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Dr. Durell Cooper explores with various topics relating to art, society, politics, and the universe.
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In this episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Molaundo Jones. Molaundo currently serve as Senior Director of Communications & Partnerships at Art21, a celebrated global leader in presenting thought-provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art. He is also Founder of The Clever Agency, a content creation and brand strategy consultancy, where I launched VeryCleverStudios.com, a storefront studio project designed to amplify the work of emerging performing artists, entrepreneurs, and disruptors. He has had the opportunity to work for some amazing, creative, and mission-driven companies including Black Girl Ventures Foundation, an organization committed to creating low-barrier access to capital for Black and Brown women-identifying founders; the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, New York’s premier arts advocacy organization; Queens Council on the Arts, an institution committed to developing the arts in Queens County; and Fractured Atlas, a national membership-based organization committed to helping artists raise capital for their projects.In addition to his  passion for working with his Elders through arts education, he’s also enjoying contributing to the development of emerging artists and entrepreneurs. He has served as a Marketing & Communications coach with Creative Capital and NYFA and as a grant panelist with organizations including Brooklyn Arts Council, the Museum of Arts and Design, and the NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority.  Currently he serves as President of the Board of Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc), a community organizing-based nonprofit committed to strengthening the cultural diversity of the Lower East Side.   https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In February 2023, Bynum assumed the role of Chief Education Officer at Lincoln Center for the  Performing Arts, providing strategic leadership, creative vision, and administrative direction for  the organization’s educative initiatives, and serving as an advocate for the value and importance  of arts education. Prior to Lincoln Center, Bynum inaugurated the role of Vice President for  Impact at Minnesota Opera, guiding the company’s educational, engagement, and equity work.  During Bynum’s tenure, the company made diversification a priority, and the percentage of the  staff who identified as people of color rose by fifteen percent, including at the director, vice  president, and board levels; built its access apparatus to begin addressing internal policy and  artistic programming gaps relative to physical ability and neurodivergence, socioeconomic class,  sexual orientation, and gender identity; produced multiple mainstage works by Black, Asian,  Latinx, and women composers and librettists; and unveiled a community commissioning  program that advanced conversations around who-creates-opera-and-for-whom. Additionally,  Bynum launched the Creative Development Program, which gave Minnesota Opera a fully  articulated set of educational programs—from babies to seniors—rooted in the values of  inclusion, diversity, equity, and access and social emotional learning pedagogy. The programs  directly address pipeline issues among underrepresented singers, composers, and technical  artists, as well as prioritize de-gendering vocal pedagogy and broadening the canon to normalize  the programming of underrepresented composers.  Before Minnesota Opera, Bynum was on the program staff of The Andrew W. Mellon  Foundation for a decade, working in the Higher Learning, Diversity, and Scholarly  Communications and Information Technology funding areas. At the Foundation, Bynum made  diversity, equity, and inclusion grants to colleges, universities, community music schools, and  museums; supported the creation of K-12 music education programs and arts majors at HBCUs; and funded two PBS documentaries, Tell Them We Are Rising and Driving While Black. As  Associate Director of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, Bynum steered a program  that shepherded several hundred budding scholars of color through the PhD process at dozens of  colleges and universities in the United States and South Africa. Before joining the Foundation,  Bynum was the Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia  University, managing the Latinx, Asian American, Native American and comparative ethnic  studies programs. Bynum also was invited to be a visiting scholar at the Caritas Institute of  Higher Education at Hong Kong’s St. Francis University. Bynum was part of the 2019 cohort of the Council on Foundation’s Career Pathways Executive  Leadership Development Program, as well as a professional mentor for Opera America’s Opera  Leaders of Color program for two years. Additional field service includes peer reviewing for the  Educating Harlem program; writing for the Harlem Heritage Project; researching as the staff  historian for We Are 2042; coordinating the Critical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity Working  Group; making regular contributions on film and television to The Amsterdam News; and serving  on the editorial board of Journal of South Asian Studies. As a dramaturg, Bynum has  collaborated on the development of new works with American Opera Projects, the Herberger  Institute for Design and the Arts, the John Duffy Institute for New Opera, and Columbia  University. And as a librettist, Bynum recently was https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
