Arts Axis Florida Podcast

Jazz Brand Manager Warren Buchholz sits down with three of the co-founders of the Uptown Music Festival, currently Tampa's only jazz music festival. We speak with Carl Harness, Melody Harness, and Mark Perry. Learn more about the Uptown Music Festival: https://uptownmusicfestival.com. The Arts Axis Florida Podcast is a product of WUSF and sponsored by Community Foundation Tampa Bay, the Gobioff Foundation, and listeners like you.

Dallas Clark is a junior Music Technology major who always had a passion for music. He continues to learn more about music and technology at the University of Tampa while also starting his own music collective, Stratus Sound. Learn more about Dallas and his journey.

Today on the podcast we have Hannah Sam, a senior film and media arts major at the University of Tampa. Hannah is completing her senior thesis film, but before we get into that, we learn about her start in the art world and how she continues to create her future.

See her film, Adeline and the Cyborg and the rest of the senior seminar thesis films on May 1st at the University of Tampa's Ferman Center of the Arts.

Through the power of social media I was able to connect with our next student artist, Darcy Espiritu. A fine art student originally from the Philippines her social pages are filled with beautiful, emotional art using watercolors. In this episode, she gives us a glimpse of her start studying art in the Philippines, to taking the leap to come to Canada to continue learning and growing in her artistry.

Thank you for listening! In this episode, we speak to Makenna Kirsch, a Bachelor of Fine Arts Major and Dance Minor at the University of Central Florida. I happen to already know MaKenna, as we both used to be former students at the same dance studio. Now as a senior in college, we talk about her love of music, theater and dance, her college experience during Covid, and her goals to reach new heights in her art.

You can listen to more episodes on artsaxisfl.org/studentartists

You can follow Makenna here on https://www.instagram.com/makennakirsch/?hl=en

Welcome to the final episode of the When Freedom Rings Video Podcast series. Today we speak with Dalia Colon. Dalia is a multimedia journalist. She is the executive producer and host of the Zest Podcast. She is also the producer and host of Arts Plus on WEDU. We speak with her on her journey to her career. Her wins and struggles as a black woman in a position of leadership and her advice to those hoping to follow a similar path.

Welcome to episode five of the Arts Axis Florida Video Podcast series, When Freedom Rings. Today we are speaking with Lillie Samuels, the president of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society here in Tampa. We discuss how finding her own family roots started her career and understanding genealogy, the power of DNA and the importance of black families being able to know where their roots come from.

Welcome Arts Axis Florida podcast and video series, When Freedom Rings. Today we have episode 4, African Literature with Dr. Arthur Hollist. Dr. Hollist is a professor of English at the University of Tampa. Dr. Hollist joins guest host, Adrianna Rodriguez to speak about the art of writing specifically with African Diaspora writers, what he tries to instill in his students and how stories in the realm of these human experiences helps diversify our understanding of one another and are so important to tell.

Welcome to episode 3 of the Arts Axis Florida Podcast and Video Series, When Freedom Rings. Today’s episode entitled Women of Color Part 1, we turn the tables and have our host Malaika interviewed! Malaika Hollist along with WUSF Digital Marketing Manager, Adrianna Rodriguez are interviewed by two of our WUSF interns Sherine and Jasmine. These Gen-zers ask these two millennials on their experiences and how they have embraced growing up as women of color. From their background growing up as females in minority races and how art, community, and education have allowed them to reach where they are today. This conversation will hopefully inspire our two interns and anyone listening on all you can do as Women of Color.

Welcome to episode 3 of the Arts Axis Florida Podcast and Video Series, When Freedom Rings. Today’s episode entitled Women of Color Part 1, we turn the tables and have our host Malaika interviewed! Malaika Hollist along with WUSF Digital Marketing Manager, Adrianna Rodriguez are interviewed by two of our WUSF interns Sherine and Jasmine. These Gen-zers ask these two millennials on their experiences and how they have embraced growing up as women of color. From their background growing up as females in minority races and how art, community, and education have allowed them to reach where they are today. This conversation will hopefully inspire our two interns and anyone listening on all you can do as Women of Color.