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In this episode of BioTalk, host Rich Bendis is joined by Amitabh Varshney, Dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences and a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park. Together, they explore the groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence and health computing driven by the University of Maryland (UMD). Dean Varshney discusses the launch of the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM) earlier this year. He shares insights into the vision behind AIM, the strategic hiring of new faculty, the allocation of seed grants, and the development of academic programs in AI, all solidifying UMD's position as a leader in this rapidly evolving field. The conversation also delves into the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC), which recently marked its two-year anniversary. Dean Varshney highlights the institute's achievements, including its partnerships with organizations like the FDA and NIH, patent submissions, and collaborations with AstraZeneca and 20/20 Gene Systems. He explains how UM-IHC's efforts are reshaping the intersection of health and technology. Rich and Dean Varshney discuss UMD's commitment to innovation and its role in tackling national challenges through interdisciplinary education, cutting-edge research, and collaborations with industry partners, government agencies, and research institutions. They also reflect on the university's integral role within the BioHealth Capital Region and its contribution to advancing scientific discovery, economic growth, and regional leadership in biotech and health innovation. Tune in to hear how UMD's focus on AI and health computing is shaping the future of education, research, and collaboration. Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Amitabh Varshney is Dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences and a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park. Varshney is currently exploring applications of virtual and augmented reality in several areas, including education, healthcare, and telemedicine. His research focuses on exploring the applications of high-performance visualization in engineering, science, and medicine. He has worked on a number of research areas including visual saliency, summarization of large visual datasets, and visual computing for big data. He has served in various roles in the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee, including as its Chair (2008–12). He received the IEEE Visualization Technical Achievement Award in 2004. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a member of the IEEE Visualization Academy.

This is the second half of my recent conversation with author Doug Reside, whose fascinating new book is titled Fixing The Musical — How Technologies Shaped the Broadway Repertory. Today, Doug shares with us how cast recordings, movie versions, and even illegal bootlegs on YouTube have shaped the American musical as an art form and defined the Broadway repertory as we know it. If you missed part one you may want to catch up with that before listening to this one. And of course, many listeners to this podcast will know Doug from his day job as Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division at the NYPL for the Performing Arts. Reside joined NYPL in 2011 first as the digital curator for the performing arts before assuming his current position in 2014. Prior to joining NYPL, Reside served on the directorial staff of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland. He has published and spoken on topics related to theater history, literature, and digital humanities, and has managed several large grant-funded projects on these topics. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Kentucky. How to become a PATRON of Broadway Nation! This podcast is made possible in part by the generous support of our Patron Club Members, including long-time patron Carl Baldasso. For just $7.00 a month, you will receive exclusive access to never-before-heard, unedited versions of many of the discussions that I have with my guests — in fact, I often record nearly twice as much conversation as ends up in the edited versions. You will also have access to additional in-depth discussions with my frequent co-host, Albert Evans, that have not been featured on the podcast. All patrons receive special “on-air” shout-outs and acknowledgment of your vital support of this podcast. And if you are very enthusiastic about Broadway Nation, there are additional PATRON levels that come with even more benefits. If you would like to support the work of Broadway Nation and receive these exclusive member benefits, please just click on this link: https://broadwaynationpodcast.supercast.tech/ Thank you in advance for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past century, thousands of musicals have opened on Broadway. Why do we remember some and not others? My guest this week is Doug Reside, the author of a very interesting new book: Fixing The Musical — How Technologies Shaped the Broadway Repertory.  In this conversation, Doug shares with us how the printed versions of the scripts, cast recordings, movie versions, and even illegal bootlegs on YouTube have shaped the American musical as an art form and defined the Broadway repertory as we know it. This book is filled with fascinating research, which might be expected since, in his day job, Doug Reside is the Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division at the NYPL for the Performing Arts. Reside joined NYPL in 2011 first as the digital curator for the performing arts before assuming his current position in 2014. Prior to joining NYPL, Reside served on the directorial staff of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland. He has published and spoken on topics related to theater history, literature, and digital humanities, and has managed several large grant-funded projects on these topics. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Kentucky. How to become a PATRON of Broadway Nation! This podcast is made possible in part by the generous support of our Patron Club Members, including long-time patron Kelly Allen. For just $7.00 a month, you will receive exclusive access to never-before-heard, unedited versions of many of the discussions that I have with my guests — in fact, I often record nearly twice as much conversation as ends up in the edited versions. You will also have access to additional in-depth discussions with my frequent co-host, Albert Evans, that have not been featured on the podcast. All patrons receive special “on-air” shout-outs and acknowledgment of your vital support of this podcast. And if you are very enthusiastic about Broadway Nation, there are additional PATRON levels that come with even more benefits. If you would like to support the work of Broadway Nation and receive these exclusive member benefits, please just click on this link: https://broadwaynationpodcast.supercast.tech/ Thank you in advance for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preaching for the Second Sunday of Advent, Colleen McCahill offers a reflection on "preparing the way" in our own time and place: "What will we do, this Lukan Advent, to prepare a way in the desert? We will see and seek reasons to rejoice, and we will share them. We will keep kindling even the smallest, and most domestic lights. And in our time and our place, we will be true partners in the Gospel." Colleen McCahill has served as the Pastoral Associate for St. Vincent de Paul Church in downtown Baltimore, Maryland for nine years. There, she supports the parish life of a community devoted to worship and to service. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, a Master of Arts in Theology with a concentration in spirituality, and a Master of Arts in Church Ministries, both from St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute, Baltimore. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/12082024 to learn more about Colleen, to read her preaching text and for more preaching from Catholic women.

Dr. Rita Colwell is a pioneering scientist and professor at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins who has made groundbreaking contributions to microbiology and public health. She joins AMSEcast to discuss her experiences being the first woman to lead the National Science Foundation as well as her advanced research on Vibrio bacteria and cholera while founding CosmosID to improve rapid pathogen detection. During the 2001 anthrax attacks, she led a cross-agency effort to identify the spores, revolutionizing DNA sequencing techniques. Overcoming sexism early in her career, Dr. Colwell's achievements are detailed in A Lab of One's Own.     Guest Bio Rita Colwell is a Distinguished University Professor with an appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. Colwell is one of the world's leading researchers of cholera—a waterborne disease estimated by the World Health Organization to strike three to five million people annually, many of them young children. Her efforts to track and predict cholera outbreaks are multi-faceted, combining bioinformatics with the pioneering use of satellite imaging. She was one of the first scientists to employ remote sensing for disease prediction, as well as recognize the impact of climate change on the waterborne microbial world.     Show Notes (0:35) About Dr. Rita Colwell (1:52) Dr. Colwell's irritation at people saying we need to interest more women in science (2:49) How Rita dealt with overt sexism and still found the determination to keep moving forward (3:56) What lead Dr. Colwell to marine biology and focus on Vibrio (6:20) How she ended up at the University of Maryland (9:31) Rita's groundbreaking work on cholera and obstacles in getting her findings accepted (15:03) How long it took the professional world for her findings to be accepted (18:49) Dr. Colwell's work as the director of the National Science Foundation (21:39) The role she played in the response to the 2001 anthrax attacks (26:03) The prospects for women in the business world (28:58) The cost of persistent sexism (30:41) Rita's thoughts on how to advance women in the science and business worlds (33:40) What's next for Dr. Colwell     Links Referenced A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science: https://www.amazon.com/Lab-Ones-Own-Personal-Journey/dp/1501181270

Last Friday, the nation's youngest HBCU president was formally installed – and it happened right here in Louisiana. That's right, Dr. Martin Lemelle, Jr. became the president of Grambling State University. Dr. Lemelle previously served as executive vice president and CFO at the Maryland Institute of Art, Executive Vice President and COO at Grambling, and holds multiple degrees that demonstrate his commitment to innovation and leadership. He joined us to discuss his journey to this historic appointment.The City of New Orleans recently released its findings from the 2024 Music Census. The goal of the study was to gain insight into the city's music ecosystem to bring about meaningful change that will support the city's music economy. Julie Heath, the policy & outreach manager with the New Orleans Office of Nighttime Economy, breaks down the study and its findings. Back in June,we brought you our four-part series, Road to Rickwood, that looked at the intersection of baseball and civil rights at America's oldest ballpark, Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. One of the main guests on the podcast was former Negro Leaguer Reverend Bill Greason. And while he is best remembered as a teammate of Willie Mays on the Birmingham Black Barons  – and being the first Black pitcher signed to the Cardinals – that's only a small part of his story. Greason recently celebrated his 100th birthday at a party at Rickwood Field. The Gulf States Newsroom's Joseph King brings us this report.___Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schrieber. Matt Bloom and Aubry Procell are assistant producers. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, Google Play and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. On this Episode, Emily chats with Alma Landeta, an artist whose work centers on queer and trans representation. Alma shares their background, including their education at the Maryland Institute, their move to Oakland, and current residency at the Palo Alto Art Center. They discuss their unique approach to portraiture, aiming to build a reflective relationship with their subjects. The episode also highlights Alma's involvement in the LGBTQAI+ community through various projects, including a mural at the San Francisco LGBT center and a show at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. Alma reflects on their inspirations, upbringing, and the significant impact of an influential college teacher. Alma also shares insights on their journey towards embracing their identity as an artist and how they aim to provide hope and comfort to marginalized communities through their work.About Artist Alma Landeta:Alma Landeta (they/them) is a mixed-race, Cuban American, queer multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work seeks to build community through the exploration of intersectional identities. They make art about the importance of bodily autonomy for queer and trans people through drawings, paintings, and installations.Landeta received a Masters of Arts from MICA. They have shown work nationally and internationally through solo exhibitions, group shows, and artist residencies. Alma was the 2022 Homebody Fellow at Ma's House, and 2020-2022 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellow at Root Division. They sit on the Board of Directors as Studio Artist Representative for Root Division.Visit Alma's  Website:  StudioLandeta.comFollow Alma  on Instagram:  @Alma.LandetaFor more info on Alma's exhibits: Resonantly Me and the 2024 King Artist Residency--About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com

Join us for an episode of BioTalk with Rich Bendis featuring Dr. Bradley Maron, Senior Associate Dean for Precision Medicine and Executive Co-Director of the University of Maryland-Institute for Health Computing at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. With his extensive background in cardiovascular research and precision medicine, Dr. Maron offers a wealth of knowledge and innovative perspectives.   In this episode, Dr. Maron shares his professional journey, discussing his various roles at the University of Maryland and what drew him to the region. He provides a comparative analysis of the ecosystems in Boston/Harvard and Maryland/University of Maryland, highlighting the unique attributes and opportunities within each.   Dr. Maron introduces the Institute for Health Computing (IHC), explaining its creation, mission, and strategic partnerships with the University System of Maryland and Montgomery County. He outlines the significance of data science in improving health and wellness, addressing its increasing role and challenges.   We learn about the IHC's approach to bringing learning and healthcare directly to communities, illustrated by an example of their methodology: analyze, innovate, prevent, treat, and adapt. Dr. Maron discusses how the IHC aims to become an economic driver for the University System of Maryland, the state, the BioHealth Capital Region, and the nation, fostering startups, spinouts, commercialization efforts, and entrepreneurial activities.   Dr. Maron outlines the Institute's ambitious goals for the first five years and the range of services to be provided. He also details the decision to establish the IHC in Montgomery County, describing its new facilities and the county's supportive role.   Tune in to BioTalk for an informative discussion with Dr. Bradley Maron as we explore the future of precision medicine and the impactful work of the Institute for Health Computing.  

