Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth is the Executive Director of Cincinnati's FotoFocus. She joined the organization in 2021 as the Biennial Director with 15 years of experience in art museums and archives. Siegwarth has a range of experiences and is an alumna of the Museum Leadership Institute’s NexGen 2020 Executive Education for the Next Generation of Museum Leaders program. You can find more information about Fotofocus at: https://www.fotofocus.org and IG: @fotofocuscincinnati

Miguel Luciano discusses the upcoming Fall of Freedom movement, happening November 21 and 22, 2025. Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being criminalized. Institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda. November 21–22, 2025, galleries, museums, libraries, comedy clubs, theaters, and concert halls across the country will host exhibitions, performances, and public events that channel the urgency of this moment. There is still time to participate.

Miguel Luciano is a multimedia visual artist whose work explores themes of history, popular culture and social justice through painting, sculpture, and socially engaged public art projects that are featured in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, National Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio, and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. He lives and works in New York and is currently a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts and Yale University School of Art.

https://www.falloffreedom.com/

https://miguelluciano.com/

Enjoy our conversation with Black Art Speaks President and CEO Alandes Powell. In addition to her role at the Cincinnati-based arts collective, Powell is renowned for her extensive community advocacy, including the creation of Cincinnati's Black
Lives Matter Mural, which draws inspiration from her poem, "We Want What You
Want." www.blackartspeaks.com IG: black.art.speaks

Rahsaan “New York” Thomas is writer, curator, director, producer, social justice advocate, restorative justice circle keeper, youth counselor, and runner. He is the co-founder of the San Quentin Film Festival and Executive Director of Empowerment Avenue. Listen in to this engaging conversation with New York.

https://www.empowermentave.org/

https://www.rahsaannewyorkthomas.com/

https://www.sanquentinfilmfestival.com/

Enjoy a repeat episode with Fizz White, Deputy Director of Mission Programs & Communications of The Matriots, a non-partisan, Ohio-based, political action committee dedicated to supporting, endorsing, and encouraging women candidates. Listen in on our conversation about the importance of electing more women leaders.

Thank God For Abortion is working to eliminate the criminalizing stigma around abortion by providing an apology-free space, and is committed to allowing others to repossess their narratives from the extreme right by inhabiting a joyful and authentic place for discussion. You can find them at: www.thankgodforabortion.com and IG: @thankgodforabortion

Winnie van der Rijn is a multi-disciplinary artist of opportunity– collecting materials, experimenting with techniques and pursuing her curiosities. Her art practice includes textiles, sculpture, collage and collaboration (which she considers its own art form). She plays well with others! Winnie actively exhibits her work throughout the United States and internationally. You can find her at:

IG @winnievanderrijn and www.winnievanderrijn.com

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Performance artist Asia Stewart centers her conceptual work on her body as a living archive. She devises rituals that reflect the way she weathers life in a deeply extractive society. Stewart’s performances frequently unfold as social experiments that negotiate terms of agency and power with audiences. You can find more of her work at: asiastewart.com