Artists At Work
A project of THE OFFICE performing arts + film, Artists At Work (AAW) is a workforce resilience program in the spirit of the WPA that is designed to support communities through artistic civic engagement. AAW Administrative Fellow Kelci Baker and AAW Program Manager Scout Eisenberg took a 10-day trip through the Mississippi Delta region to visit the Artists in the program and get to know their Culture Hubs, Social Impact Organizations, and Communities.
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Episodes
Feb 6, 2023
Feb 6, 2023
27 min
Artist At Work presents the final episode in a series of road trip podcasts featuring the artists from the Mississippi Delta region of the program. AAW Fellow Kelci Baker is in New Orleans, Louisiana to meet up with artists Simone Immanuel and Charm Taylor.
Edited by Annalise Richardson.
Feb 6, 2023
Feb 6, 2023
20 min
Artist At Work presents the fourth episode in a series of road trip podcasts featuring the artists from the Mississippi Delta region of the program. AAW Fellow Kelci Baker travels to Utica, Mississppi to meet up with artists daniel johnson and Monica Hill.Edited by Annalise Richardson.
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 2022
45 min
Artist At Work presents the third episode in a series of road trip podcasts featuring the artists from the Mississippi Delta region of the program. AAW Fellow Kelci Baker travels to both Clarksdale, Mississippi and Elaine, Arkansas to meet up with artists JJ Johnson and Lisa Hicks-Gilbert.
Edited by Annalise Richardson.
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 2022
32 min
Artist At Work presents the second episode in a series of road trip podcasts featuring the artists from the Mississippi Delta region of the program. AAW Fellow Kelci Baker travels to Memphis, Tennessee to meet up with artists Alicia Ester and Writeous Soul.
Edited by Annalise Richardson.
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 2022
27 min
Artist At Work presents the first episode in a series of road trip podcasts featuring the artists from the Mississippi Delta region of the program. AAW Fellow Kelci Baker travels to Dardanelle, Arkansas, the first stop, to meet up with artists Alex Ellis and Esmeralda Flores. Edited by Annalise Richardson.
What is AAW?
Artists At Work is a workforce resilience program in the spirit of the WPA designed to support communities through artistic civic engagement.
The national expansion of Artists At Work in Los Angeles County (2021), the Mississippi Delta region (2022), and the Borderlands region (2022) is made possible by the generous support of the Mellon Foundation. The initial pilot of Artists At Work in Western Massachusetts was conceived in partnership with, and made possible by, the generous support of The FreshGrass Foundation and the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation.