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Rachel Falcone is an artist and documentary producer/director. Before starting Storyline, Rachel traveled across the United States with the Peabody award-winning national oral history project StoryCorps, and she has worked as a producer with EarSay, Inc. and Incite Pictures. Rachel has taught oral history and storytelling for movement-building in collaboration with institutions like the Museum of the City of New York and Parsons The New School for Design. She consults on transmedia storytelling and impact campaigns for nonprofit organizations and media projects. Rachel studied philosophy at University College London and Vassar College.

Michael Premo is an artist, journalist and filmmaker. In addition to his work with Storyline, he has created original film, radio, and theater with numerous companies including Hip-Hop Theater Festival, The Foundry Theater, The Civilians, and the Peabody Award winning StoryCorps. Michael’s photography has appeared in publications like The Village Voice, The New York Times, and Het Parool, among others. Recent projects with Storyline include the multi-platform project 28th Amendment: Housing is a Human Right, the participatory documentary Sandy Storyline, and award-winning short film and exhibit Water Warriors. For the Corporation for Public Broadcasting he helped produce Veterans Coming Home, a multi-platform public media series distributed by PBS. Michael consults on participatory documentary processes, impact strategy, and civic engagement through Storyline and the Interaction Institute for Social Change.

The Laundromat Project advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities. We envision a world in which artists and neighbors in communities of color work together to unleash the power of creativity to transform lives.

artWork is FABnyc’s podcast exploring how art works in the world. Launched in 2016, artWork is an ongoing conversation with culture makers on the role arts and culture can play in strengthening communities. artWork is currently produced by FABnyc, hosted by Executive Director Ryan Gilliam with Associate Producer, Michael Hickey. artWork was originally conceived by former Executive Director Risa Shoup and Denise Shu Mei.

Native Art Department International is a collaborative long-term project created and administered by Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan.  As artists-in-residence with Fourth Arts Block and Downtown Art during the first six months of 2018, Native Art Department International conducted three interviews with people, each with deep histories and connections to the Lower East Side.

Paul Castrucci, Architect. Paul is a Passive House trained designer whose Lower East Side firm specializes in sustainable residential architecture, community centers, public gardens, and artist’s studios.  The firm’s services are focused on new buildings that are Passive House and Net Zero certified; they also provide rehabilitation of existing structures and as energy conservation and code consultation.

artWork is FABnyc's podcast exploring how art works in the world. Launched in 2016, artWork is an ongoing conversation with culture makers on the role arts and culture can play in strengthening communities. artWork is currently produced by FABnyc, hosted by Executive Director Ryan Gilliam with Associate Producer, Michael Hickey. artWork was originally conceived by former Executive Director Risa Shoup and Denise Shu Mei.

Native Art Department International is a collaborative long-term project created and administered by Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan.  As artists-in-residence with Fourth Arts Block and Downtown Art during the first six months of 2018, Native Art Department International conducted three interviews with people, each with deep histories and connections to the Lower East Side.

Muriel Miguel, Playwright, Artistic Director of Spiderwoman Theater. Born in Brooklyn, Muriel co-founded Spiderwoman Theater Ensemble in 1976; it is the oldest feminist theater in North America. Muriel is a 2016 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship recipient, and is a member of the National Theatre. She continues to direct, perform, and teach in-residence at Amerinda.

artWork is FABnyc's podcast exploring how art works in the world. Launched in 2016, artWork is an ongoing conversation with culture makers on the role arts and culture can play in strengthening communities. artWork is currently produced by FABnyc, hosted by Executive Director Ryan Gilliam with Associate Producer, Michael Hickey. artWork was originally conceived by former Executive Director Risa Shoup and Denise Shu Mei.

Native Art Department International is a collaborative long-term project created and administered by Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan.  As artists-in-residence with Fourth Arts Block and Downtown Art during the first six months of 2018, Native Art Department International conducted three interviews with people, each with deep histories and connections to the Lower East Side.

Dave Powell, Executive Director of Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association. Cooper Square MHA is committed to the preservation and development of tenant-controlled and cooperatively owned affordable housing. In addition to serving as a nonprofit affordable housing manager, developer, and owner, Cooper Square MHA works in coalition with other groups to promote the preservation and development of affordable housing throughout the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

artWork is FABnyc's podcast exploring how art works in the world. Launched in 2016, artWork is an ongoing conversation with culture makers on the role arts and culture can play in strengthening communities. artWork is currently produced by FABnyc, hosted by Executive Director Ryan Gilliam with Associate Producer, Michael Hickey. artWork was originally conceived by former Executive Director Risa Shoup and Denise Shu Mei.

Gan Golan is a NY Times bestselling author, artist and activist. His books include the hit satire “Goodnight Bush” and critically-acclaimed “The Adventures of Unemployed Man.” His work combines grassroots community organizing with high-profile, media-genic public spectacles that shift popular narratives and mobilize communities. A fan of pop-culture, he has created original video games projected onto the side of buildings to challenge corporate power, and invented a fake sports team, the corporate "Tax Dodgers" to address economic inequality, who were installed in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Recently, he helped design the largest climate mobilization in history, The People’s Climate March. As an artist he has created visual works for Erykah Badu, Henry Rollins, Willie Nelson and Neil De Grasse Tyson. He is a co-founder of the The Movement Netlab, a Think & Do tank, which studies and supports decentralized mass social movements.

