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Jordan CarlosSeason 4: Episode 13Who says comedy can't be impactful? Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky sit down with the talented and multi-hyphenated Jordan Carlos to explore how humor can serve as a powerful vehicle for social commentary and cultural reflection. Known for his sharp wit and insightful observations, Jordan shares his journey through the comedy landscape, from stand-up stages to writers' rooms and television screens. Join us as we discuss the intersections of laughter and legacy.

Thomas Moore IIISeason 4: Episode 12This week on Art Movez, Thomas Moore III, Executive Director of the American Friends of the Louvre, takes hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kulansky into the international art world. Thomas shares insights on supporting global cultural institutions and the impact of American curators in international art services. Drawing from his extensive experience in nonprofit arts, he offers advice on building a career in prestigious art institutions and contributing diverse perspectives, and claiming your seat at the table.

Baseera KhanSeason 4: Episode 11Baseera Khan, a New York-based visual artist guides Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kulansky through their artistic practice as they focus on abstracting identity from colonial labels and exploring themes of the South Asian diaspora. Discover how their projects, including those on the New York High Line, critique modern structures through a lens of tradition and archival materials. This episode delves into Baseera's unique artistic approach and socio-political insights and how art can be used critique modern structures.

Stephanie DinkinsSeason 4: Episode 10Pioneering artist and educator Stephanie Dinkins joins Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky for an enlightening discussion on the intersections of art, artificial intelligence, and social justice. Recognized for their groundbreaking work in creating AI-driven art that addresses issues of race, gender, and aging, Stephanie shares insights into the evolving relationship between technology and humanity.

Coby KennedySeason 4: Episode 9Art Movez hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kulansky are joined by multidisciplinary artist Coby Kennedy, who brings his unique perspective and mix of materials to convey dystopian realities to public audiences. Coby discusses his global experiences, from being raised in the Black Arts Movement, designing cars in Japan, to studying art in Paris. He draws inspiration from the good, bad, and neutral experiences that come from living and traveling as a Black person in the contemporary age.

NDI Dream Project | Kay GaynerSeason 4: Episode 8Join Art Movez hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kulansky as they welcome Kay Gayner, Artistic Director of the National Dance Institute, and Dr. Agnes McConlogue Ferro, co-creator of The DREAM Project. They discuss their mission to revolutionize arts education by collaborating with NYC schools and creating dynamic, inclusive teaching techniques that expands access to high-quality art programs and honors NDI's founder, Jacques d'Amboise. Learn how they're ensuring that every child, regardless of ability, has the opportunity to explore their imagination through programs tailored to celebrate the achievements of every child.

Denise Rosario AduseiSeason 4: Episode 7Denise Rosario Adusei, Executive Director of the Bronx Children's Museum and author, joins Art Movez hosts Eli Kulansky and Toni Williams to discuss community-centric representation in the arts and children's education in the diverse borough of the Bronx. She highlights initiatives like the Book Bodega and shares how her experiences as an Afrolatina immigrant shape her work in creating educational spaces that celebrate children, reinvent the concept of children's museums, and promote their growth in a borough that often lacks funding.

Sara ReismanSeason 4: Episode 6In this episode of Art Movez, co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kulansky sit down with trailblazer and curator Sara Reisman, Chief Curator and Director of National Academician Affairs at the National Academy of Design. Tune in as Sara shares the history of the National Academy of Design, its commitment to contemporary exhibits and programming, and its role in educating the next generation of artists.

Sean DecaturSeason 4: Episode 5Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of Art Movez speak with Sean Decatur, the Director of the American Museum of Natural History. With a background in biochemistry and a distinguished career in higher education, Decatur brings a fresh perspective to one of the world's leading scientific and cultural institutions. In this episode, Decatur shares his vision for the museum's future, focusing on inclusivity, innovative exhibitions, and community engagement, and how the museum can serve as a catalyst for Heidsutocarytion and social change.

Kendal HenrySeason 4: Episode 4Take a journey with Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they delve into the transformative power of public art with renowned artist and curator Kendal Henry. In this episode, we explore the vibrant world of urban canvases and the profound impact they have on communities. Kendal shares his insights on the intersection of art, public spaces, and social change, drawing from his extensive experience in creating art projects that breathe life into cities.

Chrissie IlesSeason 4: Episode 3In this episode of Art Movez Podcast, hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky sit down with Chrissie Iles, the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. With a career spanning decades, Chrissie has significantly shaped the contemporary art landscape, co-curating notable Whitney Biennials and major exhibitions. Join us as we explore her insights on the evolving role of art in today's society and the transformative power of artistic dialogue.

Indira EtwarooSeason 4: Episode 2What does it mean to thrive in the arts? Dr. Indira Etwaroo, CEO and Artistic Director of Harlem Stage, joins Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kulansky to discuss equality within art institutions, how these institutions can resonate with their communities, and the vulnerabilities of sharing art. Discover the intersection of creativity and functionality in institutions of color and how their leaders navigate an unequal playing field.

