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Episode 106 - Michael Richards, Are You Down?

Givens Foundation | Black Market Reads by iDream.tv

Apr 25, 202641:00Society & Culture

Recorded live at Franconia Sculpture Park, this episode of Black Market Reads brings listeners into a powerful, place-based conversation about the life, work, and legacy of artist Michael Richards. Host Lissa Jones is jo...

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Episode 106 - Michael Richards, Are You Down? is an episode from Givens Foundation | Black Market Reads by iDream.tv. Recorded live at Franconia Sculpture Park, this episode of Black Market Reads brings listeners into a powerful, place-base...

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Published Apr 25, 2026, 41:00 long, audio available.

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Recorded live at Franconia Sculpture Park, this episode of Black Market Reads brings listeners into a powerful, place-based conversation about the life, work, and legacy of artist Michael Richards. Host Lissa Jones is joined by curator Esther Callahan and book editors Alex Fialho and Melissa Levin to explore Are You Down? , Richards' monumental sculpture created during his 2000 residency at Franconia. Grounded in the physical presence of the work and shaped by reflections from Richards' own artist statement—read by his cousin and steward Dawn Dale—the conversation weaves together art, history, race, and responsibility, asking what it means to engage with and carry forward the voice of an artist whose story continues through his work. GO DEEPER visit our website at Black Market Reads is a project of The Givens Foundation for African American Literature produced in partnership with iDream.tv. Our production team for this episode includes co-producers Lissa Jones and Edie French, technical director Paul Auguston, camera/YouTube editor Angelo Gbeve, the voice Yo Derek, and our artist of inspiration Ta-coumba T. Aiken.

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Published Apr 25, 2026 and 41:00 long