Ladies Knight with Jen Shahade Featuring Shannon Bailey – LK014

World Chess Hall of Fame chief curator Shannon Bailey joins Jennifer Shahade on the latest episode of Ladies Knight. Shannon talks about some of her favorite exhibitions and chess sets over nine years of leading the intersections of history, chess and art at the WCHOF. They also delve deep into the 2015-2016 art show, Ladies Knight,...

World Chess Hall of Fame chief curator Shannon Bailey joins Jennifer Shahade on the latest episode of Ladies Knight. Shannon talks about some of her favorite exhibitions and chess sets over nine years of leading the intersections of history, chess and art at the WCHOF.

They also delve deep into the 2015-2016 art show, Ladies Knight, featuring chess related art from female artists, that inspired the title of this podcast. Yoko Ono, Barbara Kruger and Rachel Whiteread were headliners of the show which also featured art by Jennifer and Crystal Fischetti. That show also kicked off a now longstanding series of Thursday night chess and wine classes at the Kingside Diner, in the heart of the Saint Louis Chess Campus. 

They move on to some of Shannon’s most memorable World Chess Hall of Fame experiences, from meeting the legendary photographer Harry Benson to supporting local artists.
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Ladies Knight features music by the artist Juga, who went viral when her song, Oh Capablanca, dropped in the Fall of 2018. You can find more about Juga on https://www.jugamusica.com/

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