Sat, 2 April 2022
Artist Olia Fedorova lives and is sheltering in Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv, 40 kilometers from the border with Russia. She shares stories about day to day life during wartime, reflects on how the meaning of her art is changing since the invasion and her views on Russian culture and imperialism.
Direct download: MAP_Radio_Hour__-_Olia_Fedorova_NEW_1.m4a
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 7:31pm CDT |
Tue, 12 October 2021
Artists in Residence During the Pandemic: Conversations with Endri Dani and Judit Kis at Residency Unlimited
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Sun, 15 August 2021
Extending Care through Curation, the Dynamic of Central, Eastern European Art and More: A Conversation with Curator and Art Historian Róna Kopeczky
A rising start in European Art, independent curator and art historian Róna Kopeczky talks with MAP’s Janeil Engelstad about the importance of caregiving and how that is central to her curation, feminism in the former communist bloc countries, the expanding notion of the print and more. |
Tue, 2 February 2021
Janeil Engelstad talks with Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, founders of Land Art Generator about the social impact, politics and aesthetics of renewable energy and the role of art in providing solutions to climate change.
Direct download: MAP___Land_Art_Generator_final_cut.m4a
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 2:54pm CDT |
Mon, 1 February 2021
Janeil Engelstad talks with Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, founders of Land Art Generator about the social impact, politics and aesthetics of renewable energy and the role of art in providing solutions to climate change.
Direct download: MAP_-_Land_Art_Generator_final_cut.m4a
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 5:10am CDT |
Wed, 2 September 2020
MAP's series of podcasts produced in conjunction with MAP2020: The Further We Roll, the More We Gain that critically examines the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment continues with Artist Aram Han Sifuentes. Aram talks about her projects in support of voting and protests, Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for All Who Legally Can't and Protest Lending Library and other related topics, such as who in the U.S. can vote and who cannot and why.
Direct download: MAP_Radio_Hour___Aram_Han_Sifuentes__Final_.m4a.mp3
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 12:10pm CDT |
Wed, 22 July 2020
Filmmaker and Educator Katsitsionni Fox (Mohawk) reflects on growing up in the Akwesasne territories of Northern New York, her new film Without a Whisper, which tells the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragettes, and her work as an artist and Indigenous educator. |
Fri, 10 July 2020
Artist Cauleen Smith reflects upon her work, the value of money and putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, Alice Coltrane, the tools used by the powerful and the flag she designed for MAP2020: The Further We Roll, The More We Gain. MAP2020 commemorates and critically examines the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. MAP commissioned 19 women artists and writers, including Smith, to create work for MAP2020. |
Sat, 14 March 2020
Artist Beili Liu talks about her cultural experience as a young child in China and her work addressing the trauma of
Direct download: MAP_Radio_Hour___Beili__Final_.m4a
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 6:08pm CDT |
Thu, 6 February 2020
Voices From the Center 4: Life Before and After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, a Conversation with Ján Orlovský, Director of Open Society Foundation, Slovakia
This special series of MAP Radio Hour podcasts, Voices From the Center is produced in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The series continues with a conversation between Janeil Engelstad and Ján Orlovský about the Velvet Revolution, life in post-communist Slovakia, and the work of Open Society Foundation in a time of rising nationalism around the globe. |
Sat, 25 January 2020
This special series of MAP Radio Hour podcasts, Voices From the Center is produced in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In Episode 2, Czech musician and writer Pavla Jonssonová talks with MAP Radio Hour host Janeil Engelstad about freedom, coming of age in post Communist Czechoslovakia, and post Socialism. |
Sat, 25 January 2020
Voices From the Center 3: The Birth of a Revolution a conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Anna Mydlarska about the Solidarity Trade Union, and her role in the movement that helped to bring down communism in Poland.
This special series of MAP Radio Hour podcasts, Voices From the Center is produced in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall continues with a conversation between Janeil Engelstad and Documentary Filmmaker Anna Mydlarska. Mydlarska played an active, and often clandestine role in the fall of communism in Poland as a member of the Solidarity Press Office and translator for Solidarity leader Lech Wałesa. |
Thu, 21 November 2019
Voices From the Center 1: Art, Politics and Revolution. A Conversation with Curator and Writer Piotr Rypson
This special series of MAP Radio Hour podcasts, Voices From the Center is produced in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The series kicks off with a conversation between MAP Radio Hour host Janeil Engelstad and writer, curator and former Associate Director of the Polish National Museum, Piotr Rypson. Rypson reflects on the state of the arts in Poland, the legacy of communism in the arts, and how Polish artists are responding to contemporary issues. |
Tue, 11 June 2019
In Episode 17 of The MAP Radio Hour 91-year-old, Peruvian artist and activist, Victor Delfín reflects on his life of creativity and political engagement. From the 1950s when Delfín began to create art that expressed the importance of freedom and liberty to the 1980s and 90s when he was a leader in the national movement to remove President Alberto Fujimori from power to today where he uses social media to share his thinking and art with a new generation. Bumper Music: Dawning of a New Age by Squire Tuck |
Sun, 10 February 2019
Intersections: Projects and Residencies in Art, Science and Technology, a conversation with John Boylan
Episode 16 of the MAP Radio Hour features a conversation with art and tech expert John Boylan. John reflects upon F.R. Leavis’ critic of British novelist C.P. Snow, the design of art and technology residencies that stem from his experience working with artists in residence at Microsoft and his direction of 9e2, an art, science and technology festival that he spearheaded in Seattle to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the seminal 1966 performance series 9 Evenings: Theater and Engineering. Music from performances at 9e2 Seattle
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Sat, 20 October 2018
This episode of the MAP Radio Hour features a conversation with writer, director and performer Katt Lissard about her theater work in the Southern African country, Lesotho. Additionally, Lissard and Engelstad reflect on their experiences as Fulbright Scholars and the value of Fulbright to relationship building, learning and international exchange.
