Ep. 70 Shayna Schlosberg - Grassroots Arts Advocacy in Houston

The art a community elevates can be one of the truest reflections of that community’s identity. But if art must first be filtered through the whims of the rich and powerful, then the story it tells will be, at best, incomplete. And so, if we are to embrace our collective humanity, treat with dignity the unique lived experiences that we each bring to the table, honor with humility and curiosity the perspective of the other, so we can appreciate a more complete story of our community, we must develop mechanisms to elevate art that do not rely primarily on the rich and the powerful. So today we talk about the effort to do so through grassroots arts advocacy, right here in Houston.