El Cheech: Museo Quinceañera

in this episode, Erika Hirugami, Founder & CEO CuratorLove, speaks about her first ever visit to the Cheech Museum.

Gratitude

in this episode, Erika Hirugami, Founder & CEO CuratorLove, speaks about gratitude in the arts industry.

Art & Labor

in this episode, Erika Hirugami, Founder & CEO CuratorLove, speaks of her relationship to labor, labor in the arts industries, and invisible labor in the contemporary art world. Episode 2 of 2.

Art & Labor

in this episode, Erika Hirugami, Founder & CEO CuratorLove, speaks of her relationship to labor, labor in the arts industries, and invisible labor in the contemporary art world. Episode 1 of 2.

Brown energy in white spaces

in this episode, Erika Hirugami, Founder & CEO CuratorLove, speaks of guarding her brown energy from the systemic oppression generated in problematic white spaces in the art world.

Anabel Juárez: Recordar es Vivir

in this episode Erika Hirugami, Founder & CEO CuratorLove, explores the exhibition “Anabel Juárez: Recordar es vivir,” at Kleefeld Contemporary in CSULB. On view until June 25, 2022.

Brown Joy: a new season

in this episode, Erika Hirugami, Founder & CEO CuratorLove, speaks to what this season of Articulation Podcast will bring; Brown Joy, Latinx Contemporary, migration, aesthetics, critique, and more.

EPISODE 8

Erika Hirugami of CuratorLove and Francisco Rodriguez of RarefactionLA are joined by Katya Usvitsky and Sean Noyce, an incredibly talented artist couple, and the creative minds behind Noysky Projects to discuss relationships, togetherness, and the ever-shifting art world during this time of crisis.

EPISODE 7

Erika Hirugami of CuratorLove and Francisco Rodriguez of RarefactionLA are joined by Jill Steggall and William Camargo, both MFA students at CGU in the 2020 graduating cohort. The discussion centers around what it means to become a professional artist outside of academia in a time of crisis. 

EPISODE 6

Erika Hirugami of CuratorLove and Francisco Rodriguez of RarefactionLA are joined by Rafa Sardina,  to discuss the music industry, accountability, transparency, and artistic decisions. 

EPISODE 5

Erika Hirugami of CuratorLove and Francisco Rodriguez of RarefactionLA are joined by Jen P. Harris, to discuss how artists are transcending the heaviness of the current suspension of the art world, and hope in its own futurity.

EPISODE 4

Erika Hirugami of CuratorLove and Francisco Rodriguez of RarefactionLA are joined by Matt Stromberg, and John Junghun Lee, to discuss MOCA's recent announcement that nearly all of its employees would be receiving a full or partial furlough amid the current crisis. 

EPISODE 3

Erika Hirugami of CuratorLove and Francisco Rodriguez of RarefactionLA are joined by Kiara Aileen Machado and Tia Thompson, to discuss the creative relationship to self and it’s existence, as we live in courage through uncertain times.

EPISODE 2

Erika Hirugami of CuratorLove is joined by Summer Bernal of Love19 Productions, Lydia Espinoza an LA-based Arts Entrepreneur, and Francisco Rodriguez of RarefactionLA to discuss togetherness, community and hope in the (art) world during social distancing.

EPISODE 1

Introduction to podcast series by Erika Hirugami of CuratorLove.