Intimate Conversations with Dani Tirrell

About Intimate Conversations with Dani Tirrell

CD Forum’s Curator Dani Tirrell hosts weekly one on one conversations over Instagram Live with members of the Seattle community. Intimate Conversations aims to center the voices of Black artists in the wake of the Coronavirus. “We understand that this has impacted the arts and food service communities at an alarming rate. We also understand the huge impact this has on Black and Brown people globally. One way we are approaching this is by speaking with Black and Brown community folks directly on how this has moved their lives in a direction none of us could have ever expected."

Publisher

Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jul 2020

Latest episode

19 Dec 2020

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Dec 2020

   Conversation 32 - Eve Sanford

   "Black love is complex, nuanced. Black love is- in some moments- the process of undoing many layers of harm, hate, and pain. It is also rooted in the comfort of the familiar, the movement of bodies. It is gestural. It is the thickness of our language, you can hear it. It is tastable, touchable, and loud yet it can also feel delicate and ephemeral." Eve Sanford is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and arts leader. Evelyn is a Chicago native whose connection to the city and memory drives much of the voice behind her work. She worked nearly 20 years teaching visual and performing arts for Chicago public and charter schools and various community centers, museums, and programs. Eve’s educational philosophy moves her to facilitate creative experiences that engage multi-generational students and viewers in the exploration of self, community, and purpose. As an artist, her work often takes the form of jewelry, photographs, paintings, curated experiences, events, set and costume design, and installations. She explores identity, vacancy, community, and healing through all its intersections with a primarily autobiographical lens. Eve is an alumna of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFAAE) and Seattle University (MFA). She currently serves as the Director of Programs for Pratt Fine Arts Center, Vice President of the Board of Directors for Shunpike. Eve is currently an artist in residence at the James and Janie Washington Foundation. Support Eve: Venmo: ejs246 cashapp $eveydoesit

2. 

   12 Dec 2020

   Conversation 31 - Elisheba Johnson

   "Black love looks like that photo of James Baldwin and Maya Angelou dancing; euphoric, delightful and free." Elisheba Johnson is a curator, public artist and administrator. Johnson, who has a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, was the owner of Faire Gallery Café, a multi-use art space that held art exhibitions, music shows, poetry readings and creative gatherings. For six years Johnson worked at the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture on capacity building initiatives and racial equity in public art. Johnson is currently a member of the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Network advisory council and has won four Americans for the Arts Public Art Year in Review Awards for her work. She currently co-manages Wa Na Wari, a Black art center in Seattle’s Central Area that uses the arts to build community and resist displacement. Cash App: $WaNaWari

3. 

   5 Dec 2020

   Conversation 30 - Arif Gursel

   "Black Love looks like radical inclusivity and radical non-judgmental." Arif Gursel is a serial and social entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience gained from a unique blend of professional experience. Gursel specializes in product development, technology strategy, and business model development equipped to lead initiatives & people toward common goals. He's most passionate about consumer behavior in the digital space and empowering resource poor communities through S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts and Media) education. His company VIBEHEAVY continues to serve as a startup lab where they create and spin out new brands, products, and services across multiple industry verticals with a specialty in entertainment, fashion, and hospitality. Similarly, his nonprofit Pan African Center for Empowerment, PACE follows an agile technology startup model focusing on improving the lives of people of African heritage across the globe.

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