Re - Flect / Calibrate

17/11/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7fu10wylzE

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with the super magical MARIA SCHECHTER, a bio artist based in Bloomington, Indiana whose work is made from sustainable ma...

17/11/2023

ANNOUNCING EPISODE 9! Join our dynamic podcast discussion with the super magical MARIA SCHECHTER , a bio artist based in Bloomington, Indiana whose work is made from sustainable materials. Maria has been an artist for 26 years and is passionate about EVERYONE having access to creative expression and she is passionate about the health of our planet. She GROWS her paintings and sculptures from mycelium, the same material that fruits mushrooms. She forages for color, making paint from organic materials. Her paintings are made with historical middle age recipes and she has spent ample time with color practitioners to learn how to process color and make that color lightfast and archival. She holds a B.F.A from Cornish College of the Arts, initiated her Masters with New York University working towards a Masters in Visual Art Administration and holds a Masters in International Business with a published thesis on Cause Related Marketing for Non-Profit arts organizations.
Learn more about Maria at T6DH.com.
Co-hosts of the podcast: janet e. dandridge and Dannie Snyder. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram ! And to visit our website at ArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-lands.
During our chat, we mentioned the following resources:
- Jane Goodall’s book Hope.
- Fantastic Funghi documentary by Louie Schwartzberg
- Cannupa Hanska Luger and his feature on art21 https://art21.org/artist/cannupa-hanska-luger/
- Hagitude book by Sharon Blackie
- Week Forty Five Collective, associated with Hagitude. Check out their IG

10/11/2023

ANNOUNCING EPISODE NINE DROPPING NEXT WEEK! 😍🍄❤️ Welcome to our podcast: the super magical Maria Schechter, a bio artist based in Bloomington, Indiana whose work is made from sustainable materials. Maria has been an artist for 26 years and is passionate about EVERYONE having access to creative expression and she is passionate about the health of our planet. She GROWS her paintings and sculptures from mycelium, the same material that fruits mushrooms. She forages for color, making paint from organic materials. Her paintings are made with historical middle age recipes and she has spent ample time with color practitioners to learn how to process color and make that color lightfast and archival. She holds a B.F.A from Cornish College of the Arts, initiated her Masters with New York University working towards a Masters in Visual Art Administration and holds a Masters in International Business with a published thesis on Cause Related Marketing for Non-Profit arts organizations.
Co-hosts of the podcast:

10/10/2023

https://youtu.be/1yu7CuSh0V0

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with MARTHA GONZALEZ, Chican@ Artivista! Martha Gonzalez was born and raised in East Los Angeles. She is the author of ou...

10/10/2023

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with MARTHA GONZALEZ, Chican@ Artivista! Martha Gonzalez was born and raised in East Los Angeles. She is the author of our new favorite book, Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles. She is a crazy talented and wildly enthusiastic musician & singer/songwriter, member of the Grammy Award–winning band Quetzal, and she is allllllll about collective songwriting. But wait, there’s more: she is the Assistant Professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College. As a feminist music theorist and scholar, with a focus on Chicana feminist theory, transnational studies, performance studies, and ethnomusicology, her scholarship articulates the various ways in which Chicana, Latinx and other communities of color utilize music and other forms of creative expression not solely as politically charged commentary and/or community building projects, but as necessary dialectic tools toward various social justice ends. BAM!
Link in the bio to our episode on YouTube! You can also find “R-F/C’s Podcast” on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Thank you to those who subscribe and share - your support helps us to provide more resources to y’all! 💖
Follow Martha on Instagram at
Co-hosts of the podcast: Janet E. Dandridge & Dannie Snyder

22/09/2023

ANNOUNCING EPISODE EIGHT DROPPING SOON! 🤩🤩🤩 Welcome to our podcast: MARTHA GONZALEZ, Chican@ Artivista! Martha Gonzalez was born and raised in East Los Angeles. She is the author of our new favorite book, Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles. She is a crazy talented and wildly enthusiastic musician & singer/songwriter, member of the Grammy Award–winning band Quetzal, and she is allllllll about collective songwriting. But wait, there’s more: she is the Assistant Professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College. As a feminist music theorist and scholar, with a focus on Chicana feminist theory, transnational studies, performance studies, and ethnomusicology, her scholarship articulates the various ways in which Chicana, Latinx and other communities of color utilize music and other forms of creative expression not solely as politically charged commentary and/or community building projects, but as necessary dialectic tools toward various social justice ends. BAM! 🙌🏾🙌🏻🔥🔥🔥
Co-hosts Dannie Snyder & Janet E. Dandridge


Photo by Pablo Aguilar.