Tony GerberSeason 4: Episode 1In this episode of The Art Movez podcast, hosts Toni WIlliams and Eli Kuslansky welcome renowned filmmaker Tony Gerber, co-director of "War Game," to explore the art of documentary storytelling. With a distinguished career that delves into the human experience, Tony shares his insights and creative journey, offering a unique perspective on the craft of filmmaking. Join us for an inspiring conversation that highlights the power of visual storytelling.

Take a journey with Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as we explore the urgent questions of humanity, love, and the perils and promise of artificial intelligence with K.B. Miller and Teressa Tunney through their Star-Studded Audio Thriller, Spark Hunter, a riveting sci-fi series that centers on the world's most advanced AI. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Who says energy generation can't be beautiful? Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, and Eli Kuslansky talk with Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian about how The Land Art Generator Initiative presents innovative designs of renewable energy infrastructures as public art. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky and guest co-host Dr. Durell Cooper talks with Edwin Torres, the President and CEO of Grantmakers in the Arts, a national association of funders that make grants to artists and arts organizations. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Dr. David Kirkland brings the heat to Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky, and guest host Dr. Durell Cooper. As a leading national scholar and advocate, Kirkland shares his compelling personal narrative of growing up in inner-city Detroit and securing himself firmly in academia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky, and guest co-host Dr. Durell Cooper talk with Russell Granet, president & CEO of New 42, the cultural nonprofit behind New 42 Studios. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky talk with Maxwell L. Anderson, president of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the work of African American artists from the South. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Playwright James Sheldon talks with Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky, and guest co-host Dr. Durrell Cooper about his play "Reparations". James is the first white playwright to have had his work produced by The Billie Holiday Theater in Brooklyn. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

The Greater Roxbury Arts & Culture Center's newly appointed president and CEO, Taneshia Nash Laird speaks with Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky. Laird served as the president and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall and is renowned for her excellent accomplishments in organizational transformation and strategic visioning. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky speak with Brooklyn Academy's first African American female president, Gina Duncan, about the prospects for the oldest performing arts center in the country. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky talk with Karen Brooks Hopkins, president emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where she worked for thirty-six years, including sixteen as its president. In her book, Bam… and Then it Hit Me, Hopkins paints a realistic and fascinating picture of this venerable institution. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

With an annual budget of almost $200 million, New York City has the largest cultural budget in the USA. Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky, and guest host Dr. Durell Cooper, speak with Commissioner Laurie Cumbo about her investment strategy and programs for artists and arts programs in NYC. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Architect of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and one of the world's most regarded African American poets, Nikki Giovanni speaks with Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky, and guest co-host Dr. Durell Cooper. Named one of Oprah's 25 Living Legends, Nikki's work covers a range of topics like race and social issues. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

rt Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky speak with the iconic Lynn Nottage, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright for Ruined in 2009 and Sweat in 2017, making her the first and currently the only woman to win twice and Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2019. Nottage speaks about her work and process, which are focused on the experiences of black working-class people with a keen focus on women. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky celebrate the 50th Anniversary of hip-hop with artist Sherwin Banfield with his A Cypher in Queens celebration of hip-hop culture and the unique artistry of three fallen hip-hop icons: Jam Master Jay, Phife Dawg, and Prodigy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky welcome guest co-host Dr. Durell Cooper, creator and host of the web series Flow and Frequency podcast. Dr. Cooper, a hip-hop scholar, talks about the 50th anniversary of hip-hop while inspiring historically marginalized groups to push past sustainability into thrivability. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky co-host of Art Movez talk with Wes Jackson the President of BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn about his passion, inspiration, and strategy as he takes on leading this major multi-disciplinary, cultural asset in Brooklyn. Programs include the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival and the New York Emmy Award-winning BRIC TV. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky co-creators of Art Movez to hear their "Points of View" on why they created this platform. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they talk with Artistic Director Nigel Smith who is shifting leadership paradigms through changing hierarchal structures that have been the pillars of Art and Culture institutions. Smith challenges these practices by dismantling these structures to usher in a new era of diversity and inclusion and interrupt status quo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky with NEW INC's new leader Salome Asega. Who talks about how she landed at New Inc. and her vision for the future of this incubator for people working at the intersection of art, design, and technology. It's for those who have new ideas and are looking for ways to make them a reality. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they discuss the program and services of Eyebeam with Kemi Sidjuwade-Ukadike. Eyebeam is a powerhouse for artists' ideas by providing practitioners with financial support, tools, mentorship, project management, and visibility. Learn how their incubator of nascent ideas can actualize into projects or even evolve into catalysts, subverting the status quo and serving as radical change agents. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they talk with Salem Tsegaye of New York Community Trust about the first-of-its-kind collaborative that aims to provide more equitable funding for African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) arts groups in New York City has awarded $4.5 million in grants. The Mosaic Network and Fund in The New York Community Trust, a collaboration between 19 foundations, recently committed $4.5 million to fund 27 arts groups that are led by, created for, and accountable to ALAANA people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kulsanksy as we talk with Harrison Tyler as he opens Cooper Union's new Digital Fabrication Lab, which augments experimentation, innovation and collaboration amongst faculty and students at Cooper Union. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