Preaching for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Terresa M. Ford offers a reflection on God's unconditional love: "God is love and only love. God loves us with a faithful love and desires that we remain close to him. This is a love that defies reason and never gives up on us. God never changes God's mind about loving us." Terresa M. Ford, M.Div., MFA is a hospice chaplain and an Ignatian spiritual director. A graduate of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and the Maryland Institute of Art, Teresa has written for Jesuitprayer.org, the Black Catholic Messenger and offered Contemplatios for Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center in Sandy Springs, Georgia. She is a member of Assisi Community, a Catholic community dedicated to the works of non-violence and social justice, based in Washington DC. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/06092024 to learn more about Terresa, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March caused some environmental advocates to worry about potential impacts on marine life and ecosystem of the Patapsco River. But concerns surrounding pollution and environmental hazards near the port predate the bridge collapse. Communities near Baltimore's port have long expressed concerns about pollution in their neighborhoods. Dr. Sacoby Wilson is an environmental justice advocate who oversees projects in Curtis Bay and Turner Station, two neighborhoods near the port. Wilson is a Professor with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health. He is also the director of the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH), and the host of My Block Counts, a podcast that explores the environmental issues that impact Maryland. The podcast is produced in cooperation with WYPR. (Photo by Kristen Mosbrucker, WYPR)Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

Host Luisa Lyons chats with Doug Reside, curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division at the New York Public Library and author of Fixing the Musical: How Technology Shaped the Broadway Repertory, which looks at how the musicals that we remember, and the ones that are  the most performed, are the musicals that were able to use the technologies of their time such as cast recordings, sheet music, and video, to document and share the work with those who would never see the original production on stage.Doug shares his background in English and Computer Science, the challenges of preserving theatre history and the challenges of digital preservation, and we dive into his book Fixing the Musical and the fascinating history behind filming Broadway for public distribution, what needs to happen to make film recordings as ubiquitous as cast recordings, and how you can access the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public Library! Doug Reside is the Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and manages all aspects of the division's collections and public services. He joined NYPL in 2011 first as the digital curator for the performing arts before assuming his current position in 2014. Prior to joining NYPL, Reside served on the directorial staff of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Kentucky.SHOW LINKSFixing the Musical: How Technology Shaped the Broadway Musical (The below are affiliate links and as an associate, Filmed Live Musicals may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made through these links at no extra cost to you.)Amazon - https://amzn.to/3sfEWwf Bookshop.org - https://bookshop.org/a/83967/9780190073725 Support the showFilmed Live Musicals is where musicals come home. Use the searchable database to find musicals filmed on stage to watch from the comfort of your living room! Visit www.filmedlivemusicals.com to learn more. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. You can also support the site at Patreon. Patrons get early access to the podcast and site content, no matter how much you pledge. Become a Patron today!Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons, an Australian actor, writer, and musician. Luisa holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

In this episode of the Black Health 365 podcast, Jackie and Britt are joined by Dr. Esa Davis, a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force member. Dr. Davis is a professor of medicine and family and community medicine and holds the positions of Associate Vice President for community health and senior dean of population and community medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. During the podcast, Dr. Davis explains the importance of the US Preventive Services Task Force for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. She shares how screenings can help diagnose hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia and hypertension. The nationwide initiative can assist expectant mothers and decrease the black maternal death rate in our community. Jackie and Britt hope this information will inspire our community to learn about the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendations and seek medical attention sooner during pregnancy. Dr. Esa Davis is a Task Force member and a professor of medicine and family and community medicine, the associate vice president for community health, and the senior associate dean of population and community medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is the lead health equity strategist for the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing. Dr. Davis is also the director of the Transforming Biomedical Research and Academic Faculty Through Leadership Opportunities, Training, and Mentorship (TRANSFORM) program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Welcome to episode 70 of I Like Art Podcast! Host Sara Glupker is honored and so excited to share this interview with her former college Professor Cat Crotchett of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Learn about how Cat Crotchett pursued her calling for art, how she balances her time in the studio, being a full-time professor, motherhood and life, and hear her advice for anyone who is considering a career in the arts. This conversation will not only help you learn more about this incredibly talented contemporary artist, but it will also inspire you to follow your creative pursuits and honor those creative nudges.  Thank you so much for tuning in to this week's episode and please check out all of the links below to get to know Cat more, see her amazing art, and find ways to connect.  About the artist: Cat Crotchett has been a professional artist for over 30 years. In her paintings, she uses patterns to vividly represent human emotions and experience, and to convey not just beauty but tension. Her current work represents an intersection of information, emotion and physical limitations. The patterns and colors inhabit spaces that are similar, but not the same- suggesting multiple realities in the same composition. Each composition is engaged in some form of conflict, suggesting our shared moment in American history, our creative resilience, and transformative struggles.  Cat has been a regular presenter and instructor at the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and has taught painting workshops in the United States and in Indonesia.  Cat earned BFAs in Painting and Art History from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and an MFA in Art from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. She has an extensive exhibition record that includes solo exhibitions at Vanderbilt University, the University of Illinois Chicago, the Maryland Institute of Art and Barbaran Segaragunung Gallery in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. In addition, she has a considerable record of international and national group exhibitions, has been recognized through various grants and has been a fellow at several artist colonies- including a 2022 Golden Foundation for the Arts experimental residency. Her work is represented in numerous private and public collections. She was the 2021 Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Western Michigan University, and 2015 College of Fine Arts Roehrick Distinguished Professor also at WMU. She teaches painting in the Gwen Frostic School of Art. Cat lives and works in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is represented by Addington Gallery in Chicago, IL.    Connect with this episode's featured artist Cat Crotchett here:  Website: https://catcrotchett.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cat.crotchett Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catcrotchettart/   You can watch this podcast interview here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yoFxID_g20s    Things mentioned during the episode: Kalamazoo Art League: https://kalamazooartleague.org/   Follow I Like Art Podcast on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ilikeart.podcast/   Find Sara Glupker- Podcast host here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saraglupker Website: https://www.saraglupkerart.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaraStrongGlupkerArtist

Prepare to be captivated as Future City 88.1 WYPR embarks on a journey to reveal Baltimore's hidden narratives. In this extraordinary episode, our distinguished guests, including the insightful Kate Drabinski from Baltimore Heritage, the thought-provoking author and Maryland Institute of Art professor Mikita Brottman, and the acclaimed sports journalist and author William Rhoden, come together to shine a spotlight on the untold stories that have shaped Baltimore's unique identity. Explore the city's rich history, culture, and untapped treasures in this compelling radio show/podcast. Links to visit:   http://www.mikitabrottman.com https://gwst.umbc.edu/kate-drabinski/ https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/william-c-rhoden/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Sedwick was born and raised in Cleveland, OH where her father was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra. She graduated with a BFA from The Maryland Institute, College of Art. After school, Sarah worked as a waitress and watered plants to make ends meet and took a break from art. In 2007, she moved to Oregon where she has her studio and runs an Online Art Mentorship Program and now divides her time with traveling to teach workshops on still life painting in oils. Sarah describes her style of oil painting still life and portraiture as Loose Realism—her paintings explore the undercurrents of meaning we impart to the objects around us. She sells between 50-100 paintings a year and her paintings are now signed with just her last name but as Sarah explains there was a time she would use only her initials so as to hide her gender. Sarah is the author of Dynamic Still Life for Artists, published in November 2022.Host: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosInstagram: @theaartpodcast @sarahsedwickstudioThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4769409/advertisement

Ep.162 features Hank Willis Thomas (b. 1976 Plainfield, NJ). He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY as a conceptual artist working primarily with themes related to perspective, identity, commodity, media, and popular culture. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and abroad including the International Center of Photography, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Musée du quai Branly, Hong Kong Arts Centre and the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art. His collaborative projects include Question Bridge: Black Males; In Search Of The Truth (The Truth Booth); The Writing on the Wall; The Gun Violence Memorial Project; and For Freedoms, an artist-led organization that models and increases creative civic engagement, discourse & direct action. Thomas is a recipient of the Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship (2019), The Guggenheim Fellowship (2018), AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize (2017), Soros Equality Fellowship (2017), Aperture West Book Prize (2008), Renew Media Arts Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation (2007), and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award (2006). He is a former member of the Public Design Commission for the City of New York. Thomas's public artworks include the permanent installation of “The Embrace” (2023) was unveiled at the Boston Commons in Boston, MA, symbolizing love and unity the statue pays hommage to the King family; Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King, in the city where they met. “REACH,” (2023 made in collaboration with Coby Kennedy, is permanently installed at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, IL. In 2019, Thomas unveiled his permanent work "Unity" in Brooklyn, NY. In 2017, “Love Over Rules” permanent neon was unveiled in San Francisco, CA and “All Power to All People” in Opa Locka, FL. Thomas holds a B.F.A. from New York University, New York, NY (1998) and an M.A./M.F.A. from the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA (2004). He received honorary doctorates from the Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD and the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Portland, ME in 2017. Headshot~ Hank Willis Thomas, Wide Awakes, 2020 Photo Credit: Jeff Vespa Artist https://hankwillisthomas.com/ Mass Design Group https://massdesigngroup.org/work/design/embrace-hank-willis-thomas Pace Gallery https://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/hank-willis-thomas-ive-known-rivers/ The Art Newspaper https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/16/hank-willis-thomas-martin-luther-king-jr-monument-boston NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/arts/super-bowl-sculpture-hank-willis-thomas.html Tisch https://tisch.nyu.edu/giving/news/nyu-tisch-school-of-the-arts-to-honor-conceptual-artist-hank-wil Art21 https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s11/hank-willis-thomas-in-bodies-of-knowledge/ Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/792677/hank-willis-thomas-memorializes-mlk-and-coretta-scott-kings-love/ Newcity https://www.newcity.com/2023/05/02/today-in-the-culture-may-2-2023-one-poem-one-chicago-hank-willis-thomas-and-coby-kennedy-reach-at-ohare-the-failure-of-the-nonprofit-industrial-complex/ Artnet News https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hank-willis-thomas-nfl-super-bowl-sculpture-2255436 Archpaper https://www.archpaper.com/2023/02/hank-willis-thomas-debuts-new-sculpture-at-super-bowl/ Ocula https://ocula.com/magazine/art-news/hank-willis-thomas-sculpture-the-embrace/ Time Magazine https://time.com/6249068/martin-luther-king-sculpture-hank-willis-thomas-interview/ Cultured Mag https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2023/05/17/hank-willis-thomas-duality-miami Palm Beach Daily News https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/2023/01/19/mlk-sculpture-boston-embrace-hank-willis-thomas-coretta-scott-king/69822342007/

Sarah Sedwick was born and raised in Cleveland, OH where her father was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra. She graduated with a BFA from The Maryland Institute, College of Art. After school, Sarah worked as a waitress and watered plants to make ends meet and took a break from art. In 2007, she moved to Oregon where she has her studio and runs an Online Art Mentorship Program and now divides her time with traveling to teach workshops on still life painting in oils. Sarah describes her style of oil painting still life and portraiture as Loose Realism—her paintings explore the undercurrents of meaning we impart to the objects around us. She sells between 50-100 paintings a year and her paintings are now signed with just her last name but as Sarah explains there was a time she would use only her initials so as to hide her gender. Sarah is the author of Dynamic Still Life for Artists, published in November 2022. Host: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell Studios@theaartpodcast @sarahsedwickstudio on InstagramPlease leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcast as that improves our ranking and helps other find the show.

In this episode of the Truth in this Art podcast, host Rob Lee sits down with E. Brady Robinson, a Baltimore-based Creative Director, Designer, and Photographer. Robinson shares how she divides her time between personal art projects and commissioned work, providing valuable insights into the creative process and the challenges of balancing artistic vision with commercial demands.Listeners will learn about Robinson's photography career, which includes features in prestigious publications such as The Washington Post, Channel One Russia TV, and Slate.com, among others. She has also produced a documentary called Art Desks, which was published by Daylight Books and distributed by ARTBOOK D.A.P, with an essay by Andy Grundberg.Robinson's commercial clients include major brands such as Under Armour, Google, and Barneys New York, and she has taught at several institutions including the University of Central Florida, Georgetown University, and the Corcoran College of Art + Design. She leads photography workshops throughout the United States and gives seminars on publishing photo books, fundraising for art projects, and branding/social media strategies for artists.During the interview, Robinson shares her experiences as a photographer and professor, providing valuable insights into the world of fine art and commercial photography. Listeners will also learn about her background, including her education at The Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and her MFA in photography from Cranbrook Art Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.This interview is a must-listen for anyone interested in photography, art, or creative entrepreneurship. Robinson's wealth of experience and knowledge will inspire and inform anyone looking to pursue a career in the creative arts.This interview is part of a month-long celebration of National Photo Month where we highlight the stories of Photographers, Photojournalists and other creatives where photography is part of their creative work. National Photo Month is celebrated each year during May by professional and amateur photographers, and even selfie lovers. The entire month is dedicated to learning the history of photography, mastering its many techniques and skills, and researching which camera is best to invest in. Today, anyone can be considered a photographer in the sense that we constantly take photos of things and people around us. Portable cameras and smartphones have made it easier to click and store photographs on the go. National Photo Month is for everyone who has ever clicked a photo. Share your favorite photos and get your friends to do the same.Creators & Guests Rob Lee - Host E. Brady Robinson Studio - Guest National Photo MonthThis episode of The Truth In This Art is part of National Photo Month, which is celebrated every May by professional and amateur photographers alike, as well as selfie enthusiasts. During this month-long celebration, people dedicate themselves to learning about the rich history of photography, honing their skills and techniques, and researching which cameras to invest in.To support the The Truth In This Art: Buy Me Ko-fiUse the hashtag #thetruthinthisartFollow The Truth in This Art on InstagramLeave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. ★ Support this podcast ★

Our guest Dawn Luedtke is a council woman in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County is just outside of Washington D.C. yet it includes a surprising amount of rural land. In fact, it's home to the Agricultural Reserve, 93,000 acres preserved for farm land and rural space and hailed as one of the best examples of land use policy in the country. Luedtke was elected to the council in 2022 to represent a newly created district that includes much of Montgomery County's rural spaces. We talk with Luedtke about the opportunities to make these rural voices heard in a diverse county, improving mental health access, and her love of theater. About Dawn Luedtke Dawn Luedtke is a community advocate, former Assistant Attorney General, certified law enforcement trainer and expert on healthy schools and public safety serving her first term on the Montgomery County Council.  She was elected in 2022 to represent the newly created District 7, including Ashton, Brookeville, Damascus, Derwood, Laytonsville, Montgomery Village, Olney, Redland, Sandy Spring, and northeast Montgomery County.  Dawn is committed to providing world-class constituent service, fostering a business environment for local small businesses to thrive, preventing crime through enhanced community policing, improving behavioral health and crisis response, and protecting Montgomery County's farmers, food, and Agricultural Reserve. She serves on the Council's Public Safety and Health and Human Services Committees. Dawn is a certified law enforcement trainer on school safety, implicit bias, hate crimes and other critical public safety issues, where she has taught and worked with law enforcement officials across Maryland. She served in the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland as Counsel to the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center, Maryland Center for School Safety, Food Systems Resiliency Council, and Active Assailant Interdisciplinary Work Group. She also advised State agencies on topics including open government and government operations, and oversaw the creation of the State's Model Behavioral Threat Assessment Policy for K-12 Schools.  Dawn also served as Chair of the Prevention Subcommittee of the Active Assailant Interdisciplinary Work Group, a member of the Behavioral Health Administration's workgroup on involuntary commitment standards, the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems' Crisis Response Work Group, and as a member of the Youth & Families Subcommittee of the Governor's Commission to Study Mental & Behavioral Health. A longtime theater performer and advocate, Dawn is Vice President of the Opera Baltimore Board of Directors, Secretary of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Graduate Club Board of Directors, and previously served on the Boards of Directors of the Olney Theatre Center, Transformation Theater, LLC, and the Bruce Montgomery Foundation for the Arts. Dawn lives in Ashton with her husband Eric and four children.

