Podcasts by Contemporary Black Canvas
Celebrating the Depth and Breadth of Black Artistic and Intellectual Thought
Further podcasts by Dr. Pia Deas, Professor of African American Literature, interviews Black novelists, poets, filmmakers, visual artists, and radical gardeners and farmers
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EP 27 Scholar Therí A. Pickens from 2020-11-30T20:20:45
Welcome to Contemporary Black Canvas, I am your host, Dr. Pia Deas. In today’s episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing scholar Therí Alyce Pickens about her most recent work Black Madness::M...
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EP 26 Poet Geffrey Davis from 2019-09-22T20:00:05
In today’s episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with award winning poet Geffrey Davis. Davis has authored two successful books Revising the Storm, a 2013 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize winner ...
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BAM EP 5 Scholars, Dancers, and Choreographers: Dr. Osumare and Dr. Dixon Gottschild from 2019-03-24T20:10:06
Welcome to Contemporary Black Canvas. I am your host, Dr. Pia Deas. On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, we are sharing an audio recording entitled “ It’s A Commitment,” an audio record...
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EP 25 Scholar Rashad Shabazz from 2019-03-10T11:30:09
Welcome to Contemporary Black Canvas where we celebrate the depth and breadth of Black artistic and intellectual traditions. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Rashad Shaba...
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BAMAA EP 4 Scholar&Activist Abdul Alkalimat from 2019-03-03T15:00:56
Welcome to Contemporary Black Canvas, I am your host, Dr. Pia Deas. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with scholar and activist, Abdul Alkalimat. In our conversation today, he beg...
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EP 24 Curator Meg Onli from 2019-02-24T17:02:16
Welcome to Contemporary Black Canvas. I am your host, Dr. Pia Deas. This week we had the pleasure of speaking with Meg Onli, the current Assistant Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art i...
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EP 23 Visual Artist, Architectural Designer, and Poet Komi Olaf from 2018-01-27T04:40:42
On this episode, I am joined by CBC’s research assistant, Jasmine Newton. In this episode, we interviewed architectural designer, poet, and visual artist, Komi Olaf. His visual art has been insp...
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EP 22 Educator Khalilah Brann from 2018-01-14T01:26:12
Welcome to Contemporary Black Canvas, where we celebrate the depth and breadth of the Black artistic and intellectual traditions. I am your host, Dr. Pia Deas. Before we begin, I want to encoura...
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BAM Ep 2: Jae and Wadsworth Jarrell from 2018-01-01T09:03:13
Welcome to Contemporary Black Canvas, where we celebrate the depth and breadth of the Black artistic and intellectual traditions. I am your host, Dr. Pia Deas, in this episode, we interviewed pa...
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BAMAA Ep 1: Poet and Press Founder Naomi Long Madgett from 2018-01-01T09:02:40
I am delighted to welcome you to a new series within the larger Contemporary Black Canvas series. This month in honor of Black history month we are premiering the first two episodes of our new, ...
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EP 21: Tommy Joshua, Founder of North Philadelphia Peace Park from 2017-12-31T13:04:44
In this episode we had the pleasure of speaking with Tommy “Junebug” Joshua, the founder&visionary behind the North Philadelphia Peace Project. Joshua is a Philadelphia native with deep roots in...
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EP:20 Supreme Dow from 2017-12-31T13:02:37
This week on Contemporary Black Canvas we are pleased to present our first co-hosted interview. On this episode, I, Dr. Pia Deas, am joined by our CBC Research Assistant Madison Washington. Stay...
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Ep:19 Jeri Lynne Johnson from 2017-12-31T12:56:55
On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, I had the pleasure of speaking to Jeri Lynne Johnson, a conductor and the founder of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra. Jeri Lynne Johnson is deeply com...
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EP 18 Poet and Educator J Mason, III from 2017-09-21T01:30:09
On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, I had the pleasure of speaking to J Mase, the III, a Black/trans/queer poet and educator. He is also the founder of AwQuard the first ever trans and...
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EP 17: Mixed Media Visual Artist Amber Robles-Gordon from 2017-08-07T21:39:18
On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, we had the pleasure of interviewing the mixed media visual artist, Amber Robles-Gordon. She primarily works and is known for her use of found objec...
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EP 16: Special Edition–BlackStar Film Festival 2017 from 2017-07-20T21:49:02
On this 1/2 hour special edition of Contemporary Black Canvas, we are highlighting the sixth annual BlackStar Film Festival 2017. For this episode, we were delighted to welcome back festival fou...
