Harlem Is Everywhere
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<p><strong>100 years ago, artists and writers were forging new visions of Blackness—across America and abroad.</strong></p> <p>Introducing Harlem Is Everywhere, a brand new podcast from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hear how music, fashion, literature, and art helped shape a modern Black identity.</p> <p>Presented alongside the exhibition <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-harlem-renaissance-and-transatlantic-modernism">The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism</a>, the podcast is hosted by writer and critic Jessica Lynne. This five-part series features a dynamic cast of speakers who reflect on the legacy and cultural impact of the Harlem Renaissance.</p> <p><a href="https://shortyawards.com/17th/harlem-is-everywhere">Shorty Award Winner</a> | Best Art & Culture Podcast, 2025<br>Gold <a href="https://www.anthemawards.com/winners/list/entry/#!education-art-culture/podcast-or-audio/harlem-is-everywhere/1980/-1/540680" data-sentry-element="Link" data-sentry-component="ExternalLink" data-sentry-source-file="index.jsx">Anthem Award</a> Winner | Education, Art & Culture, 2024</p>
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August 9, 2024
Immaterial: Blankets and Quilts
<p>What happens when our most intimate possessions end up in art museums?<br><br>Today, <em>Harlem Is Everywhere</em> is featuring an episode from another podcast from The Met called <em>Immaterial: 5,000 Years of Art, One Material at a Time</em>. Each episode tells the stories of artists' materials to explore how and why people make art.</p> <p>In this episode, we cover blankets and quilts. Blankets comfort and keep us warm. They accompany us through our lives. They are keepers of some of our most intimate stories. We look at a group of artists who harness this power of blankets and quilts as totems for memory, community and cultural survival.</p> <p>Guests:</p> <p>Loretta Pettway Bennett, Gee's Bend quilt maker</p> <p>Marie Watt, artist</p> <p>Ally Barlow, associate conservator, Department of Textile Conservation, The Met</p> <p>Louisiana P. Bendolph, Gee's Bend quilt maker</p> <p>Louise Williams, board president, Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy</p> <p>Featured artworks:</p> <p>Qunnie Pettway, Housetop, ca. 1975: <a href="https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/qunnie-pettway/work/housetop">https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/qunnie-pettway/work/housetop</a></p> <p>Marie Watt, Untitled (Dream Catcher), 2014: <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/849042">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/849042</a></p> <p>Louisiana P. Bendolph, Housetop quilt, 2003: <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/654095">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/654095</a></p> <p>Annie E. Pettway, “Flying Geese” Variation, ca. 1935: <a href="https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/annie-e-pettway/work/flying-geese-variation">https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/artist/annie-e-pettway/work/flying-geese-variation</a></p> <p>Willie "Ma Willie" Abrams, Roman Stripes quilt, ca. 1975: <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/654081">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/654081</a></p> <p>For a transcript of the episode and more information, visit metmuseum.org/immaterialblankets</p> <p>#MetImmaterial</p> <p>Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camille Dungy.</p> <p>Our production staff includes Salman Ahad Khan, Ann Collins, Samantha Henig, Eric Nuzum, Emma Vecchione, Sarah Wambold, and Jamie York. Additional staff includes Julia Bordelon, Skyla Choi, Maria Kozanecka, and Rachel Smith.</p> <p>Sound design by Ariana Martinez and Kristin Muller.<br>Original music by Austin Fisher.<br>Fact-checking by Mary Mathis and Claire Hyman.<br>Sensitivity listening by Adwoa Gyimyah-Brempong.</p> <p>Immaterial is made possible by Dasha Zhukova Niarchos. Additional support is provided by the Zodiac Fund.</p> <p>Special thanks to Eva Labson, Scott Browning, Curator Amelia Peck, and Avery Trufelman.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
March 19, 2024
5. Art as Activism
