Ep16. ArtsWave “Truth & Healing” Part 2: Pablo Mejía, Camille Jones, Silas Tibbs, Rowan Salem, Alan Lawson & Preston Bell Charles III

Creativity Squared is proud to support and partner with ArtsWave and to bring you this special three-part series, released every three weeks, featuring the phenomenal artists and grant recipients selected for this year’s ArtsWave Black and Brown Artists Program.

These episodes include vignettes of our interviews that took place during the third annual showcase of ArtsWave's Black and Brown Artist Program. For the full video versions of these conversations, visit https://CreativitySquared.com or the Creativity Squared YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/C2youtube).

The intention of these interviews is to give these talented and deserving artists another platform to share their art and truth expressed through it, as you never know what ripples will turn into waves. If you’re interested in working with, featuring, or supporting these artists, please don’t be shy about it.

The six artists featured in this episode include:

⭐️ Pablo Mejía — project: “Lejanía”

⭐️ Camille Jones — project: “Yemaya: Sista to the Distant, Yet Rising Star”

⭐️ Silas Tibbs — project: “Attrition”

⭐️ Rowan Salem — project: “Viewpoints Embodied: Middle Eastern Voices in Cincinnati”

⭐️ Alan Lawson — project: “Legacy”

⭐️ Preston Bell Charles III — project: “Divided Roots, Seeing is Believing”

Their films were shown in the ArtsWave “Truth & Healing Showcase” and Film Festivals. Part one of this series features the artists whose work is in the exhibition that is available for visiting at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH, through September 10.

Creativity Squared is a proud partner of ArtsWave and because it’s important to support artists like those featured in today’s episode, 10% of all revenue Creativity Squared generates goes to ArtsWave and directly supports the Black and Brown Artists Program.

Learn more about ArtsWave and why we proudly support the organization in episode 9 “Art Bridges Cultural Divides” with Janice Liebenberg, VP of Equitable Arts Advancement at ArtsWave: https://bit.ly/Ep9JaniceLiebenberg.

This year’s Black and Brown Artists Program cohort reflects a vibrant collection of diverse art forms created by an equally diverse group of 18 artists. Their mediums include couture fashion, painting, and sculpture — along with film, musical composition, podcasts, theater, dance, and multidisciplinary works.

The projects not only represent the African American experience, but also the experiences of those with Mexican, Lebanese, Somali, Argentinian, Zimbabwean, Guatemalan, and Indigenous heritage.

This year’s theme is “Truth & Healing” and Creativity Squared host Helen Todd had the great honor of interviewing the artists during the opening showcase to learn more about their work and what truth and healing means to them.

SERIES EPISODE SHOW NOTES: 

Part 1: https://bit.ly/ep13ArtsWavePart1 

Part 2: https://bit.ly/ep16ArtsWavePart2

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