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What It Took to Build Atlanta Art Week (opens the original)
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Respect the Organizer: Kendra Walker on Atlanta Art Week (opens the original)
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Description:Kendra Walker founded Atlanta Art Week to put the city's galleries, artists and institutions in front of audiences who weren't looking for them yet. Several editions later, she's taking a step back to figure out what comes next. In this conversation she's candid about what the work cost her, what the arts community gets wrong about who deserves credit, and why a pause can be the smartest business decision a founder makes.Key Topics:Building a citywide arts event from a personal netwo
Direct Action, Mutual Aid + Big News in Times Square (opens the original)
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Fear of a Good Idea: Keith McHenry on Food Not Bombs (opens the original)
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Description:Keith McHenry spent his youth working in a Cambridge grocery store and studying art before co-founding Food Not Bombs, a global movement that shares free vegan meals to protest war, poverty, and state violence. Over four decades later, despite facing state surveillance, FBI terror designations, and over a thousand arrests, Keith continues to champion autonomous, community-led care. In this conversation, he discusses the intersection of creative activism and street theater, why author
Keeping Ambitious Art Alive Without Guaranteed Funding (opens the original)
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