Episode Image/Guest Host: Tyahra Angus Theme song HoodGrown by David-James @davedashjames_ https://soundcloud.com/davedashjames Transition music Nathan Peters @mztrwlsn @mrwilsonbeats https://soundcloud.com/mrwilsonbeats TAG THE ARTIST: Cryssie @highku FOR US BY US: The Theater Offensive @outoffensive http://www.thetheateroffensive.org/ WORD ON THE STREET: Art as institution Decolonize This Place to Hold Action at Whitney Museum Over Protests Against Vice Chair of Board http://www.artnews.com/2018/12/06/decolonize-place-hold-action-whitney-museum-protests-vice-chair-board/ Fears Grow for Tania Bruguera After Cuban Authorities Detain the Activist-Artist https://news.artnet.com/art-world/support-grows-activist-artist-tania-bruguera-detention-cuban-authorities-1411030 MASS politics ? Ayanna Pressley bids City Council farewell in impassioned speech https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2018/12/06/ayanna-pressley-boston-city-council-farewell The Brockton mayor's city-owned vehicle was set on fire last week https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2018/12/06/brockton-mayor-vehicle-arson BPS The Boston school district is facing 2 lawsuits filed by women https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/12/03/the-boston-school-district-is-facing-2-lawsuits-filed-by-women Boston School Bus Driver Assaulted: School Officials https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Boston-School-Bus-Driver-Assaulted-According-to-School-Officials-501843092.html Black Basel Black Lives Matter Activist Patrisse Cullors Is Bringing the Movement to Miami With a Series of Talks, Shows, and Merchandise https://news.artnet.com/art-world/black-lives-matter-art-basel-miami-2018-1412953 Art and Activism Create 'Darker Gods' for Art Basel Miami https://www.theroot.com/art-and-activism-create-darker-gods-for-art-basel-miami-1830921572 Black man magic with the art world A Pair of Socks Can Be Made Into High Fashion Using Intellect': Virgil Abloh on Why Streetwear Is the Readymade Art of Our Time https://news.artnet.com/art-world/designer-virgil-abloh-on-why-streetwear-is-the-readymade-art-of-our-time-1413127 Graffiti Artist Darrius Ford Launches Agency to Help Emerging Pop Artists https://cheddar.com/videos/graffiti-artist-darrius-ford-launches-agency-to-help-emerging-pop-artists KING PINS: Anila Quayyum Agha @anilaquayyumagha http://www.anilaagha.com/ https://www.artsy.net/artist/anila-quayyum-agha https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/intersections-anila-quayyum-agha UNSUNG HEROES/history moves: Color Field movement https://www.theartstory.org/movement-color-field-painting.htm https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/color-field-artists GOOD LOOKS (interview): Lambert Rahming - @lookdeeper Callmelamb.com https://www.menofmelaninmagic.com/ REALTALK: Tyahra Angus @Afrocentered @afrocenteredmedia www.Afrocenteredmedia.com ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rate, review and subscribe to us on APPLE podcast Check out our white wall review. Would you like to support the show? Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/hoodgrownaesthetic Daughter of Contrast www.daughterofcontrast.com/ @daughterofcontrst HIT US UP! If you’re an Artist or a small business owner, you would like to be interviewed on the show please email us and send us a short bio, images and media handles. Please Review, Rate and Subscribe to us on Apple Podcast Stitcher, Tune in, and Google Play!

In our Voices from the Void series we get inside the minds of the gallery attendants watching YOU. In this episode we hear from Tyahra Angus, former Visitor Assistant and local photographer. You can find her work at @afrocentered media.