Ali Santana is a director and multi-disciplinary artist working with video, sound, collage, installation, and performance. Santana, a native Brooklynite is influenced by community, natural patterns, music and, ancient cultures. His work often explores topics related to Black American identity, observations of nature, and sensory perception.
I was a recent guest on the State of the Art Podcast where I talk about creativity, technology, my work as a performing artist and educator. Check it out at the link below.
https://art19.com/.../e77e0b90-549f-4464-ad75-09deeac85700
SOTA, Thanks for having me!
Our latest episode begins with a chat between Courtney and Daniel Levy, author of "A Teaching Artist's Companion: How to Define and Develop Your Practice," in which Daniel discusses the steps and missteps of creating a book meant to inspire Teaching Artists to aspire higher through their artistry and their approaches to arts education. Courtney also sits down for a chat with multi-disciplinary artist, Ali Santana (2019 award for ‘Innovation in Teaching Artistry’ from the Association of Teaching Artists), currently a Teaching Artist at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). In this chat, Ali talks about his artistic passions, where his arts training led him, how the perils of cookie-cutter art-making changed his artistic trajectory landing him in the world of fine art and inspiring him to incorporate education into his teaching practice.
In this chat, Ali talks about his artistic passions, where his arts training led him, how the perils of cookie-cutter art-making changed his artistic trajectory landing him in the world of fine art and inspiring him to incorporate education into his teaching practice.
Vice's Noisey did a cool writeup and Q&A with ELUCID about his new video that I directed. I chime in a few times to provide some behind the scenes insight on how it was made. Check it out at the link below.