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Tommy Safian: No One and Nothing is Discarded

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky as they talk to Tommy Safian of Opportunity Justice. Tommy talks Opportunity Justice an organization he launched to help amplify the power of entrepreneurship in the economic, criminal, and social justice arena. His work focuses on helping those who have been discarded reclaim their lives…

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Shaun Leonardo: Exploring the relationships between masculinity, sports, and race

Tune into Art Movez with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky for their riveting discussion with Shaun Leonardo about his practice that negotiates societal expectations of manhood, and its definitions around black and brown masculinities, while interrogating its notions of achievement, collective identity, and experience of failure.

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The Defining Artworks of 2021

After a tumultuous 2020 that involved the beginnings of a pandemic and worldwide upheaval, the art world began to slowly go back to a form of normal in 2021. Along with that shift came a number of developments that brought art-making in new and unexpected developments. There was the rise of a new medium, and…

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Rasu Jilani-Social Sculptor and Entrepreneur

Art at its core is a form of self-expression which informs and defines life and culture. Rasu Jilani is an independent curator, cultural producer, and social sculptor, who investigates the intersections between art, culture, and civic engagement as a method of raising critical consciousness. The main objective of his work is to catalyze interaction between…

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Weeksville Now and the Future

Dr. Raymond Codrington-new Leadership at Weeksville Toni Williams and Eli Kuslanksy of Art Movez speak with Dr. Raymond Codrington, a cultural anthropologist with roots in the Hip Hop movement who shares his insights on what the Cultural center means to the community and beyond. Weaving an economic development narrative that centers on black entrepreneurism, Weeksville…

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Joe MacDonald-Parametric Design

Joe MacDonald is a Canadian-born American architect, researcher, and professor. He is most known for his work on The Bone Wall, The Water Planet and Johnson & Johnson's Olympic Games Pavilion. He founded Urban A&O, a design firm in 2002 and serves as its principal. Eli Kuslansky and Toni Williams speak with Joe on parametric modeling software combined with digital fabrication…

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Lisa Gold-Gives Voice to Asian Americans

Lisa Gold, Executive Director of the Asian American Artist Alliance, aka A4 as she breaks down the animosity toward the Asian American community in a time where discrimination and the manifestation of violence is at its highest. Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky talk with Lisa as she shares her strategy to heighten public awareness of…

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Kemi IIesanmi Explores the Intersection of Art and Social Justice.

Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of Art Movez engage in a thoughtful and compelling conversation on how art inspires, and changes community with Kemi IIesanmi. Listen to the Executive Director of the Laundromat Project, talk about her mission to create a world where artists and creativity are the driving force for positive change. Learn the…

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Artist Martha Redbone sings about Social Justice

Music speaks to people in ways that last generations, and seeps into our hearts and minds. Listen to the extraordinarily talented, and prolific singer/songwriter Martha Redbone as she speaks with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of ArtMovez on how her journey through music established who she is and how it keeps a legacy alive making…

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Donna Walker-Kuhne leads in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access.

Listen to this episode featuring Donna Walker-Kuhne of Walker Communications as she discusses with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky the intersection of Art & Culture with Diversity Equity Inclusion and Access. Very informative discussion on how to advance these conversations in work spaces.

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