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- Spring Things from the #aCreativeDC feed (00:15:03)
We're diving into the prokects and events on our #aCreativeDC radar, right this moment. Listen in for an artist to follow (@ebonystillpaints), a networking event (Think Local First's Builder Dinner), and Dine Diaspora's annual list of 31 Black Women in Food, AKA a little something to celebrate during Women's History Month.
- Trap Bob @ A Creative DC: Brookland (00:08:50)
A Creative DC is so proud to announce that Trap Bob (AKA Tenbeete Solomon) is taking over our Brookland workspace for the next few months. Listen in for all the details on what she'll be getting into.
- DIRECT MESSAGE with the Lemon Collective Co-Founders Holley Simmons and Kathryn Zaremba (00:27:23)
Holley Simmons and Kathryn Zaremba are co-founders of The Lemon Collective, a workshop space in D.C. where the city’s creative and curious gather to teach and learn new skills. Listen in as Holley & Kathryn discuss their own work alongside all that's going on (and coming up) at the Lemon Collective.
- COMING UP! (00:14:53)
A few of the people, projects, and happenings that we've found lately in the #aCreativeDC feed: they're on our radar, and we think you'll want them on yours, too. Listen in for 411 on Broccoli City's Broccoli Bar, Pay It Furloughed, Maps Glover's residency at #aCreativeDC Brookland, and more.
- Maps Glover (00:27:57)
Maps Glover is the current artist-in-residence at A Creative DC: Brookland - get to know his work – and all that's in store during his January 2019 residency – on this episode of DIRECT MESSAGE with A Creative DC.
- Artist Rose Jaffe (00:31:42)
Rose Jaffe is a DC-based artist, muralist, ceramicist, curator of DIY spaces, and way more – this episode of DIRECT MESSAGE with A Creative DC dives into what she does (and how she does it).
- DIRECT MESSAGE: Follow Wednesday (00:10:28)
We're digging into a few of the projects and events on our radar at the moment (and that we think should be on yours, too). This episode of DIRECT MESSAGE takes a peek at @yenmakesart, @shopvioletdc, and this weekend's @hits_dc Hole In The Sky show, JURIED 02.
- DIRECT MESSAGE with Rosalie Ferris of Pattern Sample Sew (00:28:00)
Rosalie Ferris is Pattern Sample Sew: offering technical design and production services to designers of sewn garments and accessories, with pride in our quality workmanship, attention to detail and good honest service. We're digging into her career and entreprenurial path in this episode of DIRECT MESSAGE with A Creative DC.
- DIRECT MESSAGE with Adam J. Kurtz (00:47:33)
Adam J. Kurtz is a designer, artist, and author of books you're meant to make yours, take apart, and give away. This episode of DIRECT MESSAGE with A Creative DC dives into it with Adam: the importance of both timing and context for creative careers, staying #humble, and the responsibility of internet & IRL visibility.
- Tenbeete Solomon, TRAP BOB (00:29:12)
Tenbeete Solomon is TRAP BOB, an artist and illustrator (and more), creating art and experiences in the DMV. From her nationally visible partnerships with Broccoli City and Amplifier Art to creating space with DC's GIRLAAA collective, this episode of DIRECT MESSAGE with A Creative DC proves that it's a TRAP BOB world (and we're all just living in it).
- DIRECT MESSAGE: It's October (00:17:02)
The events and projects on our radar at the top of this month, from A (GOOD) AMERICAN to the Local First Awards. Dive in, and (book)mark your calendars.
- DIRECT MESSAGE: Updates from the Field - Retail (00:24:33)
Updates and happenings from the field, AKA this city: this episode of Direct Message focuses on retail – from recent brick & mortar openings and closures, to pop-up and holiday markets to have on your radar.
- Marcella Kriebel & Brookland Exchange (00:39:16)
Marcella Kriebel is a DC artist, illustrator, and author - and now, founder of Brookland Exchange, a pop-up market coming to the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market on September 20.
