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Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast

Something You Can Feel is Black art history podcast, celebrating the lives, work and impact of under-recognized figures and movements in Black contemporary art. I’m your host Qiaira, an interdisciplinary artist and guerilla art theorist. Join me, and on occasion a few of my artsy friends, as I explore creative practices and disciplines from across the diaspora.

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00:51:24

A House Is Not a Home: Yannick Lowery + The Black...

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2025/10/27

This episode is a part of a three-part series entitled “A House is Not a Home,” which will explore creative gendered Black spatialities and domestic life through interviews with cultural workers and artists. In this episode I talk with ⁠Yannick Lowery⁠, an artist moving through collage, animation, cyanotypes, and sculptural pieces to explore Black worlds in the past, present and future. We discuss the inspirations and outcomes of both his collaborative and independent work through the lens of the

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00:41:19

A House is Not a Home: Tia Lorenna + The Teahouse...

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2025/02/05

This episode is a part of a three-part series entitled “A House is Not a Home,” which will explore creative gendered Black spatialities and domestic life through interviews with cultural workers and artists. In this episode I talk with Tia Lorenna, founder of the Teahouse Collective, a creative programming and residency space on Chicago's south-side. We discuss the history and future of the space through the lens of Amani C. Morrison’s theory of Black spatial affordances. You can follow the

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00:49:07

A House Is Not A Home: Destiny Crockett & The Colored...

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2025/01/06

This episode is a part of a three-part series entitled “A House is Not a Home,” which will explore creative gendered Black spatialities and domestic life through interviews with cultural workers and artists. In this episode I talk with collage artist and scholar Destiny Crockett about her work with the Colored Girls Museum, a memoir museum dedicated to “the ordinary colored girl,” located in a domestic home in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood. We explore the notion of the museum as an

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00:33:50

Emmett Till and the Twilight Zone

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2024/07/22

Inspired by a chapter from Legacy Russell's new book Black Meme, which explores the origins of the meme through Black visual culture from the 1900s through the present, this episode explores how a "viral" photo of Emmett Till, a 14 year-old lynching victim, inspired the creation of the television series The Twilight Zone. As this is one of my mom's favorite shows, she returns as my featured guest! We also discuss a controversial painting inspired by Till that led to protest at the

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00:37:20

Emory Douglas and the History of Black-Palestinian...

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2024/07/02

Join my friends Layla and Nila for a brief visual history of Black-Palestinian solidarity and the story of artist Emory Douglas, the iconic graphic artist and Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. If you're interested in participating in the giveaway of the 8.5x11 cyanotype recreation of "Negro Boys on Easter Sunday," please leave a comment and email me a screenshot at qiaira14@gmail.com or dm it on instagram @somethingyoucanfeelpod You can support the podcast by

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00:51:04

Henry O. Tanner and the Friends of Tanner House

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2024/06/16

Join my mom, dad, aunt and I for a conversation about Henry O. Tanner, the accomplished Tanner family and their home in North Philadelphia.I discuss the work I did with the Friends of the Tanner House, a Black heritage group dedicated to the rehabilitation and re-envisioning of the historic home into a artist-residency program and cultural center. We also talk about the different houses in Chicago we grew up in, being the parent of an artist, and the recent passing of my aunt’s 20 year old Shih Tzu,

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00:40:23

Samaria Rice and The Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural...

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2024/06/02

In this episode, I talk with Zoe from Of Black Wombhood, a community audio-visual project exploring the narratives of Black womb-bearers. We discuss their work, as well as the life of Samaria Rice and the Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural Center. If you're interested in participating in the giveaway of the 8.5x11 cyanotype recreation of "Negro Boys on Easter Sunday," please leave a comment and email me a screenshot at qiaira14@gmail.com or dm it on instagram @somethingyoucanfeelpod You

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00:39:14

Bisa Butler and the Negro Boys on Easter Morning

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2023/05/31

In this episode, I tell my friend, Ona, about the "Negro Boys on Easter Sunday," a 1941 photograph taken across the street from the Regal Theatre on Chicago's south-side in the midst of the Great Migration. I also share a bit about the life and work of quilter Bisa Butler, who used the photo as inspiration for one of her quilt, and talk about my visit to the Black Power Naps exhibition at the MOMA and Terrence Nance's Swarm show at Philly's Institute of Contemporary Art.If

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00:35:34

Sittin' Up In My Living Room: Black Museums in Homes

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2023/02/20

Inspired by my residency at the feminist-run Wedding Cake House in Providence, Rhode Island, this episode explores Black museums and creative spaces located in artist's homes. I'll discuss the history and work of The Dusable Museum in Chicago, the Colored Girls Museum and Jazz Box in Philadelphia, which were all started by Black women. Tickets to The Colored Girls Museum’s upcoming Spring Exhibition can be found on their website: thecoloredgirlsmuseum.com .You can follow Jazzbox on

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01:09:23

Donelle Woolford

Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast ·

2023/02/04

This first episode discusses the controversial visual and performance artist, Donelle Woolford. Woolford was one of two Black women artists in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, where her work was so polarizing that it led to other artists removing their work from the cutting-edge exhibition. My mom and auntie are my special guests, who also share their wisdom, insight, and a little life advice. We're also celebrating my auntie's 50th birthday, by asking her to share 5 tips for an enjoyable life.You can

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