Akin Duro's Life in Art
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago -Celebrated activist artist, Dana C. Chandler, Jr., returns to the airwaves to discuss his art as well as three things you don't in polite company: money, politics, and religion.
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Past is Prologue: The Real Story Behind the Demise of AAMARP
July 08, 2018 20:30 - 30 minutes - 27.3 MBIn July of 1974, Dana C. Chandler, Jr., already an acclaimed artist, became the first artist in the space he would open as the African American Master Artist-in-Residency in November 1978. On July 1, 2018, four months shy of its 40th anniversary, as the country to prepared to celebrate Independence Day, Northeastern University attempted to free itself of AAMARP. Citing safety violations, the university originally gave the AAMARP artists 14 days to vacate but locked them out just 48 hours late...
The Activist Artist on American Activism: WAKE UP, AMERICA!
May 11, 2012 23:00 - 2 hours - 27.3 MBIf you visit Professor Chandler's Facebook Profile Wall, you'll see a combination of posts: images on celebrating black female beauty throughout the diaspora, photos of children and grandchildren with loving comments, messages on healthcare products, news stories about various atrocities happening in America, aphorisms on politics, encouraging Bible scripture and philosopher's messages, videos on historical and political events, particularly related to what he calls "AmeriKKKa's" violent rac...
The Activist Artist--Life as a Citizen Activist Part 3
May 04, 2012 23:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBSit-ins, protests, speeches, letter writing campaigns, articles and, today, social media. From Black Nationalism to Black Economic Empowerment, Dana Chandler has been a citizen activist since he was in his teens. What has life been like as a citizen activist who is also a professor, father and artist? Did activism come before art and drive the art or did art come before activism and shape his activism. On our next show, we'll continue discussing Chandler's life as a citizen activist, includ...
The Activist Artist--Life as a Citizen Activist Part 2
April 27, 2012 23:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBSit-ins, protests, speeches, letter writing campaigns, articles and, today, social media. From Black Nationalism to Black Economic Empowerment, Dana Chandler has been a citizen activist since he was in his teens. What has life been like as a citizen activist who is also a professional, father and artist? Did activism come before art and drive the art or did art come before activism and shape his activism. On our next show, we'll continue discussing Chandler's life as a citizen activist. Cal...
The Activist Artist Talks About A Life as a Citizen Activist
April 20, 2012 23:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBSit-ins, protests, speeches, letter writing campaigns, articles and, today, social media. From Black Nationalism to Black Economic Empowerment, Dana Chandler has been a citizen activist since he was in his teens. What has life been like as a citizen activist who is also a professional, father and artist? Did activism come before art and drive the art or did art come before activism and shape his activism. On our next show, we'll discuss Chandler's life as a citizen activist. Called "controv...
Upon His 71st Year: The Life of The Outsider Artist--Part 2
April 13, 2012 23:00 - 2 hours - 27.5 MBLast Saturday, April 7, 2012, Prof. Dana C. Chandler, Jr. celebrated his 71st birthday. Those years have been full of accomplishments and on this show, we'll talk about the years from 1970 until today, including his rise to international renown as one of the world's most controversial, political activist visual artists. You won't want to miss this show! Called "controversial", a "Black Power Artist", "activist artist" and "Outsider Artist", Chandler, 71, was born in 1941 in Lynn, MA. He ...
Upon His 71st Year: The Life of The Outsider Artist
April 06, 2012 23:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBThis Saturday, April 7, 2012, Prof. Dana C. Chandler, Jr. will celebrate 71 years of life . Those years have been full of accomplishments and on our next show, we will discusss Chandler's beginnings as a artist and his rise to international renown as one of the world's most controversia, political activist visual artists. You won't want to miss this show! Called "controversial", a "Black Power Artist", "activist artist" and "Outsider Artist", Chandler, 70, was born in 1941 in Lynn, MA. He i...
ArtsTalk: Beautiful Black Female Minds & Chandler Art
March 30, 2012 23:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBProf. Dana Chandler has always said he thinks many women are smarter than he is, especially black women. So, we're back this week talking about how Chandler's art reflects the black female intellect and what the intent of the content of pieces like his portrait of Angela Davis as well as every day women portrayed in his "Afrifaces in Your Neighborhood" pieces. Why did Chandler paint these pieces? During this, our final show celebrating women in honor of National Women's History Month, we ...
