Adrielle Turner is an art dealer, curator and the founder of Art by Adrielle. She strives to create immersive, art centered experiences that bridge fine art, culture and community. On this episode, she shares her experiences in education, curatorial practice, and event production and talks about her goal to have a successful Miami Art Basel Week.

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On Episode 2 of T.H.A.T. Curator Connects, we feature Ajanaé Dawkins, a poet, conceptual artist, curator and theologian.

She is someone who works through poetry, visual art, performance, and audio to explore the politics of faith, grief, and intimate relationships between Black women. Her exhibition, No One Teaches Us How To Be Daughters, debuted at Urban Arts Space in 2024. She was also the Taft Museum’s 2022 Duncanson Artist in Residence and Ohio State University’s 2024 UAS Community Artist in Residence. Ajanaé co-hosts the VS Podcast with Brittany Rogers at the Poetry Foundation.

Ajanaé has released her Chapbook, Blood-Flex, the winner of New Delta Review’s 13th Annual Chapbook Competition.

She plans to continue delving into the 1990s disappearance of her great aunt and is developing a theology space for artists on the margins of their faith to explore both spirituality and creation.

Learn more about Ajanaé on her website:

https://www.ajanaedawkins.com/

Learn more about “BLOOD-FLEX” here:

https://ndrmag.org/blood-flex

Take a look at No One Teaches Us How To Be Daughters here:

https://uas.osu.edu/no-one-teaches-us-online-archive

Check out the VS Podcast here:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/series/142241/vs-podcast

Don’t forget to follow Ajanaé on social media platforms @moonsatdusk

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On this episode of T.H.A.T. Curator Connects Podcast, we feature our very first guest, Jiya Pinder.

Jiya is a cultural strategist, digital storyteller and the founder of We The Diaspora. Her work revolves around preserving and celebrating the stories of the African Diaspora through community-centered archiving and memory work. Although Jiya comes from a background in marketing and project management, she is transitioning into the evolving world of curation!

In this episode, we cover topics including:

• A description of the services We The Diaspora offers
• Personal interests and inspirations behind curatorial and archival work
• Preservation and Historical Documentation of Cultural Heritage
• How to honor accessibility

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We The Diaspora is also partnering with All Black Creatives, an organization that focuses on celebrating the diversity in black culture and providing support to black creatives, to construct a Black Legacy Project.

The Creative Legacy Project invites black natives to submit a photo that has shaped their creative journey through memory, archival stories and imagination.

You can submit to the project here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyMbclrDvFHxk3Tim5-JyFcI0MGPnZpFZNjGR33r07G6TiFw/viewform

Submissions are open until May 31st, 2025

You can learn more about We The Diaspora here: https://www.wethediaspora.org/

To submit an image to We The Diaspora:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbgIe5C8j4xtG2NBKt_RPd3pPup_BVxJW1FNGoDo6YgbNk2g/viewform?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafQ-6OtY1KZMAewTllShok6CSrNz_O5fnKgNS74Yq9kQHXwHzOwlLrL32aisA_aem_seymrpfYjpSbxTjCuK2mxQ

Don't forget to follow @WeTheDiaspora on social media platforms!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wethediaspora/

Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wethediaspora

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/wethediaspora333/

On this episode of T.H.A.T. Curator Connects, your hostess, Zora will be sharing a little bit more about why she wants to become an independent curator, delving into her motivations and interests alongside sharing more about the podcast.

Stay tuned to hear from our first guest on the show in the next episode! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @thatcuratorconnects https://www.instagram.com/thatcuratorconnects/

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To Learn More about IMLS and NEH:

The Institute of Museum and Library Services:

https://www.imls.gov/

The National Endowment for the Humanities: https://www.neh.gov/