Re-membering a Mother’s Choices with Dr. Linda Garcia Merchant
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Documentarian and scholar Dr. Linda Garcia Merchant takes time to speak with her good friend Dr. Erika Abad about No Es Facil, which was featured in ‘Two Cultures, One Family.” She reflects on her career-long investment in documenting Chicana experiences and what inspired her to build a career around documenting the history of women who were part of the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), Chicana Caucus of the NWPC from 1977 to 1979, which her mother, Ruth "Rhea" Mojica Hammer, was a key figure.
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Moved by Mothers’ Loves with Kaitlyn Jones and Sharon Watkins-Jones
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During Kaitlyn Jones’s June 2022 Rogers Art Loft Residency, she and Erika Abad discussed the role of rest and grief on the way to liberation. Kaitlyn’s mom, Sharon, was at the closing exhibit; they take time to discuss the role of family in Jones’s work and Sharon’s insights into encouraging her daughter’s creative practice.
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Lessons from Home with Noelle Garcia and Sarah Ritch
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Noel Garcia and Sarah Ritch talk with Dr. Erika Abad about their creative home and its influence on Garcia’s career. Garcia then reflects on the relationship between her formal training and what she learned from home in the evolution of her creative career. Garcia’s Cigarettes were featured in “Two Cultures, One Family.” Links!
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Documenting Home & Healing with Mom - Dr. Abad interviews Jean Marie Munson
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Erika sits down with Jean Munson to discuss her mother’s influence and responses to her zine and publishing career. Author of Secrets My Mom Keeps & Lola’s Herstory from “Two Cultures, One Family – Finding Family, Building Home,” Jean discusses the process of writing Secrets and reflects on the creative practices she’s been starting with her mom since her mother’s retirement. Links!
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Well Rested and Healing with Dr. Erika Gisela Abad
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Inspired by the Nap Ministry and Tricia Hersey's book "Rest is Resistance, Justin Favela and Dr. Erika Gisela Abad talk about what they’ve learned about resting, healing, and toxic work cultures in this return episode of Art People Podcast. Abad, after years of writing and interviewing artists, reflects on what she/they learned about balancing higher ed and guest curator work as she transitioned from being Faculty-in-Residence at UNLV to Assistant Prof of Communications. Favela discusses his latest performance about rest at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and his new book (). ...
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Dan45 Hernandez: Artist, Fabricator and Cult Member
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Dan45 Hernandez joins Justin to talk about his latest projects, his obsession with collecting and cataloging objects, the distortion of memory and so much more! Show Notes: Support for this podcast and the exhibitions at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is provided by the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a relief grant developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support arts organizations in the 13-state western region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional programs are funded in part with support from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the...
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Geovany Uranda: Artist, Designer and Jardinero
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Artist Geovany Uranda joins Justin this week to talk about his work in the exhibition "Future Relics" at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art. They also talk about Geo's past as a musician, his obsession with collecting plants, growing up in East Las Vegas and much, much more! Show notes: Support for this podcast and the exhibitions at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is provided by the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a relief grant developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support arts organizations in the 13-state western region during the COVID-19...
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Adriana Chavez: Actor, Performance Artist, Director and Community Connector
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Actor, artist, theater maker, mover and wanderer, Adriana Chavez joins Justin this week to talk about her path to becoming the artist she is today. Listen in as they talk about Adriana's latest exhibitions, learn about her theater background and what brought her to Las Vegas! Show note: Support for this podcast and the exhibitions at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is provided by the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a relief grant developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support arts organizations in the 13-state western region during the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Sebastian Hernandez: Artist, DJ, Creative Director and Mover
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For this installment of the Art People Podcast, Justin calls LA native, artist and mover Sebastian Hernandez to talk about their life, art and the many projects they have created. Show Notes: Sebastian's and The Art People Podcast is edited and produced by (). Music by Mike McDonald (). Follow us on social media and visit for more episodes.
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Dr. Abad in Conversation with Lance L. Smith and Brent Holmes
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On this episode Dr. Erika Abad interviews artists Lance L. Smith and Brent Holmes about their exhibitions currently on view at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art. Show Notes: Support for this podcast and the exhibitions at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is provided by the WESTAF Regional Arts Resilience Fund, a relief grant developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support arts organizations in the 13-state western region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional programs are funded in part with support from Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment...
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This week Justin Favela talks to artist, activist and matriarch, Fawn Douglas. They get into her history as an Indigenous American artist and enrolled member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, talk about her role as a student and educator, and discuss her as advocacy work for the Nuwu culture and the many indigenous groups in southern Nevada. They also catch up on her time as an MFA candidate at UNLV, talk about the lack of equity and diversity within Las Vegas cultural institutions and so much more!
Photo credit: Lizbeth Ramirez, Edited by Bryan Clavel
Show notes:
An Open Letter to the Neon Museum
Confederate Monuments - Interactive Map
UNLV Native American Alumni Club
Institute for a Progressive Nevada
Anit-Racism Education Summer Series
The Art People Podcast is edited and produced by Justin Favela (@favyfav). Production assistance from Mindy Hale and music by Mike McDonald.
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