What's Newark Got To Do With It?

Roger C. Tucker III

A podcast, hosted by Roger C. Tucker III, that explores the cultural impact and life-long influences of Newark, NJ on artists, historians, authors, curators and other cultural thought leaders from/of the Brick City.

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Episode 12: LOLA FLASH Pictures The Pulse of Queer Space & Time

Episode 12: LOLA FLASH Pictures The Pulse of Queer Space & Time

Dome (detail), Lola Flash, 2019. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist © Lola Flash

Episode 12: LOLA FLASH Pictures The Pulse of Queer Space & Time

Episode 12: LOLA FLASH Pictures The Pulse of Queer Space & Time

Dome (detail), Lola Flash, 2019. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist © Lola Flash

Episode 11: SOULEO: Showing Out in Harlem, Newark and Beyond

Episode 11: SOULEO: Showing Out in Harlem, Newark and Beyond

Peter “Souleo” Wright curates entertaining and informative events, exhibitions, and cultural programs. His focus on education and amplifying underrepresented stories are paramount to his curatorial mission and practice.

Episode 10: Kevin Maynor Is Creating Pulitzer Prize Winning Opera in Newark, NJ

Episode 10: Kevin Maynor Is Creating Pulitzer Prize Winning Opera in Newark, NJ

Declared as, "one of the very greatest bass voices of the century", Kevin Maynor has sung throughout the world in both opera houses and concert halls. Image: Kevin as The Masque in Trilogy Opera’s FIVE.

Episode 09: Artist & Activist Emma Wilcox: Changing the Order of Things in Newark, NJ

Episode 09: Artist & Activist Emma Wilcox: Changing the Order of Things in Newark, NJ

Emma Wilcox shares her unique view of art spaces and the overarching power of eminent domain. Image: Emma Wilcox, Art & Audience, TEDxNJIT, 2016

Episode 08: Navindren Hodges, Second Generation Black Gallerist With Newark Origins, Takes The Global Lead

Episode 08: Navindren Hodges, Second Generation Black Gallerist With Newark Origins, Takes The Global Lead

Navindren Hodges, Bill Hodges Gallery Director , boasts the gallery’s collection ranges from 19th-century Black artists Henry Ossawa Tanner to modernist, abstraction icon Norman Lewis to contemporaries Willie Cole and Carrie Mae Weems. Image: Demetrius Oliver, Totem, 2004

Episode 07: Artist and Curator Anonda Bell: Raising Civilization’s Radical Voice In Newark

Episode 07: Artist and Curator Anonda Bell: Raising Civilization’s Radical Voice In Newark

Anonda Bell is an Australian born, USA based, artist and curator. As the Director and Chief Curator of the Paul Robeson Galleries in Newark, NJ, she continues to make sure the “Radical Voices” in art are seen. Image: Anonda Bell, “Neither Shall You Touch It”, 2013-2014.

Episode 06: Artist Victor Davson; Decolonizing Art Spaces in Newark, NJ

Episode 06: Artist Victor Davson; Decolonizing Art Spaces in Newark, NJ

Artist Victor Davson’s professional and charismatic leadership has, and continues to have after 35 years, a profound impact on the artistic landscape of Newark and the Tri-State region.

Episode 05: Playwright Richard Wesley Shares The Black Arts Movement’s Newark Roots

Episode 05: Playwright Richard Wesley Shares The Black Arts Movement’s Newark Roots

Award-winning playwright, Richard Wesley, shares how the 1970s Black Arts Movement in Newark inspired his contributions to theater, film and books over the past five decades. Image: Scene from his play “The Black Terror”

Episode 04: Artist & Author, Nell Painter: Disturbing The Peace From Newark

Episode 04: Artist & Author, Nell Painter: Disturbing The Peace From Newark

Join me in a lively conversation with Nell Painter to discover how this brilliant Newark transplant uses her artistic talents to “disturb the peace”. Image: Nell Painter, 3g. Motherwell in the Adirondacks 17, 2016

Podcast Episode 03: Filmmaker Ernest Dickerson: Black To The Future

Podcast Episode 03: Filmmaker Ernest Dickerson: Black To The Future

Filmmaker Ernest Dickerson, directing Raised By Wolves in Cape Town, South Africa, shares how growing up in Newark, NJ continues to inform his filmmaking career. Image: Abubakar Salim in ‘Raised by Wolves’,

Podcast Episode 01: Artist Willie Cole: Newark Is Always On My Mind

Podcast Episode 01: Artist Willie Cole: Newark Is Always On My Mind

Willie Cole, contemporary American sculptor, printer and conceptual and visual artist, shares how Newark informed his early art practice. Artwork: Willie Cole, Street Dragon.

Podcast Episode 02: The Art Collector’s Daughter Interviews Her Dad

Podcast Episode 02: The Art Collector’s Daughter Interviews Her Dad

Art advisor and art collector, Roger C. Tucker III, shares with his daughter, Ara, how growing up in Newark informed his evolving art practice. Artwork: George Sheffield, Facing Abstraction.