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“In a bid to be free, I created a whole new music project where I didn’t expect people to associate Nysza with any cultural identity. I didn’t expect people to know where Nysza came from,” says this week’s featured artist Ananya Panwar, who isn’t bound to just one artistic discipline. As a singer, p...

it was truly a pleasure sitting down and talking with london-based fine artist somunachima, whose stunning portraitures of black women have recently been exhibiting in galleries and public spaces in london. tune in as we discuss somunachima's artistic journey, where she turns for inspiration, and ho...

“Life just doesn’t start at 17, it continues for many years and you can do so many different things” says DC based actor and crocheter Jordan Essex. Currently touring the country with Olney Theatre’s National Players, Jordan joins us for a beautiful conversation filled with inspiring anecdotes, sage...

this week we are joined by puerto rican composer johanny navarro! tune in as we discuss how johanny started writing for opera and all her incredible new projects coming up! we also get into what it's like to be an artist and how johanny discovered herself through her music. truly, this is a conversa...

we are so very lucky to have the magnificent yarli allison on the show for this week's episode! we talk everything from yarli's work in sculpture, virtual reality, and 3D spaces to discovering a place of belonging through deep-rooted memories. it was truly such a beautiful and enlightening conversat...

“camera and lighting reveal so much more sometimes than words” says gaffer and cinematographer marine brion. it was such a fun time chatting with marine about her craft and the power of lighting (pun intended!) in film. from sharing anecdotes from some of her favorite projects to explaining what it'...

community, collaboration, & connection- these are the things that inspire the work of doddi el-gabry, founder of the distribution start-up, CINEBUR, and budding filmmaker. in this super in-depth conversation, we really get into the “magic of cinema” and what that means to doddi as well as an ope...

this week we had the utmost pleasure to interview cherin! this brooklyn-based duo band, comprised of maiya toren and lucas saur, are equal parts great music and great aesthetic. you really can’t go wrong when your producer and artistic director are the band. so if you like dreamy, shoe-gazy, bedroom...

this week we are joined by incredible film & video game composer and human being shar joyner! we get into all sorts of things like shar’s beautiful musical journey, what it means to be creative, and how to step out of your comfort zone. there’s just so many good things from this conversation wit...

what does it mean to be a collaborator? what goes into interdisciplinary works? we delve into these questions and more in this week’s episode where we sat down with poet & filmmaker katie byford. join us as we learn how katie started out in the arts and how poetry inspires her work through so ma...