Raquel de Anda is an independent curator and cultural producer based in Brooklyn, NY. De Anda began her career as Associate Curator at Galería de la Raza, a contemporary Latino arts organization in San Francisco, CA. Born and raised on the U.S. Mexico border, her work focuses on themes of separation, inclusion and the intersections of migrant rights with climate change and other movements for racial and economic justice. She is a firm believer in the power of art and culture to transform society. De Anda holds an MS from Parsons School of Design, with a focus on integrating cultural equity in the field of arts and culture. Recent exhibitions include The Ripple Effect: Currents of Socially Engaged Art (Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.), Art in Odd Places intervention festival (NYC), and overseeing creative production for the historic People’s Climate March (NYC), with hundreds of artists and 400,000 people participating.

Gonzalo Casals is the Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum. His experience ranges from innovative programming, authentic engagement strategies, and progressive cultural policy. As Vice President of Programs at Friends of the High Line, he led the organization in a transformative process to focus on equitable cultural practices. Gonzalo held various roles at El Museo del Barrio. His tenure was informed by ideas of cultural production as a vehicle to foster empowerment, social capital, and civic participation. Gonzalo continues to explore these concepts as member of the Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts New York (NOCD-NY).

Prerana Reddy is the Director of Public Programs & Community Engagement for the Queens Museum. She is also in charge of the museum’s community engagement initiatives that utilize a cultural organizing model to build inclusive civic engagement opportunities in nearby neighborhoods predominately comprised of new immigrants. These include the museum’s offsite immigrant arts & activism center Immigrant Movement International Corona and the collaborative design and ongoing programming of Corona Plaza. She was recently appointed by the Mayor to the NYC Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, which advises the Department of Cultural Affairs on increasing cultural equity and developing the City’s first comprehensive cultural plan.

artWork is FABnyc's podcast exploring at how art works in the world. Launched in 2016, artWork is an ongoing conversation with culture makers on the role arts and culture can play in strengthening communities. artWork is currently produced by FABnyc, hosted by Executive Director Ryan Gilliam with Associate Producer, Michael Hickey. artWork was originally conceived by former Executive Director Risa Shoup and Denise Shu Mei.

Elizabeth Hamby and Hatuey Ramos Fermin (also known as Meta Local Collaborative) are Bronx based artists who continue to transform our understanding of New York’s largest public space: its streets. They explore the histories of neighborhoods, create site-specific participatory work, engage a broad range of people, and work collaboratively across disciplines. In this episode, we have a conversation about work, about crossing between disciplines, how bicycling is an art form, using history as a jumping off point for deep dialogue, and the kinds of moments that can turn your life in a direction you never saw coming.

Meta Local is the collaborative practice of Elizabeth Hamby and Hatuey Ramos Fermin. Our work investigates the dynamics of urban spaces; exploring the histories of buildings and neighborhoods, and tracing the flows of people, ideas and products. Combining documentary strategies with performance and fine art, we articulate concepts of origin, and the sense of place. Meta Local develops site-specific, participatory works that refer to the complexity of our community in the South Bronx and beyond. We observe, analyze, and dissect the social, cultural and economic structures of our neighborhood, as well as the design and organization of buildings and spaces, and use the information gathered to develop questions that serve as a foundation for our projects. By actively engaging a broad range of people and working collaboratively across disciplines, Meta Local challenges the existing hierarchies, inclusions, and exclusions that characterize “participation” in the larger democracy of New York City. Projects are entirely site specific, and are developed collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders including community organizations, neighbors and visitors in different capacities.

artWork is FABnyc's podcast exploring at how art works in the world. Launched in 2016, artWork is an ongoing conversation with culture makers on the role arts and culture can play in strengthening communities. artWork is currently produced by FABnyc, hosted by Executive Director Ryan Gilliam with Associate Producer, Michael Hickey. artWork was originally conceived by former Executive Director Risa Shoup and Denise Shu Mei.

artWork is FABnyc's podcast exploring at how art works in the world. Launched in 2016, artWork is an ongoing conversation with culture makers on the role arts and culture can play in strengthening communities. artWork is currently produced by FABnyc, hosted by Executive Director Ryan Gilliam with Associate Producer, Michael Hickey. artWork was originally conceived by former Executive Director Risa Shoup and Denise Shu Mei.

For many decades we've felt the pressures of gentrification in the LES, and our neighborhood has creatively found ways to maintain its cultural and economic vitality throughout. Lately we've been feeling the rapid impact of small business closures and displacement.  In this episode of artWork we hear Risa talk to SaMi Chester, and Armando Moritz-Chapelliquen about initiatives to protect small business today.

SaMi Chester aka; SC2 is the Founder/Artistic Director of BeBop Theatre Collective. A veteran artist and advocate, he considers himself “A Servant of the People” and continues to fight injustice through art and activism. He has been fortunate to work with Sonia Sanchez, Gwendolyn Brooks and a host of others. When not working on his craft, you can find him beating up on bad acting landlords and fighting for human rights.

Armando Moritz-Chapelliquen is the Campaign Coordinator for Equitable Economic Development. Armando engages with member groups and allies to advance economic justice through organizing and advocacy campaigns. Beyond the cause of equity, he enjoys philosophy and his cat Coltrane.

This episode features Carlina Rivera, candidate for City Council, and Jamie Rogers, owner of Pushcart Coffee and chair of Community Board 3. With the host, Risa Shoup, the three of them focus on Civic Engagement and Organizing in Lower East Side. While we’re living together and working together, we have to make the time to support each other. Carlina speaks on the advice that the women in her life have given her: Be strong and to take care of yourself and to remember that taking care of others is important to your heart and to your spirit.Website: www.carlinarivera.nycFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarlinaforCouncilTwitter: www.twitter.com/CarlinaRiveraInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlinalrivera

Associate Producers: Risa Shoup and Denise Shu MeiAudio Engineer: Timothy McAleer