Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: A pottery and ceramic art podcast
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On today’s episode, I talk about the need for the ceramic community, myself included, to be actively antiracist in our actions. As we make changes to create a more inclusive ceramic community for Black, Indigenous and artists of color I encourage you to consider Dr. King’s words on the dangers of the white moderate and the hesitance to take up the fight for social justice in favor of slow reforms. The time for change is now.
“First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.”
Martin Luther King April 16, 1963 - Letter from a Birmingham Jail
To support BIPOC in our community, institute equitable hiring practices, purchase art work, and support inclusive efforts such as The Color Network: www.instagram.com/thecolornetwork
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512: Fund Drive: Live from NCECA with Lisa Giuliani and Brian Kakas
511: Fund Drive: Stephanie Seguin on tactile learning
510: Fund Drive: Judi Tavill on blending drawing with sculpture
509: Fund Drive: Brian Chen on the anatomy of his forms
508: Clay Roots: Exploring Ceramics Across the Black Diaspora with Malene Barnett, Lydia Thompson, Ashlyn Pope, and David Macdonald
507: Malene Barnett on blending design and studio art
506: Jane Bamford on using ceramics to support ecosystems
505: Cammie Staros on the power of precarity in sculpture
504: Jonathan Kaplan on investing in yourself
503: Lauren Sandler on the unseen narratives of material culture
502: Yuliya Makliuk on understanding the carbon footprint of ceramics
501: A collective approach to sustainability with Clay Matters
500: Celebrating 500 with a listener mailbag
499: Live from the New Clay Conference!
498: Didem Mert on the importance of play in creativity
497: Michael Middleton on collecting with special guest Rebecca Ickes Carra
496: Kyungmin Park on a multifaceted approach to the figure
495: Brad Schwieger on using subtractive methods to find form
494: Matt Katz on understanding ceramic chemistry
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