What is the responsibility of museums in the wake of the Capitol Insurrection? Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, a DC-based cultural equity strategist, joins us to talk about how critical museums are in the struggle to dismantle white supremacy. We originally spoke with Kayleigh about her practice in late 2020 and planned to release that conversation on January 6, 2021. Instead, she graciously joined us for a new recording to process the violent images of that day, the care museum workers deserve from their institutions, and reflect on the power of collective action in this moment.  Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell is a cultural equity and audience engagement strategist with over 10 years of museum and nonprofit experience at the intersections of social justice and racial equity. As Head of Public Programs with the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery she is responsible for leading new outreach and inclusion initiatives towards developing new audiences and cultivating public engagement. In the wake of Covid-19 she leads an internal task force towards reopening planning and strategies. She received her Bachelor of Art in Art History from the University of Maryland, College Park and Master of Art in Museum Studies from George Washington University. She is an alum of the Claremont University Museum Leadership Institute, formerly the Getty. Follow Kayleigh on <a href= "https://twitter.com/KayleighBinDC">Twitter</a> and <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kayleighbindc/">Instagram</a> @KayleighBinDC. Learn more about Kayleigh’s work at <a href= "http://curatorally.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">curatorally.com</a>. Show Notes Museum Workers Speak https://www.instagram.com/museumworkersspeak/?hl=en Museums and Race https://museumsandrace.org/2021/01/08/questions-in-the-face-of-sedition/ Museums as Sites for Social Action (MASS Action) <a href= "https://www.museumaction.org/">https://www.museumaction.org/</a>

<description>&lt;p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;What is the responsibility of museums in the wake of the Capitol Insurrection? Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, a DC-based cultural equity strategist, joins us to talk about how critical museums are in the struggle to dismantle white supremacy. We originally spoke with Kayleigh about her practice in late 2020 and planned to release that conversation on January 6, 2021. Instead, she graciously joined us for a new recording to process the violent images of that day, the care museum workers deserve from their institutions, and reflect on the power of collective action in this moment. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell is a cultural equity and audience engagement strategist with over 10 years of museum and nonprofit experience at the intersections of social justice and racial equity. As Head of Public Programs with the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery she is responsible for leading new outreach and inclusion initiatives towards developing new audiences and cultivating public engagement. In the wake of Covid-19 she leads an internal task force towards reopening planning and strategies. She received her Bachelor of Art in Art History from the University of Maryland, College Park and Master of Art in Museum Studies from George Washington University. She is an alum of the Claremont University Museum Leadership Institute, formerly the Getty.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;Follow Kayleigh on &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/KayleighBinDC"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kayleighbindc/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; @KayleighBinDC. Learn more about Kayleigh’s work at &lt;a href= "http://curatorally.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;curatorally.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Museum Workers Speak&lt;/strong&gt; https://www.instagram.com/museumworkersspeak/?hl=en&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Museums and Race&lt;/strong&gt; https://museumsandrace.org/2021/01/08/questions-in-the-face-of-sedition/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Museums as Sites for Social Action (MASS Action)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.museumaction.org/"&gt;https://www.museumaction.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

What is the responsibility of museums in the wake of the Capitol Insurrection? Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, a DC-based cultural equity strategist, joins us to talk about how critical museums are in the struggle to dismantle white supremacy. We...

Responding to the Capitol Insurrection with Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell

In community organizing work, there are no shortcuts or gimmicks, only relationships built on trust and continued investment. The Lawndale Pop-Up Spot is a community-led museum located in a shipping container at the Spaulding Memorial Garden, a community garden in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. Chelsea Ridley and Jonathan Kelley, the museum’s founders, trace the evolution of this project from an idea seeded in the classroom to a living space rooted in a collective vision. Along the way, they highlight moments of uncertainty, talk about forging authentic partnerships, and offer thoughts on museums of the future. Learn more at l<a href= "http://lawndalepopupspot.org/">awndalepopupspot.org</a> or reach out to them at <a href= "mailto:lawndalepopupspot@gmail.com">lawndalepopupspot@gmail.com</a>. Follow Lawndale Pop-Up Spot on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/LawndalePopUp">@lawndalepopup,</a> Instagram <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lawndalepopupspot">@lawndalepopupspot</a>, and on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lawndalepopupspot">Facebook</a>. Follow Chelsea on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ckridley">@ckridley</a> and Jonathan <a href="https://twitter.com/JK_Museums">@jk_museums</a> Show Notes The Museum As Soup Kitchen: a paper about Museums, Responsiveness to Community Need and Social Service by Elaine Heumann Gurian <a href= "http://www.egurian.com/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/community/the-museum-as-soup-kitchen-a-paper-about-museums-responsiven"> http://www.egurian.com/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/community/the-museum-as-soup-kitchen-a-paper-about-museums-responsiven</a> Museu de Favela <a href= "https://www.museudefavela.org/">https://www.museudefavela.org/</a> Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project <a href= "https://p-nap.org/">https://p-nap.org/</a> Gardeneers <a href= "https://gardeneers.org/">https://gardeneers.org/</a> Men Making a Difference <a href= "https://www.austinweeklynews.com/News/Articles/2-6-2018/N.-Lawndale-group-reclaims-lots-and-lives-/"> https://www.austinweeklynews.com/News/Articles/2-6-2018/N.-Lawndale-group-reclaims-lots-and-lives-/</a> National Alliance for the Empowerment of the Formerly Incarcerated <a href= "https://naefimentor.wixsite.com/naefi">https://naefimentor.wixsite.com/naefi</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In community organizing work, there are no shortcuts or gimmicks, only relationships built on trust and continued investment. The Lawndale Pop-Up Spot is a community-led museum located in a shipping container at the Spaulding Memorial Garden, a community garden in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. Chelsea Ridley and Jonathan Kelley, the museum’s founders, trace the evolution of this project from an idea seeded in the classroom to a living space rooted in a collective vision. Along the way, they highlight moments of uncertainty, talk about forging authentic partnerships, and offer thoughts on museums of the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Learn more at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "http://lawndalepopupspot.org/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;awndalepopupspot.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;or reach out to them at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "mailto:lawndalepopupspot@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;lawndalepopupspot@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Follow Lawndale Pop-Up Spot on Twitter &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/LawndalePopUp"&gt;@lawndalepopup,&lt;/a&gt; Instagram &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lawndalepopupspot"&gt;@lawndalepopupspot&lt;/a&gt;, and on &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lawndalepopupspot"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Follow Chelsea on Twitter &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ckridley"&gt;@ckridley&lt;/a&gt; and Jonathan &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/JK_Museums"&gt;@jk_museums&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show Notes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Museum As Soup Kitchen: a paper about Museums, Responsiveness to Community Need and Social Service by Elaine Heumann Gurian&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "http://www.egurian.com/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/community/the-museum-as-soup-kitchen-a-paper-about-museums-responsiven"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;http://www.egurian.com/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/community/the-museum-as-soup-kitchen-a-paper-about-museums-responsiven&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Museu de Favela&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.museudefavela.org/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;https://www.museudefavela.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://p-nap.org/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;https://p-nap.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Gardeneers&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://gardeneers.org/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;https://gardeneers.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Men Making a Difference&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.austinweeklynews.com/News/Articles/2-6-2018/N.-Lawndale-group-reclaims-lots-and-lives-/"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;https://www.austinweeklynews.com/News/Articles/2-6-2018/N.-Lawndale-group-reclaims-lots-and-lives-/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;National Alliance for the Empowerment of the Formerly Incarcerated&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://naefimentor.wixsite.com/naefi"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;https://naefimentor.wixsite.com/naefi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

In community organizing work, there are no shortcuts or gimmicks, only relationships built on trust and continued investment. The Lawndale Pop-Up Spot is a community-led museum located in a shipping container at the Spaulding Memorial Garden, a...

Building a Community Museum with Chelsea Ridley and Jonathan Kelley

In this mini-episode, Paula talks with Gwendolyn Fernandez, a recovering museum educator and fellow Museum Workers Speak organizer, about embracing collaboration and breaking up with your career. Gwen will be joining the Cultura Conscious team to produce a series of new episodes featuring inspiring museum and culture workers. Look for fresh conversations on the first Wednesday of every month.  Gwen has a long fascination with what goes on behind the scenes to transform ideas into experiences that enrich our lives. As a museum educator, she focuses on developing programs, designing interpretive strategies, and fostering diverse teams to serve audiences of all ages and abilities. In 2020, she began organizing with Museum Workers Speak and collaborating with Paula. Gwen holds a B.A. in Art History and French from Hollins University and an M.A. in Museum Studies from The George Washington University. She has held positions at the Supreme Court of the United States, the National Gallery of Art, and Phoenix Art Museum. Gwen fuels her podcast obsession with distance running, gardening, and walks with her three dogs around Phoenix, Arizona.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In this mini-episode, Paula talks with Gwendolyn Fernandez, a recovering museum educator and fellow Museum Workers Speak organizer, about embracing collaboration and breaking up with your career. Gwen will be joining the Cultura Conscious team to produce a series of new episodes featuring inspiring museum and culture workers. Look for fresh conversations on the first Wednesday of every month. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Gwen has a long fascination with what goes on behind the scenes to transform ideas into experiences that enrich our lives. As a museum educator, she focuses on developing programs, designing interpretive strategies, and fostering diverse teams to serve audiences of all ages and abilities. In 2020, she began organizing with Museum Workers Speak and collaborating with Paula. Gwen holds a B.A. in Art History and French from Hollins University and an M.A. in Museum Studies from The George Washington University. She has held positions at the Supreme Court of the United States, the National Gallery of Art, and Phoenix Art Museum. Gwen fuels her podcast obsession with distance running, gardening, and walks with her three dogs around Phoenix, Arizona.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this mini-episode, Paula talks with Gwendolyn Fernandez, a recovering museum educator and fellow Museum Workers Speak organizer, about embracing collaboration and breaking up with your career. Gwen will be joining the Cultura Conscious team to...