Panel: The Challenges, Successes, and Sustainability of NSF National Research Traineeships (NRTs) on Food, Energy, and Water Systems (FEWS) Panelists: Karletta Chief, PhD, Director, Indigenous Resilience Center; Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona Amy R. Sapkota, PhD, Professor, School of Public Health, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health Yael Perez, PhD, Development Engineering Program Director at the Blum Center and the InFEWS Program Coordinator Joining us from three different NSF research traineeships on food, energy, and water systems (FEWS), our panelists will share each programs' challenges, opportunities, and sustainability. Abstract The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program seeks to explore ways for graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas, through a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. Join us as the GES Center hosts a panel to learn about three NRT programs focused on Food, Energy and Water Systems (FEWS). Now that the programs have finished and/or are close to finishing, what future lies for their continuation? What lessons have they learned about implementing an interdisciplinary and convergent research program? We will discuss each programs' challenges, opportunities, and sustainability with the traineeship. Our speakers include: Dr. Karletta Chief with Indige-FEWSS (Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty) at the University of Arizona, Dr. Amy Sapkota with the Global STEWARDS (STEM Training at the Nexus of Energy, WAter Reuse and FooD Systems) program at the University of Maryland, and Dr. Yael Perez with InFEWS (Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems) at the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California Berkeley. Related links: Indige-FEWSS UMD Global STEWARDS InFEWS NSF Program abstracts and resulting publications: – Indige-FEWSS: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735173 – UMD Global STEWARDS: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1828910 – InFEWS: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1633740 Panelist Bios Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné) is a Professor and Extension Specialist in Environmental Science at the University of Arizona. Dr. Chief works to bring relevant water science to Native American communities in a culturally sensitive manner. As Director of the Indigenous Resilience Center, she aims to facilitate efforts of UArizona climate/environment researchers, faculty, staff, and students working with Native Nations to build resiliency to climate impacts and environmental challenges. Two of her primary tribal projects are The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Climate Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge Project and Gold King Mine Spill Diné Exposure Project. Dr. Chief also leads the NSF Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty Program and is training 38 graduate students. Indige-FEWSS's vision is to develop a diverse workforce with intercultural awareness and expertise in sustainable food, energy, and water systems (FEWS), specifically through off grid technologies to address the lack of safe water, energy, and food security in Indigenous communities. Dr. Amy Sapkota is an MPower Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. She is the Interim Director of the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and the Director of CONSERVE: A Center of Excellence at the Nexus of Sustainable Water Reuse, Food & Health that was launched with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture in 2016. She is also the Principal Investigator of a doctoral training program, UMD Global STEWARDS (STEM Training at the Nexus of Energy, WAter Reuse and FooD Systems)—funded by the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program—that is preparing a cadre of future leaders focused on innovations at the nexus of food, energy and water systems. Dr. Sapkota's research interests lie in the areas of environmental microbiology, environmental microbial genomics and exposure assessment. Her projects evaluate the complex relationships between environmental microbial exposures and human infectious diseases, with a special focus on assessing the public health impacts associated with water reuse. Dr.  Yael Perez is the Development Engineering (DevEng) Program Director at UC Berkeley's Blum Center for Developing Economies, managing the DevEng Masters and the DevEng PhD Designated Emphasis. Yael holds a PhD in Architecture from UC Berkeley with a scholarship on co-design methodologies and technologies to support and empower communities and design practitioners in fostering sustainable development. For over a decade, she has been collaboratively leading CARES—Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability—a team of UC Berkeley faculty and students working with Native American Citizens in their pursuit of sustainable development. Recently, this initiative grew into the Native FEWS Alliance, a cross-institutional collaboration working to significantly broaden the participation of Native American students in Food, Energy, and Water Systems (FEWS) education and careers to address critical challenges facing their communities. Before joining the Blum Center, Yael was a visiting scholar at IIT Mandi (India). GES Colloquium (GES 591-002) is jointly taught by Drs. Jen Baltzegar and Dawn Rodriguez-Ward, who you may contact with any class-specific questions. Colloquium will generally be live-streamed via Zoom, with monthly in-person meetings in the 1911 Building, Room 129. Please subscribe to the GES newsletter and Twitter for updates. Genetic Engineering and Society Center GES Colloquium - Tuesdays 12-1PM (via Zoom) NC State University | http://go.ncsu.edu/ges-colloquium GES Mediasite - See videos, full abstracts, speaker bios, and slides https://go.ncsu.edu/ges-mediasite Twitter - https://twitter.com/GESCenterNCSU GES Center - Integrating scientific knowledge & diverse public values in shaping the futures of biotechnology. Find out more at https://ges-center-lectures-ncsu.pinecast.co

The Alert Medic 1 team sits down with Dr. Ben Lawner to discuss various topics related to medical direction. Dr. Lawner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Lawner obtained his EMT certification in 1994 and worked with Alachua County (Florida) Fire Rescue as a paramedic/firefighter prior to entrance into medical school. Dr. Lawner is residency trained in emergency medicine. He completed an EMS fellowship jointly sponsored by the University of Maryland, the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS), and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. From 2009-2010, he served as a Chief Resident and Faculty Development fellow for the emergency medicine training program. Dr. Lawner's interests include resuscitation, airway management, and transport critical care. Dr. Lawner currently serves as the Medical Director for the Maryland ExpressCare Critical Care Transport Team and the Baltimore City Fire Department. Dr. Lawner works clinically a University of Maryland Medical System emergency physician and is a member of the Shock Trauma Center's “Go-Team” He is actively engaged in medical education for students, residents, and prehospital clinicians.

Galen Cheney is a painter living and working in North Adams, Massachusetts. After receiving her undergraduate degree from MT. Holyoke College she lived in New York City and worked as a magazine editor. Realizing she was in the wrong profession, she left New York to attend graduate school at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. Thirty-plus years and many jobs later, she is still painting. Galen's work has been exhibited and collected in Europe, the U.S., Canada, and China. She has had residencies at the Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, MASS MoCA, and DaWang Culture Highland in Shenzhen, China. A residency at Pouch Cove, in Newfoundland is upcoming in 2024. Past shows include Mark Bettis Gallery (Asheville), David Richard Gallery (NYC), University of Maine at Augusta, Fleming Museum (VT), University of Dallas, The Painting Center (NYC), and Southern Vermont Arts Center, among many others. In 2023 she will be showing work at Art Palm Beach in January with Khawam Modern and Contemporary, at Lockwood Gallery in Kingston, NY in February, at Mark Bettis Gallery in Asheville, NC in April, and at Buffalo (NY) Arts Studio in July, following a residency at 321 Residence.   LINKS:  www.galencheney.com     Instagram: @galenwcheney   https://www.markbettisgallery.com/   https://khawamgallery.com/     I Like Your Work Links: Notions of Beauty Exhibition Join The Works Membership waitlist! https://theworksmembership.com/ Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram

