The Front Porch (w/iCon & G): Recent Episodes
iCON
Welcome to The Front Porch! This is a space that provides a bird’s eye view of the entire "neighborhood", where folks come together as a community to observe and discuss the "happenins" and crack jokes, and to pass on wisdom and good-hearted enlightenment. The Front Porch is the foundation. The gateway to your home. The safe space for your thoughts, words, & Love. The place where both scalps are greased and edges are snatched. The place where you get both the gossip and the gospel. Join me--New Orleans creative, iCon--& my PNC (Partner N' Conversation), G, as we make you feel right at home!
This week on the proverbial Front Porch, icon and G kick back with New Orleans' own graphic/digital/muralist/visual artist, NOYO clothing brand creator, educator, cultural curator, and Pass It On co-founder, Ayo Scott, to talk about his unique artistic approach, how he uses his art to curate safe spaces for other artists and cultivate culture as well as the ways in which he honors the timeless legacy of his father, world-renown sculptor/artist/teacher, John Scott. We also host our first ever "Front Porch Idol"! Enjoy this medley shea butter and shenanigans!
Ayo Scott:
www.ayoscott.com
"Let the Dollas Circulate" -->
The Munch Factory
www.themunchfactory.net
@themunchfactory
This week, iCon and G sit down together on the proverbial Front Porch to chat about expanding into new territory and tapping into all of your gifts from the perspective of a multidisciplinary artist, especially in a talent-filled city like New Orleans where everybody's got their hands in multiple pots.
iCon:
www.iCONtheARTIST.com
IG: @iCONtheARTIST
"Let the Dollas Circulate" -->
www.sweetvegansoulfood.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/www.sweetsoulfood.net/
IG: @sweetvegansoulfood
This week, iCon sits down with co-host, G, who when not sitting back on The Front Porch, is also a nationally-recognized filmmaker and actor who has crafted his own genre of storytelling on screen that highlights Black Love primarily with the music, art, and culture of New Orleans playing cupid. As founder and creator of the Black Film Festival of New Orleans, G kicks back to chat about a vision for the future of Black film and industry in New Orleans, a constantly sought after, but rarely authentically portrayed, stage for American film and television.
Black Film Festival of New Orleans:
https://www.facebook.com/blackfilmfestivalofneworleans/
Youtube: PBE S.Ou.L
BFFNO
"Let the Dollas Circulate" -->
Ashe' Cultural Arts Center
https://www.facebook.com/ashe.cac/
IG: ashe_cac
www.ashecac.org
This week, iCon & G sit down on our proverbial Front Porch with singer/songwriter/storyteller/ musician/ & all things Love, New Orleans own, Kelly LOVE Jones to discuss how she learned to fly and to traverse and transform the "pitch dark" of the world (and the music industry) by shining her Light.
"Let the Dollas Circulate" --> Community Book Center https://www.facebook.com/Community-Book-Center-178125373443/ (504) 948-7323
Kelly Love Jones: https://www.facebook.com/kellylovejones @kellylovejones kellylovejones@gmail.com
This week, iCon & G sit down on our proverbial Front Porch with Tavia Osbey, manager of popular New Orleans' funk/soul/hip-hop/rock/spoken word band (and winners of the AfroPunk Battle of the Bands and NPR Tiny Desk Contest), Tank and the Bangas, as she shares wisdom with us as well as her journey from the inception of the group up to their worldwide success--the sacrifices, the challenges, the manifestation, and the vision for both herself and her artists.
www.tankandthebangas.com www.midcitizen.com
This week, iCon & G sit down on the proverbial Front Porch with New Orleans-based artists/musicians, Nondi & HU$HPUPPY to discuss their influences/motivation, their upcoming Couches performance, and the role/responsibility of an artist to create with purpose and to reflect the times (or not).
"Let the Dollas Circulate"--> www.dopeciety.com
Nondi: www.soundcloud.com/goddessnondi
HU$HPUPPY: www.soundcloud.com/hush_love
This week, iCon & G talk about self-Love/investment and also sit down to analyze the lyrics to a Jill Scott song in the wake of her recent viral controversy.
"Let the Dollas Circulate"--> Black Thighs Matter: supanovafit.bigcartel.com Personal Training: Supanovafit1@gmail.com
This week, iCon & G sit down on the proverbial Front Porch with Brooklyn-born, New Orleans-raised artist, activist, actor, and educator, Michael "A Scribe Called Quess" Moore to discuss the art[ist] behind his infamous activism and what it means to have your work match your words.
www.ascribecalledquess.com www.medium.com/@ascribecalledquess
This week, iCon & G sit down on the proverbial Front Porch with the owners of Ego's Gentlemen Spa to discuss the importance of self-care, namely for Black men, and DJ Chinua (widely known as one of the creators of Ascendance, the popular New Orleans socially-conscious zodiac dance party) to discuss his unorthodox, diasporic approach to music and dance as a form of self-care and personal & societal healing.
"Let the Dollas Circulate"--> Ego's Gentlemen Spa: www.egosgentlemenspa.com
DJ Chinua: www.soundcloud.com/chinuathedj
This week, iCon sits on The Front Porch with Tuere Jones, M.Ed., the Executive Director of Bar None NOLA, to discuss the flawed local and national educational system, the school-to-prison pipeline, and her organization's mission to transcend incarceration through the arts.
www.bar-none.net www.facebook.com/bar.none.nola