An Oasis in the City

Soundscape of Montegiovi

I recorded many sounds while riding a bike during La Baldi's art residency. Here is a mixdown of some of those sounds. I used this audio mix in a workshop where participants used turmeric to create sun prints with local plants at Villa Clara.

Muriel Miguel: "I am truly a city Indian"

In this episode, journalists from Indykids [https://indykids.org/], a newspaper for kids and by kids, interview Muriel Miguel, an actor, choreographer, and director of Spiderwoman Theater, the oldest feminist, Indigenous-led theater company in the United States. We recorded this episode using the Zoom application with kids in different parts of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic—thanks to Brooklyn Arts Council [https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/], Sebastian Lopez, and Rachael Bongiorno. Original music tracks by Blue Dot Sessions [https://www.sessions.blue/]: Pedalrider, Dance of Felt, Fold Over and In Time We Rest. Sounds

Excerpt of Maria Alejandro

Maria Alejandro runs the senior's program at the community organization Union Settlement. Her work is inspired by one of the first lessons she learned in her life from her grandmother. In this episode you will learn why 'growing old is a blessing'.

"Silence in the City": Co-Coquí

Click here to listen to the theme song of our episode "An Oasis in the City." This story centers around the Coquí frog puppet activists built to protect community gardens from Rudy Giuliani's administration's attempt to destroy these green spaces in the late 90s. We produced this episode with a 10-session podcast workshop with youth and older adults at the @centerforwellbeing.nyc and @girlsclubny in the fall of 2023. During these workshops, the girls honed their podcasting skills and delved into a creative process to produce their own episode by interviewing two elders from the East Village who played pivotal roles in the late 90s struggle to preserve the neighborhood gardens from destruction. Visit our website [https://www.thegrandparentsstorylab.org/howitworks]. Follow us in Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/grandparentsstorylab/?hl=en].

An Oasis in the City

Today, we go to the East Village neighbourhood of New York City, where girls from the Lower East Side Girls Club interviewed JK Canepa, an activist who participated in the struggle in the late 90s to preserve the community gardens from destruction. And Beverly Love, a local resident, who was part of the creative movement that first gave birth to the gardens. We produced this episode with a 10-session podcast workshop with ten-year-old girls at the Center for Wellbeing & Happiness [https://www.centerforwellbeing.nyc/] and The Lower Eastside Girls Club of NY i [https://www.girlsclub.org/]n the fall of 2023. During these workshops, the girls honed their podcasting skills and delved into a creative process to produce their own episode by interviewing two elders from the East Village who played pivotal roles in the late 90s struggle to preserve the neighborhood gardens from destruction. These workshops resulted in a fascinating intersection of art and activism podcast episode.