Art Fight Podcast

Please excuse the call audio quality we were scattered across the country but wanted to have American University Professor Nancy Kidder give a preview of her upcoming event - Writing and Fighting MMA Media Symposium - in Washington DC December 6th at the Grand Hyatt from Noon-2pm.

The event will feature many of the top voices and creatives in MMA media including Dann Stupp, Luke Thomas, Esther Lin, Karyn Bryant, Josh Rosenblatt and many more.

Follow Nancy on Twitter for all the info and to learn more, or attend! It is free and open to the public.

https://twitter.com/NancyAnnKidder

This week's podcast is a "both/and" exploration of painting and progress - creative and civic - with Nashville native, Omari Booker.

Follow Omari on IG: https://www.instagram.com/omaribooker/

Martial arts analyst, commentator, and king of the one minute breakdown Robin Black makes his victorious return to the Art Fight Podcast. We talk about the evolution of language in fight analysis and commentary, the rise of Lethwei, and the creative power of uncertainty.

Follow Robin on IG: https://www.instagram.com/robinblackmartialarts/

Subscribe to Robin on YT: https://www.youtube.com/robinblack

Jim Cammack, for more than 30 years, has been the bassist for the most seminal and important living jazz artist - Ahmad Jamal. Jim sat down with Brian Siskind to have a conversation on 1950's creativity and nostalgia, stop motion animation, horror films, and of course - what it is like to be a part of one of the most prolific and important jazz groups of all time.

Explore Jim's extensive discography here: https://www.discogs.com/artist/349691-James-Cammack?filter_anv=0&subtype=Instruments-Performance&type=Credits

Buy Jim's music and learn more here: http://www.jimcammack.com/html/

Mike Calway-Fagen, Curator and Director of Exhibitions for Stove Works, is an artist, writer, and curator based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mike joins us and talks about his practice, the southern identity in art, navigating ghosts and the paranormal in art spaces, and breaks down the upcoming Stove Works benefit BODY SLAM! - an evening of art and revelry... with live wrestling!?

Follow Stove Works on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stove_works

Learn more about Stove Works and get tickets for BODY SLAM! at: https://www.stoveworks.org/

Kool Keith aka Dr. Octagon, Dr. Dooom, Black Elvis, and many more names joins Brian Siskind for a conversation on navigating the past, present, and future in music, beats and production, and basketball. Keith walks through working with Bill Laswell, Automator, how the cover art for Sex Style came to be legend, why money makes people lose all perspective, and talks about his new record "KEITH".

Follow Kool Keith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UltraMan7000

This week we hang with artist Amber Lelli and talk about the bronze postmodern future, and the values of creative freedom. 

Follow Amber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amberlelliart/

We have a fun and irreverent hang with artist Brian Wooden this week for all you glorious freaks.  We rap about flow state, the necessity of comedy in culture, process in illustration and street art, and how skateboarding aligns the body and soul.

Follow Brian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianwooden