Ma's House Podcast: With Artist in Residence Josie Licavoli
Release Date: 05/28/2024
Ma's House Podcast
In this Ma's House podcast, we hear from Ma's House alumni artist Ella Mahoney. Ella is a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), an artist, illustrator, and teacher. She received her BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts and an MA in Art Education from Pratt Institute. Her work has been featured in galleries and performances across the United States, including the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Southampton Arts Center, and Invisible Exports. She has also illustrated multiple children’s books for the Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project. Mahoney’s...
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In this podcast episode, Jeremy Dennis, lead artist of Ma's House and BIPOC Art Studio, converses with resident artist William PK Carter. William details their creative process, emphasizing themes of self-recognition, transformation, and various marginalized identities. They share insights on their debut puppet show, 'First Buds of the Garden', and its symbolic elements. William also discusses their inspirations, family support, and upcoming projects, including the 'Beautiful Without Consequence' puppet theater piece. The conversation underscores the importance of authenticity and community in...
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In this episode of the Ma's House podcast, host Jeremy Dennis speaks with Joshua Allen, the May 2025 resident artist at Ma's House, about their multifaceted career as an artist, community organizer, writer, and public speaker. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Joshua has been an active voice in the arts and activism scene since 2014, passionately advocating for LGBTQIA+ and people of color communities. The conversation explores Joshua's recent two-week residency at Ma's House, where they engaged in creative practices, including a public artist talk and a performance titled 'Waves and Meditation,'...
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In this episode, we’re joined by two brilliant artists and Homebody Fellows: Chisato “Chisa” Hughes and Chris M Yee—both June residents here at Ma’s House. Chisa is a filmmaker whose work asks powerful questions about memory, belonging, and how we relate across time and place. Their debut film Many Moons explored the histories of Chinese expulsions in Humboldt County and the kinships formed between Chinese and Native peoples in the aftermath. Their next project, Behind the Horizon Line, is inspired by poet Etel Adnan and reflects on borders and their lingering shadows. ...
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We’re excited to share a brand-new episode of the Ma’s House podcast featuring May 2025 resident artist Jake Kimble (Chipewyan/Dënesųłıné), a multidisciplinary artist and curator whose work brings levity and layered meaning to the everyday. 🎧 In this clip, Kimble shares the story behind their unexpected use of paper towels as a print surface for landscape photographs of their homeland in Treaty 8 territory. What begins as a practical material choice unfolds into a poignant reflection on disposability, memory, and home. This episode dives into Kimble’s practice of...
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NEW MA's House Podcast Episode featuring Juan Giraldo and Cecilia Lim! 📸 Juan Giraldo, a Brooklyn-based photographer whose lens captures the intimate, everyday stories of working-class life. Born in Colombia and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Juan’s work is a love letter to his family, his roots, and the labor that shaped his journey. His photographs—quiet, honest, and deeply personal—reflect the resilience and tenderness found in the homes and break rooms of those often unseen. 🎥 Cecilia Lim (she, siya, ella) joins us from Queens, New York, where she’s spent over two decades...
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In this episode of the Ma's House podcast, hosted by lead artist Jeremy Dennis, Nigerian American comedian, actress, and writer Saidah Belo-Osagie is featured as a guest. Saidah discusses her experiences and creative growth during her week-long residency at Ma's House on the Shinnecock Reservation. The conversation covers her directorial debut film 'Tinge,' her training in clowning, and her approach to comedy that incorporates vulnerability, playfulness, and social commentary. Saidah shares insights into her performance 'A Clown's Exploration of Identity,' her approach to integrating audience...
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In this interview, Jeremy Dennis, lead artist of Ma's House, converses with Megan Hicks, March 2025 resident and archaeologist. Megan explores community ecologies within colonial and capitalistic transformations, focusing on traditional practices in Iceland and Black enclaves in the northeastern United States, especially during the 19th century. She collaborates with native communities to protect heritage sites using excavation, zooarchaeology, and archival research, often through counter-mapping—an approach emphasized in her work with the Ramapo community in New Jersey to protect endangered...
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In this episode, Podcast host Jeremy Dennis sits down with Prince Shakur, the March 2025 resident artist at Ma’s House. Prince, a multimedia artist, award-winning author, and grassroots organizer, shares insights into how his diverse creative mediums—writing, filmmaking, podcasting, and journalism—intersect to explore radical histories and diasporic identity. He discusses how his activism informs his storytelling and his belief in media as a revolutionary tool for social change. Prince also reflects on the importance of overcoming self-doubt to create meaningful work, emphasizing the...
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NEW Ma's House podcast episode with January 2025 resident artist Nadira Foster-Williams! In this episode, we discuss mythology, performance, grief, healing, community, resistance, and more. Nadira is a multidisciplinary artist dedicated to exploring transmutation and radical curiosity through multimedia art and theatre-making. Their work challenges colonial constructs that have historically disconnected Blackness from wholeness, mythology, and the fantastical. By weaving together performance, visual storytelling, and immersive experiences, they confront institutions of colorism and paternalism...
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