ART IS CHANGE: Strategies & Skills for Activist Artists & Cultural Organizers
Episodes
59: Susie Tanner: When Steelworkers Became Activist Artists— And What It Taught Us About Dignity, Loss, and Change – Part 1
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time, theater Director Susie Tanner, steelworkers, & Bruce Springsteen teamed up to spread the devastating truth about steel plant shu...
58: Why Rural Stories Get Erased—And What Activist Artist Organizers Like Matthew Fluharty Are Doing to Stop It – Part 2
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 58: Matthew Fluharty - Art of the Rural - Chapter 2This is our second episode focusing on Matthew Fluharty's work at Art of the Rural. In it w...
57: Why Rural Stories Get Erased—And What Activist Artist Organizers Like Matthew Fluharty Are Doing to Stop It – Part 1
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 57: Matthew Fluharty - Art of the Rural - Chapter 1Matthew Fluharty is a curious, thoughtful, passionate, humble dot connector who asks as man...
BONUS: Lorraine Hansberry @ Pillsbury House + Theatre - Gifted & Black
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. Lorraine HansberryIn this bonus episode of Change the Story, Change the World, we're going to share an audio ...
56: How a Minneapolis Social Service Agency Became A Center for Art and Social Change – Part 2
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second chapter of the Pillsbury House + Theatre story. At the corner of George Floyd Square & the Pandemic, PH+T is breaking the commu...
55: How a Minneapolis Social Service Agency Became A Center for Art and Social Change – Part 1
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pillsbury House + Theatre is a groundbreaking “new model for human service work that recognizes the power of the arts and culture to stimulate comm...
BONUS: The Nouvella – Using Fiction to Tell the Truth About Art and Social Change
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The recorded conference presentation you are about to hear includes a made up game show, a scene from a novella about artists working in a fictional p...
54: DAH Teatar: Arts Driven Social Change and Environmental Justice in Serbia
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
DAH SAYS: "In today’s world, we can oppose destruction and violence with the creation of meaning ... we create bold dramatic art to provoke, inspire...
53: Garden Battles and River Rituals: How Felicia Young Heals Communities with Art and Activism
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Felicia Young uses arts-based strategies and tools to spur community action. She has helped save hundreds of New York's community gardens, clean up a ...
Bonus Reprise: Jan Cohen Cruz - Meeting the Moment
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Bonus episode of Change the Story / Change the World is in celebration of the publishing of Meeting the Moment: Socially Engaged Performance - 19...
From Clowning to PBS: An Activist Artist’s Journey Through Media and Justice
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have thought that running away with the circus could lead to a career as a successful filmmaker. Gary Glassman's path to filmmaking also, in...
Subito Story 1: Karina Kantas
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From time to time on change the Story we share a short feature we call Subito Stories. In today's Subito Story We are traveling to a Greek Island to m...
51: Wayne Cook - A Dream Recalled
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wayne Cook calls himself bumpy. Which is an apt metaphor for the story we are about to share. In it, Wayne plays a promising young athlete, a crash vi...
50: From Combat Zone to Camera Lens: A Veteran Artist’s Journey to Reclaim His War Story
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When does a war truly end? What becomes of those left standing and, the ghosts that remain? In 2001, Vietnam vet, David Moragne returned to Vietnam w...
49: Art & Upheaval: Activist Artists on the World’s Frontline
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Notable MentionsFor this episode of Change the Story Change the World we are going to revisit some of those Art and Upheaval stories along with the so...
48: Why Listening — Not Loud Ideas — Should Lead Your Art and Social Change Practice
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can small stories, from out of the way places make a big difference. Jennifer Williams not only thinks so, she has spent her life sharing those stori...
47: SIPP Culture Rising: How A Small Southern Town Is Becoming a National Model for Cultural Organizing
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carlton Turner understands that when you can't feed yourself the imagination is the first thing to go And if you can't "see" a different future you c...
46: All Singing: How One Artist’s Songs Became a Passport to Learning, Connection, and Thriving
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
BIOElise was born in Switzerland, raised in North Carolina, and since 1977 has made her home in Atlanta. She speaks fluent Italian, French, German, Sp...
45: Why Ron Chew Believes Museums Should Be Cultural Centers, Not Just Store Artifacts
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can a museum be a force for social change? Can history heal? Can our stories be unforgotten? Ron Chew says, "YES!, YES! YES!, and Much More!" Ron Che...
44: How an Hollywood Director/ Artivist Used Film to Fight Censorship, Racism, & Fear – Part 2
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our second episode featuring Jeremy Kagan, we discuss the matter of trust in social impact art-making, and in the community writ large, particular...
