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ArtSpark
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I want to do the same thing
I just moved here for myself but my sister also lives in the area
I started doing music at seven because my mom forced me
Our parents are from elsewhere but we grew up here
I feel less attached the longer I'm here
Milton is just 10 20 minutes south of that area
I'll take it for now
I want to really get in there get our foot in the door
I had not had a better private instructor or just person to talk to
Having instruments of this caliber really has just skyrocketed the things
I think just having the general supportive strangers within my Medford block
Everyone has a different makeup of how they are supporting themselves
I come through in the phase of working as a freelance illustrator
A big part of my musicianship is that I'm a multi-instrumentalist
From that period of time I wasn't making very much money
Oh what happened to the meeting
That's crazy we can't guarantee you a food ticket
The standard rate for an artist worldwide is 125
Your throat is very powerful but very fragile
I just threw out a general number and they were like okay cool
I have to legitimately dodge into the street and there's cars coming
I try to have my partner come with me just to be like
I'm already thinking about not booking as many shows in the winter
I need to be able to live
This shouldn't be this easy to do on the T as well
I just put wheels on my keyboard just recently so
Boston just being really expensive for everybody
You think that they're valueless and I think that's a shame
people just want to create and live and support themselves
There could be an initiative to do some research on how many people are coming into Boston
there's so many schools in the city but they hardly partner with each other
There is no at all push for you to collaborate with people
I think harboring more relationships within schools will be extremely important
I feel connected to this neighborhood I feel connected to this community
This train station is something special especially during the winter
I hope I don't get carpal tunnel
You need all of it
Can we actually get good rates for people's commissions, people's performances, and stuff like that?
Dreaming about what Boston can be feels closer when you're talking with artists
Finding affordable places to show up and practice my art
I came for the sole purpose of studying at Berklee
I like C-town
It just recently started and then it started becoming a thing out of scratch
I found the Boston Poetry Slam at The Cantab Lounge
It feels like people can be more than just their job
My family as in the generation above me are survivors of the Khmer Rouge
I love how tight-knit the community is and how just very much like DIY
The shining city in and out of the trees as we say
The whole position had been dissolved right after I moved in
I think I dabble in way too many different art forms
There was a calculated effort to basically murder every single artist
I am biracial it's a weird mix of a lot of different things
I was part of this nonprofit for artists and students and kids
Everybody in the neighborhood all different types of people were like
We always had during the moment we was definitely complaining about dumb shit
A very rewarding experience playing straight ahead jazz during the pandemic
To see people really connecting and engaging with it
Oh my God yeah you can do that thats so smart
I felt like I can't do poetry
I don't have roots and I don't have friends already
Great Scott that was my hang-out every week for years
Can we have these conversations literally every week almost every day
There's no real organic bridge to stop the pollution of inorganic energy
I feel there's not a single space where we can gather
The rooted feeling of being a Bostonian or being from here
A lot of hoops to jump through in order to start sowing these seeds
A lot of racial and racially tensioned experiences either that I've gone through
More people engage with arts in Boston than all sports combined
More people go to arts and events in Boston than all four sports teams combined
More people engage with arts in Boston than all sports
Creating a system where arts and culture flows through interdepartmental
Rebuilding a whole new system through it
One of Corean Reynolds' big goals is she wants to make the T later
I wish I would've had so much longer ago
It feels really disheartening to know how underappreciated these community spaces are
An intentional asphyxiation of the arts because power is threatened
It's like an intentional asphyxiation of the arts because power is threatened
The whole thing about almost a separation of arts and culture
Arts is more importantly connected to political education which is also stifled
arts and culture are prioritized differently
I want to help you you you just find a way to make our artistry grow
I feel like a great starting point for me in terms of just the different kind of cultures
Oh you're not really proud to be black in Boston
I found that the opportunities work wise was vastly different
I'm not surrounded by family I'm not surrounded by friends so much
