Sunday, June 15, 2008
Stuff I'm Digging Now: Esperanza Spalding
Youtube: Esperanza!
Stream her lovely ballad Precious
Celebrations, kudos and props for cultural and artistic empowerment, visionary creativity, esthetic interventions, critical analysis, and prophetic resistance. Flames, rants and freakouts for everything else.
A sought after speaker on activist art, arts in the public domain and the community cultural development movement, Reggie Prim leads workshops, designs public arts experiences, and serves as a volunteer leader for a number of cultural organizations in the Twin Cities. He is also a Playwright, cultural worker, radio host, and arts writer who served as the community programs manager for The Walker Art Center. He is a co-author of Art and Civic Engagement: Mapping The Connections - an internationally recognized model for activating the social potential of the arts.