137 – Walters Workers United

137 – Walters Workers United

Author: OK Fox & Lucia Love September 17, 2021 Duration: 51:43
Art and Labor is joined by members of the union-to-be of Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum, the Walters Workers United! OK and Lucia interview Ruby, Garrett, and Allison (who we unfortunately lost connection with!) about their path towards worker organization- from your standard total mismanagement of COVID in 2020 to toxic fumes passing staff out; dealing …

Behind every exhibition, gallery opening, or celebrated masterpiece, there are people whose labor makes it all possible. Art and Labor, hosted by OK Fox & Lucia Love, pulls back the curtain on the art world to focus on these essential stories. This podcast chronicles the often-overlooked efforts of social justice organizing within cultural spheres, giving voice to the collective push for dignity and fair treatment. You’ll hear from artists, of course, but also from the fabricators, registrars, janitors, docents, writers, curators, and countless others whose work forms the foundation of our institutions. Each episode centers the human cost behind the scenes, advocating for tangible change in how art is produced and presented. By weaving together history, current events, and personal narratives, the series connects the dots between art, politics, and society. Tune in for a grounded and necessary conversation that redefines what we value in culture, making this more than just a podcast-it's a resource for anyone who believes a more equitable art world is possible.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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218 – Mall Museum [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:21
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217 – Clown Drag w/ Monica Rocha [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:45
We’re join by the multimedia artist Monica Rocha aka Momo the clown aka Myrtle Widecock aka Sappho’s Trap House!! We discuss the video means of production, Britney Spears and our influences, Rambo Hochul, Paper Tiger Tel…
216 – Music Ecology vs the Mood Machine w/ Liz Pelly LIVE [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:58
This is the Liz Pelly interview for the real heads!! We have a (perhaps brutally) honest discussion about the state of DIY and our extractive relationship with big tech. How do we untangle? Since Silent Barn times we’ve…
215 – Eating with Tech Money [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:46
Can you believe it? The gang gets annoyed with another Ridgewood restaurant. Maybe it’ll make you feel at peace that the #1 podcast for trans guy divorcees isn’t really freaking out about the destruction of the federal g…
214 – Collective Visions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:20
The gang’s all here. Nas is back after a brief health holiday and OK is back from Rhode Island where he was an artist resident at the Wedding Cake House. Fresh from the arms of feminist collective care, we brainstorm how…
Interview with Concetta Abbate [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:20
In our new series, Kenneth interviews New York violinist and composer Concetta Abbate. They discuss coming up in a family of working musicians, her early days of subway busking, working in New York City, and becoming a d…
213 – This Country is Unfit for Human Life [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:12
Kenneth and Marshall share one mic and OK gets his own. Big tech guys are tailoring online discourse for right wing climate change deniers. So instead of any leadership discussing decades of ecocide we’re stuck on woke h…
212 – The First Spectrum President [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:26
Marshall, Kenneth, and OK in what’s maybe the most neurotic host configuration yet buzz little poems in your ears about the trains, the violence, the holigays, and prob other stuff?? I wish I could quit you, talking into…
211 – Sigh Up [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:27:18
Kenneth joins us in our furry freako catbird seats to discuss Luigi’s big media moment. Could this valedicktorian fag be a fall guy? Manifesto or just a statement? Ghost gun or real gun? Why McDonald’s? Why thank the fed…
DISPATCH – Wicked Winter and the WOKE 2 ERA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:32
We of course have takes about the CEO shooter with a beautiful smile, but it’s paywalled 😈 Enjoy our takes on WICKED, they were FRESH AT THE TIME! We saw it OPENING WEEKEND, FOR ONCE! Our beautiful friends Chris Person,…