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EP 15 Dr. Russell Rickford and We Are An African People from 2017-07-07T16:50:36
On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, I had the pleasure of interviewing historian Russell Rickford about his most recent book, We Are An African People: Independent Education, Black Pow...
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EP 14 LaNeshe Miller-White and Theatre in the X from 2017-06-23T20:28:42
On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, I spoke to LaNeshe Miller-White who, together with Carlo Campbell and Walter Deshields, founded Theatre in the X in 2013. Theatre in the X is an out...
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Ep 13 Soul Fire Farm with Leah Penniman from 2017-06-08T19:02:54
This week at Contemporary Black Canvas, we are excited to introduce you to Leah Penniman, co-founder with her husband Jonah Penniman, of Soul Fire Farms, their revolutionary, family-owned farm l...
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EP 12 Scholar GerShun Avilez from 2017-05-26T15:30:48
In this week’s episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, we had the pleasure of interviewing scholar GerShun Avilez about his most recent book, Radical Aesthetics and Modern Black Nationalism. In Ra...
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EP 11 Pediatrician&Poet Irene Mathieu from 2017-03-11T21:45:52
This week on Contemporary Black Canvas we had the pleasure of interviewing physician and poet Irene Mathieu. Irene Mathieu eloquently balances her passionate interests in both the sciences and t...
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EP 10 Filmmaker M. Asli Dukan from 2017-02-27T23:09:37
On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, we had the pleasure of interviewing filmmaker and founder of Mizan Media Productions, M. Asli Dukan. Asli’s interest in film and speculative fictio...
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EP 09 Tuskegee Heirs (Marcus Williams and Greg Burnham) from 2017-02-11T22:07:10
In this week’s episode, we had the pleasure of conducting an interview with Greg Burnham and Marcus Williams, creators of the newly released Tuskegee Heirs comic book series! Tuskegee Heirs focu...
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EP 08 Poet&Scholar Evie Shockley from 2017-01-27T22:06:56
This week’s episode features a delightful and engaging interview with poet and scholar Evie Shockley. Professor Shockley grew up in Nashville Tennessee and is currently an Associate Professor of...
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EP 07 Poet and Novelist John Keene from 2017-01-06T21:39:59
In this week’s episode, I am delighted to bring you my lively and engaging interview with the poet and novelist, John Keene. In this wide-ranging conversation we discuss his early artistic purs...
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EP 6 Dishes of the Diaspora with Pascale Boucicaut and Adachi Pimentel from 2016-12-30T18:04:40
In this episode, I interviewed Pascale Boucicaut, a culinary artist, and Adachi Pimentel a photographer, who together form the artistic team behind Dishes of the Diaspora. Dishes of the Diaspor...
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EP 5 Filmmaker, Curator, Festival Organizer Maori Karmael Holmes from 2016-12-21T13:00:18
In this week’s episode, I caught up with filmmaker, festival organizer, and curator Maori Holmes. Most recently, she is the founder of the Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia. Prior to Black...
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EP 4 VISUAL ARTIST AKILI RON ANDERSON from 2016-12-16T02:03
In this episode, I had the honor of interviewing Washington-D.C. based visual artist Akili Ron Anderson. Akili Ron Anderson is a stunningly versatile visual artist. His work includes breathtaki...
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Ep 3 Mendi + Keith Obadike from 2016-12-09T20:59:59
In this week’s episode, I had the opportunity to interview sound artists Mendi and Keith Obadike. Mendi and Keith Obadike began experimenting with conventional music, but naturally expanded thei...
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Ep 2 Dancer and Choreographer Lela Aisha Jones from 2016-11-29T17:00:08
In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing dancer and choreographer Lela Aisha Jones, whose work infuses her movement with the intellectual and movement traditions of the African diaspo...
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Ep 1. Poet Yolanda Wisher from 2016-11-22T23:26:51
POET YOLANDA WISHER Welcome to the Contemporary Black Canvas podcast! In our first episode, we interview Yolanda Wisher, the 2016-2017 Poet Laureate of the City of Philadelphia. Find out what dr...
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Ep 0 Introducing the Contemporary Black Canvas Podcast and Dr Pia Deas from 2016-11-15T00:45:37
Welcome to our introductory episode. We are about to release some amazing interviews. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast in your podcast app!
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