I Still Have a Voice (Epilogue)
As an epilogue for the Raw Material: Disability Visibility Mixtape, we’re honored to share an audio piece by this season's podcaster-in-resi...
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Raw Material is an arts and culture podcast from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Each season focuses on a different topic, featuring voices of artists working in all media a...
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Museums w/ Amanda Cachia
In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to Amanda Cachia, an independent curator and critic whose work focuses on contemporary art, activis...
Accessibility w/ Finnegan Shannon
In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to Finnegan Shannon, a multidisciplinary artist making work about disability culture and access. Ep...
Art & Technology w/ Lindsey D. Felt and Vanessa Chang
In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to Lindsey D. Felt and Vanessa Chang, curators who collaborated on the multidisciplinary art exhibi...
Disabled Artists w/ Jeff Thomas
In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to Jeff Thomas, an urban Iroquois photographer, researcher, public speaker, and curator. Episode Ar...
Disabled Dancers w/ India Harville
In this episode Alice Wong introduces us to India Harville, an African American queer disabled femme dancer, somatic bodyworker, activist, a...
Raw Material Presents: The Mission Muralismo Audio Zine - Volume I
Raw Material is excited to share The Mission Muralismo Audio Zine – Volume I with our listening audience — because we know how much you love...
Visions of Black Futurity Episode 7: Radical Dreaming
In Episode 7, Babette reconnects with EJ, and we hear her loud and clear. Babette talks with KQED’s Pendarvis Harshaw + former Oakland head...
Visions of Black Futurity Episode 6: We All We Got
In Episode 6, Babette is welcomed into the home of artist Mildred Howard. Twice. Listen to Mildred speak about letting her materials inform...
Visions of Black Futurity Episode 5: How Art Lives
In Episode 5, Babette connects with artist Cheryl Fabio to discuss the work, impact, and foresight of her mother, poet and activist Sarah We...
Visions of Black Futurity Episode 4: Black Futurity Rightnowish
In Episode 4 of Visions of Black Futurity, Babette shares an update on their search for Evangeline. Plus, we hear two episodes of Rightnowis...
Visions of Black Futurity Episode 3: Big Black Open Spaces
In Episode 3, Babette tries to answer the question, “Where will we host our Black art spaces of the future?” In the woods, by the ocean, or...
Visions of Black Futurity Episode 2: Preparing for Launch
In Episode 2 of Visions of Black Futurity, Babette visits a museum with no walls: the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Museum in Joshua Tree, CA....
Visions of Black Futurity Episode 1: Finding Kinship in the Archive
In Episode 1 of Visions of Black Futurity, Babette Thomas takes us on a journey through time. We travel to a 1968 Black arts exhibition in O...
Visions of Black Futurity Playlist: The Vibes are Free
Babette sets the sonic table for Season 7 of Raw Material with a playlist of songs inspired by the ethos of the Black Bay Area during the 19...
Season 7 Trailer: Visions of Black Futurity
Call 415-915-1784. Cover art: Evangeline's Garden by Jeanna Penn @jinamae
Anselm Kiefer by The Lonely Palette
The art of postwar German artist Anselm Kiefer and the poetry of Holocaust survivor Paul Celan are both layered, dense, and hard to read. So...
Alexander Calder by Accession
This episode talks about a number of pieces by Alexander Calder. Calder is most well known for his mobiles, giant hanging pieces that move s...
Kara Walker by The Way I See It
Roxane Gay reflects on Kara Walker's Christ's Entry into Journalism (2017). The Way I See It, "Roxane Gay and Kara Walker's Christ's Entry i...
Agnes Martin by Bow Down
The best-selling novelist and essayist, Olivia Laing explores the influential abstract artist Agnes Martin (1912-2004). Martin – a gay, work...