Award-winning poet, performer, playwright, and educator Maria James-Thiaw has published several books of poetry and founded the Reclaim Artist Collective, which seeks to to raise consciousness about social justice issues impacting marginalized communities through its arts-based, anti-racist curriculum. Her latest collection, Count Each Breath, examines her experiences as a Black woman in the American healthcare system.
Maria joins me today to have the conversation we floated when she first came on the show in 2019, about the intersection of art and politics. Is it even possible to disconnect them? We tackle this question, as well as the political implications of the focus on STEM education, what happens when we relegate the arts to an afterthought, and how driven creative folks find ways to earn money from their art or artistic skills.
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Keeping Kids Creative with JoAnn Nocera
Creative Pep Talk #28: Lower Your Expectations
Invoking Joy with Vance Neudorf
Creative Pep Talk #27: Journaling
Inspired Courage with Dawn Kotzer
Creative Pep Talk #26: Be on Your Own Side
Storytelling and SEO with Alison ver Halen
Creative Pep Talk #25: Keep It to Yourself
The Importance of Fun with John Peel
Creative Pep Talk #24: Don’t Rush It
Letting Your Light Shine with Fr. Michael Rossmann
Creative Pep Talk #23: Creating Happiness
Experimental Creativity with Leonie Dawson
Creative Pep Talk #22: Appreciation
Replay: Talking to God with John Roedel
Creative Pep Talk #21: Rest
Creative Pep Talk #20: I Don‘t Know
The Power of Mentorship with Tara Thieleke
Creative Pep Talk #19: Courage
Replay: Coming Out of the Cave with Eddie Louise
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