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Fri, 29 June 2018
In this episode of the MAP Radio Hour features a conversation with Puerto Rico-based art collective MAOF (materials and crafts) about their work salvaging trees and other biological materials for design and art and the lasting impact of colonialism in Puerto Rico, as well as their rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Maria. Translation of the Spanish segments of this conversation is by Jean Luc Vila. |
Fri, 27 April 2018
Janeil Engelstad talks with Shannon Stratton about her work as the Mildred and William Lasdon Chief Curator at The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, as well as Stratton’s own background as an artist and MAD’s recent exhibition Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound. |
Thu, 22 February 2018
Janeil Engelstad talks with Evelyn Tickle about Grow Oyster Reefs, her work to restore oyster reefs along the US Eastern Seaboard and the class she leads at James Madison University where students are designing buildings inspired by oyster reef design with an eye towards protecting shorelines, as the sea level rises. Bumper: "Color Garden" by lungfulls (https://soundcloud.com/lungfulls).
Direct download: MAP_Radio_Hour_-_Evelyn_Tickle.mp3
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 5:48pm CDT |
Tue, 13 February 2018
Ecology and Sustainability in the Post-Industrial City: A Conversation with Artist and Educator Frances Whitehead
Janeil Engelstad talks with civic practice artist Frances Whitehead about Whitehead's work in Gary, Indiana, building sustainability into projects and the importance of renegotiating the symbolic and the practical in art. |
Tue, 6 February 2018
Janeil Engelstad talks with activist Sarah Corbett about Corbett's work in craftivism - a synthesis of activism and craft - and the power of quiet, thoughtful protest.
Direct download: MAP_Radio_Hour_-_Sarah_Corbett.mp3
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 5:59pm CDT |
Fri, 3 November 2017
Part two of Janeil Engelstad’s conversation with eco-art pioneer Newton Harrison includes conversation about his current watershed project in Scotland, the impact of climate change on the region, both now and in the future, and how art and science can address it. Today’s episode features music by Austin-based musician Lungfulls. To hear more of his work, please visit www.soundcloud.com/lungfullsor www.lovemade.bandcamp.com
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Wed, 1 November 2017
Janeil Engelstad speaks with eco-art movement pioneer Newton Harrison about his – along with Helen Harrison’s - 1993 work Serpentine Lattice, including its impact on the Pacific North West Temperate Coastal Rain Forest and the challenges the forest still faces today. Today’s episode features music by Austin-based musician Lungfulls. To hear more of his work, please visit www.soundcloud.com/lungfullsor www.lovemade.bandcamp.com
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Sat, 28 October 2017
In part two, Janeil Engelstad speaks with renowned artist Sopheap Pich and the Crow Collection of Asian Art’s, Curator of Asian Art, Dr. Jacqueline Chao about the value of critical thinking in selecting materials, the experience of viewing art and more. Today’s episode features music by Austin-based musician Lungfulls. To hear more of his work, please visit www.soundcloud.com/ |
Thu, 26 October 2017
In part one of a two-part conversation, Janeil Engelstad talks with renowned artist Sopheap Pich and the Crow Collection of Asian Art’s, Curator of Asian Art, Dr. Jacqueline Chao about Pich’s work, the relationship between art and cultural identity, curatorial practice and more. Today’s episode features music by Austin-based musician Lungfulls. To hear more of his work, please visit www.soundcloud.com/ |
Mon, 25 September 2017
Janeil Engelstad talks with artist Matej Vakula about applying artistic thinking and photography to advance cancer treatment, as well his work around the politicization and privatization of public space. |
Thu, 21 September 2017
Janeil Engelstad talks with artist and urban planner Sarah Kavage about her collaborative project Duwamish Revealed, as well as creative engagement with Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest and industry’s impact on their ancestral home. |
Tue, 18 April 2017
Janeil Engelstad speaks with cross-disciplinary artist Mick Lorusso about his work at the intersection of art and science addressing global warming, as well as how collaboration and social media can impact environmental and social issues. |
Mon, 6 March 2017
Janeil Engelstad speaks with practicing neurologist and sound artist Dr. Thomas Deuel about the impact of music on the brain and it’s role as a therapeutic tool, as well as his background as a jazz musician. Dr. Deuel also talks about the Encephalophone - a brain-music interface he designed that allows for thought-controlled music creation. |
Wed, 1 February 2017
Janeil Engelstad talks with Sarah Koehler currently a graduate student in Statistics at Colorado State University (CSU) about how artistic training shapes one’s work in the social and physical sciences and the impact of a social science education on a career in the arts. Koehler also talks about a software package that she is writing at CSU, which will measure carbon in the atmosphere.
Direct download: A-Conversation-with-Sarah-Koehler.mp3
Category:MAP Radio Hour -- posted at: 12:08pm CDT |
Mon, 11 July 2016
In this podcast Janeil Engelstad and Yvan Tina discuss their projects "Make Art with Purpose" and "Virtual Africa". They talk about the common threads and possible collaboration between these incredible projects. Also discussed is art, technology, and the advancements these have created in educational options. |