Art in Motion

Meet Nidhi Gandhi (she/her)! She is the Curatorial and Programs Associate at the SJMA and an independent curator. In this episode, Nidhi and I talk a bit about her journey as a museum professional and then shift our discussion to the San José Museum of Art. We touch on topics including community engagement, diversity & representation in the museum, current exhibitions, and even the Met Gala.

Part 2 with visual artist and educator Trinh Mai is now live! In this episode Trinh and I talk about her art practice's connection to trauma, memory, and healing. We also get into silliness as a form of liberation, empathy for others, and acting out of love.

Meet Trinh Mai (she/her), a visual artist working in all media who also has a community engaged practice. In this episode Trinh and I talk about art’s relationship to trauma, healing, our ancestors, fear, and control. We also get into the ideas of labels and “branding” as an artist and being genuine to ourselves.

Meet Tasi Alabastro (he/him), an actor, arts advocate, live-streamer, and online content creator. In this episode Tasi and I talk about language, culture, rejection, storytelling, and more.

Meet Isaiah McNair Wilson (he/they), the co-founder of San Jose Come Up, a musician and creative. 

Meet Ellina Yin (she/they), an entrepreneur, civic participation activist, strategist, system designer and recovering artist born and raised in San José, CA. She is the founder of Only in San José which works to demystify and democratize the process of civic participation in local government.