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.
Part of the Practice
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 definition of "artist," the inspirational work of organizers in Queens, and her curatorial vision in her work as the Public Programs and Community Engagement Fellow at PS1-MoMA.
FULL TRANSCRIPT of Episode 5 available here.
About our guest:
Janggo Mahmud (she/her) is a creative community organizer and social practice curator impassioned to create an ecofeminist, anti-racist future with her heart that is born and raised in New York City. Her work is informed by the streets of the boroughs, and she feels a responsibility to see her city become better than it was when she first stepped into it -- for her neighbors to thrive as they age, and for the next generations to have dreams even more imaginative than she does. Working within MoMA PS1’s curatorial department as a CUNY Hunter College social worker student, Janggo is confident in the healing impact of storytelling and uses exhibition making as an intervention to reverse feelings of powerlessness by amplifying advocacy and movement work of organizations and grassroots collectives who share her same visions for NYC.
More about Janggo and the organizations she mentions:
Instagram: @janggoooooo
Learn more about the healing justice work of Malikah and donate: https://www.malikah.org/donate
Connect a young person you know to free artistic career development with Teen Art Salon: https://www.teenartsalon.co
MoMA PS1’s Homeroom Program: https://www.momaps1.org/en/programs/4-homeroom
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Thank you to our podcast editor Jade Iseri-Ramos, and thank you to Gaius LaSota for our Part of the Practice music.
Part of the Practice logo courtesy of Maliyah Mohamed.
Social Practice CUNY is funded by the Mellon Foundation.