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Join Kaitlyn as she interviews Minori Hinds, a comedian based in Atlanta, Georgia with loving ties to Asheville, North Carolina. Minori chats with us about her journey as a creative, the perfect audience, and how the quote by Cesar A. Cruz, ‘Art Should Comfort the Disturbed and Disturb the Comfortable.' illustrates her comedic process. Minori's Instagram: @buffoonori Tumblr: minorihinds.tumblr.com Women Imprint is a nonprofit organization that explores the lives and achievements of women creatives throughout history. In this interview series, writer Jana Marlene Mader and art historian Kaitlyn Allen speak to creative women working today. Women Imprint's core mission lies in fostering greater representation of women creatives in the public space. Become a member: https://www.patreon.com/womenimprint Website: www.womenimprint.com Instagram: @WomenImprint
Shana Kaplow is a visual artist working with large-scale, ink-on-paper installation, sculpture, and video. Her images of mass-produced household objects peruse the familiar and the enigmatic confronting a society organized around ever-expanding consumption and exploitation. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and screenings at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Walker Art Center, Asheville Art Museum, Franklin Art Works, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, The Soap Factory, and others. She is the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors, The McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship, the Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, and the Arts Midwest/NEA Artist Fellowship. She was an artist in residence at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, the Red Gate International Artist Residency in Beijing, and the Vermont Studio Center. Kaplow received her MFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in visual studies and her BA from Connecticut College. She lives and works in St. Paul, Minnesota and is a Professor in the Art Department at St. Cloud State University.Show Notes:-Shana’s website and instagram-PBS “Minnesota Original” interview with Shana-“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable” -Cesar A. Cruz* -news on her book coming soon! *THANK YOU FOR LISTENINGSubscribe & leave a review on iTunesHave any questions, comments or guest recommendations? Email me hereLET’S CONNECT:Follow the Process Piece instagramRuby’s instagramSubscribe to the newsletter
Viridiana Hernandez, public policy director at the Center for Neighborhood Leadership, joins us to discuss the Supreme Court's decision to block Obama Administration's executive order on DAPA and DACA. She will tell us what this means to the Latino community and what can still be done. Also joining us will be Bryan Martinez, Carizma Brown and Dr. Cesar A. Cruz. They are in Flint, Michigan, in an effort to distribute clean water to undocumented immigrants.