What you'll learn in this episode:   How Wayne used his trip around the world to learn the art and science of metalsmithing Why it's important for emerging metalsmiths to understand they are part of a global mosaic of creatives How Wayne made jewelry for the Grateful Dead and Blues Traveler Why Wayne is selective about the jewelry shows he attends Why teachers benefit from living as an artisan before teaching   About Wayne Werner Jeweler, goldsmith, and educator Wayne Werner is a third-generation metalsmith from Maryland. He has been jewelry maker for over 30 years with clients worldwide.   Wayne Werner has traveled around the world to learn with metal workers from Italy and Egypt to Java and Bali. Specializing in cold forging precious metals, Werner has incorporated the traditional techniques of gold and platinum smithing with his artistic vision of paying homage to the fertility cults of the ancient world.      Werner's work explores the relationship to metals liquid opus and the opus of mankind, both being a product of the earth cooling down. Through his work Werner attempts to remind people of the miracle of life and the cosmic happening that we all are.      Primarily making a living retailing his work, Werner has participated in over 250 high-end craft shows nationally. He has received many awards for his work including the World Gold Council's Gold Distinction award and the MJSA Vision award for Mokume Gane. Werner is a former instructor at the Fuji Studio in Florence, Italy, and was adjunct faculty at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore for 17 years. He has also taught over 100 workshops in universities and craft schools around the country. In 2006 he was asked to demonstrate his craft at The Mint Museum of Craft and Design in Charlotte, NC, an event marking his 40th birthday. He is founder and host of THE ALCHEMIST PICNIC, a metalsmithing retreat at Touchstone Center for Craft, now in its 6th year. Werner is also an accomplished musician who has appeared on both television and movies as himself. His clients are some of the most interesting people on earth. Photos Available on TheJewelryJourney.com Additional Resources: Website Instagram Facebook Transcript Known for his psychedelic designs that reference ancient myths, fertility cults and the splendor of the sun, it's no wonder that metalsmith Wayne Werner has connected with clients like the Grateful Dead. A self-taught jeweler who learned traditional techniques by visiting metalsmiths around the world, Wayne has found success by selling his pieces at craft shows. He joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about his tips for building a long-lasting career in the jewelry industry; how he chooses the shows he attends; and why metalsmiths are all part of a global creative community. Read the episode transcript here.   Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please head to TheJewelryJourney.com. Today my guest is Wayne Werner. Wayne is a very unusual and accomplished goldsmith. He is self-taught. As well as a goldsmith, he's an educator, artist and world traveler. Welcome back.   Wayne: I'm so lucky to have that energy be part of me profiting from a passion I have. I'm probably diverging. I'll have a sip of bourbon.    Sharon: You were talking about developing your niches. One of the things you told me was that you limit shows. You say you pick and choose your shows so you don't have to go to a hundred shows. Yes?   Wayne: Yes. I'm at the ripe old age of 56 now. I started when I was, I think, 21. I've done over 350 shows. I did actually count them a few years ago. There were 350 shows all over the United States. I had some gallery representation for a while. It was something I didn't need as much of if I were doing lots of good retail shows. These are everything from a museum show and sale to the American Craft Council's show and sales to arts festivals or even just art in the park. I had gone out and done these and ran myself ragged. I decided what I was willing to do and not willing to do.    In the course of that, I met my wonderful partner, Barbara Bayne, who is also a silver and goldsmith. Now we talk to each other and have these little executive board meetings in the hallway or wherever in the house. We say, “What do we want to do this winter? Let's apply to some shows in Florida. Where do we want to find ourselves in August? How about Sausalito Arts Festival”—when that was happening—"or go up to the mountains in Idaho.” Now Barbara works with me, and she has a lot to say about setting the course. We go out and do shows in spurts.    She's really good at throwing the applications out there, and we're really good at traveling together. Sometimes we'll share a booth, or we'll have separate booths and just help one another, but we're getting really selective. There are a lot of reasons. Sometimes it's places we want to be because they're pleasant at that time of the year. Sometimes it's the safety or the not safety of being in a big city. I have to acknowledge that running around America with all your work in a backpack can create some stress, let's say. I've never been robbed, but I'm always aware.    Now we're doing between five and eight shows a year, the ones we want to do, the ones where we love and respect the promoter and we feel the love and respect back from the promoter. That's very important to me, because what I really want is that warm feeling. I made it and you bought it, and there's no middleman. I have grown to cherish that. It's become a focal point of my business, to say, “I make it, you buy it.” There's nobody between the love or the affection towards my work.    Michael Good grabbed me and said, “You know what your job is, Wayne? Your job is to connect and reconnect with the people that connect with you and your work.” He walked away and I said, “Wow! Good lord, that's it! He just boiled it down.” I thought about the Ramones; they're a punk rock band. They knew like four chords. All the songs sound about the same. It's just a bunch of guys with leather jackets, but they found a way to connect and reconnect with people that connected with them. They weren't the greatest at what they did, but they kept doing it and they made it available to their fans, their people, by doing shows and things like that.    I've done a lot of shows around the United States. A lot of them were not worth my time, but I did learn from them. At a lot of them I met the most amazing traveling artisans of my life. The biggest and best influences I ever got were from visiting my mentors between shows and seeing their studios. I'd say, “Wow! This is what you get to do for a living.” A couple of them said, “Yeah, it's a living, but you've got to be on top of doing this stuff. You've got to have that business thing going.”   Sharon: Did you start becoming a teacher and educator because you wanted to share what you were doing? Was it because they inspired you, or it was happenstance?   Wayne: It was happenstance. It was a combination of a number of things. It was like finding another facet to your existence, another flickering point of what you were doing. In 1996, when I traveled around the world, I went to Florence, Italy and fell in with Kathy Knipple and Fuji Yamamoto. They had the Fuji Studio in Florence, Italy. I did a little residency there. They asked me to teach, and I said, “O.K., I haven't done that much teaching.” In the back of my mind, I always felt that some teachers should make a living as an artisan before they teach. I thought, “Well, I'm going to try to teach,” and I stumbled through it with Fuji Studio.   When I was back in Maryland, within a year or two after doing that, a friend of mine was working at the Maryland Institute of Art. It's a pretty prestigious private art school. It's a cornerstone of Baltimore and all the artisans there. I said, “Yeah, I'll come down and teach at the Maryland Institute of Art, but I have no master's degree. I have no degree in art at all.” They said, “That's O.K. We're going to do it by recommending you. We're going to offer you an adjunct position.” I didn't know what the hell that meant, but I knew this much: The person who hired me said, “You're going to make some waves here because you've got a job teaching with no degree.” I said, “Then I want to do it. But I'm warning you. I'm going to use you all as my guinea pigs. I'm going to learn to teach here and get paid for it, and then I'm going to go and teach all over the United States at art centers and craft campuses like my mentors, like the people I know that are mainly artisans, but they go out and teach a few workshops.”    So, I started offering the workshops. The first thing I learned immediately was I wasn't a teacher. I was a maker. People got to watch me work and then I helped them work, but I would always say, “Mistakes are good. You need to make them. I'm not here to make your piece for you.” Teaching was just another facet to polish up, and it's been very rewarding. It's been a little frustrating. I probably learned more about myself than anybody in the class doing metalwork, but I cherish the students and young people.    These workshops are all ages, so you learn how to be in a group environment where you're not in control. It's very different than being in the studio or being at an art show. I joked and said, “At least in the studio, I can leave or ask somebody to leave.” When you're in a room with 10 people and they paid money to learn to set stones, I'm a jester in the deck or a loose cannon. I've got to watch what I say. I can't joke around as much. There are powers that be that won't appreciate certain things I might say or do.    It's interesting seeing somebody on the path they're on, and then I get to play the part of the person who gets to take them a little further down their path. It could be somebody who's just retired that always wanted to make a ring, or some 20-something-year-old kid that I look at and think, “He reminds me of me when I was that age. What an asshole he's going to end up being. He knows it all and he doesn't know anything,” and then I get to be the big brother or the mentor figure. I've got some great relationships like that all over the country, all over the world now. I tell people, “Call me.” I've made that mistake before. “Call me. I'm your pal. You don't owe me anything. Call me.”    I'll tell you this funny story. In 1986, I sold my work in the parking lot of a Grateful Dead concert for $20.   Sharon: Say that again. You sold what? Something for $20?   Wayne: Yeah, I sold hippie jewelry in a parking lot when I was young. Within 10 years from selling hippie jewelry in a parking lot at a Grateful Dead show, I was selling to a gallery on Madison Avenue in New York City. That still blows my mind, but anyhow, last summer, I went up to Philadelphia and I swear I saw myself. I met this young kid from Idaho. He was doing some crystal wrapping and casting. I said, “Wow, man, it's like meeting myself years ago.” The young man came to my house a few days after this concert, and I gave him a bunch of tools and a little goldsmithing lesson. It feels great. It really makes me feel good.   Sharon: It makes you feel good because you're helping to put somebody on a path?   Wayne: Yeah. There's a vibrant community of makers around the country, making things and making jewelry, but goldsmiths and platinum smiths and stone setters, there's real demand for it. There's a big DIY movement that's been happening for many years, but there are going to be plenty of jobs for someone who wants to be self-sustaining as a metalsmith if they have experience in goldsmithing and stone setting and what I would call applicable skills to the trade. Now, you take those and do that and make a coin, but then you have money to go out and do far-out, really weird things or explore some other aspect of your libra. I'm a Libra, so I look for that balance. I still size rings and do antique restoration, but at the same time, I'm making pieces for an upcoming show I'm doing at the Boca Museum for an upcoming touring exhibition. I don't make money off my art jewelry is what I'm trying to say. I don't think my interesting pieces pay my rent and keep my boat afloat. I have to do production work to have at a show, and I do some repair and antique restoration. I spread it out.   That's kind of the thing I like to instill in these little creatures that say, “I'm going to be a metalsmith.” I say, “Well, if you have this fantasy like I did about having a surreal job with rainbows and butterflies and psychedelic lights and everybody's going to throw money at you, well guess what? You'll come down off that cloud and you're going to say, ‘Oh shit, today I've got to sweep to floor. Today, I've got to apply to shows. I've got to do my taxes or keep myself busy.'” That serpent that eats its own tail, that is the death of itself.   Sharon: Is that why you say you're the joker in the pack, the joker in the deck? You've used that expression with me.   Wayne: I think you had been to my website and looked at some of these crazy little pods and this fertility goddess worship I try to bring into my work. I heard a great word the other day, “cryptographic.” They're little stories or things I like to put down about my fascination with life, with sperm swimming to eggs or our liquid opus, everything being liquid. A lot of my pieces, they're sexy; they're fluid; they're pods; they're coming from an ancient fertility goddess world. I always thought the joker in the king's court was pretty cool because he could be a fool and make a fool of himself, but at the same time he could speak divine truth, and because it was a ha-ha joke, he wasn't put to death by the king.    When I talk about this infinite jest in making pieces that revolve around how amazing it is to be alive in the first place, a lot of people say, “Oh, this joker's just making these little designs, pressing buttons, trying to get people to think about stuff.” That's really what I want. I don't mind doing that as long as the message gets through. I think you'd have to look at my work to delve into it and understand that, yeah, I'm putting these things together. They are sperm; they are egg; they are all about life and the creation of life. Joker in the deck. If that's the job to do today, I'm here showing up and punching my card.    Sharon: Do you think about that when you start a piece? Do you have something in mind when you make a piece of jewelry?   Wayne: Yeah. The last cool piece I made—I think I sent a picture of it—was for the Tellus Museum. Elyse Zorn Karlin had a wonderful show at the Tellus Museum, and she was nice enough to tell me what it was about. It was called “Jewelry in the Space Age.” They were looking for alternative materials, so I used some meteorite in a couple of pieces. With the meteorite, I also did this little design in the middle of a pod in the form of an egg being born in the top. In the middle of the pod was a little sun. The sun was shaped like little sperm swimming at the center of the piece, so it looked like sun rays. This was something that Rick Griffin, a psychedelic poster artist that worked for the Grateful Dead—he did the Aoxomoxoa album cover for the Dead—he had done that. So, I threw that into the piece.   The curator came to me and said, “O.K., how does this fit into my show?” I said, “Well, there's meteorite in the piece and it talks about star seeds and things like that. If you go back to ancient Egypt, you end up with this idea of splendor solis, the splendor of the sun, and how we are all creatures that are made possible by the splendor of the sun, the fertility of the earth, plants, animals, everything. It all goes back to the sun and sun worship. I used this sun pattern that came from ancient Egypt. I used meteorite, but I also wanted to use these other symbols of eggs and being born and gestation phases and things like that.” She scratched her head and said, “Nobody's going to get that. Nobody's going to see that in your work.” I said, “That's O.K. If they want to talk about it, that's O.K.,” but I do think about that.   I've been told by different people, “You've got to get away from this theme of sex and fertility and things like that. You should get away from that theme,” and then I said to myself, “Well, why? This is an ancient idea. Hermes and Mercury and Thoth and all these enlightened deities, that's what they were talking about.” I try to stay true to it, but it creeps in all the time. I want to try to be a visionary goldsmith. I would like to have people scratch their heads a little bit, but whenever they get into it, they say, “Oh, that's interesting.”    Take a second and think that we're all cosmic miracles and little happenings under the splendor of the sun. If people thought about that more, I think they'd think less about walking into a grocery store and shooting up a bunch of people or going into a school and doing this. It's so disturbing to watch the news every night and see some of this creep up. If we would all just take a minute and walk around with our jaw open and go, “Wow! Far out! We're all a bunch of little miracles and cosmic happenings.” We need to find a way for this to work, for us to appreciate each other and live with each other. Deep down a rabbit hole, Alice. Here we go.   Sharon: Is that the suggestion or advice you would give someone at the beginning? Somebody who says, “I don't know. This is a really hard path. Should I do this or should I go get a job?”   Wayne: Like advice for young people?   Sharon: What's your advice for emerging jewelers, let's say. People who are just emerging, just starting out.   Wayne: I'd say you're just as lucky as I am to have found this stuff and picked it up and touched it and for it to touch you back. Automatically they're lucky. Some people aren't going to do this for a living. They just want to explore the craft. Some people are like, “No, this is my living.” I think a young person needs to know what they know and what they don't know, which means they can go about making jewelry with their skillset, but when it gets out of their comfort zone, maybe repair or doing something else for somebody, they need to know when not to do that. Hopefully they have in their group of friends or their tribe an older person or a younger person who knows how to do that.    Another thing—I had this conversation with a fellow not long ago because he was frustrated. I said, “Look, we are a big mosaic. Metalsmithing and jewelry making is a big mosaic, and we all make up the picture. You're never going to know it all, do it all, be it all. It's not all about you or me. This is about a collective community that has been lucky enough to find materials and to have the patience to make things. Look at it like a big mosaic, and don't be so upset that all eyes aren't on you all the time, because it's not going to be that way. It's very flattering to be speaking to you right now at a heart-to-heart level. It's very flattering, but tomorrow, I'm going to be just another monkey on the vine of this big banyan tree of other metalsmiths.”    I have to realize that even the metalwork I don't like, I have to find something about that metalsmith or that work that I appreciate or respect, just because they're out there doing this stuff. The big mosaic is something I like to remind people of. I like to remind young people that it's the jewelry business. It's half business, half art, and if you have to split your day up that way, have at it. I'm a musician as well, and one of the best things I learned from one of my musician friends was, “You've got to be it all the time. You've got to take care of your business. You've got to plan what you're doing six to nine months from now today.”    Today, you have to concentrate on where you're going to be six to nine months or a year or five years from now. You need to consciously address that, whether it's applying to shows or getting your résumé together or getting slides taken or documenting or putting it on, whatever the hell it is. You need to think about what's far down the road, and then stop and go to the bench and do whatever the task of the day is, making jewelry or whatever. You need to have time to wear the hat of the businessperson. If you're not willing to do that, you've got to get somebody to do that for you, because business is everything; everything business. If you want to have a surreal job and be surreal busy, you've got to ride that surreal white horse to that job and do that job.    Sharon: That's a great piece of advice—well, pieces of advice, but the last one resonates with me in other areas, not just jewelry. Thank you very much for being here today, Wayne. I greatly appreciate it.   Wayne: Thank you. Again, I'm flattered to be here, and I love what you're doing.   Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out.   Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.

