpkIT9ew&t=767s or Instagram @ReflectCalibrate.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands Co-hosts of the podcast: janet e. dandridge and Dannie Snyder. 

Join our dynamic podcast discussion on DESIGN ADVOCACY. In Part One, we talk about the definition of "Design Advocacy". Feel free to share with us what "design" means to you and how do you see design utilized in activism? Just visit our YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v8mpkIT9ew&t=767s or Instagram @ReflectCalibrate.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by making a donation through our PayPal link on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands Co-hosts of the podcast: janet e. dandridge and Dannie Snyder. 

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with the super magical MARIA SCHECHTER, a bio artist based in Bloomington, Indiana whose work is made from sustainable materials. Maria has been an artist for 26 years and is passionate about EVERYONE having access to creative expression and she is passionate about the health of our planet. She GROWS her paintings and sculptures from mycelium, the same material that fruits mushrooms. She forages for color, making paint from organic materials. Her paintings are made with historical middle age recipes and she has spent ample time with color practitioners to learn how to process color and make that color lightfast and archival. She holds a B.F.A from Cornish College of the Arts, initiated her Masters with New York University working towards a Masters in Visual Art Administration and holds a Masters in International Business with a published thesis on Cause Related Marketing for Non-Profit arts organizations.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands Learn more about Maria at T6DH.com and follow her on Instagram at @culturedsocial Co-hosts of the podcast: janet e. dandridge and Dannie Snyder. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @ReflectCalibrate! And to visit our website at ArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-lands. During our chat, we mentioned the following resources:- Jane Goodall’s book Hope. - Fantastic Funghi documentary by Louie Schwartzberg- Cannupa Hanska Luger and his feature on art21 https://art21.org/artist/cannupa-hanska-luger/- Hagitude book by Sharon Blackie- Week Forty Five Collective, associated with Hagitude. Check out their IG @weekfortyfivecollectiveBelow is a list of music and sound effect credits:- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/.... - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s....- “SFX Magic” sound effect by renatalmar fromhttps://freesound.org/people/renatalm...

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with MARTHA GONZALEZ, Chican@ Artivista! Martha Gonzalez was born and raised in East Los Angeles. She is the author of our new favorite book, Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles. She is a crazy talented and wildly enthusiastic musician & singer/songwriter, member of the Grammy Award–winning band Quetzal, and she is allllllll about collective songwriting. But wait, there’s more: she is the Assistant Professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College. As a feminist music theorist and scholar, with a focus on Chicana feminist theory, transnational studies, performance studies, and ethnomusicology, her scholarship articulates the various ways in which Chicana, Latinx and other communities of color utilize music and other forms of creative expression not solely as politically charged commentary and/or community building projects, but as necessary dialectic tools toward various social justice ends. BAM!We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands Learn more about Martha at marthagonzalez.net and follow her on Instagram at @marthartivista Co-hosts of the podcast: janet e. dandridge and Dannie Snyder. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @ReflectCalibrate! And to visit our website at ArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-lands. During our chat, we mentioned the following resources:- a must-listen episode on DANCNG SOBR with Rafael Cardenas and Martha Gonzalez (check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWN2VwxHg8g )- the astonishing Virginia Grise (learn more about her at https://www.virginiagrise.com/performances ) - a must-read article, Tending the Taproot: Opportunities to Support Folk & Traditional Arts i the United States by Lily Kharrazi (check it out at https://www.actaonline.org/resource/tending-the-taproot/ )Below is a list of music and sound effect credits:- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/.... - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s....- “SFX Magic” sound effect by renatalmar fromhttps://freesound.org/people/renatalm...

