Welcome to Arts in Action !! 
I'm ya host & ya homie, @jayla.joel ! 

On this episode, I am in conversation with Lara Bros (artmaker, abolitionist)  about how she has used visual art to push for liberation within the justice system. We discuss her senior thesis project Free Our Mamas, politicized art, and ways we all can become true abolitionists!

Free Our Mamas - http://peoplespaperco-op.weebly.com/freeourmothers.html

Follow Lara! 
Instagram- @lara_bros 
Website - https://www.laraibros.com/

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Keep creating & keep changing the world!

*art by @sdb.designs
*music by James Bradshaw

Ep 1 | art without action is not enough!

Welcome to Arts in Action !! 
I'm ya host & ya homie, @jayla.joel ! 

On this episode, I chop it up with the Broadway star herself, Kimberly Marable about representation in the arts! From her own personal experiences in show business to her advice to other artists wanting to make a change, Kimberly gives us the inside scoop on her own journey of being a performing artist who stands for something! 

Support Broadway Serves- https://www.broadwayserves.org/

Follow Kimberly!
Instagram- @misskimizzo
Be sure to check her out as Persephone on the Hadestown National Tour! 

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Keep creating & keep changing the world!

*art by @sdb.designs
*music by James Bradshaw

Ep 2 | gotta represent

Welcome to Arts in Action !! 
I'm ya host & ya homie, @jayla.joel ! 

On this episode, Ms. Tamara Anderson (actor, director, and educator)  and I have a conversation about using political problems as the muse for art. Tamara also emphasizes the importance of the arts in education. She shares her own stories from the perspective of both student and teacher. 

Support GUMBO LAB LLC - https://www.gumbolab.com/

Follow Tamara! 
Instagram- @tamara.della.anderson 
Website - https://www.tamara-anderson.com/

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Keep creating & keep changing the world!

*art by @sdb.designs
*music by James Bradshaw

Ep 3 | flip the script

Welcome to Arts in Action !! 
I'm ya host & ya homie, @jayla.joel ! 

On this episode, my mentor Walt Deshields (actor, co-founder of Theatre in the X) drops some wisdom about cultivating artistic spaces for diverse communities. We chat some about how exhausting it can be to create art with a purpose, so Walt lets us in on some ways we can better fuel the fight. 

Support Theatre In the X! 
Instagram-@theatreinthex 
Website- http://www.theatreinthex.com/about.html

Check out Walt's Work! 
Website - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3016788/

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Keep creating & keep changing the world!

*art by @sdb.designs
*music by James Bradshaw

Ep 4 | relax. relate. release.

Welcome to Arts in Action !! 
I'm ya host & ya homie, @jayla.joel ! 

On this episode, Rachel Wenrick (author, director of Writers Room at Drexel University)explains how she has used the element of storytelling to bring light to issues impacting her community. We discuss how empathy can be seen as radical today, and how it is necessary to bring us all together. At the end of the day, that's what we are fighting for. 

Check out Spirit Rising- https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/rachel-wenrick-41094

Support Writers Room & Stay in the Loop 
https://www.writersroomdrexel.org/

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Keep creating & keep changing the world!

*art by @sdb.designs
*music by James Bradshaw

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