MUSED Houston

MUSED Houston explores creative journeys and cultural exchange through conversations rooted in Houston. It evolves from Melissa Richardson Banks’ earlier podcast MUSED: LA 2 HOU, which traced the personal and artistic ties between Los Angeles, Houston, and beyond. musedhouston.substack.com

MUSED Houston is a arts podcast hosted by Melissa Richardson Banks, with 17 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Melissa Richardson Banks hosts MUSED Houston, a arts show with 17 episodes published.

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  MUSED Houston | Taylor Jackson, CEO of Houston Arts Alliance

  Feb 17, 202648 minS0

  <p>Season 3 of MUSED Houston opens with Taylor Jackson, CEO of Houston Arts Alliance, for a conversation about the systems that support — or constrain — a city’s creative life.</p><p>Jackson steps into leadership at a moment when artists and cultural organizations are navigating urgent questions of sustainability, space, and public investment. In this episode, host Melissa Richardson Banks explores Jackson’s vision for Houston Arts Alliance and the three pillars guiding her tenure: advocacy, collaboration, and resilience. They also unpack the grantmaking process, the role of peer panels and community feedback, and how civic art operates through a distinct...

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  MUSED: LA 2 HOU | Charlene Villaseñor Black | Decolonial Love

  Jun 12, 202446 minS0

  <p>In this special episode of the MUSED: LA 2 HOU podcast, host and producer Melissa Richardson Banks interviews photographer Luis C. Garza with Charlene Villaseñor Black, Ph.D. who is Chair and Professor of Art History in UCLA's César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, the editor of "Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies" and the founding editor-in-chief of "Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture" (LALVC, UC Press). She publishes topics related to Chicanx studies, contemporary Latinx art, and the early modern Iberian world. <br/><br/>What is decolonial love? Villaseñor Black...

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  MUSED: LA 2 HOU | Luis C. Garza and Armando Duron | Time Refocused

  Nov 12, 202256 minS0

  <p>In this special episode of the MUSED: LA 2 HOU podcast, photographer Luis C. Garza talks with collector and curator Armando Durón, museum director Megan Callewaert McAdow, and arts marketing specialist Melissa Richardson Banks.<br/><br/>This conversation was first presented as an online public program to coincide with the exhibition “Time Refocused: Photographs by Luis C. Garza" on view at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum in University City, Michigan (September 11, 2021 to January 15, 2022). Check out the virtual tour of this exhibition at https://www.marshallfredericks.net/luisgarza.html.<br/><br/>While recorded on October 9, 2021, this timeless conversation shares much...

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  SON CUATRO | Cheech in Conversation with Judithe Hernández

  Sep 20, 20211h 5mS0

  <p>In this episode of the "Son Cuatro: In Conversation" podcast, artist Judithe Hernández talks with art advocate Cheech Marin; Todd Wingate, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at Riverside Art Museum; Edward Hayes, Exhibitions Senior Manager, McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas; Charlene Villaseñor Black, Professor of Art History and Chicana/o Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles; editor of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, and founding editor-in-chief of Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture; and arts marketing specialist Melissa Richardson Banks of CauseConnect, the producer and moderator of this series who also man...

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  SON CUATRO | Cheech in Conversation with CiCi Segura González

  Sep 19, 20211h 15mS0

  <p>CiCi Segura González is the featured artist in this episode of the “Son Cuatro: In Conversation” podcast co-hosted by art advocate Cheech Marin with Todd Wingate, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at Riverside Art Museum; Cris Scorza, the Helena Rubinstein Chair of Education at the Whitney Museum of American Art; and arts marketing specialist Melissa Richardson Banks of CauseConnect, the producer and moderator of this series who also manages Marin's notable Chicano art collection.</p><p>Check out more in-depth articles, stories, and photographs by Melissa Richardson Banks at www.melissarichardsonbanks.com. Learn more about CauseConnect at www.cause...

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