It doesn't take long to hear the term "collection," "art collection" or art collector in the art world. What do those terms mean? We ask Karen Comer-Lowe, Jerry Thomas and Miya Bailey to help us find out. 

Karen Comer-Low is an adjunct Professor at Spelman College where she teaches visual arts. She’s also a curator at the Rialto, an art buyer and more.

Jerry Thomas is an art collector and archivist of African-American art based in Atlanta, Ga. 

Miya Bailey is a founder and owner of City of Ink Tattoo shop in Castleberry Hill, Atlanta. He is also a sculptor, painter and illustrator. 

Music:
Illastrate - “1ne 4 you”
DJ Variable - “Tribal”

Credits:

Arts & Craft is produced, written and edited by Carla Aaron-Lopez & Dom Brady for Abenghorn Media and IamKingCarla. Distributed by Arts Beats & Lyrics Radio at ablradio.com
Mixing by Dom Brady
Graphic Design by Carla Aaron-Lopez
Photography by Carla Aaron-Lopez and Dom Brady
Engineered by Dom Brady We be tweetin’ | twitter.com/artsxcraft, @dombrady, @iamkingcarla

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Murals, street performance, statues, busking. Are they important? Are they necessarily a good thing? Art in the Public Sphere: Why in my backyard? We ask a group of artists and designers to explore the topic with us.

Music:
Illastrate - “1ne 4 you”
DJ Variable - “Tribal”

Credits:
Arts & Craft is produced, written and edited by Carla Aaron-Lopez & Dom Brady for Abenghorn Media and IamKingCarla. Distributed by Arts Beats & Lyrics Radio at ablradio.com
Mixing by Dom Brady
Graphic Design by Carla Aaron-Lopez
Photography by Carla Aaron-Lopez and Dom Brady
Engineered by Dom Brady & Jabari Graham
Special Thanks to Nettrice Gaskins of Art21 / Georgia Tech www.nettrice.us

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Have you ever seen someone on the street or in a class and thought, "THAT person looks creative?" I have. Carla hadn't. But we wondered if there was a method to determining whether or not someone is creative or artistic by the way they present themself.  We were suprised with what we found. 

Music:

Jay-Z / Fela Kuti - "Rock Boys" Nigerian Gangster Remix by Mike Love.
Illastrate - “1ne 4 you”
DJ Variable - “Tribal”

Credits:
Arts & Craft is produced, written and edited by Carla Aaron-Lopez & Dom Brady for Abenghorn Media and IamKingCarla. Distributed by Arts Beats & Lyrics Radio at ablradio.com
Mixing by Dom Brady
Graphic Design by Carla Aaron-Lopez
Photography by Carla Aaron-Lopez and Dom Brady
Engineered by Dom Brady

We be tweetin’ | twitter.com/artsxcraft, @dombrady, @iamkingcarla

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It seems like it's never easy to get an clear answer describing what Art is. Why is one specific item art and another something else?

Carla and I ask the question “What is art?" We explore the idea with:

Fahamu Pecou - fahamupecouart.com
Nikita Gale - nikitagale.com
Prof. Robert Brown - Chair of Printmaking at SCAD ATL
Michi Meko - michimeko.com

Music by
Illastrate - “1ne 4 you”
DJ Variable - “Tribal”
OutKast - “Liberation”
GooDie MoB - “Guess Who”
Vera Hall - “Death Have Mercy” from Alan Lomax’s Songs of the South
Reverend R. C. Crenshaw & Congregation - “ I Love The Lord” from Alan Lomax’s Songs of the South

Credits:
Arts & Craft is produced, written and edited by Carla Aaron-Lopez & Dom Brady for Abenghorn Media and IamKingCarla. Distributed by Arts Beats & Lyrics Radio at ablradio.com
Mixing by Dom Brady
Graphic Design by Carla Aaron-Lopez
Photography by Carla Aaron-Lopez and Dom Brady
Engineered by Dom Brady

We be tweetin’ | twitter.com/artsxcraft, @dombrady, @iamkingcarla

Follow our adventure on Tumblr | artsxcraftradio.tumblr.com