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez, artist + facilitator, using their art to transform individual witness into collective action. As a person who was separated from their first family for 28 years through a private, transnational adoption process, they co-create spaces that encourage people to express truth to power by working together in shared knowing and practice.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands THE THEME IS ABOLITION. Benjamin discusses in depth the Zine, co-edited with Leah Nichols (@mrawmrawsf on Instagram), called You Are Holding This. Get your copy and sponsor copies for others at https://www.weareholdingthis.org. Learn more about Benjamin at https:/linktr.ee/b_lts_ and follow them on Instagram at @b_lts_During our Zoom call… janet was wearing some rad:- earrings from the Pérez Museum in Miami https://www.pamm.org/en/ - glasses created by June Mines https://www.theseeyesofmines.com/Benjamin was also wearing some rad:-earrings created by Elena Soledad from Brooklyn Warmi Designs (@brooklynwarmi on Instagram)Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @ReflectCalibrate ! And to visit our website at ArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-lands. Below is a list of music and sound effect credits:- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/.... - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s....- “SFX Magic” sound effect by renatalmar fromhttps://freesound.org/people/renatalm... 

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivists Kate Fowler and Ashley Hawkins from Studio Two Three @StudioTwoThree (IG) https://www.studiotwothree.org.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands During our Zoom call, janet was wearing  some rad:- earrings created by Liliflor @liliflorart (IG)- glasses created by June Mines https://www.theseeyesofmines.com/Also Kate Fowler mentioned the artwork in her background by Andy Harris (@andy.andy.harris) Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @ReflectCalibrate ! And to visit our website at ArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-lands. Below is a list of music and sound effect credits:- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/.... - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s....- “SFX Magic” sound effect by renatalmar fromhttps://freesound.org/people/renatalmar/sounds/264981/ - “Car Horns” sound effect by 2hear from https://freesound.org/people/2hear/sounds/317533/ 

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist Gabriel Torres @gabrielgtorrest (IG) https://www.gabrielgtorres.com. In the episode, Gabriel also mentions their recent project “Haus of Dust" which you can find at iamdust.org. We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands During our Zoom call, janet was wearing  some rad:- earrings created by Adelaide Adelinehttps://instagram.com/nimbaart?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=- shirt from AMPHBNS https://www.amphbns.com/- glasses created by June Mines https://www.theseeyesofmines.com/. And Dannie is sporting:- a hoodie from Meow Wolf https://meowwolf.comDon't forget to follow us on Instagram @ReflectCalibrate ! And to visit our website at ArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-lands. Below is a list of music and sound effect credits:- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/.... - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s....- “Melody Loop Mix 128 bpm.mp3” by JPMusic82- “jawharp_boing.wav” sound effect by plingativator from https://freesound.org/people/plingati...- “SFX Magic” sound effect by renatalmar fromhttps://freesound.org/people/renatalmar/sounds/264981/ 

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist Joseph Amodei @mx.skreejee (IG).We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands In the episode, Joseph mentions… - One of their recent projects “My Mouth is a Queer Time Machine,” co-created with Lyam B. Gabel and Jean-Luc DeLadurantaye, which you can find at mymouthisaqueertimemachine.hotglue.me - Their work with Free the Vaccine (freethevaccine.org/exhibit/), especially a recent exhibit co-led by Laura Holzmann and Kisha PattersonYou can also find Joseph on Chatham University’s website at chatham.edu/academics/undergraduate/immersive-media/faculty/joseph-amodei.html Find Janet’s rad earrings by Denisha Briscoe @offbeat_treasurez (IG) Don't forget to follow us on social media and to check out our website for more info!Facebook & Instagram @ReflectCalibrateTwitter @RFCartivistsArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-landsBelow is a list of music and sound effect credits.- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/...​. - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s...​.- “Melody Loop Mix 128 bpm.mp3” by JPMusic82- “jawharp_boing.wav” sound effect by plingativator from https://freesound.org/people/plingativator/sounds/188869/

Episode 3: Votan co-founder of nsrgnts; visual artist of Mayan and Naoa decent; a son, father, husband, sibling, friend; a traveler and contrarian; but, most importantly… a human being. Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist @votanik (IG), co-founder of @nsrgnts (IG), a collective and brand that advocates for Native Rights.We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands Don't forget to follow us on social media and to check out our website for more info!Facebook & Instagram @ReflectCalibrateTwitter @RFCartivistsArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-landsBelow is a list of music and sound effect credits.- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/...​. - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s...​.- “Melody Loop Mix 128 bpm.mp3” by JPMusic82

