interview

Ultraviolet Light and Creative Engineering for Photography with Mikael Owunna

Ultraviolet Light and Creative Engineering for Photography with Mikael Owunna

In this podcast interview, AMT Lab staff members Rachel Broughton and Maraika Lumholdt talk with Mikael Owunna, a Nigerian American multi-media artist, filmmaker, and engineer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mikael discusses how technology, as presented in traditional African cosmologies, has influenced his creative practice and shaped his recent works.

The Future Role of Tech in the Administration and Curation of Museum Spaces

The Future Role of Tech in the Administration and Curation of Museum Spaces

Victoria is joined by Dr. Heng Wu, Curator of Asian art at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Nick Pozek, Assistant Director at the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law at Columbia University to talk about the place of technology in the administrative and curatorial roles of art museums. Conversations touch on what it is like to work from home in a position that has a more physical necessity in the museum space, the place for virtual museum experiences post-covid and other pandemic-related challenges, as well as the more prominent entrance of edutainment in the artistic sphere.

Renée Vara Part 1: The Visual Artists Rights Act and the Changing Arts Landscape

Renée Vara Part 1: The Visual Artists Rights Act and the Changing Arts Landscape

In part one of this two-part interview with Renee Vara, Angela Johnson and B Crittenden discuss with her the changing arts landscape and the landmark Visual Arts Rights Act litigation, 5Pointz v. G&M Realty, and Renee’s involvement with that case.

Toya Lillard: Using an Abolitionist Framework in the Arts

Toya Lillard: Using an Abolitionist Framework in the Arts

In this interview episode, Podcast Producer Angela Johnson speaks with Toya Lillard, Executive Director of viBe Theater Experience. In November 2020, she gave a guest lecture for the College of Fine Arts and Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University on using an abolitionist framework within the arts and cultural sector.

Podcast: Daniel Morena Discusses Powering Audience Engagement with Artificial Intelligence

Podcast: Daniel Morena Discusses Powering Audience Engagement with Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence opens new avenues for museums to engage audiences, and create a plural vision of the museum. In our latest podcast Daniel Morena, of 32Bits, discusses the Iris+ AI exhibit integration used at the Museum of the Future in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Interview with Regina Smith of the Kresge Foundation

Interview with Regina Smith of the Kresge Foundation

Regina R. Smith is managing director of The Kresge Foundation’s Arts & Culture Program. She leads efforts to identify prospects for national funding opportunities and partnerships in the arts and culture field.

Regina has been with the Foundation since 2008 as a program officer and senior program officer, working to advance the deliberate integration of arts and culture into community development through creative placemaking.

Interview with Suzy Delvalle of Creative Capital

Interview with Suzy Delvalle of Creative Capital

Suzy Delvalle discusses her experience as the recently-appointed head of Creative Capital, an innovative arts foundation that adapts venture capital concepts to support individual artists, as well as the direction in which she plans to lead the organization. A native of Curacao, Delvalle has previously worked with Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling and El Museu del Barrio.