ArtsTalk: Making Art That Empowers & Protects Women--Part 2
March 16, 2012 23:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBProf. Chandler has long argued that African American are the least respected, least valued women on the planet. In a society that still touts the Eurocentric ideals of beauty, African American women, including First Lady, Michelle Obama, are thought and even called "ugly". Chandler, however, thinks black women are the most beautiful women in the world and his art reflects that. So, on this episode of our show, continuing our them of celebrating women during National Women's History Month, w...
ArtsTalk: Making Art That Empowers & Protects Women--Part 1
March 10, 2012 00:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBProf. Chandler has long argued that African American and other women of color are the least respected, least protected women on the planet. It is, indeed, an unsafe world for females. Moreover, Chandler asserts, rightfully, that black women in particular have not been highly valued for their beauty and strength. But, Chandler sought to remedy those challenges in his art, portraying the value, power and beauty of black women and showing all women how they can empower themselves against cr...
ArtsTalk: Chandler's KKKrimes Against Womanity Art Series
March 03, 2012 00:00 - 2 hours - 27.3 MBIn recognition of Women's History Month, our series of ArtsTalk shows will be about Prof. Chandler's long history of depicting the realities of women's lives in his artwork. From the 1960s and 70s with his Black on Black for Blacks and Urban Weaponry works, Chandler has expressed value and concern for Black women in his art. As a professor of Art and Art History for 33 years at Simmons in Boston, a women's college, Chandler taught about and began to take an interest in his art in creating ...
ArtsTalk: The Influence of Ancient African Art on All Art
February 25, 2012 00:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBMost of us know by now that archeologists believe that all human history originated in Africa. By extension, Africancentric art historians and scholars have long argued that all culture grew out of the world's African origins. It follows that African art was the world's first art form and all art is infludence by ancient African art. Thus, in this, our final ArtsTalk episode celebrating Black History Month, Prof. Dana C. Chandler, who taught African and African American Art from 3000 BC to ...
ArtsTalk: Afrocentrism and African American Thought and Art
February 18, 2012 00:00 - 2 hours - 27.5 MBHow did the principles and practices of Afrocentrism, that begin in the late 19th century but was popularized in 1980s and 90s, affect African American thought and, by extension, art? How was it the same or different from Black Nationalism? Who were its thought leaders and what were they saying about who African Americans are and should be? What is the basis of these often heated and frequently scholarly debates about the nature of black identity? Who were the movement's detractors? How did...
ArtsTalk: Early 20th-Century African American Master Artists
February 11, 2012 00:00 - 2 hours - 27.4 MBHow did artists like John Biggers, Romare Bearden, Lois Mailou Jones, Benny Andrews, Jacob Lawrence, Augusta Savage and Charles Alston influence American art and contemporary American artists? As part of our Black History Month ArtsTalk series, Prof. Dana C. Chandler, who taught African and African American Art from 3000 BC to the present at Simmons College in Boston, for 33 years, will discuss the influence of these and other major early 20th artists, several fo whom he knew, on American a...
ArtsTalk: African Art and the European Formalist Aesthetic
February 04, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.1 MBHave you ever contemplated the influence of African Art on the European classical art tradition? Has cubism always fascinated you? Would you like simply to learn more about this early 20th century avante garde movement in European art? Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Leger, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse and Paul Gaugin and many others, all, desiring to move away from classical European art tradition and intrigued by the stark forms found in African imagery, began incorporating African art forms in...
ArtsTalk: The Black Arts Movement in Boston and Beyond
January 28, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.2 MBAs we air our show at it's new time, 7-9 p.m. ET on Fridays, we also are debuting our new series, "ArtsTalk", shows on which Chandler and other artists talk about historical events, issues and experiences as artists. On the first of the series, we'll discuss The Black Arts Movement of the 60s and 70s. How did it get started and why? Was it a response to the Black Power Movement or did it precede that movement? How was like and unlike the Negro Renaissance of the 1920s? We've invited spe...
AMAARP: A Strong Chandler Legacy in the Black Art World-Pt 2
January 20, 2012 17:00 - 1 hour - 27.1 MBIn 1978, Prof. Dana C. Chandler, Jr., opened the doors to a program that had been his vision for several years--the African American Master Artist-in-Residency Program (AAMARP) at Northeastern University. He ran the program for 25 years, until his ouster in 2003. In this episode, we'll discuss the strategy to undermine then destroy the program and it's influence in the Balck Art community starting with its removal from Northeastern's main campus, AAMARP's enemies, Chandler's ouster and whe...
