Art Heals All Wounds: Victor Mavedzenge, Visual Artist
Senate
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<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MQKYNQgJmR3Q2xeoG3N9S68e-NE37FkS4toUcJUS_-0/edit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Please Fill Out the Listener Survey!</strong></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Episode Summary: </strong></p><p>Today, I’m joined by visual and performance artist, educator, and community leader Victor Mavedzenge. Victor describes his feelings of not belonging and some of the ways that that feeling shaped him as a person and an artist. His journey from his home country of Zimbabwe, to London, to Berkeley, CA have led him to embrace an international identity. A natural community builder, Victor shares the story of how the 2nd Friday Art Talk panel discussion started and what it’s grown to today. We also touch on his role as Project Manager at Downtown Streets Team, an organization that works with the unhoused population in Northern and Central California. </p><br><p><strong>Topics Covered:</strong></p><p>● How Victor turns to painting as a way to reset during times of transition </p><p>● Victor’s experience in London as a person from a former British colony </p><p>● The danger of having a limited identity</p><p>● Victor’s vision for the 2nd Friday Art Talk event </p><p>● What draws Victor to the role of community builder </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Resources: </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>● <a href="https://artpush.org/2nd-friday-art-talk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Learn more about the 2nd Friday Art Talk hosted by Victor</a> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Guest Info:</strong></p><p>● <a href="https://mavedzenge.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Victor's Website</a> </p><p>● <a href="https://www
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Art Heals All Wounds: Victor Mavedzenge, Visual Artist
Senate