Campus Culture Podcast Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Krannert CC Ep Description

Professor Lamont Holden aka TheLetterLBeats hosts a special episode of Campus Culture Podcast on location at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (KCPA) on campus at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Campus Culture joins a larger conversation hosted by UIUC Fine & Applied Arts (FAA) Dean Kevin Hamilton around decolonizing arts education and professional development for emerging artists with an esteemed panel of stakeholders, creatives and local artists who represent a sphere influence of marginalized artists being underserved in their journeys. Campus Culture Podcast is a voice for the culture on campus at UIUC and campuses globally.

 

Panelists:

Monique Rivera

Cynthia Oliver

Mike Ross

Kevin Hamilton

Stacey Robinson

Kofi Bazzell-Smith

Victor Ruiz Divas

Kourtney Richardson

Sharon Irish

Lisa Faye

Mark McKnight

Seitu Jones

Michael Mwenso

Jonnell Gasparo

Carolyn Randolph

Susan Ogwal

Cindi Ogwal

Alayna Hester

0:00 - Professor Lamont Holden

2:45 - The power of narrative and starting the conversation

3:14 - Are there spaces for all students on campus?

4:00 - Krannert, is it a “white” or “black” space?

5:37 - Decolonizing art

9:25 - A particular way of viewing art

11:14 - All cultures come together for each other

12:10 - Challenging decolonization and class

13:31 - Krannert becomes a black space

13:55 - Chastised by the School

15:30 - How to reach students as a performing arts center

17:05 - Westernized history in education

18:03 - Decolonize education correctly first, then professional development

19:15 - New Course in black arts offered at UIUC

21:30 - Aesthetic coolness of a black artist

28:18 - Decolonizing as a community through events

30:10 - Michael Mwenso band in champaign 9/19

31:40 - Art exhibits & festivals around campus

34:00 - Closing/Outro

 

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