M.P.A. is an internationally recognized performance artist and concerned magician of "the energetic" who currently resides in the Mojave Desert. We will be talking about her current exhibition and durational performance 'Red In View' at The Whitney which embodies her long ranging inquiry into the practical limitations of the Earth and the impending colonization of Mars, the Red Planet.

Kim Wasserman is the Director of Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. Since 1998 Kim has worked with LVEJO on community organizing and policy work in Chicago. She is the 2013 recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize for helping close down two coal plants within city limits.In this episode, Kim speaks about the grit and faith it takes to organize around environmental issues that have specific impact to a large, tight-knit, immigrant community in Chicago.

For more info: LVEJO.org

Corinne Peterson is a community elder, psychotherapist and professional ceramicist who has exhibited widely. Her abstract pieces are in various private and public collections. In this episode, Corinne talks with Nance about her research on wide-spread trauma within our society and the resultant development of her trauma activism through clay work.

For more info: cdpeterson.com