In this episode of the Tell A Vision podcast, host Layla McMurtrie sits down with Venus, a Detroit-based community organizer and multidisciplinary artist whose work spans visual art, movement, and healing practices. Venus shares how their artistic journey began, from early expressions of self through painting to incorporating aerial and burlesque dance as forms of storytelling and release.

The conversation explores Venus’s passion for creating spaces where people feel safe to express themselves, their experiences hosting virtual meditation workshops during a pivotal time in 2020, and how collaboration fuels their creative vision. They also discuss the themes of body reclamation, Black spiritualism, and Afrofuturism in their work, and how different art forms—painting, poetry, music, and dance—intersect in their creative practice.

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Intro Music: ⁠⁠Mat Larimer⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Mat's Apartment⁠⁠

Outro Music: ⁠⁠Mat’s Apartment⁠⁠

Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Layla McMurtrie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Vision Detroit