43: How a Hollywood Director/Artivist Used Film to Fight Censorship, Racism, & Fear – Part 1
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we visit with storied Hollywood director Jeremy Kagan, whose career has proved that yes, the power of story on the big screen, the sm...
42: How Pangea World Theater Became a Cultural Organizing Force After George Floyd’s Murder – Part 2
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 40 Dipankar Mukherjee, and Meena Natarajan discussed their work around issues of race and justice. In this second half, we asked: How can P...
41: How Pangea World Theater Became a Cultural Organizing Force After George Floyd’s Murder – Part 1
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pangea World Theater spent its 25th anniversary year helping their Minneapolis community heal the wounds and sort through the ashes left in the wake o...
40: A Loving Trickster: Using Culture, Story, and Disruption to Spark Art & Social Change
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Needless to say, this year has been both odd and extraordinary. Odd? --- Well, Pick your poison. Extraordinary? --- Because we spent the year having a...
39: Beth Thielen: LOVE AND FREEDOM: Our Most Imaginative Activist Artists Are Locked in Prison
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4: Beth Thielen - Love and Freedom Bookmakers at San Quentin. Not surprising, given "Q's" clientele. But no, we're talking about re...
38: Gallery to Garden: Beverly Naidus on Art, Activism, and Reimagining the Future
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
BIOBeverly Naidus's art life has straddled the socially engaged margins of the art world, artful activism collaborations, and community-based art...
35: Meeting the Moment: How 67 Activist Artists Changed the Story of American Theater
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Cohen-Cruz has given a lot to the field of arts-based community development. By that, I mean that there's a significant body of academic and commu...
34: From Life in Prison to Life as a Cultural Leader: The Redemption of Henry Frank
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Frank was rotting in prison alone with no escape. Then, everything changed. In our conversation we talk about the heavy lift of imagining a diff...
33: Why Artist and Cultural Organizers in Hospitals Are Changing How We Heal
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Sonke is a creative healer in service to a community of doctors, nurses, artists, educators, and most of all, patients on a journey that reunites...
31: Joe Lambert - Making Good Stories that Help Us
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show NotesThe Story of My Story A Digital Story by KMUSIC PLAYINGK: In a funny way, books raised me. I didn't have the things a child needs to be a ch...
30: From Judy Chicago to Juvenile Halls: How One Activist Artist Facilitated Radical Change Through Creativity
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Hill: The Path Made by Walking ForwardSusan Hill has, one of the best minds, and hearts I know for translating human creativity to the nee...
29: The Music Is Her Prayer: How Becky Reardon Found Sacred Connection in Nature, Song. And Activism
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 29: Becky Reardon - Finding the MoonBecky Reardon describes herself as “In the music” Her songs, tell us about the human community, our m...
27: The Nouvella: The Strange True Story of a Fake Prison That Trained Hundreds of Artist Activists
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
THE NOUVELLA: STORY-BASED COMMUNITY ARTS TRAININGHi I’m Bill Cleveland, the host of Change the Story / Change the World. This week we are going...
26: Why Traditional Education Fails Students—and How Activist Artists and Educators are Turning the Tide
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Threshold Questions and Delicious QuotesHow do you describe your work in the world?I often refer to myself as a midwife of creativity... I think of it...
25: Su-lin Ngiam-An Activist Artist in Singapore is an Agent of Hope
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a tiny city-state with tight control becomes a hub for community-driven, arts-based transformation? Meet ArtsWok, a Singapore-based ...
24: From Theater Sets To Veterans’ Healing Circles: How David O’Fallon Crafted A Life Through Cultural Organizing and Story
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CSCW EP 24: David O'Fallon - Power PlaysPlease know that this episode contains descriptions of war that include violence and psychological trauma. We ...
23: Why Activist Poet Alice Lovelace Refuses To Use the Language of Her Oppressors
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 23: Alice Lovelace - A Peaceful DisrupterMusic AttributionVariations on a theme 1 » The Rush (w/ drum) - Variations 1 (c) by Podcas...
22: Theater Isn’t Just Entertainment—It’s a Cultural Organizing Tool for Saving Democracy
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 22: Bob Leonard - The Continuing Evolution of the HorseThreshold Questions and Delicious QuotesWhat is the artist's role in the altered and un...
21: Justin Laing: Why Cultural Organizers Must Confront White Supremacy to Succeed
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Laing: - Taking Back The LandJustin LaingBefore starting Hillombo in 2017, Justin worked as a Senior Program Officer of Arts & Culture at ...
