Power & Community
Power & Community is brought to you by the non-profit Art of Me. Art of Me was created in the hopes of giving youth a positive platform to identify issues and collectively create solutions to encourage mental, emotional, physical health and safety.
Episodes
53 episodes
ART OF ME: S5 EP 5 "Cigarettes and Asthma" with Nikos Hawkins
Nikos is a poet, screenplay writer, author,all around creative and cinematicstoryteller. His family comes from a longline of storytellers and at a young age hewas always trying to tell people how hesaw the world. Whether it ...
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S5 Summer Reading List: EP 4 "Through the Colors of a Butterfly” with Martinique Mims
Writer, organizer, dancer and spoken word artist having performed around Cleveland for over 10 years, Martinique's past experiences have impressed upon her the importance of giving youth and local artists a voice. Martinique believes that educa...
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S5 Summer Reading List: EP 2 "Dear Martin" and “Dear Justyce” with Nic Stone
Nic Stone tells a riveting storyline told from a young, Black male perspective, about what it means to be Black in America. We speak about the discipline it takes to write a book and just how she was able to create a relatable and earth shaking...
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S5 Summer Reading List: EP 3 "Beasts of Prey" with Ayana Gray
Ayana Gray's first book "Beasts of Prey" and the sequel are both magical tales that will transport you to another world filled with ideas, culture and beings that are sure to satisfy your fantasy cravings! Ayana created this world to fill a nee...
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S5 Summer Reading List: EP 1 "The Taking of Jake Livingston" with Ryan Douglass
New York Times Bestselling author Ryan Douglass talks with us about his spooky tale “The Taking of Jake Livingston” and his process of writing this thrilling tale. We reflect on the art of sewing nuisances of life, sexuality, ethnicity and cult...
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ART OF ME: S4 EP 10: "The Art of Creatively Persevering" w/ Tazbah Chavez
Tazbah Rose Chavez is a performance poet turned director and television writer. She is currently a Co-EP/Director on FX’s Reservation Dogs and a Co-Producer/Director on NBCUniversal’s Rutherford Falls. Before that, she was a staffer writer for ...
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ART OF ME S4 EP 7: "Emotionally Healthy Creative" w/ Allyson Hoover
Allyson was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, and currently works in North Carolina and Georgia in the film industry. She has worked on a variety of video shoots throughout the past 4 years, ranging from thriller feature films to re...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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ART OF ME S4 EP 4: "The Art of Casting and Acting for Film w/ William Jefferson
Will is an actor, casting agent, and filmmaker from Chicago, Illinois. William Jefferson Jr (born September 11 1994 known professionally as an American Actor, Award-Winning Filmmaker (The Decision), and Entrepreneur (The Actor Advisor). William...
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ART OF ME S4 EP 3: "The Art of Acting with Down Syndrome w/Ignacio Marquez"
Ignacio Marquez is an actor and director chatting with us about his film "Special". and the importance of creating space for creatives and artists with disabilities. Marquez believes that the film industry should take the limits off actors with...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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ART OF ME S4 EP 1: The Art of Women in Track: "Sisters on Track" the film
We talk with Cheryl Toussaint, Jean Bell, and Erica Stanley-Dottin about their experience coaching girls and women for the Colgate Women's Game. The games have been happening for 47 years and was founded by Us Olympic Track Team coach Fred Thom...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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ART OF ME S4 EP 6: "The Art of Costume Design" w/Chanti Walker
Costumer designer and stylist Chanti Walker, takes us through the art of creating outfits that create significance for characters in film, television, and media. Chanti Walker is an LA- Based stylist / costume designer who has worked on a range...
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ART OF ME S4 EP 5: "A Letter to Creative Black Girls" w/ Jade A. Lawson
Jade A. Lawson is an award-winning journalist and storyteller at the intersection of race, culture, and entertainment. In 2017, after undergrad, she moved to New York to intern with Good Morning America. Jade's work spans across platforms under...
