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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.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!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.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.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. 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).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.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. 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!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.