Join us as Noel Begay (she/her/we), Public Art Project Coordinator, and local artist J P 제피 [s(he), (he)r / he, him / they, them] talk about their journeys into public art and professional collaboration to do the necessary work to reach out to Tribal governments for permission to build and root upon Tribal lands.

Noel shares her internal work through generational trauma, trusting in her Diné culture to guide her work within the City as well as what it means to reverse dominant/colonial culture by centering Indigenous perspectives and beliefs. J P discusses their projects that seek to layer the voices and stories of Albuquerque’s Asian community and explore respectful cross-cultural depictions of and belonging to land.

Join us for a conversation with Augustine Romero, Gallery Curator for Gallery One and South Broadway Cultural Center, and artist Vanessa Alvarado to discuss the new exhibition at Gallery One, “Interpretive Reflections.” “Interpretive Reflections” features artworks by 14 artists who use introspection and self-portraits to express rendering of oneself, with hints of identity.

In this third episode about art and technology, we will be flipping the script: using tech to analyze art. Danicia Monét Malone, Founder and Principal Planner from Rokh, returns to the podcast to tell us about the Public Art Census and what canvassers learned from their work in the field. And, Mandolen Sanchez, Public Art Outreach Program Coordinator, who has been behind the scenes until now, shares how the Public Art Program is using technology to engage people.