Sometimes the world is crazy and you just need to talk to your best friend. And lucky for me, I’ve got a great one. Dana and I met each other several years ago when she was working in Public Programs and I was interning at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. We hit it off right away. I remember, from the very beginning, that Dana had an incredible way of talking about art in a way that demystified it, made it more accessible for people who might not have an art history degree, but were at the very least curious. It was refreshing to find another person who cared as much as I did about the accessibility of art and reforming museums from high-brow institutions do diverse centers for community education.
Nowadays, neither of us work in museums anymore, but Dana and I still constantly talk about the ways that art continues to motivate us, nourish us and how ultimately none of it matters if it’s not accessible to everyone. I’m so happy to welcome my partner in all things to this project. In this episode, we talk about how art shapes community, how art can foster communication better than language, and why art education will cure cancel culture.
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