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Filmmakers James Martin ("The New Orleans Sazerac") and Babacar Ndiaye ("More Than Music: Senegal") discuss their short films which won the Audience Award and WonderRoot Film Award, respectively, at WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series screening in April. Martin delves into the historical background of the sazurac cocktail and why there's so much local interest in the beverage, while Ndaiye gives some insight into the differences in hip-hop culture in Senegal relative to the United States. Both filmmakers end the podcast by shedding some light on some of their best decisions in the past year. What an awesome conversation!
To learn more about James Martin and his work, visit:
http://iamjamesmartin.com
https://www.facebook.com/sazeracdoc
To learn more about Babacar Ndiaye and his work, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/babthafilmaker
http://morethanmusicthemovie.com
To learn more about WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series and upcoming screenings, visit:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/WonderRootFilm
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Filmmaker Brit Wigintton discusses her short film "Violet", which won the Jury Award at WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series screening in April. Wigintton talks about the process of getting her film made as a student film, some of her favorite storytellers, and gives some hints on the future of her career as she prepares to move forward after graduation.
To learn more about Brit, visit her website:
http://www.brit-wigintton.com/
To learn more about WonderRoot's Generally Local, Mostly Independent Film Series and upcoming screenings, visit:
https://filmfreeway.com/festival/WonderRootFilm
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Mimi Valdes talks about her love for hip-hop, transitioning from the magazine industry to filmmaking and producing the critically recognized movie Dope (2015). A former editor-in-chief at Vibe and Latina magazines, Valdes highlights how she got her start in journalism and what she’s learned as she continues to navigate her career in her current position as Chief Content Officer for i am OTHER. Lastly, Valdes gives some perspective on mentorship and discusses which rappers would be included in her list of Top 5 Dope MCs.
Valdes visited WonderRoot as part Sundance Film Forward, a touring program which introduces a new generation of audiences to the power of story through the exhibition of film and conversations with filmmakers to create greater cultural awareness.
To learn more about Dope, visit:
http://youaredope.com
To learn more about Sundance Film Forward, visit:
http://www2.sundance.org/filmforward/
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Prashant Nair and Swati Shetty talk about their journey to becoming filmmakers and some of the important decisions they made along the way in producing their first project, Umrika, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Nair and Shetty visited WonderRoot as part Sundance Film Forward, a touring program which introduces a new generation of audiences to the power of story through the exhibition of film and conversations with filmmakers to create greater cultural awareness.
To learn more about Umrika, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/Umrika
To learn more about Sundance Film Forward, visit:
http://www2.sundance.org/filmforward/
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Multidisciplinary artist Michaela Pilar Brown discusses her in-process work, "The Mother Wound", ahead of her Black Box presentation at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, how her parents' health challenges have influenced her, and how she has evolved to use her body in her artistic practice. Brown also gives some insight into how her art relates to the trauma suffered by Black female bodies and the notion of bodies as vessels for cultural memory.
To learn more about Michaela Pilar Brown and the Spelman Museum of Fine Art, visit:
http://museum.spelman.edu/events/black-box-michaela-pilar-brown/
http://michaelapilarbrown.com
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Singer/Songwriter Sammy Rosenbaum discusses how he blends jazz, funk and ska influences with writings inspired by ancient Hebrew text to create his distinctive musical approach. Rosenbaum also gives some perspective on what has shaped his journey as an independent artist thus far, and what he's learned along the way.
To learn more about Sammy Rosenbaum, visit http://sammyrosenbaum.com
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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WonderRoot Program Manager Matthew Rosenfeld joins the WonderRoot Podcast to discuss the upcoming season of the WonderRoot CSA. Rosenfeld and WR Communications & Business Manager Floyd Hall discuss the structure of the WonderRoot CSA, the arts & culture community that the CSA seeks to engage with, and what makes this season's collaboration with public art collective Forward Warrior so exciting.To learn more about the WonderRoot CSA, visit:http://www.wonderroot.org/public-programs/wonderroot-csaWonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:http://wonderroot.org http://facebook.com/wonderpage http://twitter.com/wonderroot http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Ceramic Artist Sara Santamaria talks about her journey to Atlanta from her home of Madrid, the importance of geometry and patterns in her work, and how those patterns relate to how individuals adapt to circumstances and form intercultural identities throughout their lives. Sara also sheds some light on what inspires her about Atlanta and how she's growing more connected to the city's Arts & Culture community.To learn more about Sara Santamaria, visit http://sarasantamaria.comWonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:http://wonderroot.org http://facebook.com/wonderpage http://twitter.com/wonderroot http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Designer and Printmaker Lennie Gray Mowris joins the WonderRoot Podcast to discuss her approach to making art, her connection to nature, and how she thinks through really big ideas like her "A Year in Giving" project. Mowris also sheds some light on her youth in Florida, and why proximity to the Dekalb Farmers Market is central to her life right now.
