Jay Grillo is a multimedia artist, documentarian, and organizer at the Indianapolis Liberation Center. Michael sits down with Jay inside the Liberation Center in Fountain Square to talk about art as solidarity, cultural identity, and building community through showing up.

Sponsors:

City Rising (cityrising.org)

Proformus Urban Planning & Design

Intro music: Scared Rabbit by Jennasen

Timestamps

• 0:51 — Intro
• 5:52 — Design work, Folklórico dancing, and the Latino arts community
• 7:25 — Documentary work and storytelling in solidarity
• 14:00 — De Aquí y De Allá and third-generation immigrant identity
• 26:02 — The Indianapolis Liberation Center
• 33:41 — Getting involved and the power of showing up
• 39:24 — Touch Grass Indy
• 41:34 — Canned questions