Hello, SOTAns! Did you know that both of your hosts are from very rural places? This week, we're tapping into our rural roots to discuss how art can make an economic impact on the USA's small, rural towns. We lay out some common facets of rural culture then, bring in some exciting examples of rural towns that have successfully made art a pinnacle of their economy. Although this podcast centers around the Twin Cities, let's not discount the dynamic possibilities of our rural neighbors! References: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/five_ways_the_arts_impact_rural_economies https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/can-the-arts-save-rural-america-from-the-recession/277323/ https://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-growing-economic-importance-arts-rural-america.html --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

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Art in Rural Places

Greetings, SOTAns! So many of the arts organizations we love are nonprofits, many of which we have talked about on the podcast before. We even work for them! Although there are so many fantastic NPOs in existence, there is a another lens to look at how their system came to be. Criticisms of the Nonprofit Industrial Complex speak to how this system helps the rich to maintain wealth control, suppress dissemination of radical ideas, upholds a top-down hierarchy within an organization, and is a way for the government to keep track of people's causes. Join us as we talk about what this complex is and how affects the organizations we interact with. References: https://incite-national.org/beyond-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/ https://communitycentricfundraising.org/2020/08/10/nonprofit-industrial-complex-101-a-primer-on-how-it-upholds-inequity-and-flattens-resistance/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

The Nonprofit Industrial Complex

Hello, SOTAns! Orientalism. We know–we're cringing with you. Many of us haven't heard this term since our Art History 101 class (which has also ALSO historically been problematic, as so we have discussed before). But, let us not pretend that it didn't exist or what colonial BS lead to its subject matter and its name. In this episode, Sarah guides us through its definition and traits while also calling out it's totally Western-Centric, exoticized existence. Join us while we break it down, and going forward we can help break the colonialism in art history all the way down. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

Decolonize Art History: "Orientalism"

Greetings, SOTAns! This week, we're going over some basics of accessibility in curating. Jasa recently took a class on this subject from the Node Center of Curatorial Studies and wants to pass this golden info along to all her SOTA friends. Join us for some entry-level concepts, ideas on how to make the arts more accessible, and of course some anecdotes and mispronunciations. Do you have some tips on how to make art spaces more accessible? We would love to hear from you! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

Accessibility in Curating

Hello SOTA-ns! In this episode, Jasa indulges Sarah's (not so inner) academic, allowing her to wax poetic about Conceptual Art, and theorize why this type of Art is the most hated among her family members. No, this isn't a bad thing - sometimes art pisses us off. Jasa makes sure to bring it back to structural racism and colonialism, and we entertain how old 19th century white guys set up the definition of what art is supposed to be.  As always, our music is provided by The Von Tramps.  #jeffkoons #dalechihuly #art #arthistory #conceptualart --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

What is Conceptual Art?

Hello SOTAns! Welcome back for another exciting week of critical art discussion. We're talking about the postponed Philip Guston exhibition–what the situation is and its various reactions. We explain the positives and negatives, both the pro- and anti-postponement perspectives. Join us and let us know what you think of this topical subject! Reference: National Gallery of Art Director Discusses the Decision to Delay the Philip Guston Exhibition - Hyperallergic --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

The Postponed Philip Guston Exhibition

Greetings, SOTAns! The answer is yes. Yes, graffiti is art. Someone who tells you otherwise probably has subconscious (or totally conscious) biasies. *Record scratch* But, let's go back to the beginning. We will tell you a bit about how this "non-art" stance got started and then satirize the institutional conception of "high" art. The Five Pillars of Hip Hop make a cameo. Then, we have some awesome examples of graffiti in museums and the larger art world. Join us!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

Graffiti: But is it Art?

Hello SOTAns! We hope you've had a lovely month and we are so glad to be back with our first-ever season! We've lined up some great content to keep you entertained and informed all the way through the rest of the year. Isn't it SOTA crazy that we're (thankfully) nearing the end of 2020? This episode, we are drawing from personal experience to illuminate the wide range of tasks that museum customer service staff has to master. We bet you'll be surprised at all the duties these workers have to juggle, even while working in a very precarious position. We advocate for living–not minimum–wage and brainstorm ideas for additional ways museums can be friendlier work places for their front-of-house staff. Have you ever held one of these positions? Have thought about how to improve them? Let us know! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

Fair Pay for Museum Customer Service

Salutations, SOTAns! This week, we are talking about accessibility in language and how that relates to the art world. It's no secret that the art world is full of complicated philosophy and five-dollar words. We talk about why that is and how that may be a barrier for some when approaching the art world. We also touch on International Art English, which is a dialect all of it's own, which is known for its pretentiousness and inaccessibility. But, perhaps it's more accessible than originally thought? Join us for our conversation and share with us your thoughts! References: https://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/international_art_english --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

Fancy Shmancy Artspeak

Okay, SOTAns, this is the last edition of this thread! This week we address what organizations can do to make internships more equitable and point out a couple glaring reasons why they're often inequitable. Listen in for some solid tips on how to create change in regards to unpaid labor in museums! References: The Power of a Paid Internship: Creating pathways to careers in museums https://www.aam-us.org/2019/02/11/the-power-of-a-paid-internship-creating-pathways-to-careers-in-museums/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