Bonus Episode: Welcoming Collaboration

Loss has been a constant over the past few weeks. Writer, educator and theatermaker Diane Exavier joins me to talk about personal and collective grief during a pandemic. We talk about how coping in our current moment requires some of the resiliency we’ve built through other experiences of loss, and yet those well-trodden maps still fall short of helping us navigate the present. Diane discusses how she’s processing being a writer right now, especially since she defines poetry as being about the encounter and being obsessed with the truth. Plus we finally get to talk about 90 Day Fiance, the best show on television.  Diane Exavier creates performances, public programs, and games that challenge and invite audiences to participate in an active theater that rejects passive reception. Her work has been presented at The Lark, No Longer Empty, Bushwick Starr, Haiti Cultural Exchange, Westmont College, The Flea Theater, Bowery Poetry Club, West Chicago City Museum, New Urban Arts, and more. Her writing appears in The Atlas Review and The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind, amongst other publications online and in print. Diane lives and works in Brooklyn. You can find her on Twitter where she tweets about basketball, poetics, and grief. Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/peacheslechat?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> @peacheslechat</a> Literature and Television for the Covid-19 Age Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler <a href= "https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf"> Poetry is Not a Luxury by Audre Lorde </a> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLT3YUALJno">The Leftovers</a>  <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_0zA9a7noA">90 Day Fiance</a> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EUCA0rUZXg">Dispatches from Elsewhere </a> Supernova Era by Cixin Liu <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWqkUFyHkXk">My Brilliant Friend</a> by Elena Ferrante

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Loss has been a constant over the past few weeks. Writer, educator and theatermaker Diane Exavier joins me to talk about personal and collective grief during a pandemic. We talk about how coping in our current moment requires some of the resiliency we’ve built through other experiences of loss, and yet those well-trodden maps still fall short of helping us navigate the present. Diane discusses how she’s processing being a writer right now, especially since she defines poetry as being about the encounter and being obsessed with the truth. Plus we finally get to talk about 90 Day Fiance, the best show on television. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Diane Exavier creates performances, public programs, and games that challenge and invite audiences to participate in an active theater that rejects passive reception. Her work has been presented at The Lark, No Longer Empty, Bushwick Starr, Haiti Cultural Exchange, Westmont College, The Flea Theater, Bowery Poetry Club, West Chicago City Museum, New Urban Arts, and more. Her writing appears in The Atlas Review and The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind, amongst other publications online and in print. Diane lives and works in Brooklyn. You can find her on Twitter where she tweets about basketball, poetics, and grief.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Twitter: &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/peacheslechat?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"&gt; @peacheslechat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Literature and Television for the Covid-19 Age&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://makinglearning.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Poetry is Not a Luxury by Audre Lorde &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLT3YUALJno"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Leftovers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_0zA9a7noA"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;90 Day Fiance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EUCA0rUZXg"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Dispatches from Elsewhere &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Supernova Era by Cixin Liu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWqkUFyHkXk"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;My Brilliant Friend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Elena Ferrante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Loss has been a constant over the past few weeks. Writer, educator and theatermaker Diane Exavier joins me to talk about personal and collective grief during a pandemic. We talk about how coping in our current moment requires some of the resiliency...

Personal and Collective Grief with Diane Exavier 

Mayra Cecilia Palafox shares with me why connecting with people and meeting their needs is so important to her. We discuss why humility is a useful practice for the present moment. When dealing with the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic, what strengths do we have as cultural workers that prepare us to weather challenges as they present themselves? We also welcome a special guest, José Alfredo Guerrero, a musician and educator who reminds us of the strength and joy we gain from music.    Show Notes:  Instagram: @mayraceciliapalafox  Instagram: @josealfredochicago Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maderaonce/">Madera Once</a> <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/arts/design/met-museum-coronavirus-closure.html"> Met Museum Prepares for $100 Million Loss and Closure Till July</a> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn2Xy2cbcWA">No Tengo Dinero - Juan Gabriel </a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Mayra Cecilia Palafox shares with me why connecting with people and meeting their needs is so important to her. We discuss why humility is a useful practice for the present moment. When dealing with the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic, what strengths do we have as cultural workers that prepare us to weather challenges as they present themselves? We also welcome a special guest,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;José Alfredo Guerrero, a musician and educator who reminds us of the strength and joy we gain from music. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Show Notes: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram: @mayraceciliapalafox &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Instagram: @josealfredochicago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Facebook:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maderaonce/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Madera Once&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/arts/design/met-museum-coronavirus-closure.html"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Met Museum Prepares for $100 Million Loss and Closure Till July&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn2Xy2cbcWA"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;No Tengo Dinero - Juan Gabriel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Mayra Cecilia Palafox shares with me why connecting with people and meeting their needs is so important to her. We discuss why humility is a useful practice for the present moment. When dealing with the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic, what...

Our Need to Connect with Mayra Cecilia Palafox

Join Paula Santos, a podcast addict and lover of everything arts and culture, in conversation with other museum and cultural workers, educators, artists, activists, and leaders about how we work with our communities and the public at large.  She is particularly interested in how the work we do is informed by larger questions of race and inequity in society.

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