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Rodney Veal’s Inspired By
The art world is vibrant and full of surprises. Let artist, choreographer, and self-described art nerd Rodney Veal be your guide on a journey of exploration as he interviews creative professionals about what inspires them. Each episode is a conversation with an honest-to-goodness working art maker, risk taker, and world shaper.
Rodney Veal’s Inspired By
Latest Episodes
Allyson West | Executive Director, Cindependent Film Fest
Join host Rodney Veal as he sits down with Allyson West, co-founder and executive director of the Cindependent Film Festival in Cincinnati. Allyson shares her journey from Texas to CCM, thriving in New York as an actor, and the tough decision t...
Rachel Sussman | Producer & Educator
Tony Award–winning producer Rachel Sussman joins host Rodney Veal on Rodney Veal’s Inspired By to explore how purpose-driven theater can change hearts, minds, and communities.Learn more about Rachel online:
Babatunde HipHopera Akinboboye | Musician
What happens when world-class opera collides with West Coast hip hop? In this episode of Rodney Veal’s Inspired By, host Rodney Veal sits down with Babatunde Akinboboye, the viral “HipHopera” baritone who’s redefining what opera can be....
Erin Smith Glenn, MFA Artist & Professor
Painter and educator Erin Smith Glenn joins Rodney Veal to talk about a life shaped by art, Black womanhood, and radical self-acceptance.From drawing owls on a chalkboard after her parents’ divorce to earning her first scholarship at ju...
Aimee Noel Poet & Educator
In this episode of Rodney Veal’s Inspired By, Poet, writer, and educator Aimee Noel shares how she “stumbled” into poetry through a professional development class, the life-changing influence of professor Adrienne Cassel, and why discovering th...
