ART CLASS

Welcome back, Classmates! And thank you so much for joining us for episode 2 of Lincoln Center's ART CLASS! This week is all about preserving the legacy of Black art and culture, specifically Black music. COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd in 2020 brought about a racial reckoning here in the US, the likes of which hadn't been seen in decades. In 2024, however, with the conservative backlash against progressive ideals and initiatives like Critical Race Theory and DEI gaining momentum in many places, it seems the pendulum has swung hard back in the other direction. This week, we talk with two scholars and artists working tirelessly to keep Black stories, Black culture, and Black art at the forefront of the national imagination. First, we chat with Dr. Michael C. Mason, PhD the first chair of the new Africana Studies Department at the Berklee College of Music, all about the creation of this exciting new program at one of the most prestigious music schools in the country (0:26:37). And later, Paige sits down with Christopher Fuller, the creator of the Black Music Project, for the first installment of their series, Kinfolk (0:57:49). They talk all about how this invaluable repository of Black history and art came to be and make the case that the story of Black music is the story of American music. All that plus, the Morning Announcements with Emile (0:54:52) and a bit of Pure Black Joy (1:32:06) to get you through the rest of the week. Class is in session, y'all!

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Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds

Guests: Christopher Fuller, Dr. Michael C. Mason

Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink

Producer: Rocky Jones

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Links

• Africana Studies at Berklee College of Music (Website) (Insta)
• Black Music Project (Website)
• Josh Evans Big Band: Music of the Diaspora (Tickets)
• Border Crossings Gallery Tour (NYPL.org)

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Reading List

If you're interested in learning more about the topics discussed today, here are some resources we recommend:

• Collins, Patricia Hill. Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory. Durham: Duke UP, 2019.
• Crenshaw, Kimberlé. On Intersectionality: Essential Writings. The New Press: New York, 2017.
• Katznelson, Ira. When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-century America. W. W. Norton & Company: New York, 2005.
• Muhammad, Khalil Gibran. The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. Harvard UP: Cambridge, 2010.

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New episodes of ART CLASS drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts is a great way to help people find our show. For more info about the show, please visit lincolncenter.org/ArtClass. Email your questions or comments to [email protected].

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Thanks to Our Supporters!

Major support for Campaign for One Million Kids provided by Leonard and Judy Lauder

Lead support for educational programming is provided by Anonymous

Major support for educational programming is provided by LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust and The Walt Disney Company

Additional support is provided by Constans Culver Foundation, NBCUniversal, the Richmond County Savings Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation, the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the Theodore H. Barth Foundation, The Katz Family Charitable Lead Trust, Tom and Musa Mayer, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Giants Foundation, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., William Sherman, trustee for the Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust

Educational programming is made possible, in part, with public support facilitated by New York City Council Members Julie Menin and Keith Powers

What's up, Classmates?! Class is officially in session! Welcome to the first episode of Lincoln Center's new podcast, ART CLASS, a provocative, thoughtful and often humorous podcast all about art and artists creating at the intersection of beauty and innovation. This week, hosts Lee Bynum, Paige Reynolds, and Rocky Jones are joined by author, activist, and multi-disciplinary artist Junauda Petrus, whose novel The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, has appeared on multiple banned books lists in the past few years (0:22:33). We talk art and censorship, other influential, inspirational artists who have also showed up on banned book lists, and how Junauda's West Indian ancestry influences her life and work. Later, we're joined for "Career Day" by Nathan Horowitz, who gives us behind-the-scenes peek at a day in the life of a Hollywood stunt performer (1:03:46). Plus, contributor Emilia Mettenbrink brings us the "Morning Announcements," a list of live and virtual arts offerings that we think you might want to check out (1:00:52). And, as always, we end with a moment of PBJ aka Pure Black Joy, a weekly little snack for your soul that highlights the Black people, culture, and art that are making us happy this week (01:12:03). Let's do it to it, y'all.

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Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds

Guests: Junauda Petrus, Nathan Horowitz

Contributor: Emilia Mettenbrink

Producer: Rocky Jones

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Links

• Junauda Petrus (Website) (Instagram)
• Seen, Sound, Scribe (lincolncenter.org)
• Spectral Evidence: Gregory Pardlo with Imani Perry (nypl.org)
• Antonia Hylton + Craig Melvin: Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum (strandbooks.com)
• The Black Joy Project by Kleaver Cruz (HarperCollins)
• Legacy of Orisha Series by Tomi Adeyemi (MacMillan)

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New episodes of ART CLASS drop every other Tuesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts is a great way to help people find our show. For more info about the show, please visit lincolncenter.org/ArtClass. Email your questions or comments to [email protected].

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Thanks to Our Supporters!

Major support for Campaign for One Million Kids provided by Leonard and Judy Lauder

Lead support for educational programming is provided by Anonymous

Major support for educational programming is provided by LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust and The Walt Disney Company

Additional support is provided by Constans Culver Foundation, NBCUniversal, the Richmond County Savings Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation, the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the Theodore H. Barth Foundation, The Katz Family Charitable Lead Trust, Tom and Musa Mayer, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Giants Foundation, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., William Sherman, trustee for the Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust

Educational programming is made possible, in part, with public support facilitated by New York City Council Members Julie Menin and Keith Powers

The first episode of Art Class debuts on January 16, 2024! Subscribe now at the links below!

Welcome, classmates! Art Class is Lincoln Center’s new biweekly podcast focusing on the latest in arts education, hosted by Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Iya Mabolé Inawale), and Dr. Lee Bynum, Chief Education Officer of Lincoln Center. They’re three Black, queer artists, culturistas, and arts administrators who are passionate about composing a future of artmaking and arts education that creates more joy for more people more of the time. Each episode features news, stories, and interviews that seek to amplify the voices of artists creating at the intersection of beauty and innovation in fields like dance, opera, film and TV, architecture, theater, visual arts, drag, and more. Select episodes also feature a special series entitled "Kinfolk," lead by Paige, that explores the connections between the artistic and cultural traditions of peoples across the Black/African diaspora. Starting January 16, 2024, we hope you’ll join us every other Tuesday for a provocative, thoughtful, and often irreverent look into the arts industry’s past, present and future.

Class is in session! We hope to see you there.

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Thanks to Our Supporters

Major support for Campaign for One Million Kids provided by Leonard and Judy Lauder

Lead support for educational programming is provided by Anonymous

Major support for educational programming is provided by LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust and The Walt Disney Company

Additional support is provided by Constans Culver Foundation, NBCUniversal, the Richmond County Savings Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation, the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the Theodore H. Barth Foundation, The Katz Family Charitable Lead Trust, Tom and Musa Mayer, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Giants Foundation, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., William Sherman, trustee for the Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust

Educational programming is made possible, in part, with public support facilitated by New York City Council Members Julie Menin and Keith Powers