It's been a rough news week. Between Thursday's testimonies of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee,and Kavanaugh's near appointment to the Supreme Court Friday, many of us are exhausted. We would like a win for women.
Sometimes the quickest way to achieve that is to do it yourself. As such, and this episode of Explain Me celebrates women who possess made waves in the world of art and activism,through a series of interviews with four major figures—Mia Pearlman (manufacture NY True Blue), Jenny Dubnau (ASAP), or Nancy Kleaver (PARADE),and Mira Schor (Selected writing).
In the first half of the show, Mia Pearlman and Jenny Dubnau talk about their work pushing for changes at the city and state level and how being an artist makes that job easier. In the moment half, or Paddy Johnson and Nancy Kleaver talk about their modern public art organization,PARADE, and Mira Schor talks about the history of feminism in art from the 1970's through to nowadays, or her contributions. Stream it. Download it. Listen to it. This one's critical.
Source: artfcity.com