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ART OF ME S4 EP 2: "The Art of the Indigenous Womanhood w/ Leya Hale"
We talk with director and screen writer Leya Hale about her short film "Reclaiming Sacred Tobacco" and how the film highlights important issues around negative and biased media messages concerning Indigenous culture. We discuss her newest film ...
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AOM S3 EP 12: Healing Through Storytelling w/ Tyla Barnes
We chat with the steadfast cinematographer and director Tyla Barnes who’s never stopped believing in the power of magic. During childhood, enticed by the ability to create things that were once impossible, she found film as a transformative por...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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AOM S3 EP 11: The Art of Drama with Byron Johnson
We explore the origin story of actor and creative Byron Johnson as he takes us on the journey of acting becoming his passion. Byron explains how he stays disciplined in between landing roles and he shares a quick monologue with us! Get insp...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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S3 Ep 10 Kenley Duke “Black Women and Brand Storytelling”
Commercial, Editorial and Video Producer Kenley Duke invites us into the world of brand storytelling and marketing production. We explore the tenacity needed to function in large roles on set while also prioritizing our own self-care and busine...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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ART OF ME S3 EP 9 "The Lifestyle of a Lotus" with Samuel Lee Fudge
Director, Writer, Actor and Educator Samuel Lee Fudge features on an episode with Power and Community Podcast! Samuel schools us on living the lifestyle of a Lotus, we travel back in time with Samuel to his childhood days in Miami and learn how...
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ART OF ME S3 EP 8 “The Art of Aesthetic” with Dahyo Coleman
Dahyo Coleman explores directing color, images and aesthetic with us on this episode of the Power and Community Podcast! She shares with us her most embarrassing moment on set AND gives budding new student filmmakers advice on how to stay true ...
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ART OF ME S3 EP 7: "Not in my Neighborhood" with Kurt Orderson x Raisa Cole
Award-winning filmmaker Kurt Orderson and Writer and Sustainable Developmental Professional Raisa Cole, talk about their film "Not in my Neighborhood '' which examines several different cities around the world dealing with poverty, governme...
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ART OF ME S3 EP 6 "The Combative Creative" with Danielle Lee
Actress, Director, and Producer, Danielle Marshay Lee gives us insight into the adversities she's faced preparing for her upcoming film "The Tamir Rice Story", a story following the murder of a 12-year-old African American boy killed in Clevela...
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ART OF ME S3 EP 5 "Creators Managing Confidence" with Jalea Jackson
Jalea Jackson is an Atlanta-based Director, Producer, and Editor who aims to create films that spark conversation. She is a producer; editor and mentor for the Nate Parker Foundation. Jalea discusses managing confidence during comp...
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Art of Me Season 3 Episode 4: "Heart and the City"
Jehan Patterson is a young filmmaker determined to repaint the vision of Chicago through film. As a native, he is inspired to destroy the violent image of Chicago by showing the parts that are filled with kind, friendly, artistic, and creative ...
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ART OF ME SEASON 3 EPISODE 3 "For the Culture, but Respect the Culture" with Josh Long and Sofia Bara
This episode is about Josh Leong and Sofia's film "The Otherside". This film was shot in Ethiopia in 2020. It is about an orphan named, "Abel", who's about to age out of the foster system. This film is a call to shine a light on the abandoned c...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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Art of Me: Season 3 Episode 2 Starr Rivers “Acting out of Character"
Actor and director, Starr Rivers, chats about her short film “Day 74” which she filmed during the start of the COVID pandemic while also giving us tips on healthy ways to create in the film industry and the importance of believing in your abili...
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ART OF ME S3 EP 1 "Creating Your Own Lane" with Malcolm Lott
For this episode, we talk with cinematographer, Malcolm Lott, about visual storytelling through the eyes of the lens. We also look into Malcolm's life as a content creator and his perspective on being creative in the modern age. Ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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