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The Greater Roxbury Arts & Culture Center’s newly appointed president and CEO, Taneshia Nash Laird speaks with Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky. Laird served as the president and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall and is renowned for her excellent accomplishments in organizational transformation and strategic visioning.

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky speak with Brooklyn Academy’s first African American female president, Gina Duncan, about the prospects for the oldest performing arts center in the country.

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky talk with Karen Brooks Hopkins, president emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where she worked for thirty-six years, including sixteen as its president. In her book, Bam… and Then it Hit Me, Hopkins paints a realistic and fascinating picture of this venerable institution.

With an annual budget of almost $200 million, New York City has the largest cultural budget in the USA. Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky, and guest host Dr. Durell Cooper, speak with Commissioner Laurie Cumbo about her investment strategy and programs for artists and arts programs in NYC.

Architect of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and one of the world’s most regarded African American poets, Nikki Giovanni speaks with Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky, and guest co-host Dr. Durell Cooper. Named one of Oprah’s 25 Living Legends, Nikki’s work covers a range of topics like race and social issues.

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky speak with the iconic Lynn Nottage, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright for Ruined in 2009 and Sweat in 2017, making her the first and currently only woman to win twice and Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2019. Nottage speaks about her work and process,…

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky celebrate the 50th Anniversary of hip-hop with artist Sherwin Banfield with his A Cypher in Queens celebration of hip-hop culture and the unique artistry of three fallen hip-hop icons: Jam Master Jay, Phife Dawg, and Prodigy.

Art Movez co-hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky welcome guest co-host Dr. Durell Cooper, creator and host of the web series Flow and Frequency podcast. Dr. Cooper, a hip-hop scholar, talks about the 50th anniversary of hip-hop while inspiring historically marginalized groups to push past sustainability into thrivability.

Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky co-host of Art Movez talk with Wes Jackson the President of BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn about his passion, inspiration and strategy as he takes on leading this major multi-disciplinary, cultural asset in Brooklyn. Programs include BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! festival, and the New York Emmy Award-winning BRIC TV.

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky co-creators of Art Movez to hear their “Point of Views” on why they created this platform.