Raw Material

As an epilogue for the Raw Material: Disability Visibility Mixtape, we’re honored to share an audio piece by this season's podcaster-in-residence Alice Wong. The story first aired on KQED Perspectives, a show that features opinions from folks living in the Bay Area. If you haven’t already, check them out at kqed.org/perspectives. Thank you for listening and learning with us this season. Full episode transcript available below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16gg7FbeIus45ltihrb1qA-i3i6xlBgMnwGmHXqVBURc/edit?usp=share_link Episode Artwork by: Jen White-Johnson (www.jenwhitejohnson.com) Episode Artwork Description: Digital portrait of Alice Wong, an Asian person smiling. She is wearing a trach at her neck and wearing a crew neck blouse. She is sitting in her power wheelchair. There is a cream colored circle crown on a purple background.

In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to Amanda Cachia, an independent curator and critic whose work focuses on contemporary art, activism, and disability language in visual culture. Episode Artwork by: Jen White-Johnson (www.jenwhitejohnson.com) Full episode transcript available below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yz6gvmvR623muzyvxbkgHyMyJpYuvPyYHSQ4mu7Qhz4/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to Finnegan Shannon, a multidisciplinary artist making work about disability culture and access. Episode Artwork by: Jen White-Johnson (www.jenwhitejohnson.com) Full episode transcript available below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b5mnmutrmxGUAci1nSxkQT1y6o--8dZ4HX6Eypzc6yY/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to Lindsey D. Felt and Vanessa Chang, curators who collaborated on the multidisciplinary art exhibition "Recoding CripTech". Episode Artwork by: Jen White-Johnson (www.jenwhitejohnson.com) Full episode transcript available below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rW9gUlWx_jbxLV7aRTBimrIyoCbfCFY9NvoBiGfBxRI/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to Jeff Thomas, an urban Iroquois photographer, researcher, public speaker, and curator. Episode Artwork by: Jen White-Johnson (www.jenwhitejohnson.com) Full episode transcript available below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13hGXKXo1tJokHHKtpobdaHdJBG03eb0D-fL_-EAFm38/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to India Harville, an African American queer disabled femme dancer, somatic bodyworker, activist, and educator. Episode Artwork by: Jen White-Johnson (www.jenwhitejohnson.com) Full episode transcript available below: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TlOETTK70geysFM9MpBmYLmQ1ADhCF825M_6DZFC-Ws/edit?usp=share_link

Raw Material is excited to share The Mission Muralismo Audio Zine – Volume I with our listening audience — because we know how much you love ART about ART! Local writers Olivia Peña and Josiah Luis Alderete interweave their perspectives on the history of the Mission Muralismo movement with stories from the muralists themselves. This zine expands storytelling related to SFMOMA’s Summer 2022 exhibition Diego Rivera’s America, centering voices of The Mission community and Muralism movement. Full English Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ka7WNVGkoqxlGenvOd3N50W_x1fm_lZAAbRC9SQu2NQ/edit#heading=h.hgszqot914a9 Full Spanish Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3iZrqJSt2wHuoEfWhfW7UgXRUNq6Oe7nd18N5qsJss/edit#heading=h.hgszqot914a9 Featured Artists: Juana Alicia, Susan Cervantes, Daniel Galvez, Mia Galaviz de Gonzalez, Nancy “Pili” Hernandez, John Jota Leaños, Consuelo Mendez, Irene Perez, Patricia Rodriguez. Cast and Crew: Josiah Luis Alderete – Narrator and Co-Writer Javier Briones – Interviewer, Sound Recordist Natalia De La Rosa – Production Assistant Erica Gangsei – Executive Producer Stephanie Garcés – Interviewer Camilo Garzón – Voice Director, Co-Writer, Sound Designer, Interviewer, Sound Recordist, and Lead Producer Santino Gonzales – Sound Designer, Sound Recordist, and Score Composer Christo Oropeza – Score Composer Olivia Peña – Narrator and Co-Writer Myisa Plancq-Graham – Executive Producer, Interviewer, Sound Recordist Gustavo Vera – Sound Recordist Collage by Myisa Plancq-Graham, with photos by Frevi, Carol M. Highsmith, and Myisa Plancq-Graham Table of Contents: 00:00 – 02:37 - Prologue: Land & Language Acknowledgement, featuring a poetry excerpt of Holding Space Inside a Colonized Place by Josiah Luis Alderete. 02:38 – 06:12 - What does the Mission mean to you? Featuring Nancy “Pili” Hernandez & Consuelo Mendez. 06:13 – 08:18 - Mia Galaviz de Gonzalez reflects on the origins of Balmy Alley. 08:19 – 13:43 - Juana Alicia on her murals La Llorona Sacred Waters & Las Lechugueras. 13:44 – 16:43 - Susan Cervantes and Juana Alicia meet for the first time. 16:44 – 21:57 - La Misión a short story excerpt by Olivia Peña. 23:31 – 28:06 - Patricia Rodriguez & Irene Perez discuss the origins of The Mujeres Muralistas and share their artist manifesto. 28:07 – 35:36 - The impact and history of the Women’s Building’s MaestraPeace Mural. 35:37 – 39:25 - Artist and educator John Jota Leaños on Contemporary & Digital Muralism. 39:26 – 42:15 - The Galeria de la Raza Blues poetry excerpt by Josiah Luis Alderete. 42:16 – 44:52 - A collage of community member voices reflect on what the Mission means to them. 44:53 – 46:30 - Credits 46:31 – 48:21 - Epilogue: Daniel Galvez & Camilo Garzón on cave art, muralismo, & oral storytelling.

