Black IDs Podcast

• Follow Joelle’s artist page on Instagram to see her amazing work: @stack.of.bricks
• Check out the Fleabane Gallery (@fleabane_gallery) that Joelle runs and curates out of her garage in Omaha.
• Learn more about the Naturalist School and the Poetics of the Wild workshop series that Joelle helps facilitate.
• Tune into this upcoming Amplify Arts panel discussion where Joelle will talk about her experiences curating DIY art spaces.

Learn more from this episode

• Learn more about Joelle’s artistic influences, including Ethiopian artist Elias Sime.
• View photos of the incredible Zoma Museum in Addis Ababa, founded by Elias Sime and Meskerem Assegued.
• Dig into the history of the Black Arts Movement and works by poet Imamu Amiri Baraka.
• Read this article about El Anatsui, a Ghanaian sculptor known for using found and recycled materials.

Support the Black IDs Podcast and Kat’s artistic practice by contributing on Patreon! Share this episode with your friends and family and follow Kat on Instagram (@katharen.wiese) for more updates. Got feedback for Kat? Let her know at katharen.wiese@gmail.com. Stay tuned for Kat’s upcoming solo exhibit at Kiechel Fine Art, opening April 1, 2022, featuring works inspired by the people interviewed in this podcast.

Read the full episode at https://www.katwiese.com/blog-and-podcast.

• Be blessed by Artie’s entire LinkTree @theartiemack
• Follow Artie on TikTok for amazing educational content
• Check out Artie’s visual art on Insta @theartiemack

Learn more from this episode

• Read the article, Understanding the Policing of Black, Disabled Bodies, by Vlissia Thompson for the Center for American Progress.
• Learn more about Black American Sign Language and its unique dialect.
• Read this LJS feature story about Artie’s work for Black Lives, Black Futures, which Kat helped organize for Black History Month this year.
• Hear Artie’s reflections on ableism and monoculture in this Angry Black Women interview with Kamsi Obiorah.
• Learn more about NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism, a virtual reality project Kat mentions in this episode.
• Read more from Octavia E. Butler and her renowned works that shaped the AfroFuturism genre.

Support the creation of Black IDs Podcast and support Kat on Patreon! Share this episode with your friends and family and follow Kat on Instagram (@katharen.wiese) for more updates.

Got feedback for Kat? Let her know at katharen.wiese@gmail.com. Stay tuned for Kat’s upcoming solo exhibit at Kiechel Fine Art in April 2022 that will feature work inspired by the stories in this podcast.

Read the full episode transcript at https://www.katwiese.com/blog-and-podcast/blkids-artie.

Listen to the full episode here. And read the show notes below.

Show Notes

Get to know Imagine’s work

• Follow her personal Instagram page @thisisimagine.
• Check out Imagine’s nail art business @justimaginenails, and book an appointment!
• Get yourself some amazing products by Imagine at @now.sera.

Revisit quotes from Imagine referenced in this episode

• This post on self-respect hits.
• Read Imagine’s words on colorism.

Learn more about colorism

• Read the article, White supremacy, with a tan, by John Blake for CNN.

Learn about self-care for Black folks

• Dive into adrienne maree brown’s 2019 anthology, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good.
• Read this important essay by Patia Braithwaite, It’s Okay for Black People to Take a Break Right Now.
• Take some time to reflect on quotes from Audre Lorde.

Support the creation of the Black IDs Podcast and support Kat on Patreon! Share this episode with your friends and family and follow Kat on Instagram @katharen.wiese for more updates.

Got feedback for Kat? Let her know at katharen.wiese@gmail.com. Stay tuned for Kat’s upcoming solo exhibit at Kiechel Fine Art in April 2022 that will feature works inspired by the stories in this podcast.

Read the full episode transcript below.

In this interview with Charlette Harrington, we explore the topic of stereotypes about Black women, relationship to Black culture as a multiracial Black person, and what it was like growing up in a segregated community in Middle America. Broadcasting from Lincoln, Nebraska, this is the first in a series of episodes exploring identity formation and self-presentation. The interviews from this podcast are a part of the broader work of visual artist Kat Wiese as she prepares for a show of paintings and prints featuring the individuals interviewed. Read the episode transcript at https://www.katwiese.com/blog/blkidse1.

Calls to Action

• View the Mapping Inequality project, an archive of Home Owners Loan Corporation maps from 1935-40, that shows how US cities have been segregated by redlining practices. Look up your own city to learn its history.

Learn More

• View the most recent US Census Bureau demographics in Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Watch this Al Jazeera English video on stereotyping Black women in media.
• Get to know the late photographer John Johnson who was known for his work photographing the African American community in early 20th century Lincoln.
• Check out this recap from the virtual panel, History of Redlining in Lincoln.
• Learn about NeighborWorks Lincoln’s efforts to increase homeownership affordability in the Malone Hawley neighborhood.
• Watch this video about the Malone Hawley neighborhood and resident Arthur McWilliams of the McWilliams family mentioned in this episode.
• Listen to NPR TinyDesk meets AfroPunk.

Help contribute to the creation of the BLK IDs Podcast and support Kat on Patreon! Share this episode with your friends and family, and follow Kat on Instagram for more updates. Got feedback for Kat? Let her know at katharen.wiese@gmail.com. Stay tuned for Kat’s upcoming solo exhibit at Kiechel Fine Art in April 2022 that will feature work inspired by stories in this podcast.