Marlon Meikle is an LA-based educator, arts administrator, actor, MC/Host, playwright and drag queen whose work has been featured on Call Me Kat on FOX, the TLC/Discovery+ Historical Docuseries “Book of Queer,” New York's 59E59 Theater, Le Poisson Rouge, Signature Theatre, Incubator Arts Project, Ars Nova, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Cry Havoc Theatre and Joe's Pub. Marlon has presented performance work and workshops at the California Institute of the Arts, Southeastern Theatre Conference, Florida Theatre Conference, and at theatre and performance conferences and festivals across the country. He has worked in university-level programs including his alma mater Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and The New School College of Performing Arts in NYC where he was instrumental in launching their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dramatic Arts program. In addition to his performance work Marlon currently serves as an Associate Director of Admission for Parsons School of Design at The New School in NYC. He is represented by Andy Rooney at Midwest Talent Management | Los Angeles.  https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
Monica Stephenson is originally from Fayetteville, North Carolina. She is a graduate of the University ofNorth Carolina School of the Arts and the Professional Training Program at the Houston Ballet Academy.In 2002, she received her first professional contract with The Washington Ballet. She went on to performwith the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble from 2003-2005. During this time, Monica also performedin The Nutcracker with Pennsylvania Ballet and Ballet New York and as a guest artist with Ballet Black inLondon, England. In 2006, Monica joined the Los Angeles Ballet as an inaugural season companymember. She performed with the LA Ballet through 2010 and enjoyed the opportunity to dance inclassical and contemporary repertory and in many of Balanchine’s ballets. In 2016, she completed herMaster of Arts in Dance Education from New York University with a concentration in American BalletTheatre Ballet Pedagogy and is certified in all levels of the ABT curriculum. Monica was previously amember of the Education Staff at American Ballet Theatre as both a Teaching Artist and the ProjectCoordinator for Project Plié, an initiative to increase diversity in classical ballet.Monica joined The Washington School of Ballet SE Campus as Full-time Faculty in the Fall of 2016.Monica assumed the role of Associate Head of School SE Campus in 2018 and Head of School SE Campusfrom 2019-2021. She is currently a PhD Student in Dance https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
Jonathan McCrory is a two Obie Award-winning, Harlem-based artist who has served as Executive Artistic Director at National Black Theatre since 2012 under the leadership of CEO, Sade Lythcott. He has directed numerous professional productions and concerts which include: How the Light Gets In (NYMF), Klook and Iron John (NAMT),  Dead and Breathing, HandsUp, Hope Speaks, Blacken The Bubble, Asking for More, Last Laugh and Enter Your Sleep. He has worked at ETW at TISCH NYU with Emergence: A Communion and evoking him: Baldwin and at Suny Purchase directing Exit Strategy, &  A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes. He has been acknowledged as an exceptional leader additionally through Craine’s New York Business 2020 Notable LGBTQ Leaders and Executives.In 2013, he was awarded the Emerging Producer Award by the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and the Torch Bearer Award by theatrical legend Woodie King Jr. He is a founding member of the collaborative producing organizations Harlem9, Black Theatre Commons, The Jubilee, Next Generation National Network and The Movement Theatre Company. McCrory sits on the National Advisory Committee for Howlround.com and was a member of the original cohort for ArtEquity. A Washington, DC native, McCrory attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and New York University’s TISCH School of the Arts. To learn more, please visit www.jonathanmccrory.com.  https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this specially commissioned series with Grantmakers in the Arts, The Lost Files, Dr. Durell Cooper invites artists, community organizers, researchers, cultural and racial studies experts, and scholars to think about the narratives driving the arts and cultural sector – as it intersects with systems of structural racism and economic exclusion – and what opportunities for narrative change exist.  In this episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Dr. Rhianna Rogers. Rhianna C. Rogers is the inaugural director of the Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy (CAREP) and a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Rogers is an expert on cultural and ethnic studies, intercultural competencies and diversity education, cultural mediation, and virtual exchange programmatic development and implementation. Her approach centers on participatory action research and community engagement processes. Before RAND, Rogers has held administrative appointments and taught in Higher Education spaces (2002–present). She was most recently an associate professor of interdisciplinary studies (history and anthropology) and the coordinator of the Global Indigenous Knowledge program at State University of New York (SUNY), Empire State College. At SUNY, Rogers held two systems appointments, one as the Ernest Boyer Presidential Fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government (2019–2020) and the other as a SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence Fellow (2014–2021). Rogers was also a Stevens Initiative Visiting Professor of Anthropology at the