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Nov 2021
33m 17s

Stephen Velasquez on Art and Activism

HERITAGE RADIO NETWORK
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This episode is part of a collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies hosted by Gastronomica editorial collective member Paula Johnson. In this episode, curator Stephen Velasquez discusses how activism and food history come together in a graphic calendar. The Calendario de Comida 1976, created by California-based artist collectives in 1975, ... Show More
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