BRAVE NEW ART
A podcast from OZ Arts Nashville
ABOUT THE PODCAST
Brave New Art is a podcast from contemporary arts center OZ Arts Nashville, exploring the beauty, quirks, and challenges of creation with artists making an impact in our community today. Brave New Art was originally developed by 2018-2019 OZ Arts Artistic Fellow Jakob Lewis. New episodes of Brave New Art will be released throughout the OZ Arts performance season.
EPISODES
Episode 12: Lenin Fernandez and Alexandra Winer
Hosted, produced, and edited by: Rosie Forrest
Image Credits
Photos by Tiffany Bessire and Lexi Dysart
Episode 11: Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva and Sarah Saturday
Hosted by: Daniel Jones
Produced and edited by: Rosie Forrest
Photos by Tiffany Bessire
Episode 10: Dave Ragland & Shabaz Ujima
Hosted, produced, and edited by: Rosie Forrest
Episode 9: Multimedia Artist Miwa Matreyek
Celebrated animator and hybrid performing artist Miwa Matreyek discusses the many layers of a multimedia creative practice, the performer who doubles as director, and the surprising humanity found in our everyday existence. This conversation was recorded ahead of Miwa’s performances at OZ Arts, November 11-13, 2021. Learn more about the presentation.
Host: Daniel Jones
Produced and edited by: Rosie Forrest
Miwa Matreyek portrait by Eugene Ahn
Episode 8: Visual Artist Pam Marlene Taylor
Visual artist Pam Marlene Taylor discusses the inspiration behind Spoiler Alert, a series of tapestries that sheds light on society’s discomfort with death and dying. Reflecting on a year that has held tremendous loss, Pam shares her thoughts on healthcare inequalities, the need for a cultural shift in our approach, and how all of these questions lie at the root of her work. View the exhibit online or make an appointment to see it in person at OZ Arts.
Host: Rosie Forrest
Produced and edited by: Rosie Forrest
Episode 7: PRISM with Choreographer David Flores
OZ Arts Artistic Associate Daniel Jones chats with David Flores, the lead artist and choreographer behind PRISM — a performance experience for a socially-distanced world. The two discuss artistic opportunities disguised as obstacles, the give-and-take of collaboration, and how to balance a need for structure with free form thinking. Learn more about PRISM.
Host: Daniel Jones
Produced and edited by: Rosie Forrest
Choreographer David Flores
Photo by Andrea Behrends
Episode 6: The Artists of Long Distance
In this episode, we’re exploring the driving concept and themes at the heart of Long Distance, a visual art exhibit currently on display at OZ Arts. Join us for a conversation with curator Pam Marlene Taylor and visual artists Sibley Barlow, Nuveen Barwari, and Duncan McDaniel. View the exhibit online here.
Host: Rosie Forrest
Produced by: Rosie Forrest, Pam Taylor, Daniel Jones, Brittany Carlton
Editing by: Rosie Forrest, Joshua Alan Lindsay
Artwork by Duncan McDaniel, “Across the Clouds”
Episode 5: Artist Jana Harper on This Holding
Nashville artist Jana Harper delves into the creative process behind This Holding: Traces of Contact, her dance and visual art collaboration with choreographer Rebecca Steinberg, musician Moksha Sommer, and filmmaker Sam Boyette. When a global health crisis made live events impossible, the creative team seized the opportunity to reimagine the performance for the camera. Learn more about This Holding here and discover more of Jana Harper’s work at janaharper.com
Produced by: Rosie Forrest, Brittany Carlton
Editing by: Joshua Alan Lindsay
Episode 4: Visual Artist Tess Davies
Nashville visual artist Tess Davies illustrates the darker underpinnings of her work, the business side of a painter’s life, and a renewed connection to her own hometown. Explore her work at tessdaviesart.com.
Produced by: Jakob Lewis, Rosie Forrest, Brittany Carlton
Editing by: Joshua Alan Lindsay
Episode 3: Poet Ciona Rouse
Poet Ciona Rouse shares what it can mean to claim one’s space as an artist, and discusses her experiences with creative collaboration in a traditionally isolated discipline. Ciona is the author of the poetry collection Vantablack (Third Man Books), the poetry editor of the literary journal Wordpeace, and cohost of Third Man Books’ Re\Verb podcast. Keep up with Ciona at cionarousepoetry.com
Produced by: Jakob Lewis, Rosie Forrest, Lauren Ballejos, Brittany Carlton
Editing by: Joshua Alan Lindsay
Episode 2: New Dialect’s Banning Bouldin
In this episode, we’re exploring the journey of Nashville’s celebrated contemporary dance company New Dialect with founder and artistic director Banning Bouldin. This conversation was conducted at the end of New Dialect’s 2018-2019 season by OZ Arts Artistic Fellow Jakob Lewis.
Andrea Behrends
Episode 1: Into the Dark with Jason Shelton
Jakob Lewis sits down with Jason Shelton, the Artistic Director of Portara Ensemble and the director of Nashville’s community celebration of the winter solstice, The Longest Night. This conversation about creative collaboration, community-building, and conducting was recorded after The Longest Night’s 2018 premiere.
ABOUT JAKOB LEWIS
Jakob Lewis is the founder of Great Feeling Studios, a podcast production and consulting company that houses all of his podcast projects including his award-winning show Neighbors with Nashville Public Radio. Since 2013, Jakob has been interviewing and producing narratives for Neighbors, which won the “Best Society and Culture Podcast” at Podcast Movement 2016. Jakob graduated from the Transom Story Workshop and founded the audio collective The Heard. He was the 2018-2019 OZ Arts Artistic Fellow.