Art and Other Stories

Queens-based artist Nancy Paredes and host Jacqueline Kok do a deep dive into the concepts and layered meanings of home, family, diaspora, and longing for a place that you've never been to.

Artist and educator, Charlotte Woolf, joins host Jacqueline Kok to share an intimate story about her father's final words and how that has shaped her practice.

Host Jacqueline Kok and Beatrice Glow sit down together to think through questions of land ownership and its intersection with positionality in this rich episode.

Jacqueline Kok sits with research-based, interdisciplinary artist KS Brewer to expound upon the layered meanings behind the statement "I can't breathe" and how that has informed and shaped KS' thinking and artistic practice.

Jacqueline Kok sits with research-based, interdisciplinary artist KS Brewer to expound upon the layered meanings behind the statement "I can't breathe" and how that has informed and shaped KS' thinking and artistic practice.

For our second Pollinate-partnered episode, we have Matías Alvial, a New York-based multimedia artist, community organizer, and activist originally from Santiago, Chile. Together with Jacqueline, Matías shares with us what human connection means to him and how it drives his artistic practice.

Back in full force! Kicking off New Year with our new partner, NYC-arts organization, Pollinate, we are happy to share that our first episode features Juliette Hayt. Our regular host, Jacqueline Kok, chats with Juliette about what painting means to her, particularly as an art therapist. Happy listening and welcome back! 

Artist Sa'dia Rehman joins Jacqueline for the second episode of our NYC Pt. 2 series to share their thoughts and reflections on notions of identity, home, and space.

Curator Amanda Lee takes us back to New York City for our next trio of episodes. Kicking off this series, artist Michael Cavayero joins Amanda to talk about his journey from a Long Island New Yorker to a Beijing-based scholar in Buddhist texts and arts.

For the third and final episode of the Helsinki series, curators Amanda Lee and Jacqueline Kok sit down together to talk about the extraordinary life of Ellen Thesleff and her contributions to Finnish art history.