Maxwell Pearce
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317 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 29 Jun
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And that was literally written in 1955.
And so in her educational career, she worked for the American Federation of Teachers, and that required her to travel all across the world.
So she was a Globetrotter in her own right, for sure.
And one of my favorite memories of my childhood is her writing these postcards to my siblings and I,
from the destinations that she would travel to.
This is before we could travel.
So, you know, she would write a postcard from somewhere, you know, in Europe or in Africa and be like, this is where I am.
This is what it's like here.
This is what I'm experiencing.
So, you know, in a way she really was prepping me to, you know, become a Globetrotter.
It's just a really cohesive way for me to tell her story while also telling my story, while also explaining
The relationship within the two of us and how the decisions that our elders make have an impact on us.
Absolutely.
And I think that's one of the things that I try to intentionally lead with when I'm creating work that doesn't have to do with my grandmother.
Like my grandmother's collection is just, it's one collection, but it's certainly not the...
extent of the kind of subject matter that I'm focusing on.
I think the first collection that I actually exhibited highlighted professional athletes that use their platform to speak out against social and racial injustice.
And so the work that they do, although most of them, I don't think any of them were like visual artists.
per se, but like people like Muhammad Ali or like Serena Williams or Althea Gibson, they were very vocal with their platforms.
And a lot of their platform, most of their platforms were gained through their athletic excellence and their ability to transform that to be a power for the betterment of people that are beyond the sports realm.
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