V. Black Male Podcast

In episode four of Very Black Male, A.B.Lovelady tries to understand the life and artistic development of Houston artist Robert Pruitt. Thumbnail Image: "Superbad Garveyite" by Robert Pruitt. http://www.robert-pruitt.com The Very Black Male is a podcast based out of Houston, created and hosted by Ashura Bayyan. Its aim is to explore the nuances of creativity and genuinely engage with the intellectual communities within arts and academia. This podcast will serve as capsule of ideas and issues in and around the Black Male experience, while archiving the stories of working artist. Produced by Lovelady Texas and distributed by the U.S. Gallery Network. Its name is drawn from an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1994-95. "Black male: representations of masculinity in contemporary American art"

This is Part Two of our interview with Andy Campbell and Michael McFadden. In Part One we discussed the needs of emerging writers. In Part Two we continue the conversation, discussing how Andy and Michael made moves in they careers, the importance of an editor-writer relationship, as well as the current state of the writing business. The Very Black Male is a podcast based out of Houston, created and hosted by Ashura Bayyan. Its aim is to explore the nuances of creativity and genuinely engage with the intellectual communities within arts and academia. This podcast will serve as capsule of ideas and issues in and around the Black Male experience, while archiving the stories of working artist. Produced by Lovelady Texas and distributed by the U.S. Gallery Network. Its name is drawn from an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1994-95. "Black male: representations of masculinity in contemporary American art"

This episode is Part One of a series on the function of criticism. We talk about the needs of emerging writers, different approaches to describing art histories, curatorial/writing labor models, and a number of other topics which are sure to please your greedy little hearts. The goal of this series is to encourage more arts criticism and creative writing by exploring different methods and road blocks. The Very Black Male is a podcast based out of Houston, created and hosted by Ashura Bayyan. Its aim is to explore the nuances of creativity and genuinely engage with the intellectual communities within arts and academia. This podcast will serve as capsule of ideas and issues in and around the Black Male experience, while archiving the stories of working artist. Produced by Lovelady Texas and distributed by the U.S. Gallery Network. Its name is drawn from an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1994-95. "Black male: representations of masculinity in contemporary American art"

Phillip Pyle Talks about his introduction to other Houston artist, the importance of building a network, his artistic thought process, art pricing and advice for young artist.

Phillip Pyle, a multimedia visual artist, is interviewed by A.B. Lovelady at the Houston Forward Times Newspaper in Houston, Texas. http://phillippylethesecond.com

Tomashi Jackson, a visual artist and second year graduate student at the Yale School of Art, is interviewed by A.B. Lovelady at Project Row House in Houston, Texas.

Tomashi Jackson, a visual artist and second year graduate student at the Yale School of Art, is interviewed by A.B. Lovelady at Project Row House in Houston, Texas.