Curious Story Lab

Welcome to Episode 10 of Curious Story Lab. In this episode, we interview Es-pranza Humphrey, the education coordinator, about her first major curatorial project. The project is called "Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party" held at the Poster House Museum in New York City. We discuss the complex process of curating exhibitions that bring history and Black visual culture to...

In this episode of Reshaping Culture , I am thrilled to be joined by Marcia Minter , the co-founder, and director of Indigo Arts Alliance, a remarkable non-profit organization located in Portland. Together with her husband, artist Daniel Minter , they established Indigo Arts Alliance to provide a platform for artists of color to connect, create, and exhibit their work. Prior to starting Indigo, Ma...

In Part 1 of episode 5, Reshaping Culture, I’m talking with Michelle Wilkinson, curator of Architecture and Design at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. She talks about why it’s essential for the museum to preserve Black Design History and why she has taken on building out this collection of work by key Black Architects and Designers. Buildin...

In Part 2 of episode 4, Building New Forms of Knowledge , I'm talking with Bill Gaskins . After interviewing both Kelly Walters and Bill Gaskins, because of the depth of what each shared, I felt strongly that this was the only way I could do them justice. They each have such powerful voices in the spaces they occupy through their practices and as educators, curators, writers, and in pushing forwar...

We’re doing a book give away. All you need to do is leave us a review on Apple Podcast, share what you learned from listening to Kellys’ chat with me, then take a screenshot of your review, and email us at curiousstory21@gmail.com . From this pool we will randomly select two winners, for Black, Brown, Latinx Design Educators. Please don’t just say I like this book, we need you to share more in you...

In episode three, host Michele Washington has a conversation with Prem Krishnamurthy. A creator who exists between many worlds, from  designer and curation, to writing and education, while living in Berlin. Prem’s the co-founder of WKSHPS, known for its multidisciplinary design practices. The firm works across numerous platforms from art, architecture, education, and culture worldwide. Listen as h...

In episode two host, Michele Washington interviews Mabel Wilson, currently the Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, a Professor in African American and African Diasporic Studies, the Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies and co-director of the Global Africa Lab at Columbia University.  Wilson talks about her immense body of resear...

You ever wonder how designers reimagine the work they do that reshapes the world we inhabit? In episode one of Curious Story Lab, Del Terrelonge and I discuss how his work shifts the narrative as he straddles between the fields of art, architecture, and design. As the founder and creative director of RHED; his firm located in Toronto, Canada, Del speaks from experience on building a self-sustainin...

Curious Story Lab is a podcast that captures the incredible stories of visionaries’ of color working to reshape the future of our world. Listen as we delve deep into the extraordinary lives and untold stories of architects, designers, curators, futurists, thinkers, and makers As we discuss the work they produce through an interdisciplinary lens, we’ll learn what inspires them, and how they create...

Curious Story Lab captures the voices of creatives of color, working in areas like architecture, design, and are curators, futurists, makers, and thought leaders. Created and hosted by Michele Washington, she's an artist, designer, and researcher. Each episode shares stories of individuals whose work pushes beyond the boundaries.