American University of Technology in Kaslik, Lebanon (2017–2018) and served two terms as the SUNY Empire State College Coordinator of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (2017–2019 and 2014–2017). Rogers developed and codeveloped several successful DEI initiatives in her career, including SPEC/Buffalo Project, a grant-funded and award-winning action-based diversity program focused on the development of culturally inclusive programming and upskilling populations to inform solution-making efforts in college and community environments (2010–present). Rogers holds a Ph.D. in comparative area studies from Florida Atlantic University. https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this specially commissioned series with Grantmakers in the Arts, The Lost Files, Dr. Durell Cooper invites artists, community organizers, researchers, cultural and racial studies experts, and scholars to think about the narratives driving the arts and cultural sector – as it intersects with systems of structural racism and economic exclusion – and what opportunities for narrative change exist.  In this episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Dr. Christopher Emdin.  Dr. Christopher Emdin is the Robert A. Naslund Endowed Chair in Curriculum Theory and Professor of Education at the University of Southern California; where he also serves as Director of youth engagement and community partnerships at the USC Race and Equity Center. He is also Scholar/Griot in Residence at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.He previously served as Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education and Director of the Science Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University.Dr. Emdin is an alumni fellow at the Hip-hop Archive and Hutchins Center at Harvard University and was STEAM Ambassador for the U.S. Department of State and Minorities in Energy Ambassador for the U.S. Department of Energy.Dr. Emdin holds a Ph.D in Urban Education with a concentration in Mathematics, Science, and Technology; Masters degrees in both Natural Sciences and Education and Bachelors degrees in Physical Anthropology, Biology, and Chemistry.He is the creator of the #HipHopEd social media movement, Science Genius BATTLES and the CREATE Accelerator. He was recently named one of the 27 people bridging divides in the United States by Time magazine and the Root 100 list of most influential African Americans.He is the author of numerous award winning works including the award-winning, Urban Science Education for the Hip-hop Generation and the New York Times bestseller, For White Folks Who Teach In the Hood and the Rest of Ya’ll too. His latests book. Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Excellence and STEM STEAM Make Dream are currently available wherever books are sold. https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this specially commissioned series with Grantmakers in the Arts, The Lost Files, Dr. Durell Cooper invites artists, community organizers, researchers, cultural and racial studies experts, and scholars to think about the narratives driving the arts and cultural sector – as it intersects with systems of structural racism and economic exclusion – and what opportunities for narrative change exist.  In this Episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Majora Carter. Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She's responsible for the creation of numerous economic development, technology inclusion & green-infrastructure projects, policies and job training & placement systems.  She is also a lecturer at Princeton University's Keller Center.Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC: "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one” - which is also the subtitle of her 2022 book, Reclaiming Your Community.In 2017, she launched the Boogie Down Grind, a Hip Hop themed speciality coffee & craft beer spot, and the first commercial “3rd Space” in the Hunts Point sectionof the South Bronx since the mid-1980s. This venture also provides a rare opportunity for local families to invest through SEC approved online investment platforms. Majora was born, raised and continues to live in the South Bronx. She is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science (1984), Wesleyan University (1988 BA, Distinguished Alum) and New York University (MFA).  After establishing  Sustainable South Bronx (2001) and Green For All (2007), among other organizations, she opened this private consulting firm (2008) - which was named Best for the World by B-Corp in 2014. https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this specially commissioned series with Grantmakers in the Arts, The Lost Files, Dr. Durell Cooper invites artists, community organizers, researchers, cultural and racial studies experts, and scholars to think about the narratives driving the arts and cultural sector – as it intersects with systems of structural racism and economic exclusion – and what opportunities for narrative change exist.  In this episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Dr. Zannie Voss. Dr. Zannie Voss is Director of SMU DataArts and Professor of Arts Management in SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts and the Cox School of Business. Previously she was Chair of Arts Management at SMU, a Professor at Duke University and Producing Director of Theater Previews at Duke, where she transferred two productions to Broadway.  Her 70+ academic and applied research articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals and as professional publications.  She has co-authored Theatre Facts for Theatre Communications Group since 1998.  