ART CLASS

Happy Pride, Classmates, and welcome to the season finale of ART CLASS ! And have we got a show for you today! We are heading into the summer purse first with this week's iconic guest, RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 winner, Bob the Drag Queen ! Join us as Bob gives us their hilarious and brilliant takes on a wide array of topics from gender to drag to artistry to comedy and even gives some loving adv...

Happy Pride, Classmates and welcome back to ART CLASS ! We're back to our regularly scheduled programming this week with two fantastic conversations for you to enjoy. First, we're joined by the fabulous and talented Giselle Byrd , Executive Director of The Theater Offensive in Boston and the first Black trans woman to hold such a title at an American theater company. We'll chat about the need for...

We have a very special episode for you today, Classmates! Last April, as part of the Hear it Here Podcast Festival, we gathered at Lincoln Center's David Rubinstein Atrium to sit in the presence of music royalty! So please join us for an audience with Nona Hendryx , legendary singer/songwriter, technological innovator, and all-around wise and wonderful person. She'll talk to us about her long, ill...

Welcome to another episode of ART CLASS , dear classmates! On this week's episode, we continue our discussion about creating more equitable and inclusive spaces in classical music with Lecolion Washington , a brilliant musician who's blazing new trails as the Executive Director of the Community Music Center of Boston (0:05:32) . And boy, do we talk about it all: fundraising, DEI initiatives, mento...

Greetings, Classmates! It's time for a brand new episode of ART CLASS and have we got a show for you today! This episode we're talking to two incredible Black women artists who are both blazing exciting new trails in their fields. First up, we talk to Grammy Award-winning singer, activist and friend of the show, Julia Bullock , in advance of her Metropolitan Opera debut tonight in John Adams and P...

Happy Tuesday, Classmates! Did you survive all the earthquakes and eclipses?! Oh good, because do we have jam-packed show for you today! First up, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and The New Yorker theater critic Hilton Als , editor of the new book God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin. We chat with Hilton all about the legacy of the legendary James Baldwin and the lessons his...

**If you're an Apple Podcast subscriber and you're having audio issues, just re-download, and you should be all good!** Let's get straight to it, Classmates! Today on ART CLASS , we are honored to be talking with a bonafide legend! Whom you ask? How about the ambassador for New Orleans bounce music, who's also an iconic entrepreneur, and a fierce advocate for racial justice and queer rights? Yes,...

Howdy, Classmates! It's time for another episode of your favorite podcast all about decolonizing the arts and arts education, Lincoln Center's ART CLASS ! This week, we're talking all about Black folks' contributions to folk and country music, which we're told is very much in the zeitgeist thanks to the queen of everything, Mrs. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter. We'll be joined for a chat by musicia...

Good morrow, dear Classmates! For today's episode of ART CLASS , we're thinking about how the art of the future intersects with the art of the present. Have you ever wondered what art will look like in the age of artificial intelligence? Well, so have we, and so has this week's guest: the brilliant artist and scholar, Professor Stephanie Dinkins (0:18:10) . Join us for an absolutely fascinating co...

Happy Black History Month, Classmates! This week's ART CLASS is all about healing and self-care. As Black folks and Black artists especially, it's so easy to over-extend ourselves during the month of February, so this week we devote the first part of the episode to delving into our self-care routines. How does one establish boundaries in a world that doesn't want you to have any? Where does self-c...

Welcome back, Classmates! And thank you so much for joining us for episode 2 of Lincoln Center's ART CLASS ! This week is all about preserving the legacy of Black art and culture, specifically Black music. COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd in 2020 brought about a racial reckoning here in the US, the likes of which hadn't been seen in decades. In 2024, however, with the conservative backlash...

What's up, Classmates?! Class is officially in session! Welcome to the first episode of Lincoln Center's new podcast, ART CLASS , a provocative, thoughtful and often humorous podcast all about art and artists creating at the intersection of beauty and innovation. This week, hosts Lee Bynum, Paige Reynolds, and Rocky Jones are joined by author, activist, and multi-disciplinary artist Junauda Petrus...

The first episode of  Art Class  debuts on January 16, 2024! Subscribe now at the links below! Welcome, classmates!  Art Class  is Lincoln Center’s new biweekly podcast focusing on the latest in arts education, hosted by Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Iya Mabolé Inawale), and Dr. Lee Bynum, Chief Education Officer of Lincoln Center. They’re three Black, queer artists, culturistas...