ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #21: Surviving Now, The Current Arts Workplace and Classroom. There is so much hurt, rage and frustration in the air. Is it ever going to be over? What is the point of all this? Flossie discusses how artists can transform their anxiety and pain into a glory that is shared.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #20: Selfcare as Resistance. Let’s face it, being an artist is hard work. Keeping good mental hygiene is essential to good work and a long and healthy career. Flossie discusses the importance of mentors, avoiding isolation, counselling, strong social supports and other tips for self-care.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #19: Art as Skilled Labor. How many times have you gone to a family event and get teased that you don’t have a “real job”? Flossie discusses the potent contributions artists make to society. Spoiler: We make it just AND ROBUST. That deserves for a second slice of cake.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #18: 5 Fingers of Death (for a Woman’s Career in the Arts). Also known as the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique or Iris Young’s Five Faces of Oppression: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism and violence. Flossie discusses how prevalent they are, and how we resist both as survivors and allies.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #11: What is Anti-Oppressive Arts Practice? The world has changed and so has cultural work. Arts workers and scholars need adaptive skills to thrive. Flossie discusses how Anti-Oppressive Arts practice and tools can take you to the next level of your creative career.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #12: Six Things You Must Accept in the Arts Workplace/Classroom. Prepare yourself for the new arts workplace and classroom. It’s fat-positive, anti-racist, trans inclusive, pro-choice, challenges ableism and is against classism. Flossie discusses why this is a good thing, and how you can transition to be the best kind of ally.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #13: Art and Social Location. Our identity and selfhood are comprised of many working parts that give us different kinds of access in society, and effects how we view information. Flossie discusses how knowing your social location can calibrate your creative work.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #14: Art and Political Correctness. Why is everybody so angry? Why is everything wrong that once was right? It turns out many of us wit white privilege in cultural work have been oblivious to the suffering of our peers. Flossie discusses how we evolve and thrive in this time of change.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #15: The Economics of Being an Artist. Mastering your finances is a necessity to make your creative dollars stretch. Flossie extols some hard-learned tidbits about surviving and thriving in a challenging profession and paying your bills.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #16: Intimacy and Art. What’s okay and not okay to say to colleagues? Is it possible to date our peers in the arts and not be accused of harassment? Flossie discusses some basic skills on developing practical forms of empathy and mindfulness.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #17: Building Community in the Arts. Many behaviours that we’ve been taught as artists are toxic to ourselves and others. We can have healthy, inclusive spaces of joy and excellence. Flossie discusses how our work and our world can only get better when we work together.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #10: Art and Power Most artists learn to live in a perpetual sense of hope and learned helplessness. Flossie discusses how power influences art at the personal, community and societal level and how our sense of our own power can have an effect.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #9: Art vs. Oppression, Who Wins? For many artists it can feel like the work we create has no impact due to the ways many who do not have privilege in society are silenced or ignored. Flossie discusses the powerful ways we as artists can counter and even defeat oppression.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #8: Theory, the Tie That Binds Many people think great arts practice is devoid of theory, while other believe no legitimate arts work is created without it. Flossie discusses what theory is to the practice of art and how it can help or hurt our outcomes.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #7: 13 Essential Tools for Artists The world and arts work have drastically changed. Traditional understandings of arts practice and scholarship are no longer of service. Flossie discusses the 13 Essential Skills artists should master to empower themselves.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #6: Art, The Glorious Struggle? The life of an artist is often challenging, especially if you don’t have white privilege. Flossie discusses how inclusion has made arts work temporarily more complex, but in the long term more extraordinary for everyone.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #5: Art as Knowledge Creation Art isn’t just pretty or interesting, it’s a form of knowledge creation. Flossie discusses the value of artistic outcomes in helping us understand the dynamic ecology of human experience.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #4: Use of Context in Arts Work and Scholarship Knowing the working parts of our arts work and scholarship can help us avoid stepping into the traps of appropriation, colonialism, and exploitation. Flossie discusses the benefits of understanding the material, social, political, economic and cultural components of our selves, our work and our world.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #3: Judgmentalism in Arts Workplaces and Classrooms Many of us feel severe judgement of our selves, and not assessment of our work in arts workplaces and classrooms. Flossie discusses about how this is harmful and outlines some positive tools for change and further excellence in our work and scholarship.

ArtResistanceSurvival The Podcast #2: Creating A Culture of Respect in Arts Workplaces and Classrooms Creating a healthy, inclusive arts workplace and classroom is easier than you think. Flossie discusses how most of us already know how, we just need new and better information about how to do it for the best outcomes.

Now in this time of reckoning and crisis, being an artist seems harder and more futile than ever. Flossie discusses how powerful we are as artists, and why arts work is essential of/to and for the human race.