<p>What was the political legacy of the Harlem Renaissance? In the final episode, we’ll explore the lasting impact of the art and organizing that happened during the 1920s and ’30s and how it paved the way for the civil rights movement. We’ll highlight some key political events of the time and explore the work of artists such as Romare Bearden and Augusta Savage. We’ll also touch upon what it means for The Met to tell this story in 2024, more than fifty years after its controversial exhibition “Harlem on My Mind.”</p> <p>Learn more about the exhibition at<a href="http://metmuseum.org/HarlemRenaissance"> metmuseum.org/HarlemRenaissance</a></p> <p>Objects featured in this episode:</p> <p>Romare Bearden, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/481891"><strong><em>The Block</em></strong></a>, 1971</p> <p>Augusta Savage, <a href="https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/eartha_images/24/"><strong><em>Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp)</em></strong></a>, 1939</p> <p>Guests:</p> <p><strong>Mary Schmidt Campbell</strong>, curator, writer, historian and former president of Spelman college</p> <p><strong>Jordan Casteel</strong>, artist</p> <p><strong>Denise Murell</strong>, curator of the exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism</p> <p><strong>Bridget R. Cooks</strong>, Chancellor’s Fellow and professor of art history and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine</p> <p>Original poem: Major Jackson’s “The Block (for Romie)”</p> <p>For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/series/harlem-renaissance-podcast"> metmuseum.org/HarlemIsEverywhere</a></p> <p>#HarlemIsEverywhere</p> <p><em>Harlem Is Everywhere </em>is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
March 12, 2024
4. Music & Nightlife
<p>What were the sounds of the Harlem Renaissance? Jazz and blues exploded onto the scene. People flocked to uptown venues like the Savoy Ballroom, where they could dance the Lindy Hop all night long. In this episode, we’ll learn how the music of the Renaissance was part of a larger boundary-breaking nightlife that involved gambling, speakeasies, and hole-in-the-wall clubs where people could express gender and sexuality in new ways. We’ll learn about the artists, musicians, and performers who embodied this spirit of creative experimentation and transgression—and whose work remains fresh decades later.</p> <p>Learn more about the exhibition at <a href="http://metmuseum.org/HarlemRenaissance">metmuseum.org/HarlemRenaissance</a></p> <p>Objects featured in this episode:</p> <p>James Van Der Zee, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/895670"><strong>[Person in a Fur-Trimmed Ensemble]</strong></a>, 1926</p> <p>Jacob Lawrence, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488043"><strong><em>Pool Parlor</em></strong></a>, 1942</p> <p>Archibald Motley Jr. paintings: <strong><a href="https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/the-liar/index.html">The Liar</a></strong>, 1936; and <strong><a href="https://archives.nasher.duke.edu/motley/project/the-picnic/index.html">Picnic</a></strong>, 1934</p> <p>Guests:</p> <p>James Smalls, art historian and professor</p> <p>Richard J. Powell, art historian and professor</p> <p>Christian McBride, Grammy Award winning musician and composer</p> <p>Original poem: Carl Phillips’s “At the Reception”</p> <p>For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/series/harlem-renaissance-podcast">metmuseum.org/HarlemIsEverywhere</a></p> <p>#HarlemIsEverywhere</p> <p><em>Harlem Is Everywhere </em>is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Audacy's Pineapple Street Studios.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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- What is Harlem Is Everywhere?
<p><strong>100 years ago, artists and writers were forging new visions of Blackness—across America and abroad.</strong></p> <p>Introducing Harlem Is Everywhere, a brand new podcast from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hear how music, fashion, literature, and art helped shape a modern Black identity.</p> <p>Presented alongside the exhibition <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-harlem-renaissance-and-transatlantic-modernism">The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism</a>, the podcast is hosted by writer and critic Jessica Lynne. This five-part series features a dynamic cast of speakers who reflect on the legacy and cultural impact of the Harlem Renaissance.</p> <p><a href="https://shortyawards.com/17th/harlem-is-everywhere">Shorty Award Winner</a> | Best Art & Culture Podcast, 2025<br>Gold <a href="https://www.anthemawards.com/winners/list/entry/#!education-art-culture/podcast-or-audio/harlem-is-everywhere/1980/-1/540680" data-sentry-element="Link" data-sentry-component="ExternalLink" data-sentry-source-file="index.jsx">Anthem Award</a> Winner | Education, Art & Culture, 2024</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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