She serves on the boards of the International Association of Arts and Cultural Management, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Dallas Symphony Association, and she is a former member of the American Academy of Arts and Science’s Commission on the Arts.  https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Durell speaks with Lisa Yancey.  Lisa Yancey is an entrepreneurial strategist who has built a practice solving problems for nonprofit organizations and is a co-founder of several growing enterprises. Through her company Yancey Consulting, she specializes in strategic organizational planning, business planning, program evaluation and assessments, executive project management, revenue modeling, leadership coaching, and organizational structure assessments for nonprofit institutions.She advises a spectrum of practitioners, nonprofit organizations, philanthropists, and philanthropic institutions committed to dismantling inequities, enriching marginalized communities, building leadership, and amplifying diverse perspectives. She has worked with, facilitated, and provided pro bono services to over 100 organization or grantmaking institutions in the past 18 years.Lisa matriculated from both Boston College Law School, and Emory University is a member of the New York State Bar Association and lives in Mount Vernon, NY. https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this Episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Dr. Antonio Cuyler. Dr. Cuyler is the author of Access, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cultural Organizations: Insights from the Careers of Executive Opera Managers of Color in the U. S. and editor of a forthcoming volume in June of 2022, Arts Management, Cultural Policy, & the African Diaspora. He serves as the Director of the MA Program & Associate Professor of Arts Administration in the Department of Art Education at Florida State University (FSU), Visiting Associate Professor of Theatre & Drama in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance at the University of Michigan. In addition, he is the Founder of Cuyler Consulting, LLC, a Black-owned arts consultancy that helps cultural organizations maximize their performance and community relevance through access, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI). https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Shirley C. Taylor. Shirley started her journey as an arts administrator at the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1987 andhas since built a career leading a variety of arts and cultural education programs throughout New York City:Associate Director for Visual Arts Programs at ArtsConnection, Inc.; Director of Arts Programs at UniversitySettlement Society; Deputy Director of Programs, Education for the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning; Director of Education and Public Programs at the Noguchi Museum. Ms. Taylor has provided consulting services for anumber of education and cultural organizations including the Partnership for After School Education, Artmakers,Inc., the Bronx Center for Non Profits and Yaffa Cultural Arts. She is a recipient of the New York City School Art League Charles Robertson Memorial Award and the National Association of Negro Business & ProfessionalWomen’s Club, Inc. Professional Award; has served as a member of the New York City Department of Education’s Advisory Board for Arts Education and on the Board of Directors for One World Arts. In 2006, Ms. Taylor helped establish the Apollo Theater’s Education Department which provides arts, media and humanities programming forschools, professional and career development for teens and young adults, and public engagement programs for a variety of audiences. She presently serves as the Apollo’s Senior Director of Education. She is Assistant AdjunctProfessor, Africana Studies, at Barnard College and a member of the Board of Directors of Willie Mae RockCamp.. She holds anM.F.A. in painting from the City University of New York and   is agraduate of the Columbia Business School Institute for Not-for-Profit Management, the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS), and the American Express Leadership Academy. https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Dr. Durell Cooper speaks with Dr. Terri N. Watson is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at The City College of New York and a member of the Urban Education faculty at The City University of New York’s Graduate Center. Her research examines effective school leadership and is aimed to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of historically excluded and underserved students and families. She employs Critical Race Theory, Black Feminist Theory and Motherwork as methodological frameworks. Her scholarship is featured in several edited books and journals, including Educational Administration Quarterly, the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, The Journal of Negro Education, the Journal of School Leadership, and Leadership and Policy in Schools.Dr. Watson was named a 2020 – 2022 Faculty Lead in conjunction with The Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research at The Graduate Center’s Center for the Humanities, The City University of New York (https://www.centerforthehumanities.org/programming/participants/terri-n…). She is also the guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Educational Administration and History (Routledge) titled, A Seat at the Table: Examining the Impact, Ingenuity, and Leadership Practices of Black Woman and Girls in PK – 20 Contexts. Each manuscript utilized a critical methodology to center the lived experiences of Black women and girls in schools (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjeh20/52/3?nav=tocList).During the 2020 – 2021 academic year, Dr. Watson was named a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University at Buffalo's Center for Diversity Innovation. Through her work at the Center, she aimed to transform the schoolhouse into a 'Beloved Community’ (http://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2021/04/gse-beloved-community.html). https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Vivian Phillips. Vivian  is a communications professional and arts leader.  