FEATURED GUESTS: Peggy Kolodny MA ATR-BC LCPAT, is a Board Certified, Registered and Licensed Art Therapist with level 2 certificates in IFS and in EMDR, specializing in trauma treatment across the life span. She is the founder of the group private practice, Art Therapy Collective of Owings Mills.Currently, Peggy is adjunct faculty with George Washington University's Art Therapy Graduate Program as well as multiple professional training faculties. (Chesapeake Beach Play Therapy Seminars; The Ferentz Institute; and The Expressive Therapies Summits). She is on the Board of the Maryland Art Therapy Association, is a past president, and is their delegate to the American Art Therapy Association. Peggy is the current Chair of the International Society on the Study of Trauma and Dissociation's (ISSTD) Creative Arts Therapies Special Interest Group. Past faculties include University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Goucher College, and Maryland Institute, College of Art. Recent publications include 2 chapters in Art Therapy in the Treatment of Addictions and Trauma (Quinn, 2021) ; and a co-authored chapter with Salicia Mazero "The Interweave of Internal Family Systems, EMDR and Art Therapy" in “EMDR and Creative Arts Therapies” (Davis, Fitzgerald, Jacobs and Marchand, Routledge release October 2022). Past positions, back in the 1980's to the 1990's, include Chair of the Central Maryland Sexual Abuse Treatment Task Force, Vice Chair of the Maryland Chapter of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and Director of a nonprofit clinical trauma treatment agency, The Family Connection. She truly has been working as an art therapist with trauma populations for 40 years since her graduation from George Washington University's Art Therapy Program. Salicia Mazero, MA, LPC, ATR, CEDS-S, is a licensed professional counselor, registered art therapist and a certified eating disorder specialist and supervisor practicing in St Louis, MO. Salicia is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Over the past 10 years, Salicia has worked in two treatment centers focusing on treating eating disorders before transitioning to private practice. Salicia serves as the president of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals St. Louis chapter. She is also on the board of directors of the Missouri Eating Disorder Association and a presenter for their Feed the Facts program educating students and teachers about eating disorders and prevention in the school system. She presents nationwide annually on art therapy, IFS, and eating disorder treatment. Salicia recently co-authored a chapter on Art Therapy, IFS and EMDR in the book EMDR and Creative Arts Therapies. LISTEN & LEARN: A general overview of Internal Family Systems Therapy created by Richard Schwartz. The three main parts and the roles they play. How EMDR, IFS and art therapy can effectively by integrated. The 8 C's of self. Role of Self Energy. How presenting professionally lead to collaboration and opportunities for publishing. RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: Peggy Kolodny's practice Art Therapy Collective of Owings Mills www.arttherapycollective.vpweb.com Email Peggy at pkolodny@yahoo.com Art Therapy Collective of Owings Mills Facebook Page Salicia Mazero's practice Creating Your Journey, LLC creatingyourjourneyllc.com Visit our website for resources & summit session

Galen Cheney is a painter living and working in North Adams, Massachusetts.  Galen received a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art.  She has had solo exhibitions at David Richard Gallery in NYC, the Aidron-Duckworth Museum in Berlin, NH, the University of Maine at Augusta, The Painting Center in NYC, Da Wang Culture Highland in Shenzhen, China, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, NH, and Galerie 1225 in Montreal among many others.  Her many group exhibitions include Mark Bettis Gallery in Asheville, Khawam Modern + Contemporary in West Palm Beach, Lockwood Gallery in Kingston, NY, Berkshire Art Museum in North Adams, MA, The Fleming Museum in Burlington, VT, SITE Gallery in Brooklyn, Greenville (SC) Center for the Arts, Gray Contemporary in Houston and the University of Dallas. She has received fellowships to attend residencies at the Millay Colony, Da Wang Culture Highland in China, and the Vermont Studio Center.  In 2020 she received a North Adams Project Grant and in 2019 attended the Studios at MASS MoCA. Her work has been collected widely and has been featured in many publications, including New American Paintings, Berkshire Magazine, Kolaj Magazine, Art New England, Studio Visit, Tupelo, Mud Season Review, Whitefish Review, and The Laurel of Asheville.  The many blogs that have featured her work include Art Spiel, I Like Your Work, The Weird Show, Design Milk, Artsy Forager The Periphery and Pattern Pulp.

Environmental Justice and Public Health Dr. Sacoby Wilson Dr. Sacoby Wilson is an Associate Professor with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health where directs the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH). Dr. Wilson has over 20 years of experience as environmental health scientist in the areas of exposure science, environmental justice, environmental health disparities, community-based participatory research, water quality analysis, air pollution studies, built environment, industrial animal production, climate change, community resiliency, and sustainability. He works primarily in partnership with community-based organizations to study and address environmental justice and health issues and translate research to action.

Virginia Turfgrass Journal - Dr. J. Kevin Mathias – Retired Turfgrass Instructor and Advisor, University of Maryland Institute of Applied Agriculture In 2021 unprecedented damage from the fall armyworm occurred in numerous areas of the U.S. including locations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Many turfgrass managers struggled with the severity and the speed with which [...] The post Virginia Turfgrass Council – The 2021 Invasion of the Fall Armyworm in the U.S. appeared first on The Turf Zone.

Silly Goose and Val's Valerie Smalkin joins the show to talk about her amazing career in music, how Silly Goose became part of her life, and the story behind the song "Dance of Freedom", which features a song written by blind students from the Maryland Institute of the Blind.  The music was provided by Dave Kinnoin and Jimmy Hammer. Find the Song at: Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/30KgecK26ZN7rOsjAZN9Kc?si=2fcadf79b3e94daf iTunes/Apple Musichttps://music.apple.com/us/album/dance-of-freedom-feat-dave-kinnoin-jimmy-hammer/1608540004?i=1608540337 Dance of Freedom has been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 2 Spotify playlist.  Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Season 2 Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Aj5co3eC4wvS12ZiiQO1v?si=198a6dfc1a134e0f YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ValSmalkinandSillyGoose

Deb Willis is an artist, photographer, author, and educator, and she is one of the nation's leading historians and curators of African American photography.  At NYU, she is a University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging in NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Willis is widely published; her most recent book is The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship (NYU Press, 2021). In addition to making art, writing, and teaching, she has served as a consultant to museums, archives, and educational centers. She has also appeared and consulted on media projects, including documentary films such as Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People; Question Bridge: Black Males, a transmedia project, which received the ICP Infinity Award 2015; and American Photography, a PBS Documentary.  Since 2006, she has co-organized thematic conferences exploring “Black Portraitures,” focusing on imaging the Black body. She holds honorary degrees from Pratt Institute and the Maryland Institute, College of Art. She is currently researching two projects, on photography and the Black Arts Movement, and artists reimaging history. In the reckoning with the still-pervasive racism within America, Willis's work confronts and upends our comprehension of the past and expands our capacity to understand the current moment. She is also a contributor to the forthcoming Are the Arts Essential?, an anthology of major American artists, scholars, and funders who contemplate this question, based on a multiyear series of symposia convened by the Brademas Center (NYU Press, February 2022).

EP 163: Aaron recorded a live show with Photographer E. Brady Robinson at the Hotel Indigo discussing her new Photo Exhibit SK8R GRLS. We discuss her inspiration behind the project, her love for roller skating, how she chose the Women for this and what is the soundtrack to this Exhibition.  IG:@ebradyrobinson   IG: MarylandArtPlace IG: Acutevisions  SK8R GRLS is a photo series by E. Brady Robinson celebrating the freedom and joy of roller skating. The  exhibition is on view at Hotel Indigo Baltimore, located at 24 West Franklin St. from Jan 25th - March 18th. A  public reception will take place on March 8th from 5 to 7 pm in celebration of International Women's Day.     In spring of 2021, Robinson took up skating as a way to stay active and reconnect with friends outdoors  during COVID-19. During these skate dates, she photographed friends and eventually, a wider network of  Baltimore-based female-identifying skaters. This work combines her love of athleticism, fitness, and fashion  photography. These images, made at a moment where it felt like the world was reopening after over a year  of closure and isolation during the pandemic, evoke a feeling of release and freedom.      Robinson completed her BFA in photography at MICA and MFA in photography at the Cranbrook Academy of  Art. Her background is in documentary photography and portraiture. The nine archival metal prints on  display at the Hotel Indigo depict strong women amidst a backdrop of Baltimore monuments and sites.  Locations such as Lake Montebello, Patterson Park, the Druid Hill Tennis Courts, and the Ravens parking lot,  signal the public landscape of Baltimore for those that know it well, in contrast to photographs made in the  artist's Maryland Art Place studio which utilize strobe and gel lighting to simulate the vibes of the 80's  roller skating rinks reminiscent of Robinson's childhood.      The skaters photographed include artists, musicians, and female entrepreneurs; women in the creative scene  in Baltimore, including Amy Cavanaugh, Caitlin Gill, Jade Davis, Tina Thompson, Brittany Wight, Les Gray,  Hayley Furman, Jessica Lauryn, Sophie Kluckhuhn, and Wildège François.   Brady Robinson is a photographer based in Baltimore and a current resident artist at Maryland Art Place.  She divides her time between personal art projects and commissioned work. Her documentary Art Desks was  published by Daylight Books with an essay by Andy Grundberg and distributed by ARTBOOK D.A.P. Her  photographs have been featured in The Washington Post, Channel One Russia TV, The Bund Shanghai,  Hyperallergic, BmoreArt, Featureshoot, Slate among others. Robinson leads photography workshops  throughout the United States. Select exhibitions include Lishui Photography Festival China, Orlando Museum  of Art, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Katzen Art Center at American University, AIPAD NYC, and Art Miami. Select  collections include American University, Orlando Museum of Art and Spanish Cultural Center, Santo Domingo,  DR.      Robinson is a University Instructor of Photography at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and faculty at  ICP in New York. She received her BFA in photography from The Maryland Institute, College of Art, and MFA  in photography from Cranbrook Art Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Robinson is represented by  Addison/Ripley Fine Art in Washington, DC.    Maryland Art Place (MAP) inspires, supports, and encourages artistic expression through innovative programming, exhibitions,  and educational opportunities while recognizing the powerful impact art can have on our community. MAP creates a dynamic  environment for artists of our time to engage the public by nurturing and promoting new ideas. MAP has served as a critical resource  for contemporary art in the Mid-Atlantic since 1981. mdartplace.org. MAP is supported by the Maryland State Arts Council and The  Citizens of Baltimore County.   Thank you to my sponsors:                 Zeke's Coffee        www.zekescoffee.com                           Maggies Farm  www.maggiesfarm.com                                 FoundStudio Shop  www.foundstudioshop.com                                 Charm Craft City Mafia  www.charmcitycraftmafia.com               Siena Leigh https://www.sienaleigh.com                     Open Works https://www.openworksbmore.org Baltimore Fiscal https://www.baltimorefiscal.com

Our economy is frequently defined as one of unpaid costs.  (Think: Garret Hardin and the tragedy of the commons.)  Nature or natural resources are considered either inexhaustible and/or the byproducts of their use, such as polluted air and degraded water quality, are externalized costs borne by society, i.e., no one.   Our economic model perfectly well explains the climate crisis.  Treating our atmosphere and our oceans as open sewers has resulted in both global warming and helps to explain the planet's ongoing and accelerating biological annihilation, or the sixth mass extinction.  The field of ecological economics attempts to, in two words, internalize externalities.   During this 30-minute interview Professor Costanza begins by briefly describing the field of ecological economics.   The interview progresses to his discussion of the valuing nature, here costal wetlands, he explains common asset trusts, the development of more rational measures of economic development (beyond GDP) such as the Genuine Progress Indicator and of course provides comment regarding the climate crisis (including the use of motivational interviewing in defining climate goals).   Robert Costanza is Professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) at University College London (UCL).  He is also currently a Senior Fellow at the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Stockholm, Sweden, and Honorary Professor at the Australian National University, an Affiliate Fellow at the Gund Institute at the University of Vermont, and a deTao Master of Ecological Economics at the deTao Masters Academy in Shanghai, China.   Previously, he taught at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.  He has also taught at Portland State University, was Gund Professor of Ecological Economics and Director  of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont, prior still he was Director of the University of Maryland Institute for Ecological Economics and Professor at the University of Maryland's Center for Estuarine and Environmental Science at the Chesapeake Biological Lab.  Professor Costanza is a Fellow in the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in the UK, and is an Overseas Expert in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).  He is co-founder and past-president of the International Society for Ecological Economics and was founding chief editor of the society's journal Ecological Economics. He currently serves on the editorial board of ten other international academic journals.  He is also founding co-editor in chief of Solutions a unique hybrid academic/popular journal and editor in chief of the Anthropocene Review.   He currently serves on the editorial board of eight other international academic journals and is past president of the Intl. Society for Ecosystem Health.  He is a Senior Fellow of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, a Senior Fellow of the National Council for Science and the Environment and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Lincoln University in New Zealand.Professor Costanza's UCL webpage is at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/igp/news/2021/oct/spotlight-professor-robert-costanza. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

Mary Veiga won 2nd place in this year's competition. Tim and Marie talk about her win as a relative newcomer to the Plein Air competition circuit. She discusses her process of developing her style and the challenges of tuning out the destructive thoughts that undermine our ambitions.   Growing up in beautiful Maryland farmland, Mary naturally drew inspiration from her surroundings. Spending time riding her horse through the striking abundance of the landscape instilled in her a strong sense of attachment and belonging. This inspired her to share her experience through artistic expression. Demonstrating a natural ability and interest from an early age her work began drawing awards and recognition. Mary went onto formal training at The Maryland Institute and College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. Her fine arts education continued with acclaimed landscape artists David Buckley Good, John Brandon Sills, and colorist Camille Przwodek. Her early influencers include Edward Hopper, Robert Henri, and William Merrit Chase, and remain evident in her work today.   In 1995, Mary began her art business as a professional artist and master craftsman painting murals, Trompe l'oeil, and faux finishes for residential and commercial clients throughout the Baltimore Washington area. Her extensive practice and training with both dimensionality of color and texture enriches the experience of her landscape paintings. Her work has won many awards and been featured in ​Good Housekeeping Magazine,​ ​Chesapeake Home and Living,​ ​The Tidewater Times​, HGTV, WJZ–Channel 13, the ​Baltimore Sun​ newspaper, ​Baltimore's Child,​ and more.   Follow Mary Veiga: Official Site Facebook Instagram   Follow Plein Air Easton: Official Site Facebook Instagram YouTube   To inquire about being a guest or sponsoring the Plein Air Easton Podcast, send us an email at info@pleinaireaston.com.   This episode is sponsored by JFM Enterprises, providing distinctive ready-made and custom frames & mouldings to the trade since 1974.   Music in this episode was generously provided by Blue Dot Sessions.