The Magical Philanthropic Fairy Part III

Guess what, SOTAns? Our two-part conversation has turned into a three parter! Hooray! Jasa has more questions about the Met’s new paid internship, funded by the Magical Philanthropic Fairy. How much will the Met be paying the interns? What about institutions that haven’t been visited by the Fairy? Could Adrienne Arsht’s philanthropy inspire others to donate money to pay internships rather than donating funds to put their name on a work of art? Now is the time to transform what museum budgets need to do. Paying internships could change the entire premise of what it means to be a keeper of culture in the United States, easily diversify the arts, and allow Museums to be arbiters of their own continuity. Let us know what you think in the comments - part III will be released next Monday! Links: Adrienne Arsht Gives the Met $5 Million for Paid Internships and MetLiveArts Programming Focused on Themes of Resilience The Power of a Paid Internship: Creating pathways to careers in museums --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

The Magical Philanthropic Fairy Part II

Greetings, SOTAns!  This week, we're talking about how the Metropolitan Museum in New York will now start paying interns. YAY! Right? Yes and no. Although the Met is one of the most visited museums in the US and does carry influence, it's the source of the paid internship funding that is the issue. The Met received a $5 million dollar gift from a philanthropist (who, seems to be on the up-and-up–we checked.). This is well and good, but it's not a reality for every museum and nonprofit everywhere. The Magical Philanthropic Fairy will not put that amount of money under every institution's pillow. This time, when museum budgets have been cut to their bare bones in the wake of the pandemic, makes now a perfect opportunity for organizations to build paid internships into their entire operating budgets for the future. This needs to happen in order to combat classist and racist discrimination in the art world. We have a lot to say on this so, this is our first ever two-parter. Join us for part one! References: Metropolitan Museum Will Now Pay All Interns - Hyperallergic The Power of a Paid Internship: Creating pathways to careers in museums - AAM Unpaid Labor in the Arts // Christopher Selleck - SOTA  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

The Magical Philanthropic Fairy

 Hey Sotans! We detour briefly from our ongoing discussion of systemic racism and inequity within the arts to discuss the City Pages “Best of” 2020 edition. City Pages, a simultaneously well-loved and much-despised entertainment and news outlet based in Minneapolis, puts together a list of the “Best of” EVERYTHING in the Twin Cities - ice cream, theater, exhibitions, etc. Jasa and Sarah found at least 11 items named the “Best of” had been discussed on SOTA! So join us, Sota fam, as we take a dive into the best that Minnesota has to offer. Heads up: We are now selling SHIRTS!!! Visit our instagram @stateoftheartspod for details on how to win one for free! Show note links, in order of mention: Museum accountability//Employee responses Institutional racism in museums Neurodiversity in Museums // Kelly O’Brien Stonewall @ 50 – the history of the LGBTQ+ movement Without Boundaries and Teresa Audet SOTA Artist Updates and Egypt’s Sunken Cities Participation Elements in Exhibitions // Jess Hirsch Hearts of Our People // Jacob Aaron Schroeder MCBA Jerome Exhibition and Thanksgiving Art List Art Halloween Happenings // Andy Ducett SOTA Pride Program --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

City Pages "Best of" 2020

Hello SOTAns! This week, we discuss the public art work statue A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) by Marc Quinn and collaborator/subject, Jen Reid. This piece was erected by the artist in place of a toppled monument that depicted a slave trader in Bristol, UK. Although the sculpture was quickly removed by the city, controversy around this piece still lingers. Did Quinn (a white male artist) exploit Reid's likeness (a woman of color)? Was their collaboration genuine? Did the artist take away an opportunity for a BIPOC artist? Tune in for our recap of the story and discussion. We would love to hear your thoughts! References: Slave trader’s portrait removed from Bristol lord mayor’s office A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 Black Lives Matter Monument Replaces Statue Of Slave Trader In England A joint statement from Marc Quinn and Jen Reid Edward Colston's statue stood for 125 years. The Black Lives Matter statue that replaced it stood for about 25 hours Black Lives Matter sculpture of Jen Reid removed from Colston plinth Removing the statue of Black Lives Matter activist Jen Reid was a mistake Who is Jen Reid? The Black Lives Matter activist whose statue replaced Edward Colston’s in Bristol, before it was taken down Windrush memorial artist: ‘Marc Quinn’s Jen Reid statue colonised the Colston plinth and hijacked the BLM movement. It’s a con’ Decolonising Art History: Statue of Black Lives Matter Protestor Jen Reid removed Jen Reid statue removal 'to be paid for by artist' 'Hope flows through this statue': Marc Quinn on replacing Colston with Jen Reid, a Black Lives Matter protester Marc Quinn: 'Our Blood came from a sense of outrage' | British GQ Britons toppled an enslaver’s statue. A guerrilla artist replaced it with a Black Lives Matter protester. All Nature Flows Through Us: A Conversation with Marc Quinn Marc Quinn’s Bristol statue is a vainglorious stunt Marc Quinn on Contemporary Art --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sota/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sota/support

UK Monument Controversy

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