Binder Podcast

Dr. Birgitta Johnson sits down with South Carolina native and globally recognized blues musician Adia Victoria to talk about the blues' past and present, representation within the art form and Adia's latest album A Southern Gothic. Featuring excerpts of an intimate performance by Adia Victoria and her creative partner Mason Hickman recorded at the Columbia Museum of Art in August of 2022. 

Producer Drew embarks on a journey to learn more about Shades of Life artist Sigmund Abeles with the help of John Quirk and Graham Duncan of the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina. Binder is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art Browse the library's digital collections at: https://digital.library.sc.edu/

Producer Drew sits down with Vanesha Perrin, new board president of the Friends of African American Art and Culture, to learn more about her personal art experiences, Delores Logan, and the acquisition of Monotype IV by Oliver Lee Jackson. Binder podcast is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art. www.columbiamuseum.org 

And just like that, Binder podcast turned one! On today's episode, Producer Drew brings Ray a few surprises to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the podcast before CMA Chief Preparator and Exhibition Designer Mike Dwyer stops in to illuminate Ray on the world of art preservation. Later, the museum's newest curator, Michael Neumeister, sheds some light on his first art installation at the CMA,...

Producer Drew interviews CMA's education and engagement coordinator, Jackie Palmieri. Binder Podcast is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art

Birgitta returns with consciousness-raising Lowcountry musician Benny Starr to dive into the influences and upbringing that inspire his unique brand of hip hop. Featuring excerpts of a recent performance by Starr and his band the Four20s live in concert at the Columbia Museum of Art. This episode contains some adult language. More Than Rhythm: A Black Music Series is  presented by the Baker &...

An extended interview with writer and naturalist John Lane. Binder podcast is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art.

Binder is en plein air this month as Ray catches up with Jackie Adams about the CMA's latest exhibitions and their relationship with the natural world, and artist Amanda McCavour stops by to talk about her  latest series of installation work, Bright Little Day Stars. After the break, Ray chats with writer and naturalist John Lane about rivers, roadkill, and the real outdoors. Binder is a prod...

Enjoy this bonus conversation with host and ethnomusicologist Dr. Birgitta Johnson, guest musician Mimi Jones, and assistant professor of jazz at UofSC Dr. Colleen Clark. Recorded live during last April's More Than Rhythm concert. More Than Rhythm: A Black Music Series is  presented by the Baker & Baker Foundation. This program has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for...

Birgitta is back, and this time she is joined by jazz musician,  educator, and filmmaker Mimi Jones. They explore the history, present, and future of jazz music set to the soundtrack of Mimi Jones' Black Madonna Project live in concert. More Than Rhythm: A Black Music Series is presented by the Baker & Baker Foundation. This program has been made possible in part by the National Endowment...

Art for your ears. Hosted by CMA writer-in-residence Ray McManus and produced by the Columbia Museum of art, Binder brings you audio storytelling with writers, artists, scholars, curators, and more. 

Host Ray McManus returns to get a feel for the current exhibition, Rodin: Contemplation in Dreams, with CMA's Curator of Education Glenna Barlow before hitting the galleries to check out the new museum touch tours. After the break Ray is joined by poet Ann Chadwell-Humphries to talk about her process, inspiration, and senses as she navigates the world as a person with a visual disability.  Bi...

In this special presentation of Binder podcast, More Than Rhythm  host and ethnomusicologist Dr. Birgitta Johnson interviews Dr. Tony  McNeill, leader of the Heritage Celebration Chorale, an aggregation of  choral music educators, enthusiasts, and vocal artists from the Carolinas and Georgia. They discuss the history of the Black sacred  music tradition and its role in American...

Host Ray McManus and producer Drew chat about being the new guy and the  CMA’s upcoming exhibition Anila Quayyum Agha: Let A Million Flowers  Bloom, before being joined by the artist herself to talk about identity,  religion, gender politics, and her massive, illuminated sculptures. In  the second half, Ray catches up with his good friend, poet, and Director  of Women's an...

Digital artist and martial artist Isaac Udogwu joins Producer Drew for an extended interview. They talk about his roots in Nigeria and South Carolina, digital art, NFTs, spirituality, and so much more. 22 South Carolinians is on view through May 22, 2022.  The Binder podcast is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art

The CMA's latest exhibition, 22 South Carolinians, is now on view.  Director of Art and Learning Jackie Adams drops by to tell Ray all about  it before she's joined by artist J. Renee. In the second half, Ray  chats with artist, chef, poet, and SC Arts Commission Artist Development  Director Ce Scott Fitts about her work and the state of art in South  Carolina. The Binder...

Ray dives into some oddities of the CMA Collection with help from museum staff. The strangeness continues when author and UofSC professor Julia Liz Elliott drops in to share her  thoughts on why weird is wonderful. Binder is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art.

Binder is back, and this time we are talking all things 30  Americans. In the first half, CMA Director of Art and Learning Jackie  Adams interviews Jannie Harriot of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission about her life, career, and impressions of the CMA's latest  exhibition. Next, Ray chats with his "cousin," Alabama's Poet Laureate  Ashley M. Jones, on her a...

In the season one finale of Binder podcast, host Ray McManus chats with  freelance photojournalist Thomas Hammond about empathy, working on  assignments overseas, and Columbia's "riot day." Later, poet Sunshine  Dempsey sheds some light on the role of allies in the national climate and premieres her new poem, "Memory History Dysphagia." Hindsight 2020 is on view at the Columbia Muse...

In today's episode, host Ray McManus is joined by photojournalist Sean Rayford to chat about his occupation and the repercussions of that work for the historical record. Later the shop talk continues when poet and organizer Al Black stops by to premiere his new poem, "How Black Lives Pose Matters." They talk verbs, nouns, and what ekphrasis really means. Hindsight 2020 is on view at the Columbia M...

In today's episode, Ray sits down with community organizer and  photographer Héctor Vaca Cruz to talk about police aggression, the  immigrant story, and essential workers. After the break, poet power  couple Loli Molina Muñoz and Jesus Redondo Menendez stop by to premiere two  poems, "ALMA" and "Witness" ("Testigo"), and chat with Ray about  responding to Cruz's work and t...

Today’s episode photographer and musician Catherine Hunsinger chats with  Ray about the big impact of small moments during the protests of 2020. Later, poet Michele Reese premieres her new poem “On the Complexity of  Symbols” and talks about taking time to process trauma and the role education can play in helping with that. Hindsight 2020 is on view at the Columbia Museum of Art through...

On today's episode we sharpen our focus onto the work of photojournalist Crush Rush. Host Ray McManus talks with Crush about video games, danger, and of course, 2020. On the second half of the show Poet Len Lawson premieres the new work "Hypotenuse" inspired by Crush's photography. Binder is a production of the Columbia Museum of Art. Recorded and edited by Drew Baron. 

In this pilot episode of the Columbia Museum of Art's brand new podcast Binder, host and CMA writer-in-residence Ray McManus speaks with deputy director Joelle Ryan-Cook, curator Catherine Walworth, and curator of art and learning Jackie Adams about an art museum's role in the modern day and current CMA exhibitions The Ironic Curtain and Hindsight 2020.