- September Spotlight (00:16:46)
A September spotlight on a few of the people and projects (and city-wide scavenger hunts) on the #aCreativeDC radar this month – from upcoming design library & shop Resource to Simone Jacobson, "the cultural connector DC needs right now."
- Get in the Know (00:31:51)
Our tried and true avenues for taking it all in, it being cultural 411 about this city.
- Artist Jordann Wine (00:36:59)
Inspired by sacred geometry, Jordann Wine draws on classic forms and color gradients to invite reflection on the infinite. Working from DC Arts Studios, she's also a member of Willow Street Art Gallery, where she's currently showing work as part of the "We Met on Instagram" group show. Photo credit: Jared Soares
- DIRECT MESSAGE: Femme Fatale DC's Adriana Mendoza and Cee Smith (00:43:07)
Meet the women running the Femme Fatale DC Pop Up: the District's womyn-only collective of local womyn creatives & entrepreneurs, with the goal of fostering and sustaining our local community of womyn who support one another's creative & business endeavors. The Femme Fatale DC Pop-UP Shop is located at 4620 Wisconsin Ave NW, and features 70+ vendors from DC and beyond.
- Sun Shine: DIRECT MESSAGE with guests Nicole Crowder and Whitney Teal (00:34:58)
Sun Shine is a magical pop-up marketplace entirely by black women artists, makers, and vendors, because "every new season is another chance to celebrate our community’s incredible power to always renew itself." Taking place this weekend on the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market, this episode of DIRECT MESSAGE with A Creative DC dives into it with the event's co-founders, Whitney Teal (the maker behund Red Dirt Natural) and Nicole Crowder (of Nicole Crowder Upholstery).
- Walk With Locals (00:43:00)
Carl Maynard is founder of Walk With Locals, a community photo walk with a tag line of "know your city. know your neighbors." With attendance in the hundreds. Walk With Locals has a mission of supporting and exploring place through creative community, local businesses, and new media. This episode of DIRECT MESSAGE covers how Walk With Locals came together, and gives details on the upcoming Adams Morgan Walk (culminating at the LINE DC!) on 6/23.
- FIELD GUIDE: PRESS AND MEDIA (00:29:39)
This episode of Direct Message focuses on the tried, the true, and the truths behind how to get press mentions and other forms of public acknowledgment for your projects. Listen in for real world advice (and the podcast, advice-driven iteration of A Creative DC's online FIELD GUIDEs) from ACDC founder Morgan H. West.
- Grace Bonney of Good Company (00:36:34)
A Creative DC goes global this week with a zoomed out take on creative community: Design Sponge founder Grace Bonney is in studio to talk about Good Company Issue 1. A continuation of the NYTimes best selling book, In The Company of Women, Good Company shares narrative and perspective on creative careers, with a focus on sharing perspective from diverse and underrepresented communities.
- Malaka Gharib (00:32:53)
Zine queen, cartoonist, artist, illustrator Malaka Gharib dives into her creative, Washington DC, including her soon-to-be-released graphic novel/memoir, "I Was Their American Dream," and "Runcible Spoon," her long-running food zine that reached national audiences, straight out of the gate.
- Rachel Pfeffer (00:35:37)
Rachel Pfeffer "makes jewelry that makes you smile," handmade in Washington, DC. This episode of Direct Message dives into her work and her creative Washington, DC.
- Distinctly Creative's Morgan Davis (00:38:24)
Morgan Davis is the founder behind the multi-faceted platform that is Distinctly Creative. The project is committed to a vision of promoting and advocating for Black creatives and entrepreneurs, by providing a wholistic set of online and IRL resources for the Black creative community, in the DMV and beyond.
- Dayo Kosoko (00:36:35)
Dayo Kosoko is @theartype, and he's ALL ABOUT VISUALS - dive into the process and practice behind his work and projects on this episode of Direct Message.