15/08/2023

Janet E. Dandridge totally rocked our talk “Think Like an Artivist” at the 2023 Artists-Thrive summit! If you missed this inspirational workshop, check it out on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BqkWxb9IAg
Dannie Snyder

20/07/2023

Janet E. Dandridge is representing RE - FLECT / CALIBRATE at the Artists-Thrive annual summit. Check out this big, big, big RESOURCE for artists and check out our talk THINKING LIKE AN ARTIVIST. is all about raising the value of artists [and now ] in every community and we be all about that too!!! 💖

20/10/2022

https://youtu.be/Hthv4_6f1hs

SEASON TWO EPISODE THREE has LAUNCHED!

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez, artist + facilitator, using their art to transform individual witness into collective action. As a person who was separated from their first family for 28 years through a private, transnational adoption process, they co-create spaces that encourage people to express truth to power by working together in shared knowing and practice.

THE THEME IS ABOLITION. Benjamin discusses in depth the Zine, co-edited with Leah Nichols ( on Instagram), called You Are Holding This. Get your copy and sponsor copies for others at https://www.weareholdingthis.org.

Learn more about Benjamin at https:/linktr.ee/b_lts_ and follow them on Instagram at

Co-hosts of the podcast: Janet E. Dandridge and Dannie Snyder. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram ! And to visit our website at ArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-lands.

During our Zoom call…
janet was wearing some rad:
- earrings from the Pérez Museum in Miami https://www.pamm.org/en/
- glasses created by June Mines https://www.theseeyesofmines.com/
Benjamin was also wearing some rad:
-earrings created by Elena Soledad from Brooklyn Warmi Designs ( on Instagram)

Below is a list of music and sound effect credits:
- Song "Crown" by (IG)
- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/....
- "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s....
- “SFX Magic” sound effect by renatalmar from
https://freesound.org/people/renatalm...

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez, artist + facilitator, using their art to transform individual witness into collect...

20/10/2022

RELEASING Season Two Episode Three: Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez , artist + facilitator. Join our dynamic podcast discussion with Benjamin who uses their art to transform individual witness into collective action. As a person who was separated from their first family for 28 years through a private, transnational adoption process, they co-create spaces that encourage people to express truth to power by working together in shared knowing and practice.
THE THEME IS ABOLITION. Benjamin discusses in depth the Zine, co-edited with Leah Nichols , called You Are Holding This. Get your copy and sponsor copies at their website weareholdingthis.org.
Link in the bio to our episode on YouTube! You can also find "R-F/C's Podcast" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Thank you to those who subscribe and share - your support helps us to provide more resources to y'all!
Co-hosts of the podcast: and
During our Zoom call…
janet was wearing some rad:
- earrings from the Pérez Museum in Miami
- glasses created by June Mines
Benjamin was also wearing some rad:
-earrings created by Elena Soledad from Brooklyn Warmi Designs

20/10/2022

RELEASING Season Two Episode Three: Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez , artist + facilitator. Join our dynamic podcast discussion with Benjamin who uses their art to transform individual witness into collective action. As a person who was separated from their first family for 28 years through a private, transnational adoption process, they co-create spaces that encourage people to express truth to power by working together in shared knowing and practice.
THE THEME IS ABOLITION. Benjamin discusses in depth the Zine, co-edited with Leah Nichols , called You Are Holding This. Get your copy and sponsor copies at their website weareholdingthis.org.
Link in the bio to our episode on YouTube! You can also find "R-F/C's Podcast" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Thank you to those who subscribe and share - your support helps us to provide more resources to y'all! 💖💖💖
Co-hosts of the podcast: and
During our Zoom call…
janet was wearing some rad:
- earrings from the Pérez Museum in Miami
- glasses created by June Mines
Benjamin was also wearing some rad:
-earrings created by Elena Soledad from Brooklyn Warmi Designs

17/10/2022

ANNOUNCING: SEASON TWO, EPISODE THREE DROPPING THIS THURSDAY! 🤩🤩🤩 Welcome to our podcast: ! Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez is a artist + facilitator, using their art to transform individual witness into collective action. As a person who was separated from their first family for 28 years through a private, transnational adoption process, they co-create spaces that encourage people to express truth to power by working together in shared knowing and practice.
Co-hosts of the podcast:

- The first image is from a performance titled Ancestres (2019 Pittsburgh Performance Art Festival. Video still by Vatic Kuumba and .)
- The fourth image is the cover of "We Are Holding This" Issue One, Third Edition.
- The fifth image is of Ben and comrades at a CA Families Rising action in Sacramento, CA.