20: How Oakland Culture Shaped Fantastic Negrito’s Fight for Balance and Belonging
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 20 : Xavier DphrepaulezzFantastic Negrito / Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? REDUXOn March 14th our friend and Change the Story guest Xavier Dephr...
19: Mary Cohen Brings Art & Social Change “Inside” & “Prisoners” & “Outsiders” Became One Choir
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 19: Mary Cohen - Freeing Silenced VoicesThreshold Questions and Delicious QuotesHow can singing a song help change the mind and the heart? .....
18: Cultural Organizing in Appalachia: Building Trust, Equity, and Economic Resilience – Part 2
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CSCW EP 18: Ben Fink – A Communist Jew from the Northeast – Chapter 2Threshold Questions and Delicious QuotesAs a self described "communist Jew fr...
17: Cultural Organizing in Appalachia: Building Trust, Equity, and Economic Resilience – Part 1
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CSCW EP 17: Ben Fink – A Communist Jew from the Northeast – Chapter 1 Threshold Questions and Delicious QuotesWhat defines the work of Appalshop ...
16: From Mingus to Folsom: Henry Robinett on Music, Mentors, & Thriving as an Artist for Change
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the link to the Arts Extension Service: Creative Community Leadership Course Info.Episode 16: Henry Robinett - Jazz in the JointJazz musician,...
15: Art Is Not An Extra: Why Artist Activists & Cultural Organizers Should Be Leading Community Recovery Efforts
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 15: Sharnita Johnson – Queen of CommunityThreshold Questions & Delicious QuotesWhat was the path that led you into cultural philanthropy...
14: Forget Pipe Cleaners: Why Real Cultural Organizing Is Not What You Think It Is- Part 2
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 14: DIVA CATS - PART 2Threshold Questions and Juicy QuotesYou artists are volunteers right?"No! We're professional artists. Everybody gets ...
13: Forget Pipe Cleaners: Why Real Cultural Organizing Is Not What You Think It Is – Part 1
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 13: DIVA CATsThreshold Questions and Delicious QuotesWhat’s A CAT? I usually bring a packet of seeds and give everybody some seeds. Because ...
12: STORY story
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 12: Story storyCheck out the film version of Story story HEREAnd the book version HERETranscriptIn the beginning there was a word, the word, a...
11: Ida Oberman: Centering Love, Story, and Art for Social Change in a Public School?
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Special Thanks to Camila Guiza-Chavez for her beautiful performance of "Over the Rainbow" that introduces this episode. Threshold Questions & Deli...
10: How Activist Artists Like Milenko Matanovic Are Rebuilding Democracy From the Ground Up
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Threshold Questions / Delicious QuotesWhy is our democracy struggling, What's wrong? Right now the default modality is that we are at our worst with e...
9: Art Isn’t Just Decoration—Cultural Organizing is Democracy’s Secret Weapon
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9: Erik Takeshita - Creative People PowerDear Listener: In this podcast Erik describes agency and connection as essential elements for emergen...
8: If You’re Not Letting Struggling Kids Make Art, You’re Missing the Boat
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7: Barry Marcus - Creative Culture Dear Reader: Barry Marcus' story about Creative Culture touches on a number of questions related to the im...
7: Sandy Agustin on Navigating the Art and Social Change Landscape (Activist Artist Spotlight)
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Transcript Episode 7: Sandy Agustin - The NavigatorSandy Agustin: Why do you want to change? Why do you want to change? Now? What do you all hold true...
5: Love at the Rivers Edge: How One Activist Artist Bridged Race & Place With Shakespeare:
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Threshold Questions and Juicy Quotes:Can collective creation change settled world views?I mean, there are a couple of Mexican families in Brussels. Th...
3: The Gunrunner for the Arts: L.O. Sloan’s Half-Century of Thriving as an Artist for Change (Part 2)
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
THRESHOLD QUESTIONS AND DELICIOUS QUOTES?Many older monuments are being challenged these days for for their distorted representation of history. What ...
2: The Gunrunner for the Arts: L.O. Sloan’s Half-Century of Thriving as an Artist for Change (Part 1)
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we'll meet activist/performer/impresario and historian Lenwood O. Sloan, a man whose extraordinary career has unfolded like a half century-l...
1.: How Art and Social Change Shaped My Life
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bad home, Drugs, and prison. A predictable story? Sure, except when you throw in the National Cathedral choir, a geodesic dome, and the stubborn belie...