The creative sector accounts for 13 percent of the city's economic output. One out of every eight dollars of economic activity in the city - $110 billion in 2017 - can be traced directly or indirectly. More than 239,000 are employed in this sector as well. Still, when it comes to advocating for 150,000 segments of this economy that identify as cultural workers there are limitations on their voices. Lucy Sexton of NYers for Art & Culture takes on this role with fervor on this installment of Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they talk with Traci Lester executive director of the Center for Fiction about the programs and services offered by the center, and how they nurture established and emerging authors. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they speak candidly with Melody Capote who interrogates the charity-based philanthropic funding of the Arts. Melody speaks truth to power as she amplifies voices that are demanding the dismantling of racist systems that have perpetuated inequities in the Arts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams, and Artists Cey Adams, Victor "Marka" Quinonez and Liza Quinonez as they talk about the Murals for the Movement a public art initiative curated by their company Street Theory Gallery, aimed to activate the Downtown Brooklyn and Dumbo communities with three large-scale uplifting and impactful murals that inspire a sense of connectivity and pride, while sparking conversations around racial and social justice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they talk with Okwui Opokwasili as she discusses multidisciplinary performance pieces that draw viewers into the interior lives of women of color, particularly those of African and African American women, whose stories have long been overlooked and rendered invisible. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they talk to Tommy Safian of Opportunity Justice. Tommy talks Opportunity Justice an organization he launched to help amplify the power of entrepreneurship in the economic, criminal, and social justice arena. His work focuses on helping those who have been discarded reclaim their lives through the process of "making-creating." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky for their riveting discussion with Shaun Leonardo about his practice that negotiates societal expectations of manhood, and its definitions around black and brown masculinities, while interrogating its notions of achievement, collective identity, and experience of failure. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Brett Littman Director of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Long Island City, curator, art critic, essayist among the many hats he wears speaks with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of Art Movez for an engaging conversation on his work in the art and culture space. Littman has personally curated more than twenty and overseen more than seventy-five exhibitions over the last decade dealing with visual art, outsider art, craft, design, architecture, dance, poetry, music, science, and literature. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Joe MacDonald is a Canadian-born American architect, researcher, and professor. He is most known for his work on The Bone Wall, The Water Planet and Johnson & Johnson's Olympic Games Pavilion. He founded Urban A&O, a design firm in 2002 and serves as its principal. Eli Kuslansky and Toni Williams speak with Joe on parametric modeling software combined with digital fabrication to produce complex sculptural and geometrical forms on this episode of Art Movez. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Art at its core is a form of self-expression which informs and defines life and culture. Rasu Jilani is an independent curator, cultural producer, and social sculptor, who investigates the intersections between art, culture, and civic engagement as a method of raising critical consciousness. The main objective of his work is to catalyze interaction between artists, cultural institutions, the local community and the wider public, to promote cultural awareness and artistic literacy to diverse communities through exhibitions, public programs, community dialogues and festivals. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Toni Williams and Eli Kuslanksy of Art Movez speak with Dr. Raymond Codrington, a cultural anthropologist with roots in the Hip Hop movement who shares his insights on what the Cultural center means to the community and beyond. Weaving an economic development narrative that centers on black entrepreneurism, Weeksville is a beacon for black determination, and wealth creation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Lisa Gold, Executive Director of the Asian American Artist Alliance, aka A4 as she breaks down the animosity toward the Asian American community in a time where discrimination and the manifestation of violence is at its highest. Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky talk with Lisa as she shares her strategy to heighten public awareness of issues that need to be addressed for change to happen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of Art Movez engage in a thoughtful and compelling conversation on how art inspires, and changes community with Kemi IIesanmi. Listen to the Executive Director of the Laundromat Project, talk about her mission to create a world where artists and creativity are the driving force for positive change. Learn the origins of the Laundromat Project and how she creates a platform for amplifying the arts for all voices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

The Brooklyn Arts Council continues to be a stalwart leader and supporter of artists and arts organizations for over 50 years. Hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky talk with Executive Director of the Brooklyn Arts Council Charlotte Cohen, and Desire Gordon, Director of Program Strategy, about the relevance of today's art councils. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

With new innovations and expanding platforms for the arts and culture, Downtown Brooklyn continues to evolve into a nexus, and mosaic of cultural and ethnic diversity. Regina Myer, President of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, joins Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of ArtMovez to talk about how Downtown Brooklyn has transformed into a vibrant, cultural, and residential and thriving commercial space. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support

Music speaks to people in ways that last generations, and seeps into our hearts and minds. Listen to the extraordinarily talented, and prolific singer/songwriter Martha Redbone as she speaks with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of ArtMovez on how her journey through music established who she is and how it keeps a legacy alive making stories that shape and heal perspectives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/toni-williams72/support