My spirit does not belong here because of all the racial BS
Art and movement was the way that we were escaping it in the streets
Art and movement was the way that we were escaping it in the streets
You learned an instrument you had chorus you had all these different things
Always not feeling welcomed here but still trying to figure out how to be a creator here
My family kept me grounded
I grew up as the only black kids in the vicinity
I play a banjo and that is a black instrument
I started to get a little bit frustrated with submitting our work
We have a voice and we need to make our voices heard
We are metalheads we are punks we are rockers we are everything
We are metalheads we are punks we are rockers
These are the good ones that come together
I actually got a chance to see how an organization that has its roots here
I actually got a chance to see how an organization that has its roots here
The first cohort that they did of Allston Brighton artists
I wanted to have a show where I played all of the songs
Allston or die
I have a hard time getting my black folks to come to my stuff
Give us the information that is making you successful
This is how you can take 20 percent of that money to keep
Rent is killing the folks
Places that would pay you a living wage also drain you
There's just more stuff that I'm interested in here
I love Cambridge I feel welcome in Cambridge Somerville
the short time fucking turnaround you're giving two weeks to apply for
They're not paying us on time
they're not paying us on time
and we already produced the work especially when the work is already done
Become a vendor going to Chicago city schools and teach kids film
I am very fortunate that I could sustain myself off of music full time
I recognize that doing a show every week is not as impactful
I can leave the nine-to-five and let's focus on doing that alone
I offer my producing and editing services to whoever needs it
My biggest one is inclusivity and diversity within the black community
The blackness isn't necessarily a monolith either
Things just started happening I got accepted to this pitch competition
Our theater season is about to take off and I'm pretty excited
I had to work two jobs in addition to going to college full time
It is like you're looking at a lake floating a hundred dollars bills
We need help as a people
Oh all these small business grants specifically for black women
the Boston Public Library has a specific wing for small businesses
My daughters their generation is changing shit so beautiful
Keeping Boston accessible so that people can come to school here
Rent control is one thing to keep the extended community
Nothing really phases us watching black people who are metalheads
I just really want to see more of us take to this
I've seen in my own family how they were treated when they first moved
I started living in my aunts house with my dad and my little brother
I basically lived here my entire life born and raised
She knew nobody in the city of Boston
My father was the youngest of 12
My parents came here at different times around the early 2000s
It was a really big deal for me to have art in the MFA
The way that the community showed up and showed out
Oh shoot come on community
I saw you one time at basketball practice give your shoes to a kid
The presence of people who are willing to cheer you on
He likes me enough to make me something
You are fine you’re safe and if you show up late that’s fine
There needs to be more done to help these people
It's a little scary late at night when I'm leaving my friend's house
The lower class is getting slowly pushed out of Boston into the outskirts
I used to see a lot of used needles on the sidewalk
Growing up is scary
The styles that are popular with different cultures are getting pushed out
It's harder for artists who don't have a ZUMIX next to you
I feel like that's also something that most artists have to remember
The vibe here was completely different and there were mad not whatever
I got kicked out of my first rehearsal space
I got kicked out of my first rehearsal space
Keeping people from disadvantaged backgrounds in charge of the city
Having a day where you just walk through the streets
There needs to be something in place with restaurants to actually open up
We need some new legislation for artists specifically
You cant gentrify this area were going to build it up ourselves
Boston history is taught that means that would make people want to preserve it
Our history does not just stop there but it also includes it’s not just white history
One of the only places that eminent domain has been used for the people
They deserve their flowers too
I feel like even then it was a little more lively
I don't really feel as accepted by the people around me
They wanted to have live graffiti art how they wanted to have shops
I remember on the tour there used to be this jazz club
There used to be this jazz club that they turned into luxury apartments
Food isn't really good it's not really healthy and there's a lot of fast foodstuff
Local salad joints especially late night it's terrible
I remember as a kid going to all these huge art installations
Keep everything here not just turn it into murals