In Episode 7, Babette reconnects with EJ, and we hear her loud and clear. Babette talks with KQED’s Pendarvis Harshaw + former Oakland head librarian Dorothy Lazard about what makes Oakland soulful. NIAD artists Deatra Colbert and Halisi Noel-Johnson tell us about being Black and legendary. Featured: Deatra Colbert, Nan Collymore, Susan Goldman, Pendarvis Harshaw, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Halisi Noel-Johnson, Dorothy Lazard, Evangeline Montgomery, Stephany Neal, and Babette Thomas. Audio excerpt from Portfolios: E.J. Montgomery, ©Printmaking Legacy Project®, www.printmakinglegacyproject.org. Used with permission. Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae

In Episode 6, Babette is welcomed into the home of artist Mildred Howard. Twice. Listen to Mildred speak about letting her materials inform her, reflecting light through glass bottles, and giving Black women their flowers. Featured: Elizabeth Catlett, Mildred Howard, Evangeline Montgomery, Betye Saar, and Babette Thomas. Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae

In Episode 5, Babette connects with artist Cheryl Fabio to discuss the work, impact, and foresight of her mother, poet and activist Sarah Webster Fabio. Rapper and fellow writer Nappy Nina reflects on the role of community in building an art career and practice. Featured: Cheryl Fabio, Sarah Webster Fabio, Evangeline Montgomery, Nappy Nina, and Babette Thomas. Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae

In Episode 4 of Visions of Black Futurity, Babette shares an update on their search for Evangeline. Plus, we hear two episodes of Rightnowish hosted by Pendarvis Harshaw, exploring what it looks like to build liberated Black spaces in the Bay Area. Featured: Deanna Van Buren, Pendarvis Harshaw, Tajai Massey, Evangeline Montgomery, and Babette Thomas. Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae

In Episode 3, Babette tries to answer the question, “Where will we host our Black art spaces of the future?” In the woods, by the ocean, or in a city center? They turn to artists who deal with matters of space, place, and land: Octavia Butler, Richard Mayhew, and Bay Area artist Sage Stargate. Follow us, as we trace the footsteps our ancestors have left behind. Featured: Richard Mayhew, Evangeline Montgomery, Bí Oke, Sage Stargate, Babette Thomas, Jay Thomas, and Veronica Thomas. Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae

In Episode 2 of Visions of Black Futurity, Babette visits a museum with no walls: the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Museum in Joshua Tree, CA. Purifoy tells us what led him to the desert and Cauleen Smith creates a Black, feminist utopia in the spaces he built. Even our dreams have rhythm, let’s go together, moving through time + space — funkin to the beat of “One.” Interview of Noah Purifoy provided by the Center for Oral History Research, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA Featured: Evangeline Montgomery, Bí Oke, Noah Purifoy, Cauleen Smith, Babette Thomas, and Jay Thomas. Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae

In Episode 1 of Visions of Black Futurity, Babette Thomas takes us on a journey through time. We travel to a 1968 Black arts exhibition in Oakland, California, called New Perspectives in Black Art. It was the first of its kind in the country and, in this episode, we meet the woman behind it all, a Black artist and curator named Evangeline "EJ" Montgomery. Featured: Etta Moten Barnett, Dewey Crumpler, Zora Neale Hurston, Evangeline Montgomery, Ma Rainey, Bobby Seale, Babette Thomas, and Sarah Vaughn. Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae

Babette sets the sonic table for Season 7 of Raw Material with a playlist of songs inspired by the ethos of the Black Bay Area during the 1960s and 1970s. Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/3pfCBgY Featured: Evangeline Montgomery, and Babette Thomas Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae