My___on Mondays

Episode 54: My Biggest Mistake by Heidi Kraay

Heidi Kraay is a playwright and writer across disciplines. Her work examines the connection between brain and body, seeking empathy with fractured characters. She pulls myth, metaphor and monsters together to attempt connections across difference. Her plays, including Unwind: Hindsight is 2020, see in the dark, How to Hide Your Monster, New Eden, Me and My Shadow, Kilgore, as well as co-devised plays, plays for young audiences, one-acts and short plays, have been presented nationally and internationally.

 

Learn more about Heidi and her work at: http://www.heidikraay.com/

Episode 53: My Conversation with Prime - MING Artist Interview

The artist Jose Reza, better known as Prime K2S, is credited with being a founder of Los Angeles stylized graffiti lettering. He gained international exposure when his work was featured in the book Spraycan Art, one of the earliest documentations of graffiti culture. He designed the cover for The Getty Research Institute's L.A. Liber Amicorum, otherwise known as The Getty Graffiti Black Book, which is housed in the Getty's rare manuscript collection. Today, he is also well known for both his public installations as well as his contemporary canvas work.

 

To learn more about Prime and his work, you can follow him here: @primek2s

Episode 52: My Backyard Song by J.R. Rivero Kinsey

J.R. Rivero Kinsey is a writer of music and prose. She is the creator of the musical project, Palankeen.

For more information about J.R. and her work, visit: https://palankeen.bandcamp.com/

Episode 51: My Secret Bedrooms - Heidi Kraay

Heidi Kraay is a playwright and writer across disciplines. Her work examines the connection between brain and body, seeking empathy with fractured characters. She pulls myth, metaphor and monsters together to attempt connections across difference. Her plays, including Unwind: Hindsight is 2020, see in the dark, How to Hide Your Monster, New Eden, Me and My Shadow, Kilgore, as well as co-devised plays, plays for young audiences, one-acts and short plays, have been presented nationally and internationally.

 

Learn more about Heidi and her work at: http://www.heidikraay.com/

Episode 50: My Salute To Rushdie

A reading of the intro to Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie.

Episode 49: My Conversation with Jacob Mitas

Jacob Mitas is an artist, musician and luthier who specializes in bow-making in Portland, Oregon.

 

You can find out more about Jacob and his work at: https://www.mitasbows.com/

Episode 48: My EdUkecation - MING Studios Artist Interview with Kevin Carroll

Kevin Carroll is a musician and music educator based in Austin, Texas. After years performing with his own band, The Sleestacks, Kevin toured nationally and internationally as a guitarist with Jimmy LaFave and Charlie Robison, making two appearances on Austin City Limits. He now works as a composer, performer and teacher specializing in ukulele.

 

You can find out more about Kevin and his work via the following links:

https://www.kevincarroll.net

https://edukecation.com

 

*The song at the end of the podcast, arranged and played by Kevin, is the Ukranian national anthem.

 

Episode 47: My Conversation with Àdhamh Ó Broin - MING Studios Disappearing Worlds

Àdhamh Ó Broin is a cultural revivalist, language activist and Scottish Gaelic Consultant, known best for his work in film and television. He is also a storyteller, musical performer, and tradition bearer, fostering connections with indigenous people from all over the world who have come to visit his native Scotland.

 

You can find out more about Àdhamh and his work via the following links:

 

Personal website: https://scottishgaelic.scot/

Dalriada Gaelic: http://dalriada.scot/

1815: https://www.facebook.com/1815film/

Herring Girls: https://fb.watch/eLYM6KuPNR/

Episode 46: My Conversation with Laurita Siles - MING Studios Artist Interview Series

Laurita Siles shows concern for the land, from environmental crisis to the nostalgia provoked by loss of heritage. She is co-founder of Mutur Beltz, an agro-ecological initiative located in Karrantza, Biscay that raises awareness for the endangered Basque black-nosed sheep and the diminishing shepherd trade.

Over the course of her one-month residency at MING Studios, Siles explored Basque-American identity, the historical role of the Basque woman, and Basque agricultural history in Idaho with a concentration on shepherding and sheep lineages in the region. Her exhibition is Iruten Har Nuzu – I am making wool.

 

For more information about Laurita and her work, visit: https://folklorenomada.com/home.html

 

Field recording of the traditional song, Iruten Har Nuzu, performed by Basque-Americans in 1940: https://www.loc.gov/item/2017701893/

 

Episode 45: My 1920s Cuban Serenade - MING Studios Public Archives Series

Cuban recordings from 1924 by Trio Cubano, and the duo, Juan de la Cruz and Bienvenido Leon.