Today's episode is with conceptual artist, Hank Willis Thomas. Hailing from the mean streets of Plainfield, NJ… That's a joke, by the way,. Hank's body of work  explores themes related to perspective, identity, commodity, media, and popular culture, Hank is one of the most celebrated artists of his generation.   The son of musician and physicist Hank Thomas, and artist, photographer, historian, curator and educator, Deborah Willis, one could say that art runs though Hanks's veins.  Growing up amongst the stacks of Harlem's Schomburg Library, where his mother served as curator of photographs and as exhibition coordinator, his exposure to the power of images began at an early age.  He went on to study photography and Africana Studies at New York University and later received his masters of fine arts in Photography at California College of the Arts, but it was the blunt force of family tragedy that spurred a turning point in his career; all of a sudden, the photographic frame could no longer contain everything he wanted to say. The execution-style murder of his cousin and best friend, Songha Willis while visiting family over the holidays ripped the Willis family apart, and an image he took of his grieving family, became one of his signature works,  titled “Priceless”. Mimicking the popular MasterCard ads of the era, it crystallizes Hank's artistic lens, the combined effects of consumerism, capitalism, advertising, and their impact on Black life in America.  His work has been exhibited the world over, and is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, The Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum… you get the idea. He's a recipient of the Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship and The Guggenheim Fellowship, amongst others, and holds honorary doctorates from the Maryland Institute of Art, and the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. In today's episode, we discuss the power images hold, the importance of family and especially grandmothers, the illusion of separation, and the invention of race in United States.  This is one of those episodes you'll want to listen to again and again, and if you find this content valuable, be sure to leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts and shout us out over on Instagram at @blackimagination, we love love love to hear from you.  Now, get ready for this powerful tête-à-tête, with the artistic genius of Hank Willis Thomas. Follow Hank on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hankwillisthomas (@hankwillisthomas) Hank's Website: https://www.hankwillisthomas.com (www.hankwillisthomas.com)

Iranian, b. 1986 Lives and works in Baltimore, MD Taha Heydari's striking, large-scale canvases examine the power of images—and the role of the spectator—in politics, propaganda, and the shaping of culture and identity. Particularly of interest to Heydari are the ways in which the seductive power of media imagery is being used to shape perceptions and outcomes in the the United States and the Middle East. Heydari begins each new painting by culling from his growing archive of source material, news and media artefacts gleaned from research in libraries and on the Internet. His paintings are painstakingly executed with minutely detailed brushwork, but appear pixelated and fragmented, approximating the digital image in the moment of a glitch, when an error occurs in transmission. The beauty of Heydari's paintings invites closer inspection, which yields an array of ominous associations. In his most recent series of works, Heydari draws from covers of the Iranian women's magazine Zan-e Rooz (Woman of Today) published just before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, examining the ways in which cultural ruptures produce shifts in ideology and identity. Heydari received his BFA from the Art University of Tehran and an MFA from the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute of College of Art in Baltimore. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Iran, New York, San Francisco, and Baltimore, including Taha Heydari: Subliminal, his first institutional solo at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC in 2017. He has additionally been included in group exhibitions in Baltimore, Amsterdam, Dubai, London, Antwerp and Berlin, most recently Make Good Trouble: Marching for Change at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, Baltimore, MD (2020-2021) and Performance Anxiety at the Allegheny College Art Galleries in Meadville, PA (2021). He has been nominated for the prestigious Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize (2017), and the Bethesda Painting Awards (2019). (Courtesy of Haines Gallery) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-jirsa/support

Following the launch of the National Pediatric Readiness Project's assessment, the ENA Podcast welcomes Cyndy Wright Johnson - EMSC Director with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services - to talk about caring for pediatric patients and the goals for the NPRP survey.

Dr. Theodore R. Delbridge is an Emergency Physician and the Executive Director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). Taken from Governor Hogan's April 5th Press Conference. 

As nearly anyone who has seriously studied American history can attest – there is no American story without the story of slavery. It is central to our origin and must be included in order to get a full and complete picture of our history. Unfortunately, the records of slavery are spread far and wide and are often siloed and incomplete. In this two-part series, we’re talking to two of the minds behind Enslaved: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade – a digital preservation effort aimed at connected the dots and knocking down the silos of slave history. Learn more at www.enslaved.org. Daryle Williams (PhD, History, Stanford University, 1995), Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, is Co-Principal Investigator on AADHum and Enslaved, two collaborative projects in black studies and digital humanities sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Williams was lead editor on The Rio de Janeiro Reader: Politics, History, Culture (Duke University Press, 2015) and serves as Area Editor (Brazil pre-1888) on the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography(Oxford University Press). Single-author publications include Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945 (Duke, 2001), winner of the American Historical Association's John Edwin Fagg prize, and several articles and book chapters on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Brazilian cultural and social history. His current book project is "The Broken Paths of Freedom:  Liberated Africans in Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Slave Society." Williams has held grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Scholar Program, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship Program, and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. Prior to serving as an associate dean, Williams was graduate studies director in the UMD history department and associate director of the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the African Diaspora.

Back for the new year. For this week's episode, I decided to create a collection of memorable moments from 2020. Honestly, there are too numerous to count. I wanted to capture pieces of conversations that really moved me: Stopped me in my tracks, made me laugh and smile, made me lose my breath.   1. EPISODE 1:  HOW IS COVID19? REPORTS OF GENEVA, LONDON, AND PHILADELPHIAThe stress and anxiety was palpable in this episode. I spoke with a doctor friends one in Eva Niyibizi Geneva, one in London Segun Olusanya, and one here in Philadelphia Jamie Garfield. 2. EPISODE 3:  IS COVID19 INCITING NARRATIVE VIOLENCE?I spoke with two doctors who are also storytellers.  Dr. Emily Silverman founded and hosts the Nocturnists podcast. She has taken story telling and the audio to a whole new level. A highlight of healing for me and what is amazing here is we hear the seeds that were planted for something yet to sprout: After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, they launched a new audio storytelling series called “Black Voices in Healthcare”, hosted by Ashley McMullen, MD and executive produced by Kimberly Manning, MD 3. EPISODE 9: ASHISH JHA AND MIRIAM LAUFER ON THE CDC + #COVID19 CURRENT EVENTSI laughed with Ashish Jha and Miriam Laufer when we discussed COVID19, the CDC, vaccines were on the horizon and not yet available, and what to do with kids and summer camp. The laugh surrounds the use of the word kerfuffle 4. EPISODE 11: STRUCTURAL RACISM AND THE #COVID19 PANDEMIC AS HEALTH CARE CRISES Hat tip  to Yale school of medicine 4th year student Max Tiako founder and host of @FlipScriptPod podcast covering health disparities in the U.S. & globally.   5. EPISODE 16: SYNDROME KI viewed the film in Miami right before the pandemic shut down everything. Syndrome K is a documentary, which tells the story of three doctors  Adriano Ossicini. Prof Giovanni Borromeo, Vittorio Sacerdoti who saved members of Rome's Jewish community by convincing the Nazis that these Jews were infected with a deadly and contagious disease that the doctors called Syndrome K. In this segment, Dr. Ignazio Marino, a transplant surgeon and former mayor of Rome, shared that his father was deported to a concentration camp.  6. EPISODE 13: ELLEN LUPTON AND ANDREW IBRAHIM : HEALTHDESIGN 101Two well known #HealthDesigners. Andrew is the chief medical officer of HOK's architecture Healthcare group and a general surgeon at the University of Michigan, Ellen is a senior curator at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in NYC and directs the graduate program in graphic design the Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art. Andrew is a general surgeon and They really highlighted the importance of Health Design now and going forward. Take a listen as they explain #HealthDesignNow 7. EPISODE 19: A CULTURE OF SILENCE: PHYSICIAN SUICIDE AND THE DR. LORNA BREEN FOUNDATIONWe paid tribute to the Dr. Lorna Breen and discussed the Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation . If we prioritize the mental health of medical professionals who are caring for some of our most vulnerable patients, and encourage help-seeking behaviors for mental health concerns and substance use disorders by reducing stigma, increasing resources, and having open conversations about mental health- maybe we can change the culture. In this moment Dr. Dan Egan reflects on his memory of Dr. Lorna Breen a colleague and friend who died by suicide in 2020 8. EPISODE 10: PRESIDENT AND CEO #TIMES UP TINA TCHEN ON LEADERSHIP DURING A CRISISI spoke with Tina Tchen, American lawyer Christina M. "Tina" Tchen CEO and President of Time's Up. She was a constant voice of equity and advocacy. Here she speaks on leading during a crisis: What to do 9. EPISODE 12: SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN AND DR. HIRAL TIPIRNENI: WHY GO INTO POLITICSHere I am in conversation with Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. Hassan is one of only two women in American history to be elected as both a Governor and a Senator. She was the 81st Governor of New Hampshire, from 2013 to 2017. She has been active and focused during the recent period advocating on topics, such as PPE, Nursing Homes, the Opioid epidemic, Unemployment insurance Paid sick leave, and Training the returning workforce.  10. EPISODE 18: GLORIA STEINEM: WHY WOULD YOU NOT USE YOUR VOICE?In February 2020,  I sat with Ms Gloria Steinem. I asked her what she did for her health her self care and gave me a look of … well listen to what she said. 

Humphrey received a BFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art in 1977 and a MA from New York University in 1980. He has shown nationally and internationally and has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize among other awards. An anthology of his art writing, Blind Handshake, was published by Periscope Publishing in 2010. Mr. Humphrey is is represented by the Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York. Though his paintings, works on paper, and sculptures defy categorization, David Humphrey emerged as an artist in the late 1970s along with Postmodernism, an approach that continues to inform his heterogeneous compositions, visual pastiches that, in his words, “erase the breaks” between divergent styles. As he explains: “I suppose that the dynamic of relationship—the psychology of bonding, lovemaking, attachment, and so on—has kept me interested for a long time. I come back to it as a way to thicken the grammar of picture making.” In his paintings, this grammar includes gestural abstraction, cartoonish figuration, pop art, surrealism, and Expressionism. His vibrant compositions feature human figures, narrative vignettes, animals, and objects interwoven into abstract passages. They read as sexually and psychologically charged dreamscapes, through which Humphrey breaks down boundaries to explore our relationships with each other and the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeremy-jirsa/support

Episode Forty-Two features figurative Margaret Bowland. She creates work that confronts contemporary issues of identity through probing and deeply personal pictures that question Western societal expectations of gender, race, power, and beauty. She has lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York for more than 25 years, creating spellbinding and psychologically charged paintings and pastels that explore contentious subject-matter while affirming the resilience and fierceness of humanity. Margaret Bowland’s work is included in many important private and public collections including The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL. In 2009, she received major recognition as the People’s Choice Award Winner in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. In 2011, the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC featured the solo exhibition, Margaret Bowland: Excerpts from the Great American Songbook. In 2014, Bowland was awarded the Florence Gaskins Harper Chair in Art Education at the Maryland Institute and College of the Arts. Bowland is currently an adjunct faculty member at the New York Academy of Art where she has taught painting for over ten years. Her solo exhibition, Margaret Bowland: Painting The Rose Red, was on view at Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh in North Carolina in 2018. Margaret Bowland is working with the Jenkins Johnson Gallery and Dexter Wimberly, an independent curator and entrepreneur who has organized exhibitions and developed programs with galleries and institutions throughout the world. http://www.margaretbowland.com/ https://www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.com/artists/50-margaret-bowland/overview/ https://dexterwimberly.com/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/margaret-bowland-they-say_b_6249226 https://www.artistaday.com/?p=9256

(1:48) “The broad umbrella I fall under is data science, but what I do specifically is I, my research aims to help researchers and help developers design tools for data science that are more human-centered. And a lot of that work is focused on evaluation. Basically, helping researchers and developers think more what real people will actually do with the tools that we build and how these interactions between people and data science tools can affect the overall performance of the tools themselves.”(13:24) “If you couldn’t interact in any way with a computer, it would be useless. So without human-computer interaction I hope everyone realizes that computer science just wouldn’t even exist as a field. It’s a really important facet of computer science that I think a lot of us take for granted.”(21:45) “Grad school… was the hardest thing I did in my life probably. The hardest thing. I’ve done a lot of hard things too, so far as a professor, but grad school was just really… it does sort of feel like a trial by fire. Very rewarding but very hard.”(35:34) “Definitely do not try to face those things by yourself. Knowing what I know and experiencing what I’ve experienced, if something were to happen to me in the future, the last thing I would do is keep it to myself. I wouldn’t go advertising it all over the world or anything, but I would talk to people that I trust. Definitely more than one person. And get advice, get support. Because for all of the things that I’ve had to deal with I definitely would not keep it to myself. I think that’s toxic for the individual that has to deal with that situation and I think it’s the community’s responsibility to support members of the community. So if we don’t reach out to each other, then we’re sort of failing everybody.”(42:28) “Switching to getting feedback as a thing I should seek out regularly, rather than a thing I have to put up with, I think changed things a lot.”(47:02) “The first thing I would recommend is to distinguish between what is a racist act versus a racist identity. So, doing something racist versus being a racist. Because they’re not at all the same thing.”BioLeilani Battle is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, with a joint appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). She is also affiliated with the UMD Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL). Her research focuses on developing interactive data-intensive systems that can aid analysts in performing complex data exploration and analysis. Her current research is anchored in the field of databases, but utilizes research methodology and techniques from HCI and visualization to integrate data processing (databases) with interactive interfaces (HCI, visualization). She was named one of the 35 Innovators Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review in 2020. Mentioned in the episode:MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35

Today, I talk about infrastructure, justice and the pandemic with Marccus D. Hendricks UMD Marccus D. Hendricks is an assistant professor of urban studies and planning in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and a faculty affiliate with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. His primary research interests include infrastructure planning and management, social vulnerability to disaster, environmental justice, sustainable development, public health and the built environment, and participatory action research. He has also participated in a congressional briefing entitled "Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Public Health and Natural Disasters" and research has been published in several journals including the Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Risk Analysis, Landscape Journal, and Sustainable Cities and Society.