15/09/2022

RELEASING Season Two Episode Two: Artivists Kate Fowler and Ashley Hawkins from Studio Two Three. Join our dynamic podcast discussion with Studio Two Three about the artivist space and community they’re fostering, actions they’re taking in the Roe v. Wade turnover, the powers in print making, and more! 💡🤯🔥

Link in bio to our episode on YouTube! You can also find “R-F/C’s Podcast” on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Thank you to those who subscribe and share - your support helps us to provide more resources to y’all. 💖💖💖 .

Co-hosts of the podcast: Janet E. Dandridge and Dannie Snyder

Cinematography by (IG) 📸

During our Zoom call, janet was wearing some rad:
- earrings created by Liliflor Art
- glasses created by June Mines www.theseeyesofmines.com

Also Kate Fowler mentioned the artwork in her background by .andy.harris (IG)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_mF2bkb-o

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivists Kate Fowler and Ashley Hawkins from Studio Two Three (IG) https://www.studiotwothree.org.D...

12/09/2022

ANNOUNCING SEASON TWO EPISODE TWO DROPPING THIS THURSDAY! 🤩🤩🤩 Welcome to our podcast: with rad radicals Ashley Hawkins and Kate Fowler 🥳! Studio Two Three is a community arts space in Richmond, Va that offers studios, classes and workshops, artist residency, and open doors. They provide 24/7 access to printing presses, darkroom, digital lab, communal workspace, and individual studios to support art making for personal and social change. They support the role of the arts in civic voice and engagement, partnering with activists and leaders to provide space for creative advocacy initiatives. Their mission is to empower artists to make art and make change. Their vision is to strive for a world in which the power of art is willingly and joyfully harnessed for personal, social, and systemic change.
Co-hosts of the podcast: Janet E. Dandridge & Dannie Snyder
Cinematography by 🥳🥳🥳
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18/08/2022

TODAY! Meet us for a LIVE REFLECTION on IG with podcast co-hosts and pondering on 🤑🤑🤑, starting with the question “Why do you think your student debt should be cancelled?” 🤔 Feel free to send us your reflections on Art+Activism+Education+Economics+You-Name-It here in the comments and/or during our LIVE at 5:30pm EST.

11/08/2022

RELEASING Season Two Episode One: Gabriel Torres, community artist and multidisciplinary director & writer. Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist (IG), getting real about trauma, resilience, safe space and more. Gabriel (they/them) is a community artist, multidisciplinary director and writer, and catalyst from Columbia, asking how can we create powerful stories that go beyond representation, that actually engage and aid the wellness of the communities we represent. They are passionate about bringing awareness on substance use in the Latinx q***r community.

You can also find “R-F/C’s Podcast” on Apple Podcasts and Spotify
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-two-episode-one-gabriel-torres-community-artist/id1554195322?i=1000575672649
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bQf6TkSxvA3wvAo2O8bJv?si=GcVHXYb2TpenKWy8rKRsbA

Thank you to those who subscribe and share - your support helps us to provide more resources to y’all. 💖💖💖 .

Co-hosts of RE - FLECT / CALIBRATE the podcast: Dannie Snyder and Janet E. Dandridge

***r ***rlatinx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fswwq2FZRo

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist Gabriel Torres (IG) https://www.gabrielgtorres.com. In the episode, Gabriel also mentions ...

10/08/2022

Getting ready to drop SEASON TWO tomorrow Aug 11!

08/08/2022

ANNOUNCING SEASON TWO EPISODE ONE DROPPING THIS THURSDAY! 🤩🤩🤩 Welcome to our podcast: 🥳! Gabriel (they/them) is a community artist, multidisciplinary director and writer, and catalyst from Columbia, asking how can we create powerful stories that go beyond representation, that actually engage and aid the wellness of the communities we represent. They are passionate about bringing awareness on substance use in the ***r community.
Co-hosts of the podcast: Janet E. Dandridge Dannie Snyder

24/06/2022

What a spontaneous, sweaty, inspiring day! Here we thought we’d be recording in the badass in Richmond, VA but we took our session to the streets for Studio Two Three’s pop-up community print extravaganza! totally got her bo***es out to get her shirt printed. had a blast rolling with the punches / logistical technical podcast-turned-documentary whirlwind. And friggin killed it at the b-roll and high fiving! Super duper appreciate the enthusiasm, healing, determination, and colors! Stay tuned for the drop of Season Two, launching with STUDIO TWO THREE.

