Signature Series

Lauren Chief Elk reviews "The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She discusses beadwork, headdresses, and representations of Natives. Chief Elk is a Nakoda/Lakota writer, data artist, and co-founder of the Save Wiyabi Project. Co-Produced by Line Break Media (linebreakmedia.org) and Shamsiya Group, Inc. (intosunshine.com)

Music: K.Raydio and O-D (kraydioando-d.bandcamp.com)

Creative Commons Images
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Buffalo Body by Wilfred Langdon Kihn, Credit to Wellcome Library, London, Creative Commons License 4.0
Dutch Indian by Michael Coghlan, Creative Commons License 2.0
Nick by Edward Simpson, Creative Commons License 2.0
Animal by Ian T. McFarland, Creative Commons License, 2.0
coachella-fashion-new1 by Public Photos, Creative Commons License 2.0
Cree woman, young girl, and an infant in a cradle board in a canoe, Sanmaur, Quebec, Credit to Canada. Department of Interior. Library and Archives Canada, PA-044224, Creative Commons License 2.0
Seated Aboriginal woman holding an infant in a cradle board, with a young boy sitting next to them, Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Credit to Canada. Department of Interior. Library and Archives Canada, PA-048097, Creative Commons License 2.0

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Belinda Becker reviews DanceAfrica 2015 at Brooklyn Academy of Music. This episode discusses dance across the African diaspora, including Haiti, Brazil and Cuba. She also talks about warrior dances, Black Lives Matter, and resistance. Performance by Afro-Brazilian dance troupe Balé Folclórico da Bahia. Co-Produced by Line Break Media (linebreakmedia.org) and Shamsiya Group, Inc. (intosunshine.com)

Music: K.Raydio and O-D (kraydioando-d.bandcamp.com)

Creative Commons Images
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michael_swan, Dance-8, CC BY-ND 2.0

HOPE Art, Kanaval-7, CC BY 2.0

Todd Huffman, mural, CC BY 2.0

The Library of Congress
Chopping cotton, Greene County, Ga.?
Delano, Jack, photographer. ca. 1941

The Library of Congress
Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting, before it is taken into the brn for drying and curing, on the Russell Spears' farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky.
Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. 1940 Sept.

The Library of Congress
Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer. 1939 Nov.

Sam Howzit, Princess Tiana Painting, CC BY 2.0

U.S. Embassy The Hague
1904-04-23 Louisiana Purchase stamp, CC BY-ND 2.0

fuseboxradio, Justice for All March - Dec. 13, 2014 (3 images) CC BY-SA 2.0

QUOI Media Group, DSC_2751, CC BY-SA 2.0

The All-Nite Images, Millions March NYC, CC BY-SA 2.0

The All-Nite Images, Black Lives Matter Black Friday, CC BY-SA 2.0

Jeffrey Putney, UIUC Die-In, CC BY 2.0

Jeffrey Putney, Central High Die-In, CC BY 2.0

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This episode features the Museum of Impact, a pop-up reflecting culture in the era of #BlackLivesMatter. We talk to founder Monica O. Montgomery and arts partners Danza Azteca Chichimeca, Five Boro Story Project, and IMI Corona. Co-Produced by Line Break Media (linebreakmedia.org) and Shamsiya Group, Inc. (intosunshine.com)

Music: K.Raydio and O-D (kraydioando-d.bandcamp.com)

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The Biennial goes Millennial! With 75% of the artists under the age of 40, this exhibition really reflects a generational change. We speak with artists Brendan Fernandes and Tiona Nekkia McClodden; curators Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta; the legendary Arnold Lehman and Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-Chief of Hyperallergic.

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