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Mesa Arts Center Podcast: Season 2- Ep 3 (Ben Venom)

Ben Venom graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007 with a Master of Fine Arts degree. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally & currently his exhibit (Use it or Lose it) is on display at the Mesa Contemporary Art Museum. Working with repurposed materials to create textile-based pieces, Ben Venom contrasts the often menacing and aggressive counterculture components of gangs, punk/metal music, and the occult with the comforts of domesticity. This collision of traditional quilting techniques with elements tied to the fringes of society re-envisions the story of the material through a softer lens.
 

Mesa Arts Center Podcast: Season 2- Ep 2 (Dr. Mathew Sandoval)

Dr. Sandoval is an Associate Teaching Professor at Barrett the Honors College in Downtown Phoenix. He is also an ASU Social Transformation Lab Fellow and a member of ASU's Chicano /Latino Faculty & Staff Association. Dr. Sandoval is currently researching the transborder holiday Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
Mesa Arts Center is pleased to celebrate Día de los Muertos with an annual event created in collaboration with the community. Día de los Muertos is a celebration of Latin American art and culture related to the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead.
The annual free event will be hosted at the Mesa Arts Center October 19th & 20th, and it offers a variety of features, performances and more in celebration of the memories of the deceased.
 
Mesa Arts Center, owned and operated by the City of Mesa, is a unique, architecturally stunning, international award winning facility located in the heart of downtown Mesa. Arizona's largest arts center is home to four theaters, five art galleries, and 14 art studios.
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Mesa Arts Center Podcast: Season 2 - Ep 1 Arianna Jones

Arianna Jones is a Poet, Marketing Specialist, Podcast Host and most importantly, just a human sharing her existence.
In this episode we discuss the importance of mental & emotional wellness and how the arts can serve as a tool for "said wellness".
 
Mesa Arts Center, owned and operated by the City of Mesa, is a unique, architecturally stunning, international award winning facility located in the heart of downtown Mesa. Arizona's largest arts center is home to four theaters, five art galleries, and 14 art studios. Let's connect + Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MesaArtsCenterAZ/ + Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mesaartscenter/?hl=en + Twitter: https://twitter.com/MesaArtsCenter + Web: https://www.mesaartscenter.com/

Mesa Arts Center Podcast: Season 1- Ep 3 Attacca Quartet

In this episode we speak with Two-time GRAMMY-award winning Attacca Quartet ATTACCA QUARTET, as described by The Nation, ​“lives in the present aesthetically, without rejecting the virtues of the musical past”, and are recognized and acclaimed as one of the most versatile and outstanding ensembles of the moment — a true quartet for modern times. Gliding through traditional classical repertoire to electronica, video game music and contemporary collaborations, they are one of the world's most innovative and  respected ensembles.  

Mesa Arts Center Podcast: Season 1- Ep 2 Miguel Angel Godoy

In this episode we speak with Miguel Angel Godoy. Miguel is a scholar of Hip Hop culture and practitioner of breaking and graffiti for over the last two decades, his work is informed by the value of storytelling and the power of building community through art.  Godoy’s involvement in graffiti led him to his interest in text-based art and public art murals.  As a community-based muralist, he focuses on community engaged projects and has worked on many large-scale murals in and around San Diego, CA and Phoenix, AZ.  Godoy continues to use Hip Hop as a source of inspiration for his work by creating spaces wherein stories of the communities where the murals reside are shared, people feel represented, and to promote a critical awareness of the need to look at the spaces in between.     

Mesa Arts Center Podcast: Season 1- EP 1 Featuring Daniel Bernard Roumain

In this episode we talk with Daniel Bernard Roumain, also known as DBR. "Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a Black, Haitian-American composer who sees composing as collaboration with artists, organizations and communities within the farming and framing of ideas. He is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur."