Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Dec. 23, 2020

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

Today we speak to co-editors of Colossus: HOME (2020), Sara Biel and Karla Brundage colossuspress.org Sara Biel is a poet, visual artist, and social worker. Her work combines original text with different art materials. She is passionate about collaborative art and performance processes, and focuses on art as a medium for building

community. Sara’s work has been featured in Oakland’s Moondrop productions and sPARKLE & bLINK. She is the editor of Colossus: Bay Area Poets Challenge Immigration Injustice, Sara and Karla Brundage collaboratively edited Colossus:Home Karla Brundage is a Bay Area based poet, activist, and educator. Born in Berkeley, California in the summer of love to a Black mother and white father, Karla spent most of her childhood in Hawaii where she developed a deep love of nature. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and the founder of West Oakland to West Africa Poetry Exchange (WO2WA) and is a board member of the Before Columbus Foundation.

http://westoaklandtowestafrica.com/ as well as on https://www.karlabrundage.com/

2. Silicon Valley Dance Festival rebroadcast 

Music: Zion Trinity; Imani Coppola

Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Dec. 23, 2020

Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Friday, Dec. 5, 2020

 This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

1. Min. Imhotep Alkebulan, founding member, Wo'se Community Church (1987). Senior Minister of Wo'se Sacramento..

2. Demetri Broxton is the Senior Director of Education at Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, CA. An Oakland native, Broxton has over 19 years of experience working in the field of education and the arts. At MoAD, he leads the education programs that enhance the visitor experience at the Museum. His department’s mission is to connect youth, educators, and the public to the historical, cultural, and intellectual contributions of the worldwide African Diaspora. Outside of his role at MoAD, Demetri is an independent curator and practicing artist. He served as a curator for the City of Berkeley (2013-2020) and his artwork is represented by Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco. Broxton holds an M.A. in Museum Studies from San Francisco State University (2010) and a BFA from UC Berkeley in Art Practice (2002).

3. Baba Opesanwo Ifakorede Fadairo, Alagbigba Babalawo joins us to talk about ancestors and his work with herbs and nutrition as medicine (winter season)

4. Riddim Doctors: Val Serrant and Sikiru Adepoju