Ma's House Podcast: With AIR Qiaira Riley
Ma's House Podcast
This podcast features Ma’s House resident artist Qiaira Riley! Qiaira is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, guerilla art theorist, and Sagittarius, raised on Chicago’s south side and based in Philadelphia. She holds a dual B.A. in Black Studies and Studio Art from Lake Forest College, as well as an M.F.A. in Socially Engaged Studio Art from Moore College of Art & Design. She is a co-founder and curator of 2.0, a collective collaborating with artists and organizations to curate free, experimental offerings for Black women and femmes. Her art practice shifts between painting,...
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Ma's House Podcast: With AIRs Jenie Gao & Daesha Devón Harris
Ma's House Podcast
In this episode of the Ma's House Podcast, Jeremy Dennis, the lead artist of Ma's House, sits down with August resident artists Jenie Gao and Daesha Devon Harris to discuss the intersections of art, place, and social justice. The episode delves into the personal histories and artistic practices of both artists, emphasizing their advocacy against gentrification and their efforts to preserve local and global histories through their work. Jenie and Daesha share their unique perspectives on the roles of community, labor, and visibility in art, and highlight upcoming projects that continue to push...
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Ma's House Podcast: With Artist in Residence Margeaux Abeyta
Ma's House Podcast
This week we have a guest host! Rebecca Wise hosts Margeaux Abeyta on the Ma's House podcast, where they discuss a range of topics from their personal experiences to their artistic journeys and cultural backgrounds. Artio Bio Margaeux is a Taos Pueblo and Diné multimedia artist, currently traveling and working between Europe and the United States. She studied sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Arts before finishing her BFA in communication at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Her practice has evolved from traditional woodworking into digital fabrication, sound, and technology design....
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Ma's House Podcast: With Exhibiting Artist Michael A. Butler
Ma's House Podcast
In this episode of the Ma's House Podcast, host Hunter Begun chats with exhibiting artist Michael Butler, whose work is currently on display in his solo show titled Coalescence: Stories & Visions of the East End until June 29th. The discussion covers a wide range of topics, including Michael's show, his time as an artist on Long Island, and much more. Join us on June 29th for the closing reception of Coalescence at Ma's House. Artist Bio Michael A. Butler is an artist, historian, and humanitarian who continues to leave his mark on Sag Harbor. Butler has been on the board of the Eastville...
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Ma's House Podcast: With Exhibiting Artist Dominick Cocozza
Ma's House Podcast
In this episode, join your host Hunter Begun as he chats with exhibiting artist Dominick Cocozza, whose work is showcased in the Reclamation show at the Southampton History Museum. Dive into a conversation where they explore Cocozza's art, its deeper meanings, and what inspires him.
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Ma's House Podcast: With Artist in Residence Josie Licavoli
Ma's House Podcast
In this episode of the Ma's House podcast, host Hunter Begun interviews Artist in Residence Josie Licavoli. They delve into a wide array of topics, from the significance behind Licavoli's art to her sources of inspiration, reflecting on her tenure as a resident and exploring much more along the way. Artist Profile Josie is a multimedia artist and educator from the Bay Area and explores diverse cultural identities, drawing from her mixed-race heritage. Inspired by San Francisco, the California coast, and various art forms such as music and literature, her work delves...
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Ma's House Podcast: With Alumni Artist Stephen Longoria
Ma's House Podcast
In this episode of the Ma's House Podcast, join your host Hunter Begun as he catches up with alumni artist Stephen Longoria, who spent time as a resident back in February 2023. They chat about everything from Longoria's residency experience to what he's been working on since leaving Ma's House. Get ready for a laid-back conversation that'll have long-time fans of the podcast feeling right at home!
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Ma's House Podcast: With Artist in Residence Kindall Gant
Ma's House Podcast
In this episode of the Ma's House Podcast, the host Hunter Begun interviews Kindall Gant, the March artist in residence whose medium of choice is poetry. They delve into various topics, such as Gant's inspirations, the profound meanings behind her poetry, her experiences exploring other mediums for the first time, and more. Artist Profile Kindall Gant (she/they) is a Black femme poet and New Orleans native based in Brooklyn. She experiments with visual storytelling as liberation through themes of home, heritage and history, bringing poems into conversation with expressive forms like...
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Ma's House Podcast: With Exhibiting Artist Rebekah Phoenix Wise
Ma's House Podcast
In this episode of the Ma's House podcast, the host, Hunter Begun, interviews exhibiting artist Rebekah Phoenix Wise. They delve into various topics, including Wise's art, event photography, exploration of different mediums, and a detailed exploration of her solo show titled "Living Histories: Shinnecock Stories Honoring Tradition." This insightful conversation sheds light on Wise's creative journey and her current exhibition, which is available for viewing by appointment until April 27th at Ma's House.Artist Profile Rebekah Phoenix Wise (b. 1989) is a photographer who specializes in...
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Ma's House Podcast: With Artist in Residence Simón Vega
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In this episode of the Ma's House Podcast, the host, Hunter Begun, engages in a captivating conversation with the artist in residence, Simón Vega. Delving into the profound themes embedded within Simón's remarkable sculptures, the duo explores his artistic process and the inspiration behind his creations. They also shed light on Simón's current exhibition, "Tropical Space Castaways," showcased at the Parish Art Museum until June 5th. This is an episode you do not want to miss! Artist Profile Vega creates drawings, objects, sculptural installations, and happenings inspired by local markets,...
info_outlineIn this episode of the Ma's House Podcast, the host, Hunter Begun, engages in a captivating conversation with the artist in residence, Simón Vega. Delving into the profound themes embedded within Simón's remarkable sculptures, the duo explores his artistic process and the inspiration behind his creations. They also shed light on Simón's current exhibition, "Tropical Space Castaways," showcased at the Parish Art Museum until June 5th. This is an episode you do not want to miss!
Artist Profile
Vega creates drawings, objects, sculptural installations, and happenings inspired by local markets, self-made architecture, and vendor carts found in the streets and beaches of Central America. His sculptures are Third World replicas of the sophisticated capsules and satellites developed by NASA and the Soviet Space Program during the ‘Space Race’; however, they are assembled with found materials, including transmutable elements, colored lights, and live plants. This series, titled Tropical Space Proyectos, comments on the effects of the Cold War in contemporary El Salvador and Central America. In other artworks, the artist reinterprets ancient Mesoamerican architectural sculpture, Modernism’s iconic buildings, and contemporary surveillance systems, creating an ironic and humorous fusion between past and present, first and third worlds.
Born in El Salvador in 1972, Simón Vega graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Veracruz in Mexico in 2000. He received a Master´s in Contemporary Arts from the Complutense University in Madrid in 2006.
He has exhibited his work extensively in Europe, the United States and Latin America, including the 55th Venice Biennial in Italy (2013), the IX Havana Biennial in Cuba (2006), at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California (2018), at the Bronx Museum in New York (2019), at the Centre Pompidou, París for the exhibition Cosmópolis 2 (2019) and at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid amongst others. He has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Costa Rica, at Locust Projects, Miami, Liliana Bloch Gallery, Dallas, Texas, and at the Hilger Next Gallery in Vienna