Episodes

Weeksville Now and the Future

Dr. Raymond Codrington-new Leadership at Weeksville Toni Williams and Eli Kuslanksy of Art Movez speak with Dr. Raymond Codrington, a cultural anthropologist with roots in the Hip Hop movement who shares his insights on what the Cultural center means to the community and beyond. Weaving an economic development narrative that centers on black entrepreneurism, Weeksville…

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Joe MacDonald-Parametric Design

Joe MacDonald is a Canadian-born American architect, researcher, and professor. He is most known for his work on The Bone Wall, The Water Planet and Johnson & Johnson's Olympic Games Pavilion. He founded Urban A&O, a design firm in 2002 and serves as its principal. Eli Kuslansky and Toni Williams speak with Joe on parametric modeling software combined with digital fabrication…

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Lisa Gold-Gives Voice to Asian Americans

Lisa Gold, Executive Director of the Asian American Artist Alliance, aka A4 as she breaks down the animosity toward the Asian American community in a time where discrimination and the manifestation of violence is at its highest. Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky talk with Lisa as she shares her strategy to heighten public awareness of…

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Kemi IIesanmi Explores the Intersection of Art and Social Justice.

Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of Art Movez engage in a thoughtful and compelling conversation on how art inspires, and changes community with Kemi IIesanmi. Listen to the Executive Director of the Laundromat Project, talk about her mission to create a world where artists and creativity are the driving force for positive change. Learn the…

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Artist Martha Redbone sings about Social Justice

Music speaks to people in ways that last generations, and seeps into our hearts and minds. Listen to the extraordinarily talented, and prolific singer/songwriter Martha Redbone as she speaks with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of ArtMovez on how her journey through music established who she is and how it keeps a legacy alive making…

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Donna Walker-Kuhne leads in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access.

Listen to this episode featuring Donna Walker-Kuhne of Walker Communications as she discusses with Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky the intersection of Art & Culture with Diversity Equity Inclusion and Access. Very informative discussion on how to advance these conversations in work spaces.

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Frances Bronet-Pratt Institute

Listen to this episode of Art Movez with Toni Williams, Eli Kuslansky and Frances Bronet, 12th president of Pratt Institute, and first woman to take the helm of this extraordinary institution who gives a candid and amazing perspective on her background, and leadership journey. She talks about a myriad of ideas, and goals for her…

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Regina Myer- The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

With new innovations and expanding platforms for the arts and culture, Downtown Brooklyn continues to evolve into a nexus, and mosaic of cultural and ethnic diversity. Regina Myer, President of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, joins Toni Williams and Eli Kuslansky of ArtMovez to talk about how Downtown Brooklyn has transformed into a vibrant, cultural, and…

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Myths Artists believe with Eli Kuslansky

Do you believe in the overnight sensation, or that you’ll need to starve to be an artist or that you’ll need to work in isolation? That success is for the lonely genius? Listen to artist Eli Kuslansky as he dispels the myths that artists believe, in this conversation with Toni Williams about how to ignite and monetize your creative endeavors on this episode of Art Movez_ .

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Playwright Cesi Davidson Articulates

Art that Heals  Deals with the tough topics of domestic violence, cyber – bullying and other forms of trauma in her book Articulation, a series of one act plays. On the surface these plays appear lighthearted, but at its core they reveal the pain and suffering in abusive relationships. Art Movez_ hosts Toni Williams and…

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