Welcome to the 30-day podcast segment today we have two special guests, Paula Liz and Francesca the developer of an anti-racist teachers program. This podcast is packed with great conversation around art, teaching, and reframing the way we teach students in the classrooms. Join us for this amazing podcast. Listen to a piece of the podcast here... https://youtu.be/vLGnxqeSR7w Learn more here about our guests..... Paula Liz Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Maryland, Paula Liz attended the Maryland Institute of Art where she received her BFA in Painting and MAT in Art Education. She has over 10 years of experience teaching art at public, private, and charter schools in New York City, Washington D.C., and Austin, Texas. Paula Liz currently teaches Elementary art at a two-way immersion school in Silver Spring, Maryland. Anti-Racist Art Teachers Site: https://sites.google.com/view/antiracistartteachers Ms. Paula Liz Contact Info: Instagram: @ms.paulaliz YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiJgIMG1-8L6l8qOLSuk1Nw TpT Store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Making-Art-With-Ms-Paula-Liz Blog: https://mspaulaliz.blogspot.com/ Francesca Francesca Levy is a Cuban artist and art educator who currently teaches K-8 art in Miami, Florida. She has a B.A in Art Education from The University of Florida and an M.A in Art Education & Community Practice from New York University. Francesca is passionate about how arts education can be used to create social change. Teachers pay Teachers https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Anti-Racist-Elements-of-Art-Posters-5688153 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mslevyteachesart/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tlpedu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tlpedu/support

This week, we explore the ancestor of public radio in the United States: educational radio. Our guest, Stephanie Sapienza, helps to bring educational radio archives to life through her work on the multi-institution “Unlocking the Airwaves” project. As Digital Humanities Archivist at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at University of Maryland, Sapienza […] The post Podcast # 252 – Exploring the Seeds of Public Radio in Educational Radio Archives appeared first on Radio Survivor.

This week, we explore the ancestor of public radio in the United States: educational radio. Our guest, Stephanie Sapienza, helps to bring educational radio archives to life through her work on the multi-institution “Unlocking the Airwaves” project. As Digital Humanities Archivist at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at University of Maryland, Sapienza […] The post Podcast # 252 – Exploring the Seeds of Public Radio in Educational Radio Archives appeared first on Radio Survivor.

Kevin Sherry is an award winning author and illustrator of many children's books, most notably "I'm the Biggest Thing In The Ocean", which received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, and won an original artwork award from the Society of Illustrators. Kevin shares his story of graduating from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, working as a chef, creating a screen printing company, and finally getting to work with scholastic books. Buy Kevin Sherry's Books: https://amzn.to/2zNRnVdFollow Kevin Sherry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinsherry_/Follow Bro'in Up on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bro.in_up_podcast/Instacart:Copy and paste link belowFree Delivery on your first order over $35https://instacart.oloiyb.net/NqEKPBuzzSprout:Best way to host a professional podcastCopy and paste link belowYou will Receive $20 amazon gift card with subscriptionhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=198296

PROARTESMEXICO.COM.MX Interview in English with Rosemary Meza-DesPlas by Peter Hay, April 23rd, 2020. Entrevista con Rosemary Meza-DesPlas por Peter Hay, Abril 23, 2020. The artist we are talking with in this episode currently lives in Farmington, New Mexico. She earned an MFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art (Hoffberger School of Painting) and a BFA from the University of North Texas. Her artwork has been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Her work has been written about in several publications including the Huffington Post, Dallas Morning News, The Durango Herald, Wall Street International, and Interview Magazine. The cornerstone of her work is the female experience within a patriarchal society. She parallels her visual art themes with the written word and spoken word performances. La artista con la que estamos hablando en este episodio, vive actualmente en Farmington, Nuevo México. Obtuvo una Maestría en Bellas Artes (MFA) por parte del Instituto de Maryland, la Facultad de Arte (Escuela de Pintura Hoffberger) y una Licenciatura en Bellas Artes (BFA) por parte de la Universidad del Norte de Texas. Su obra de arte ha sido expuesta en numerosas galerías y museos en los Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia. Su trabajo ha sido objeto de diversas publicaciones escritas, incluyendo el Huffington Post, Dallas Morning News, The Durango Herald, Wall Street International y la Interview Magazine. La piedra angular de su trabajo es la experiencia femenina dentro de una sociedad patriarcal. Paralelamente a su obra audiovisual, aborda estas temáticas como performer a través de la palabra y la escritura. Here&There: Conversations with Creators from the MX &USA: In this bilingual series, PROArtes México sits down with contemporary artists working in the USA or MX and discusses their work, concepts, ideas, and interests in their preferred language. A translated version of the interviews available on our website. En esta serie bilingüe, PROArtes México invita a creadores de arte contemporáneo que trabajan en Estados Unidos de América y México, y charlan sobre su trabajo, conceptos, ideas e intereses. Las versiones traducidas de las entrevistas se encontrarán disponibles en nuestra página web.

This week we’re talking about the Paycheck Protection Program. A provision of the CARES Act — the massive coronavirus relief bill that was signed into law on March 27 — the PPP is a loan that’s designed to be an incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll. We know some of our listeners may be applying for it, and if you are, you probably have a few questions. So we sat down for a conversation with two people who can help put this all into proper context. Erik Asgeirsson is the president and CEO of CPA.com, the technology arm of the American Institute of CPAs, and he is going to give us some perspective on the massive and almost unprecedented legislative undertaking to get this bill passed, as well as recommendations for the types of documents that lenders are looking for under various circumstances during the loan application process. And Tom Hood, the president and CEO of the Maryland Institute of CPAs and the Business Learning Institute, is going to talk a bit about the role that CPAs can play in this process, and give us some guidance of his own for people in the profession as the rest of this crisis plays out. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog (https://blionline.org/blog) . Resources: SBA Paycheck Protection Program resources for CPAs (http://bit.ly/PPPresources) MACPA.org/COVID-19 (http://macpa.org/COVID-19) AICPA recommends lender documents and key calculations to use in PPP applications (http://bit.ly/PPPdocuments) Future-Proof is a production of (http://crate.media)

How does a poet end up thinking in terms of algorithms, programming languages, and datasets? This talk explores the work of writers of electronic literature who, instead of writing sequences of words directly, create a computer program or modify an existing one to generate their intended texts. The practice of creating and repurposing “engines” encourage [...] The post Distant Writing appeared first on Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

      Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an oral history project that mobilizes a democratic writing of cultural history through a radical reimagining of strategies for digital authorship and archiving. BLT engages in the production of discursive spaces wherein artists and community members engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues. BLT roundtable [...] The post The Black Lunch Table Archive: A Radical Reimagining of Digital Authorship appeared first on Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

Over approximately the last decade, the Music Encoding Initiative (MEI), has become a recognized international community-driven effort that has developed and maintains the MEI schema, standards, and shared documentation. The potential of machine-readable music data that can be reused, rendered, shared, or analyzed using a computer, is quite appealing, however the reality is that various [...] The post MEI for All! or Lowering the Barrier to Music Encoding through Digital Pedagogy appeared first on Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) is a standard of extensible markup language (XML) that prides itself upon the ability to adapt and evolve to the ever-changing needs of its users, who rely on the guidelines for scholarly modeling, analysis, and digital collections. Now in its fifth major iteration (P5), the TEI guidelines are a productive [...] The post Jessica Lu & Caitlin Pollock Digital Dialogue appeared first on Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

This talk undertakes a partial genealogy of breath as it has been racialized within the project of modernity. I argue that Eric Garner’s “I can’t breathe” sits amongst the larger and longer singularity of Black breath being circumscribed and suffocated, while concomitantly highlighting the struggle to resist and exist within this project. I offer up [...] The post Kimberly Bain Digital Dialogue appeared first on Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

In Roopika Risam’s recent book New Digital Worlds (2019), she proposes that “those of us who are equipped with the capacity for humanities inquiry [and are committed to social justice] have a responsibility to intervene” in the legacies of colonialism by “creating projects to challenge the exclusions in the record of digital knowledge” (139-140).  It [...] The post Sylvia Fernandez Digital Dialogue appeared first on Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

    “Konbit” is an expression in Haitian Creole that means to work together, collaboratively, to achieve a desired outcome. Haitian Studies scholar and digital humanist Marlene L. Daut interprets “konbit” to mean not only analog but also digital collaborations. Working together with undergraduate and graduate students, independent scholars, archivists, librarians, digital humanists, historians, and [...] The post Kelsey Corlett-Rivera and Nathan Dize Digital Dialogue appeared first on Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

This talk highlights how the digital humanities is inadequate and potentially perilous when considering not just the existence of Native American and Indigenous collections but also their troubled status as colonial artifacts leveraged in digital humanities research and teaching. I argue that the rhetoric and practice of the digital humanities continues the valorization of colonial practices of [...] The post Jen Guiliano Digital Dialogue appeared first on Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

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

John an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, with a joint appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). He holds a PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon. At Maryland, he is also formally affiliated with the Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation (AMSC) program, as well as the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL) and Maryland Transportation Institute (MTI). 

This is part 4 of 4 of the Baltimore Summer Series! Susan Lowe is an icon in Baltimore. Born on a tobacco farm in South Carolina, Sue received the best in art education and both attended and taught at Maryland Institute, College of Art. She was part of John Waters’ original group of friends that became the muses of his earliest films, who became knows as “Dreamlanders,” named after his production company. Trixie and Sue sat down in her Baltimore rowhouse and studio for a candid talk about growing up in South Carolina, her star turn as Mole McHenry in John Waters’ Desperate Living and transforming the loss over her grandson’s death from cancer into a series of new paintings. Featured song is “Snow” by Baltimore’s Abby Mott. Featured reading is from The Nine Muses by Angeles Arrien.

PATTY SUAU – TINY FCKN PIX Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Cuban-American artist Patty Suau attended New World School of the Arts, high School and Maryland Institute, College of Art. Suau graduated from Florida International University (FIU) where she received her BA in International Relations, specializing in Economics. Suau continues to live and work in Miami as an artist. Drawings form the core of her work, and she is currently working on a series of miniature erotic drawings called TinyFcknPix. The sultry works measure no more than eight inches across and are framed offset in extra-large frames that present sex and sensuality with disarming elegance.

Guest: Adam Griffiths Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded June 29th, 2018 Adam Griffiths is a cartoonist, illustrator and arts organizer. He got his BFA in Video Art at Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore in 2004. In Washington, D.C., Griffiths served as an arts administrator for organizations such as Provisions Learning Project, Dupont Underground, Washington Project for the Arts, and galleries such as Civilian Art Projects. He has exhibited his work in WPA’s Options, with Hillyer Art Space, School 33 in Baltimore, and the International Curatorial and Studio Practice (ISCP) program in Brooklyn NY, and Sala 1 in Rome, Italy. He presented his first solo show at Arlington Art Center. Griffiths' studio practice is cartooning, comics, and illustration-focused with a politicized, DIY image production ethos that he calls ZAGO. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about Mackay Rippey's personal journey through Lyme disease, what he has learned from almost 200 Lyme Ninja Radio podcasts, and how he approaches working with his own clients in his acupuncture practice. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Mackay Rippey. Mackay Rippey LAc is an acupuncturist practicing in New York for over 25 years. He graduated from St. Mary’s College of Maryland with a BA in English Literature in 1986. He later studied acupuncture at the Maryland Institute of Integrative Health. His interest in acupuncture was inspired by his father, and he was the youngest person in his class. He was one of the first people in the United States to earn a Masters degree in acupuncture. He studied Five-Element Acupuncture; a traditional form of acupuncture based on the oral tradition founded by JR Worsley. He specializes in chronic Lyme disease and works with clients with chronic pain, anxiety, panic attacks, and other complex chronic conditions. He is the host of the popular podcast Lyme Ninja Radio which is quickly approaching its 200th episode with some of the thought leaders in the realm of Lyme disease and brings free content to thousands of listeners. Lyme Ninja Radio is the creator of the free Lyme Symptom tracker tool which provides an easy way to track your Lyme symptoms. Key Takeaways: - What was Mackay's personal journey with Lyme disease? - What are some of his favorite herbal approaches for treating Lyme disease? - How might light therapy be helpful in improving health? - What role does diet and nutrition play in recovering from Lyme? - How might healthy fats and a ketogenic diet be beneficial? - What are some of the key things that people with Lyme are trying to figure out? - What are the top priorities to consider in recovering from Lyme? - What is the difference between how a doctor or researcher looks at Lyme as compared to a patient? - What is the role of genetics and epigenetics in health challenges? - What takeaways came from the top 10 Lyme Ninja Radio shows? - What is the Lyme Symptom Tracker? Connect With My Guest: http://www.lymeninjaradio.com Interview Date: March 27, 2018 Disclaimer: The content of this show is for informational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any illness or medical condition. Nothing in today's discussion is meant to serve as medical advice or as information to facilitate self-treatment. As always, please discuss any potential health-related decisions with your own personal medical authority.

