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Live Culture with Martha Willette Lewis -- Episode 27 Things that fly: Flags and Overpasses

Sat, 27 May 2017 11:00:00 GMT

This month’s episode features a conversation with Dave Coon, one of the organizers of Broad Stripes and Bright Stars a major art exhibition opening in late June in New Haven, and, in the second half we offer a talk with Site Projects’ Laura Clarke and artist Robert Greenberg about the public artworks in the works for the highway underpass on state street, which is getting a major permanent installation by Shelia De Bretteville.

Broad Stripes and Bright Stars is being organized by Dave Coon and Aicha Woods and will run from June 29- August 12 at the Ely Center For Contemporary Art. This large group show features national and internationally known artista and will occupy the whole building and will include pop-up shop of artist-made flag related goods.

Ely Center of Contemporary Art
51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT

More about it here: https://www.elycenter.org/events/broad-stripes-and-bright-stars

Site Projects is hosting an event which will feature Robert Greenberg’s new film on June 10th at Union Station New Haven, free and open to the public.

More about that here: http://siteprojects.org/events/2017/5/24/community-celebration-for-lighting-your-way-at-union-station

And more about the massive underpass project here:http://siteprojects.org/sheila-de-bretteville-lighting-your-way

This show features musical clips from Fleetwood Mac and Wilco.

Live Culture--Episode 25 BANISH THE TROLLS: MORE ART, MORE LOVE!

Sat, 25 Mar 2017 11:00:25 GMT

Happy second Birthday to Live Culture!
This month we start the show with two guests to discuss their politically charged art exhibits in CT, and the role that gallery exhibits play in resistance. Lucy Q. McClure, one of the three main organizers of hugely popular Nasty Women New Haven and Joe Bun Keo curator of "Alternative Facts", a smaller exhibition within a bigger event entitled "In Grace We Trust”. The Nasty Women's art exhibits have taken off nationally and globally in reaction to the current administrations misogynist and violent comments and their curtailing of women's rights. New Haven is one of over 50 cities to join the movement to organize a Nasty Women exhibition. Over 300 artists have participated and the opening night drew a record breaking number of over a thousand into the exhibition space. This grass-roots project is raising money in support of Planned Parenthood and features a variety of events and activities including a reading room and a performance evening.

"Alternative Facts", a part of "In Grace We Trust" is up now at the newly established Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven. Curator Joe Bun Keo writes : “'Alternative Facts' are falsehoods. Critical media is now being called fake news. Lies are now accepted as truths. Think about the Rene Magritte painting, “The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe) "... There is much uncertainty in a time when stability is needed. The works in this exhibition are physically presented, but how they settle in the viewer is up for conceptual debate.”

The two artist/organizers will discuss how the visual art world is manifesting itself locally in this critical moment in time.

During the second half we speak with MILCK the singer songwriter of the hit “Quiet”which became the unofficial anthem of the Women's March in DC. and since has been the subject of many flashmob choral performances globally. Originally MILCK organised a group of 26 singers including members of the GW Sirens and the Capital Blend and sang a series of guerrilla performances around D.C. during Saturday's Women's March. Calling themselves the #ICantKeepQuiet Choir, they partnered with the Pussy Hat Project for the event. Once the videos of the song went viral online, they sang live on Samantha Bee’sFull Frontal.

Since then MILCK has launched a website and major social media campaign and website for #ICantKeepQuiet as a place to collect and share personal stories of inspiration. The campaign aims to raise awareness against abuse of women and minorities, and encourage empathy, tolerance and understanding towards one another. Proceeds from the project will benefit Step Up, a nonprofit that provides after school and mentorship programs for underprivileged teen girls. On April 8th, choirs and individuals will activate at 1pm in their respective time zones to sing out, speak up, and express themselves. One may participate both online and offline- more here

Additionally, MILCK’s debut single, “Devil Devil” has served as the soundtrack to the season finale of The Royals, Netflix’s Marco Polo trailer, and Fox’s Lucifer, as well as an upcoming episode of Pretty Little Liars. “Devil Devil” peaked as the #1 popular tune onTunefind.com twice in 2016, as well as having garnered over 520K streams on Spotify, and over 1 million YouTube views. MILCK's impressive list of press includes BBC News,NPR, The Huffington Post, and Rolling Stone, to name a few.

Live Culture with Martha Willette Lewis- Episode 19- With a Paddle

Sat, 24 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT

This Month I am in conversation with Artist and Canoeist Scott Schuldt. As we make our way along the Scantic River in CT we discuss his practice, which involves specimens and artifacts found on his river trips, and the special treasure hunt with them that he has created for this year's Game-On themed City-Wide-Open-Studios which happens throughout October In New Haven.

Each day several lucky players could win their artifact, beautifully contained in one of Scott's unique specimen boxes to show off and protect their treasure.Open Studios and Scott's game are free and open to the public.Additionally, for the past several years Scott has been working as Facilities Coordinator for City-Wide-Open-Studios' Alternative Space, acting as engineer for the many installations that take place in The Goffe Street Armory.

In addition to his specimen boxes. Scott's oeuvre also includes hand-carved and painted paddles, intricate bead-work, and an ongoing blog recording his over 700 canoe trips documented in words and pictures. Our voyage was included in his blog: The View From The Canoe and can be read here
More about Scott's visual art here
More about 2016's Game-On themed City-Wide-Open-Studios here

Peppered throughout the interview are bits of river-themed music- of which there was so much to choose from, plus references to our two mutually favorite river movies: Apocalypse Now and The African Queen. Don't miss this final summer adventure in audio....