To learn more about Lennie Gray Mowris, visit: https://lenspeace.com
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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In this artist feature special presentation, Atlanta Public Schools students Kelly Scollard, James Hunt, and Tahira Bradley join WonderRoot Program Manager Matthew Rosenfeld and Atlanta Public Schools Fine & Performing Art Coordinator Betsy Eppes to discuss WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE, WonderRoot's inaugural gallery exhibition collaboration with APS. The students share some thoughts on participating in the exhibition and how they currently see themselves as artists, while Eppes and Rosenfeld shed some light on the selection process and the vision for the collaboration between WonderRoot and Atlanta Public Schools. The students were recognized from the exhibition in the following categories:Jury Selects Award: Tahira Bradley, South Atlanta High School, "A Beautiful Mess"WonderRoot Selects Award: James Hunt, North Atlanta High School, "Sa Belle"Audience Choice Award: Kelly Scollard, Grady High School, "ATL Series"To learn more about this exhibit, visit:http://www.wonderroot.org/community-arts-center/wonderroot-gallery/gallery-show-what-a-time-to-be-alive/WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit: http://wonderroot.org http://facebook.com/wonderpage http://twitter.com/wonderroot http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Renee Mussai, curator of Autograph ABP (London), joins the WonderRoot podcast to discuss the "Black Chronicles II" exhibition at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Mussai details the social and political context that surrounds the photography in the exhibit, which highlights representations of black people present in Britain during the Victorian era, as well as the process by which the images were discovered.
This conversation is presented in conjunction with the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, where "Black Chronicles II" is currently on display until May 14, 2016. Special Thanks to Spelman College and the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art for helping produce this conversation.
To learn more about "Black Chronicles II", as well as the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, please visit:
http://museum.spelman.edu/upcoming-events/black-chronicles-ii-opening-reception-vimeo
To learn more about Mussai and her work at Autograph APB, please visit:
http://autograph-abp.co.uk
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Fiber artist Leisa Rich talks about her journey to Atlanta, her earliest days as an artist growing up in Canada, and enjoying the tactile nature of her work. Rich also delves into the different forms she experiments with in her work, how she embraces modern techniques like 3D printing, why she still considers herself an emerging artist.
To learn more about Leisa Rich, please visit: http://monaleisa.com
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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In this special presentation of the WonderRoot Podcast, the Transgression Live Reading Series presents a reprise of its second volume of readings, "Born Under a Bad Sign: Southern Gothic Literature Realized". Co-curators John Carroll and Laura Relyea join Floyd Hall to discuss Transgression's start and how they select themes and the writers/readers who ultimately present the work. The featured artists include Nick Tecosky, Travis Broyles, Cristin Conger, Derek Prall, and Elizabeth Jarrett.
To learn more about Transgression, visit: http://www.deerbearwolf.com/transgression
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org http://facebook.com/wonderpage http://twitter.com/wonderroot http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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WonderRoot Executive Director Chris Appleton joins the podcast to discuss some of the organization's 2015 highlights and the exciting promise of 2016, including the progress on the new WonderRoot Center for Arts & Social Change, a visual re-branding, and a new strategic plan. WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:http://wonderroot.org http://facebook.com/wonderpage http://twitter.com/wonderroot http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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In this far-ranging conversation, Larry Walker discusses some of the critical transitions in his life as an artist, including moving from Georgia to New York as a child, his academic studies in Detroit, and his stint in California before finally settling in Atlanta. Walker also delves into the notion of Black Art and the historical context of his work, as well as what inspires him and how he would like to be remembered.
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Visual Artist Peter Ferrari talks about his early start as a graffiti artist, his background as a Montessori teacher, and his evolving role as an Arts Administrator via his Forward Warrior project. Ferrari also talks about what challenges him as an artist, why he doesn't place too much importance on Social Media feedback, and which public spaces in Atlanta inspire him the most.
Keep up with Peter and Forward Warrior here:
https://instagram.com/peterferrariart
https://instagram.com/forwardwarrior
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Visual Artist Divine Zamir joins the podcast and discusses when she feels most victorious, her love of music, and some of the most important decisions and moments that have impacted her life, including what brought her to Atlanta and the accident that served as the catalyst for her career as a painter.
To learn more about Divine Zamir, please visit: http://wizdivinearts.com
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Photographer Albert Chong joins the WonderRoot Podcast to discuss his early life growing up in Jamaica and some of the important decisions that shaped his 30-year career as he moved to and throughout the United States. Chong also highlights some of the challenges he faced in the art industry as a black artist, and what inspires him to move back to Jamaica in the near future.
This conversation was recorded at the Hammonds House Museum, and is presented in conjunction with their upcoming exhibition, "Absolute Chong":
http://www.hammondshouse.org/absolute-chong---the-work-of-photographer-albert-chong.html
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Artist, Scholar, and Curator Fahamu Pecou stops by to discuss Elevate Atlanta and its current theme: F(orever) I L(ove) A(tl) – F.I.L.A. Pecou also delves into why it was important to highlight the legacy of Atlanta recording artists/producers Organized Noize, and what shaped his curatorial approach in helping bring the event to life.
To learn more about Elevate Atlanta, please visit:
http://www.ocaatlanta.com/?programs=elevate
To learn more about Fahamu Pecou, please visit:
http://www.fahamupecouart.com
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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Mixed Media Artist Howardena Pindell discusses some impactful moments over her life and 50-plus year career, including important moments from her youth in Philadelphia, confronting racism and sexism in the professional art world, working as a curator at the Museum of Modern Art, and why her video "Free, White, and 21" still resonates.
This conversation is presented in conjunction with the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, where Howardena Pindell has a current exhibition on display, and was recorded in the Spelman College Faculty Cloisters. Special Thanks to Spelman College and the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art for helping produce this conversation.
To learn more about Pindell's exhibit, as well as the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, please visit:
http://museum.spelman.edu/exhibitions/howardena-pindell-opens-august-25-2015/
To learn more about Howardena Pindell, please visit:
http://www.garthgreenan.com/artists/howardena-pindell
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:
http://wonderroot.org
http://facebook.com/wonderpage
http://twitter.com/wonderroot
http://instagram.com/wonderroot
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