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist YACINE TILALA FALL (www.yacinetilalafall.com). She is an interdisciplinary conceptual performance artist MATERIAL JUNKIE based in Washington D.C. Using natural materials she investigates concepts of heritage, ritual, function, history, identity, faith, labor, and politics and not just via performance, also sculpture, painting and installation, but all through the lens of her body. Inspired by her Senegalese and Mauritanian heritage, her work and practice speak to the human body and its entangled relationship with these forces. We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands In the podcast, Yacine talks about two of her pieces, which we would like to credit her co-performers here:- From “Fed,” Maps Glover (IG @mapsglover) and Ashley Shey (IG @sheygod)- From “What We Carry,” Areej Itayem (IG @areej_itayem)She also references the book: - Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis.Many of the photos featuring Yacine’s work were taken by Ashley Llanes who can be found on Instagram @seldom_followedDon't forget to follow us on social media and to check out our website for more info!Facebook & Instagram @ReflectCalibrateTwitter @RFCartivistsArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-landsBelow is a list of music and sound effect credits.- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris - “Melody Loop Mix 128 bpm.mp3” by JPMusic82- “Hip Hop Drum Loop” 09 by LoopDealer Also check out Janet's shirt “BREATHE” by AMPHBNS, which can be found at amphbns.com.

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist LILIFLOR (liliflorart.com). She describes herself as a creative cultural architect, always showing people and communities what's possible, helping folks to see the best versions of themselves through art, design, healing, spirituality and the preservation and celebration of their own cultural assets. Basically in short she’s a Multidimensional Hybrid Visionary Diosa Chingona (Badass Goddess).Her fine art, her murals, her mixed media, all of it is breathtaking. She uses many different mediums: aerosol, acrylics, stencils, sharpie ink, pastels, paper amatl, printing, sometimes found objects, upcycle materials... She is also a teaching artist and guest lecture using art as a tool for education, cultural awareness, civic engagement, healing and transformation. We are so excited for her to drop some knowledge on us in Episode One, woot woot!We’d like to remind our listeners that this podcast is funded by the two of us podcasters and your donations! Please help us keep our podcast going by clicking the DONATE button on our website: https://artivismexperts.wixsite.com/rfc-lands Don't forget to follow us on social media and to check out our website for more info!Facebook & Instagram @ReflectCalibrateTwitter @RFCartivistsArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-landsBelow is a list of the resources we refer to in the interview. - SACRED GEOMETRY FOR ARTISTS, DREAMERS AND PHILOSOPHERS by John Oscar Lieben- EMPOWER: ENCODING SACRED TECHNOLOGY by Sadiki Bakari- THE SOUL OF MONEY by Lynne Twist- VOICES FORM THE ANCESTORS edited by Lara Medina and Martha R. Gonzales- CUSTER DIED FOR YOUR SINS and GOD IS RED by Vine Deloria, Jr.- MÉXICO PROFUNDO by Guillermo Bonfil Batalla- AZTEC THOUGHT AND CULTURE by Miguel León-Portilla- PROSPERITY EVERY DAY by Julia Cameron- ARTIVISM OF RETURNING CITIZENS by Dannie Snyder- Check out WAGE (Working Artists and the Greater Economy), an activist organization with the mission to establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and institutions.- Check out the nonprofit Artly World's "Artist Relief Project" for FREE workshopsBelow is a list of music and sound effect credits.- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/sounds/460658/. - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/sounds/324369/. Also check out Janet's dope earrings by Denisha Briscoe @created_by_the_offbeatdiva, Janet's fab glasses by June Mines at These Eyes of Mine, Washington DC. Check out Dannie's badass bandana by @latchkeymob.