16/06/2022

It’s happening y’all. Our podcast RE - FLECT / CALIBRATE is about to unleash Round Two of refreshing artivisty inspiration!!! 🥳 Join co-hosts and on their quest to discover effective strategies, overcoming burnout, and just some damn good art. We’ll announce our guest artivists of Season Two Episode One soon, so stay tuned! Spread the word and love! 💖

25/10/2021

"Serious business contracts for residuals, long-term career advancement, and financial freedom are what I've been promoting for years as an artist. The biz of art is sullied with horrible business practices that do not support artists. At All.

"Having and doing essential work to create a sustainable and just market for artists is priceless 😉 In addition to the work that W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) core organizer Lise Soskolne continues to do alongside the resurfacing of the F.A.R.E. (Fare Artists' Reserved Equity) and T.A.R.T. (Transfer Agreement and Record of Transfer) initially created in 1971 by curator/artist Seth Siegelaub and attorney Robert Projansky - which most recently artist Virginia Broersma and attorney Susan Schwartz based in LA have revised and are disseminating.

"This is Artivism. I'm happy to know that this is moving forward. Now we must unite as artists, collectors, museum and gallery professionals to take care of us. Especially with the onset of NFTs, we need to make sure these careers we invest in provide a return - a legacy - for generations to come. Again, it's business as well as art."

- Janet E. Dandridge

In an effort to thwart flippers, the show's curator Destinee Ross-Sutton has developed a list of terms to which buyers must agree.

16/09/2021

Episode Four has launched!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyA3RZs0xi0&t=2430s

Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist Joseph Amodei .skreejee (IG).In the episode, Joseph mentions… - One of their recent projects “My Mouth i...

16/09/2021

RELEASING Episode 4: Joseph Amodei, new media artist, theater designer, and activist
Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivist Joseph Amodei .skreejee
In the episode, Joseph mentions…
- One of their recent projects “My Mouth is a Q***r Time Machine,” co-created with Lyam B. Gabel and Jean-Luc DeLadurantaye, which you can find at mymouthisaq***rtimemachine.hotglue.me
- Their work with Free the Vaccine (freethevaccine.org/exhibit/), especially a recent exhibit co-led by Laura Holzmann and Kisha Patterson
You can also find Joseph on Chatham University’s website at chatham.edu/academics/undergraduate/immersive-media/faculty/joseph-amodei.html
Co-hosts of  the podcast: @janetedandridge 
Find Janet’s rad earrings by Denisha Briscoe
Don't forget to follow us on social media and to check out our website for more info!
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Below is a list of music and sound effect credits.
- Song "Crown" by (IG)
- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/....
- "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s....
- “Melody Loop Mix 128 bpm.mp3” by JPMusic82
- “jawharp_boing.wav” sound effect by plingativator from https://freesound.org/people/plingati...
                    ***rliberation

09/09/2021

Welcome to our podcast: .skreejee 🥳! Joseph Amodei is a new media artist, theater designer, and activist. Joseph conceives of art as a powerful epistemic and emotional tool for examining assumed realities. Their work combines innovative technology, extensive research, and hope for alternate futures to invite audiences into a communal process of debriefing and re-learning.
Co-hosts of the podcast:
***rliberation

20/08/2021

In honor and memory of the ancestors who were enslaved, treated as non-human, mentally and physically tortured, violently coerced and brought to Point Comfort in Hampton, Virginia on August 20, 1619.

Learning histories is a path to understanding. And with that understanding, we urge empathy and collective action for the betterment of self and society.

🤍❤🖤💛💚

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First image: Terry E. Brown, Superintendent of Fort Monroe National Monument
image credit - Brendan Smialowski

Second image: The 2015 revised historical marker
image credit - Heather Hughes Ostermaier

Third image: close-up of historical marker
image credit - Lou Donkle

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15/07/2021

EPISODE 3 HAS LAUNCHED! Check the link in our bio to join our dynamic discussion with from , a collective and brand that advocates for Native Rights. Votan is a visual artist of Mayan and Naoa decent; a son, father, husband, sibling, friend; a traveler and contrarian; but, most importantly… a human being.
Co-hosts:

08/04/2021

Episode Two: the interdisciplinary conceptual performance artist MATERIAL JU**IE. This is just a snippet, check the link in the bio for the full episode!