Part of the Practice
What is social practice, and how does it affect the ways we navigate our lives and make change in the world? Join artists, scholars, and collaborators from Social Practice CUNY on Part of the Practice, hosted by Catherine LaSota, as we discuss our individual art practices, our communities, and the role of socially-engaged art in our work for social justice.
Episodes
22 episodes
20: Art and Freedom with Tao Leigh Goffe
On our final episode of season one of Part of the Practice, writer, theorist, and interdisciplinary artist Tao Leigh Goffe is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota about art, freedom, and her project Dark Laboratory, located at Hunt...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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29:19
19: Citation Needed with Cristina Ferrigno and Ari Wolff
This is a special episode about Social Practice CUNY connections and collaborations! Host Catherine LaSota chats with Ari Wolff (SPCUNY Student Fellow 2022-23) and Cristina Ferrigno (SPCUNY Student Fellow 2021-22) about their proj...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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38:19
18: Being a Disruptor with Emily Raboteau
Environmental writer, teacher, and parent Emily Raboteau is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota on this episode of Part of the Practice. Emily, who teaches creative writing as a professor in the Black Studies Department at the Cit...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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29:37
17: Climate Justice and Social Movements with Ashley Dawson
Author, scholar, and activist Ashley Dawson is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota on this episode of Part of the Practice. Ashley, who is a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York, talks about how his training ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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33:03
16: Space Making with Nic Benacerraf
Facilitator, educator, and scholar Nic Benacerraf is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota on this episode of Part of the Practice. Nic, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Theatre and Performance program at the Graduate Center, CUNY, ta...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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27:58
15: Relationality and Intersubjectivity with Jess Bal
Researcher, educator, and photographer Jess Bal is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota on this episode of Part of the Practice. Jess, who is pursuing her Ph.D. in Art History at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and working on a communit...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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28:28
14: Field Notes and Spaces of Intelligence with Chloe Smolarski
Artist and educator Chloe Smolarski is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota on this episode of Part of the Practice. Chloe, who teaches at New York City College of Technology CUNY and is a Faculty Fellow at Social Practic...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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22:36
13: Vocabulary Across Media with Jaclyn Reyes
Artist and researcher Jaclyn Reyes is in conversation with host Catherine LaSota on this episode of Part of the Practice. Jaclyn discusses her relationship with drawing, the Filipino community, her work with the United Nations, and her c...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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25:51
12: Models and Processes with Esther Marveta Neff
In this episode of Part of the Practice, host Catherine LaSota is in conversation with SPCUNY Fellow Esther Marveta Neff. Esther talks about their collective/thinktank/entity PPL, and their work in the Ph.D. program in Theatre and Perfor...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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26:43
11: Queering the Form with brynn asha walker
In our first episode of 2025, host Catherine LaSota is in conversation with brynn asha walker, an MFA student in the Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) program at Brooklyn College. brynn discusses her interest in poor images, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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34:36
10: Public Lives, Community Care with Elvis Bakaitis
In our final episode of 2024, host Catherine LaSota is in conversation with Elvis Bakaitis, Head of Reference at the Graduate Center CUNY Library. Elvis discusses their work with the Lesbian Herstory Archives, their experience as a careg...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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34:10
09: Ghosts in the Archive with Kerosene Jones
In this episode of Part of the Practice, host Catherine LaSota is in conversation with Kerosene Jones, an interdisciplinary artist and MFA student in Performance and Interactive Media Arts at Brooklyn College. Jones discusses the role of...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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26:32
08: From Individual to Collective with Ali Motamedi
In this episode of Part of the Practice, host Catherine LaSota talks with Hunter College MFA student and SPCUNY Actionist Ali Motamedi, about the development of Ali's work through different media, his relationship to the Farsi language, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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28:38
07: Love, Breath, and Humor with Kendall Allison
On this episode of Part of the Practice, SPCUNY Actionist and Master's Student in the CUNY Liberal Studies Program at the Graduate Center CUNY Kendall Allison talks with Part of the Practice host Catherine LaSota about their approach to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:34
06: Everyone Is an Artist with E. Adamo
On this episode, we chat with artist and Queens College MFA student E. Adamo. Part of the Practice host Catherine LaSota talks with E. about their frustrations with art and subsequent re-engagement with art via an exhibition that feature...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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29:39
05: Coming from Queens with Janggo Mahmud
This episode features a whole lot of love for a very special borough of NYC: Queens. Self-described "Queens girl" and SPCUNY Actionist Janggo Mahmud talks with host Catherine LaSota about the importance of coalition building, her broad d...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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29:14
04: Finding the Language with Leanne Tory-Murphy
This episode of Part of the Practice finds us in conversation with 2023-24 SPCUNY Actionist and recent Brooklyn College poetry MFA graduate Leanne Tory-Murphy. We talk about Leanne's movement from journalistic writing to more creative wr...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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29:44
03: Art, Identities, People with Chris Colón and brandon king
On this episode of Part of the Practice, host Catherine LaSota is in conversation with two students in the Social Practice CUNY network: Student Fellow brandon king, an MFA student at Queens College-CUNY, and Student Actionist Christo...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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40:20
02: Evolution of a Practice in the Public Sphere with Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga
Our second episode of Part of the Practice features SPCUNY Faculty Fellow Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga in conversation with host Catherine LaSota. Ricardo is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College CUNY, as well as Dire...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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32:41
01: What is Social Practice CUNY? with Chloë Bass and Gregory Sholette
Welcome to Part of the Practice! On our first episode, artists and educators (and SPCUNY co-directors) Chloë Bass and Gregory Sholette talk with host Catherine LaSota about the origins of the Social Practice CUNY initiative, including it...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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41:02