Louis Fratino was born in 1993 in Maryland and currently lives and works in New York. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He recently had solo shows at Monya Rowe Gallery in Florida, Thierry Goldberg Gallery in New York City and Platform Gallery in Baltimore, MD. His work was also recently included in group exhibitions at HILDE Gallery in Los Angeles, Harpy Gallery in New Jersey, and Thierry Goldberg Gallery in New York, NY. He also is currently in a four person show at D.C. Moore Gallery. He completed a Fulbright research Fellowship in Painting in Berlin, and has also concluded the Yale Norfolk Painting Fellowship at the Yale Summer School of Art and Music in Norfolk, CT. His work has also been featured in exhibitions at Maryland Institute of Art, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Current Space, and SessionSpace, among others. His work was recently covered by Roberta Smith in the New York Times. Brian met up with Louis at his studio in Long Island City where they discussed his time growing up in Maryland, working small and scale shifts in painting, hia time working at the Guggenheim, striving for non-thinking time and much more.

In Episode 024, I interview Mackay Rippey, a New York Licensed acupuncturist who specializes in the treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease. Mackay first started his study of acupuncture in 1989 at the Maryland Institute of Integrative Health and has been in practice for more than 25 years. For the last several years, he has been a pioneer in the field of chronic lyme disease bringing free content to thousands suffering from chronic illness as part of his website and podcast Lyme Ninja Radio.  As you will hear in the show, I was quite fortunate to stumble across Mackay and his work, and am so grateful to have connected with his passion for helping those suffering with chronic lyme. Mackay starts us off with his unique background and persistence to finally discover his calling in acupuncture. He then leads us into his own experience with lyme  and how it inspired him to broaden his view, seeking to help others through his podcast and blog. We then get really practical and down to earth in this discussion, as Mackay and I dig into the disease process behind lyme, the current evolving state of diagnosis and the interplay between the body's immune response and the presence of various viral and bacterial pathogens. Mackay offers his advice for patients who are suffering and worried they may be afflicted by chronic lyme.  Mackay provides us with some recent insights as part of forays into the newest cutting edge research behind lyme and lyme treatment. Asking questions such as:  What are Bioflims? Are antibiotics able to penetrate these bacterial colonies? What alternatives are there to antibiotics in treating lyme? How important are stress management practices and dietary modifications to healing from lyme? How about neuro-psychiatric manifestations of lyme disease. ​Mackay's wealth of knowledge and curiosity is a blessing to thousands seeking wellness. I hope you enjoy this conversation and be sure to check out Mackay's page and podcast to dig deeper into lyme disease. Without further adieu, let's start the show! To learn more about his amazing work, visit his website at: ​ http://www.mackayrippey.com To hear more exciting news stay tuned at: http://lymeninjaradio.com And to hear more amazing podcasts, listen in at: http://lymeninjaradio.com/blog-boxed-grid-2/ Listen to our other exciting podcasts on our website using this link: https://www.amedicinalmind.com/podcast-wisdom-and-well-being     Disclaimer: The content at A Medicinal Mind and the content of our podcast are educational and informational in nature. They are not intended to be medical advice, spiritual counsel or a substitute for working with a health professional or a trained spiritual counselor. We cannot guarantee the outcome of any of the recommendations provided on our page or by the guests on our podcast and any statements written or made about any potential outcomes are expressions of opinion only. ​​

Frances Barth was born in the Bronx, in New York City, and studied painting at Hunter College. While an art student she also studied modern dance, and performed in some of Yvonne Rainer’s work at Lincoln Center and the Billy Rose Theater in 1968-9. In 1972 Marcia Tucker put her painting “Henning” in the Whitney Museum Painting Annual, which resulted in her representation by Susan Caldwell For the past ten years Frances has also been working with animation and video. Her video, "Regina," a short portrait/documentary of the painter Regina Bogat, had its world premier at The Marfa Film Festival 2014. Her list of exhibitions and awards are just too long to list but highlights include The Joan Mitchell Award, an NEA Grant, the Guggenheim Fellowhip, and she is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Albright-Knox, and the Whitney Museum just to name a few from a very long list. She was a professor at the Yale School of Art for a significant time and was the Director Emeritus of the Mt.Royal School of Art, Maryland Institute. Brian visited Frances’ home studio in North Bergen, New Jersey and spoke about her youth in the Bronx, her formative years in New York City and her explorations into dance and animation.

Janis Grau is thankful that she was born an artist...with an artist's eyes.  As an artist she is constantly surrounded by beauty, even in what would appear to others to be a mundane setting. Within a copse of summer trees she finds thirty different hues of green...and blues and purples where those without an artist's eyes see only a clump of trees.  Her artistic vision morphs the ordinary objects and entities seen by others into a world overflowing with patterns and textures, sunlight and shadow, shape and form, line and contour, hue, intensity, tint and shade. It  is her wish that non-artists may be able to share this world through her paintings...that they can, for a few minutes, step out of the banal and into beauty. “When I stepped into an art classroom my first year in high school, my life reached a turning point.  I had planned a career in nursing but my art teacher, Jim Laubheimer, would have none of it!  With his guidance, mentoring, and encouragement, I pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, graduating in 1966. For the next thirty-five years I taught middle and high school art students in Maryland, while continuing coursework to gain a Master's equivalency + 30. I loved every minute that I spent teaching art and would have done it even if I had not been paid for doing so. Upon retiring, I re-located to southwest Florida, set up a studio and pursued the love of working in watercolor first introduced to me by my teacher and mentor. The beautiful flowers and vegetation surrounding me in sunny Florida have been a constant source of inspiration for subject matter.”

"Whats your lane? Is it sports? Its it portraits? Maybe its nature… Oh and thats just the overall genre. If you had to really specify what you shoot, what would it be? So not just sports… but which sport? Is it Hockey portraits? Maybe you have a passion for zoology and you've got a burning desire to document every living species of bird in North America. Now THATS a lane..." Website: www.BryonSummers.com www.
Instagram.com/WereGettingBetter — Photographer Spotlight: Roy DeCarava. Born December 9th,1919 in Harlem, Roy DeCarava would grow up to be a renowned master photographer. He began his career as a painter and later turned to photography by the 1940s. His photographs were initially used as references for what would eventually end up on the canvas as paintings but by 1952, DeCarava was all in. He embraced photography as his new medium and was even the 9th photographer to receive the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. He considered his images artistic expressions - serious, artistic, and universally human. He worked for Columbia, Prestige, ABC Paramount, and Atlantic records as well as Sports Illustrated and Scientific American until the 1970s when he became a professor of art at Cooper Union. He's received several honorary degrees from Rhode Island School of Design, Maryland Institute of Art, The Parsons School of Design and the Art Institute of Boston for contributions to American Art. In addition to his many accolades, DeCarava was awarded the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the National Arts Club and the Master of Photography Award of the International Center of Photography. In 2006, he was awarded the National Medal of Art from the National Endowment for the Arts, presented by President George W. Bush. Decarava died of natural caused October 27, 2009. For more of Roy DeCarava visit http://decarava.org/ — Music:
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Ep 34 Amanda Ross-Ho & Erik Frydenborg: The People We close out the show with a song from Erik Frydenborg's band Net Shaker from their 2013 LP I'm So Cold on Kill Shaman Records. You can find them on Bandcamp at netshaker.bandcamp.com and the name of the track is "Car Is Over." Amanda Ross-Ho is an artist based in Los Angeles. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received her MFA from the University of Southern California. Her piece, THE CHARACTER AND SHAPE OF ILLUMINATED THINGS (FACIAL RECOGNITION) was part of the show Image Objects organized by Public Art Fund in New York City. Erik Frydenborg is also an artist based in Los Angeles. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, and an MFA from the University of Southern California. Frydenborg's most recent show An Erik Frydenborg Omnibus is currently up at The Pit II in Glendale, CA.

Melani N. Douglass is the Community Engagement Manager for Everyman Theatre - host of the Capacity Building Workshop presented by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. She was introduced to Everyman Theatre during her tenure as an Urban Arts Leadership Fellow while obtaining her MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute and College of Art. Douglass is also the founder of the Family Arts Museum - a nomadic, non-collecting institution that focuses on family as fine art, home as curated space and community as gallery. Her exhibition, Love on the Line: Stories of  a Baltimore Worth Living For was name as Best Pop-Up for Baltimore Magazine's 2015 Best of Baltimore list.  HUD Grant Writing and Capacity Building Training Wed, August 5, 2015 http://www.hud.gov/emarc/index.cfm?fuseaction=emar.registerEvent&eventId=2518&update=N Melani N. Douglass Urban Arts Leadership Program Fellow Education Department Everyman Theatre Baltimore, MD 21201 443.615.7055 x7133 www.everymantheatre.org  

Dennis Simon began his career as a fashion illustrator after graduating from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in 1969. He later worked as an art director in an ad agency and then as a full-time freelancer. In 1986 and 1987 Denis designed the exhibit system for the Collier Automotive Museum in Naples, Florida, providing an ideal opportunity for him to combine his skills in exhibit design with his longstanding interest in vintage automobiles. His interest in cars has been life long. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, books, and on many event posters. Through his imagery and design, his goal has been to bring back the missing elements of style, romance, and panache that so characterized an earlier part of this automotive age.

July 22, 2014. Matthew G. Kirschenbaum discusses software at the 2014 annual meeting of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. Speaker Biography: Matthew G. Kirschenbaum is associate professor of English at the University of Maryland and associate director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), an applied thinktank for the digital humanities. He is also an affiliated faculty member with the College of Information Studies at Maryland, and a member of the teaching faculty at the University of Virginia's Rare Book School. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6378

Over the course of the twentieth century, oral history, the gathering and recording of interviews and memories, was an essential ingredient of this democratization of scholarship. Oral histories provided vital evidence to allow scholars to move beyond the written records of elites and expand their focus to broader groups and to social and cultural history. The digital revolution has opened up dramatic new opportunities in this process. As it is easier than ever to capture the actual voices of people, the oral record is being preserved and made accessible to historians and the broader public at a scale previously unimaginable. Two scholars discuss this dynamic and examine its impact. Mark Lawrence Kornbluh is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of History at the University of Kentucky. The author of "Why America Stopped Voting: The Decline of Participatory Democracy and the Emergence of Modern American Politics," he is a modern American political historian. A pioneer in digital history, he served as co-founder and executive director of H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online and as the founding director of MATRIX: The Center of the Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences On-Line at Michigan State University. Doug Oard is a library educator and technologist at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he holds joint appointments as professor in the College of Information Studies (Maryland's iSchool) and in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). He is an unrepentant engineer, with three degrees (Bachelors, Masters and Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering, but in other ways he is an academic (having, for example, recently served as associate dean for Research at Maryland's iSchool). For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5101.

In 1826, visionary leader John H. B. Latrobe founded the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts to help meet pressing skilled labor demands of the Industrial Revolution and to provide a cultural center featuring scientific and fine arts exhibitions and Lyceum lectures for Baltimore, the nation's fastest growing urban center at that time. Making History/Making Art: MICA chronicles the people, the events and the turning points in the evolution of this new experiment in education into a premiere college of art internationally and an invaluable community and cultural resource known today simply as MICA.A graduate of Trinity College (CT), Doug Frost joined the senior administration of Maryland Institute College of Art in 1966 after obtaining an MA in HIstory from Yale. When he became Vice President for Development, Emeritus in 2006, he began researching and writing the College's history.Presented in partnership with the Maryland Historical Society.   Recorded On: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Jose Villarrubia has colored some of the most prestigious comic books in the industry and is an art professor at the renown Maryland Institute of Art. He has collaborated with famed writer Alan Moore on several book projects. Jose discuses the comic book industry, how they are produced, different styles around the world and the LGBT audience for comic books.