In this podcast, we meet Tsione Wolde-Michael, the new executive director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH.) Wolde-Michael talks about her background growing up in the twin cities as a first-generation child born to Ethiopian immigrants, her pull toward history, and her desire to work in public history where she was able to do transformative … [Read more...] about Meet Tsione Wolde-Michael, the Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH).
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New Survey Reports Size of Poetry’s Audience – Streaming Included
The Poetry Out Loud National Finals will be held May 8-10 in Washington, D.C. For those who can’t make it in person, the events will be livestreamed. Although hybrid attendance models are a byproduct of our COVID era, the contest has welcomed virtual audiences for years. The opportunity spotlights poetry’s living heritage as a spoken art form no less than a literary one. It … [Read more...] about New Survey Reports Size of Poetry’s Audience – Streaming Included
Bushra Rehman’s novel celebrates the Pakistani-American community in Queens
Author Bushra Rehman discusses her novel, Roses in the Mouth of a Lion, which is loosely based on her own girlhood growing up in a tightly knit Pakistani American community in Corona, Queens, and slowly opening up to her own queer identity. Rehman talks about her own upbringing and her desire to celebrate that community and show its many facets, her … [Read more...] about Bushra Rehman’s novel celebrates the Pakistani-American community in Queens
Quick Study: The Arts’ “Value Added” to GDP
In this episode, we look at new statistics from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, showing the pace of recovery for arts and cultural industries from 2020 to 2021. A transcript is available here. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: The Arts’ “Value Added” to GDP
Choreographer Kyle Abraham Creates Dance for the 21st Century
Kyle Abraham is an acclaimed choreographer and company director who is the recipient of many awards including a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. In this podcast, he talks about growing up in Pittsburgh in a home that encouraged music and art, his life-changing experience when he first saw professional dance at the age of … [Read more...] about Choreographer Kyle Abraham Creates Dance for the 21st Century