I.B.Artin'...

In this episode, Mars, Kira, and special guest Azana Green, talk more about the artists identity and the importance of a mentor... especially one that looks like you.

This week Mars and Kira, with the addition of guest, Kyle Williams, talk about the lack of community within black artists in their art fields due to being both your people and your competition. They address the events and the feelings, pressures, etc. that stem from those environments and how it can impact the feeling or often lack thereof of community in our artistic fields.

Leave a comment and share your thoughts: On this episode of i.B.Artin' Kira and Mars answer questions from YOU! We opened up the space for you all to ask us some questions that you all have been thinking about or wondering since we started the podcast and figured that now was as good a time as any to answer them! In this episode we answer the following questions:

1. How has the journey of making a podcast been?
2. What’s the goal of your podcast?
3. How does your queerness intersect with your identity as a musician of color? (Mars)`
4. What’s your favorite thing about teacher’s college? (both)
5. When can I come on the podcast? 
6. Can artists find joy in the planning and process of their creations?
7. If you were not in the arts, what would you be doing? 
8. How’s living in NYC? What do you love and what do you hate? 
9. What are some initiatives you’d like to start in your career of the arts? 
10. What is some advice you’d give to underprivileged kids that want to get into the arts? 
11. What’s the difference between racism in the arts today than how it was in another period like the 90s?
12. Let’s talk about funding! Arts scholarships tips or advice?

In this episode, Kira and Mars discuss the ways in which practicing art can be toxic. They speak briefly on their experiences in bad environments as well as on eating disorders that can derive from the ballet world and sleeping disorders that can derive from the music world.

In this episode, Mars, Kira, and special guest Ashitaka Porter, discuss the challenges of self doubt and imposter syndrome within the arts. Have you ever felt like you didn't deserve to be in a space that you walked in to?

In this episode, we discuss themes around access. We share our personal experiences with our lack of access to music and dance training and brainstorm ways in which we can make training in the arts more accessible to individuals who have taken an interest in the field.

In this episode, we discuss representation and how it has impacted our relationship with the arts. We dive deep into our personal experiences and discuss what it looks like in our fields today as well as in academia.  

In this episode we discuss our beginnings with the arts starting in the Black Church. From there with special guest Kyle Williams, we move into the theme of the arts becoming our identity and how others who also started in the arts young have navigated life without it being a main source of their identity. 


Special Guest: Kyle Williams

Welcome to Episode 1: Am I The Only One…? of the i.B.Artin’ podcast! Join us as we introduce ourselves and dive into the details of how i.B.Artin’ came to be.