She is  co-host of the podcast doubleXposure where she and veteran arts  journalist Marcie Sillman use their voice and platform to plumb the  deepest depths and the tiniest cracks of our world to understand how  culture and creativity shape our lives.  Vivian is also the founder and  editor-in-chief of the online magazine Arte Noir, a gathering place to  explore and center the dynamic creativity, soulfulness, and power of  Black art.  In addition to the online magazine, Arte Noir will soon open a  gallery and shop location at Midtown Square in Seattle.   Vivian has served in numerous communications and arts leadership  roles.  She was Director of Marketing and Communications for Seattle  Theatre Group, served as Director of Communications to Mayor Paul  Schell, chaired the 4Culture Board, and the Seattle Arts Commission, co founded the Historic Central Area Arts and Cultural District, sat on the  founding board of LANGSTON, and co-founded The Hansberry Project.   Her service to community has been felt across numerous organizations  and she currently sits on the University of Washington Foundation  Board. Vivian practices as a communications strategic advisor and arts  consultant, actively advocating and creating opportunities for the  inclusion of Black, and artists of color, in major developments and  projects across the city.    https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Durell speaks with Jacqueline Cofield. Jacqueline is the founder of J Rêve International LLC, a global culture and arts education social enterprise.  Jacqueline curates international experiences for educators, students, and artists, and collaborates with leading arts, cultural and educational institutions to produce meaningful global programming.  An educator, author, documentary filmmaker, and interdisciplinary scholar, Jacqueline is trilingual, has lived or studied in 9 countries, and traveled to 60.  Currently a doctoral student at Columbia University’s Teachers College, her arts-based polyvocal research centers on intersectional aesthetic and epistemological power dynamics.  https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Durell speaks with the "Fresh Professor" James Miles. James has worked as an educator in the New York City public schools for almost 20 years prior to moving to Seattle in 2016. Before joining Mentor Washington as Chief Executive Officer, Miles served as the Executive Director of Seattle based Arts Corps. Originally from Chicago, Miles has worked internationally as an artist and educator, who was inspired to foment change after seeing so many children that looked like him, get disregarded and treated like criminals by our educational systems. His acclaimed TedX Talk focuses on his mission to narrow achievement gaps using the arts as a tool to navigate inequitable educational systems. Miles is a Mayoral Appointee to the Seattle Arts Commission, a Trustee on the Board of the Frye Museum, and on the advisory board of SXSW EDU. A former accountant, model, and actor, Miles has facilitated workshops and designed curriculum for the New Victory Theater, Roundabout Theatre, Disney Theatrical Group, Village Theatre, Arts Impact, Denver Performing Arts Center, Impact Schools, and others. Previously an adjunct professor at NYU, James taught a myriad of classes, ranging from Acting and Directing to EdTech and Special Education. A graduate of Morehouse College and Brandeis University, James has presented at SXSW EDU, NYU’s IMPACT Festival, NYU Shanghai, New York Creative Tech Week, EdTechXEurope, Google Educator Bootcamp, UAEM North America, UAEM Europe, National Guild, ITAC, and provided professional development to teachers across the world. His work has been featured by Pie News, New Profit, Complex Magazine, National Guild, Seattle Times, KOMO, KEXP, NPR, CBS, NBC, US Department of Education, and ASCD. James is a consultant with Continua Consulting, and  is the co-founder of LeadersDontLead.com, a leadership coaching agency. Learn more about James Miles and his work at www.freshprofessor.com https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Durell speaks with Niegel Smith. Niegel is a Bessie Award winning theater director and performance artist. He is the Artistic Director of NYC’s Obie Award winning theater, The Flea; board member of A.R.T./New York; and ringleader of Willing Participant (www.willingparticipant.org) an artistic activist organization that whips up urgent poetic responses to crazy shit that happens.His theater work has been produced at The Alley Theater, The Barbican, Classical Theatre of Harlem, The Flea Theater, The Goodman Theatre, HERE Arts Center, Hip Hop Theatre Festival, The Invisible Dog, Luna Stage, The Melbourne Festival, Magic Theatre, Mixed Blood, New York Fringe Festival, New York Live Arts, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Playwrights Horizons, Pomegranate Arts, The Public Theater, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Summer Play Festival, and Under the Radar, and his participatory walks and performances have been produced by Abrons Arts Center, American Realness, The Brooklyn Museum, Dartmouth College, Elastic City, The Invisible Dog, Jack, The New Museum, Prelude Festival, PS 122, the Van Alen Institute and Visual AIDS. He often collaborates with playwright/performer Taylor Mac. Smith is co-director of the critically acclaimed ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music’, winner of the Kennedy Prize in Drama, Bessie Award, the Edwin Booth Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He associate directed the Tony Award winning musical FELA! – restaging that production in London, Lagos and its world tour, assistant directed the off-broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and both the Broadway and off-Broadway productions of Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change.  