Art Heals All Wounds: Freight & Salvage, Featuring Barbara Higbie and Vicki Randle
Art Heals All Wounds
03/02/22
•42m
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Episode Summary:
I’m joined by musicians Vicki Randle and Barbara Higbie. We discuss how they got their start in music, what they love about the Bay Area music scene and what’s going on at the legendary Berkeley nonprofit community arts organization, Freight & Salvage. They share how the venue has navigated these last two years and how it’s supporting musicians through the pandemic. Listen in to hear more of our conversation about their musical and community connection.
Topics Covered:
● Vicki and Barbara’s early exposure to music
● How the Bay Area was a salvation from their adolescence in Orange County
● What makes Freight & Salvage more than just a music venue
● The Freight’s new project with Berkeley Public Schools to inspire the next generation of musicians
● The story behind Vicki’s band, Skip the Needle
● Music as an expression of love
● How to get involved and support Freight & Salvage
Resources Mentioned:
- Little Village Foundation
- Barbara’s CD release show
- Skip the Needle
- Skip the Needle/Little Village Show
- Julie Wolf
- Teresa Trull
- Cris Williamson
- Linda Tillery
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Art Heals All Wounds: Julie Wyman, Documentary Filmmaker Part 2
February 23, 2022
•29m
Episode Summary:
In part two of my conversation with documentary filmmaker and professor Julie Wyman, we discuss the broader questions that her documentary raises. Julie talks about the implications that the growth medication Voxzogo has on the future of dwarfism, the complex feelings she has around changing her body, and connection through shared experiences. I also open up about the challenging dilemmas that I’ve faced as a person with a genetic disease that I unknowingly passed on to my daughter.
Topics Covered:
● What Julie means when she says the future of dwarfism is ‘uncertain’
● The questions that choosing a treatment plan for your child raises
● Powerful moments and conversations from filming
● Why it matters when people make collective decisions
● Looking at medical conditions through a different lense
● Creating a more flexible and accepting world
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*This episode includes brief mentions of childhood sexual abuse
Today I’m joined by Giiniw-ikwe, also known as Vanessa Willow, a painter in the Woodland Art tradition. Vanessa is Ojibwe, a nurse, mother, grandmother, cancer-survivor, and childhood sexual abuse survivor. After undergoing a double mastectomy, lumpectomy, and radiation treatment, Vanessa received a gift of paints and canvases by her best friend. This gift would change her life. Although she never thought of herself as an artist, she has been painting continuously since that day. Her art practice has been a healing journey for her in terms of accepting her body and accepting herself. Beyond that, Vanessa’s work is being exhibited throughout Canada and used as part of social justice campaigns for missing Indigenous women. Most recently her art is part of the album art for new work from singer-songwriter Shy Ann Hovorka.
Topics Covered:
· Vanessa’s experience of getting a cancer diagnosis
· Using painting as a way to express her feelings after surgery and radiation
· Painting as a way to navigate ongoing cancer diagnoses
· The path to accepting her body and herself
· How painting is a sacred practice which connects her to her culture and her ancestors
· How her art is being shared and becoming part of social justice campaigns
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