AMAARP: A Strong Chandler Legacy in the Black Art World
January 13, 2012 17:00 - 2 hours - 27.3 MBIn 1978, Prof. Dana C. Chandler, Jr., opened the doors to a program that had been his vision for several years--the African American Master Artist-in-Residency Program at Northeastern University. He ran the program for 25 years, until his ouster in 2003. But, what is AAMARP, why was it so important to the Black Art community in its heyday and what happened to the program with the end of Chandler's tenure? We'll discuss these questions and more on this episode. Called "controversial", a ...
The Patriot Act, Neo-COINTELPRO & US Military as Police
January 06, 2012 17:00 - 46 minutes - 10.3 MBUnknown to most Americans, our country has always had some form of a domestic spying program, often using the military and law enforcement of the day to conduct these activities against otherwise law-abiding Americans. On our next show, we'll begin to talk about that history and how we got to where we are today--the escalating militarization of our law enforcement and its war on the 99%. Called "controversial", a "Black Power Artist", "activist artist" and "Outsider Artist", Chandler, 70, w...
Chandler's Art, The People's Art: 1967-Present--Part 2
December 30, 2011 17:00 - 31 minutes - 6.94 MBProf. Chandler has created controversial, political themed art for decades and, on Part 2 of these two-part series, we'll discuss how that art is relevant to today's events. On this episode, we will focus on and dispay specific pieces of art for listeners to view created by the artist from 1991-2008. We'll also talk about the artist's future plans. If you love Chandler's art and/or outsider art, you don't want to miss these shows! Called "controversial", a "Black Power Artist", "activist art...
Chandler's Art, The People's Art: 1967-Present--Part 1
December 23, 2011 17:00 - 30 minutes - 6.81 MBProf. Chandler has created controversial, political-themed art for decades and, on the next two episodes, we'll discuss how that art is relevant to today's events. In Part 1, we will display and discuss specific pieces created between 1967-1990. If you love Chandler's art and/or outsider art, you don't want to miss these shows! Called "controversial", a "Black Power Artist", "activist artist" and "Outsider Artist", Chandler, 70, was born in 1941 in Lynn, MA. He is best known for the edgy, c...
FEMA Death Camps--Do They Exist and What Are They For?
December 16, 2011 17:00 - 30 minutes - 6.85 MBNot ones to shy away from the controversial, on this episode, Prof. Dana C. Chandler, Jr. and his daughter and artist agent, award-winning journalist, Dahna M. Chandler, will discuss the FEMA death camps that many from Jesse Ventura of the TruTV show, "Conspiracy Theory" to Alex Jones to common citizens are concerned about. What are they and why do they exist? Under what circumstances will they be used? Called "controversial", a "Black Power Artist", "activist artist" and "Outsider Artist",...
Chemtrails--Just WHAT Out of HELL is Being Sprayed on Us??
December 09, 2011 17:00 - 31 minutes - 7.02 MBMany people looking at their once perfectly blue skies are seeing something strange being sprayed over them. On this episode, Prof. Chandler and his daughter, award-winning journalist (and the show's co-host and producer) will talk about the much discussed but equally often denied by the EPA and Air Force chemtrails spraying programs that are prevalent all over the United States and globally. There is convincing evidence of the existence of this program and we will provide links to credible s...
What Must Obama Do to Win Re-Election? Part 2
November 18, 2011 17:00 - 31 minutes - 6.89 MBThe Outsider Artist will continue last week's discussion on what he believes President Barack Obama must do to win re-election to a second term. He will provide his unique views on the current political landscape and what how he believes our President--and his supporters--should leverage the opposition's own stated positions to gain a landslide victory over the GOP. The "controversial" "Outsider Artist", Chandler, 70, was born in 1941 in Lynn, MA. He is best known for the edgy, colorful, cont...
Show Launch--What Obama Must Do to Win Re-Election
November 11, 2011 17:00 - 30 minutes - 6.81 MBIn this premiere episode, Prof. Dana C. Chandler, Jr. (Akin Duro) introduces the audience to his thought-provoking show and the issues he will cover. The show is co-hosted by his daughter, award-winning journalist, Dahna M. Chandler. Called "controversial", a "Black Power Artist", "activist artist" and "Outsider Artist", Chandler, 70, was born in 1941 in Lynn, MA. He is best known for the edgy, colorful, controversial and hotly-debated artistic statements of his 1960’s-1980’s works. Because...