He has worked on the artistic staffs of The Public Theater, Trinity Repertory Company and Providence Black Rep. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Smith has received residencies, grants and/or fellowships from Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the MAP Fund, New York Stage and Film, Sundance Theatre Lab, Theater Communications Group, Tucker Foundation, Van Lier Fund and VoxFest. Before surviving high school in Detroit, he grew up in the North Carolina piedmont, fishing with his dad, shopping with his mom and inventing tall-tale fantasies with his two younger brothers. www.niegelsmith.com https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Durell speaker with Sharnita C. Johnson, a philanthropy leader who drives social change at the intersection of arts, culture, and community development and the Vice President of Strategy, Impact, and Communications at the Victoria Foundation. She most recently served as Arts Program Director with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, where she led a statewide grantmaking portfolio focused on arts, equity, and creative placekeeping for a vibrant New Jersey. While there, she catalyzed the Foundation’s transformation to equity and co-designed its strategic planning and learning agenda, resulting in a mission to address root causes and repair of structural racism and inequity in New Jersey.  Prior to Dodge, Johnson led grantmaking portfolios as a senior program officer and program officer at the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Skillman Foundation, Ruth Mott Foundation, and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. In these roles, Johnson led collaborative, place-based work that increased investment in, built leadership of, and created conditions for thriving communities throughout Southeast Michigan.  Johnson co-created and co-chairs the New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund, a first-of-its-kind $5 million fund to support artists and arts organizations impacted by the pandemic. She is board chair-elect of Grantmakers in the Arts and former co-chair of its Racial Equity Committee. She serves on the board of ArtYard and joins The Children's Theatre Foundation of America board January 2022. She is a Council on Foundations Career Pathways Fellow, ABFE Connecting Leaders Fellow, and Marygrove College Distinguished Alumni. Johnson earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a bachelor's from Marygrove College in Detroit.  https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode Durell speaks with Dr. Steven Thurston Oliver, Associate Professor of Secondary and Higher Education at Salem State University is a Sociologist of Education whose research and expertise is focused on using Contemplative Pedagogy in K-12 teacher preparation and higher education programs as a catalyst for cultivating greater capacity among educators to be introspective and engage across human differences. Steven received a Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from New York University, and M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Washington and a B.A. in International Studies from Antioch College. An advocate for Environmental Justice and Sustainable Food Systems, Steven serves on the Board of Trustees of Sterling College, an institution focused on the human relationship with the natural world. Steven is a member of the Brooklyn Zen Center and lay practitioner in the Soto Zen tradition. Steven and his husband Jonathan live in Lowell, Massachusetts with their rescue dog Batu from Puerto Rico.  https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
In this episode of fluency durell speaks with highly sought after artist and intimacy coordinator Ann C. James.  Ann James has an extensive career in international stage direction and theatre education spanning over three decades.  James recently made her debut as the first Black Intimacy Coordinator of Broadway for Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over. James is an expert in the burgeoning industry of intimacy direction and institutional consent culture for national arts organizations. In addition to her Broadway credit, she served as Intimacy Director and Sensitivity Specialist  for the provocative Off-Broadway productions of Moises Kaufman’s Seven Deadly Sins by Tectonic Theatre Project and Seize the King produced by Classical Theatre of Harlem. On the West Coast, James provides consultation and intimacy coordination for the television and film industry most recently working with Rashida Jones, Mark Wahlberg, Issa Rae, Will Ferrell and Cynthia Enrivo. Her intimacy work has featured James as an expert voice for Theatre Communications Group, HowlRound,  the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, and Lincoln Center’s Directors Lab West. Her company, Intimacy Coordinators of Color,has partnerships with ArtsEquity, TimesUp, and A.R.T./New York. James is in the second year of her studies as America's first MFA in Performance Pedagogy with an emphasis in Afrocentric Intimacy Pedagogy at Loyola Marymount University. https://linktr.ee/CulturalInnovationGroup
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