Collective Drift: Celebrating International Women, Culture, and Travel - (ep 8) How have Black women influenced the art world? With Lauren N'Namdi of N'Namdi Contemporary

(ep 8) How have Black women influenced the art world? With Lauren N'Namdi of N'Namdi Contemporary

05/07/20 • 44 min

Collective Drift: Celebrating International Women, Culture, and Travel

How have Black women influenced the art world?

The Collective Drift platform was created by Erica Knowles to celebrate all women, the beauty of their cultures, and international travel experiences. I believe that women possess magic, that gives them strength and grace to change the world. We learn how to tap into our power in various ways based on our cultural backgrounds and our journeys. Join me and an amazing collective of multicultural, multiethnic, and multigenerational women that are artists, cultural leaders and travel enthusiasts as they tell their stories about their culture, their tribe of women, their passions, their art, and their favorite international experiences. Welcome to Collective Drift.

What type of art do African American women create? How have African American women left their mark on art? What should I look for when collecting art? What should I look for when buying art? Why should I collect art? What is it like to be a gallery owner? What should I look for when buying black art? What should I look for when buying art by black artists? What should I look for when buying art from female artists? What type of African American art should I buy?

In this interview with Lauren N'Namdi co-owner of N'Namdi Contemporary we talked about a number of things including art, of course, being a mother, growing up as an only child in Detroit, her path as an artist and designer, and of course her favorite vacations.

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Lauren’s question: If you were to be truly selfish what would you do?
How Lauren defines a woman: “A woman is badass”

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Where to find Lauren:
N’Namdi Contemporary
[email protected] | 786.332.4736 | 6505 NE 2nd Ave. Miami. FL 33138
@nnamdi_gallery

Where to find Erica:
collectivedrift.com
@collectivedrift
youtube.com/collectivedrift

Mentioned in the interview (unless noted restaurants are open for takeout /delivery during the quarantine):

The Standard Spa
Little Haiti Cultural Center
Nanette Carter
Patrick Quarm
Haulover Beach
Overtown
Coconut Grove
North Miami
KYU
GiGi’s Waterfront
The River Oyster Bar*
B & M Market
Sugercane
Phuc Yea
Shukin & Jivin
Lil Green House Grill
Taverna Opa*
Red Rooster Overtown*
*Temporarily closed

Music by Catherine Knowles

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(ep 7) What did you learn from the women in your life? With poet and writer Jen Karetnick

(ep 07) What did you learn from the women in your life?

What did you learn from the women in your life? What did you learn from your mom? What did you learn from your grandmother? Did these women teach you to cook? Did these women teach you how to love? Did you learn how to be strong from your mother? Was grace something that your grandmother taught you? Does your mom remind you to sleep and eat when you are stressed? Does your aunt remind you that you are strong? Did your sister teach you to forgive? Did your daughter teach you to relax? What did you learn from them to maintain your mental health? What did you learn from your girlfriends? What about the women you met when traveling? What have you learned from the women in your life? In this interview with Jen Katernick you learn that her grandmother, mom, and sister influenced her life greatly, teaching her independence, strength, balance, Jewish traditions, and forgiveness.

Jen Karetnick is a talented published food and travel writer, a poet, she’s a wife, and mom to her daughter and son. We had a really great conversation where we touched a broad number of topics starting with who Jen is and the women in her life influenced her. We discussed a genealogy test that she took that showed that she was 98% Ashkenazi Jewish. Jen touched on how she feels when white people respond to discovering that she’s Jewish. And of course we talked about her Jewish culture and her favorite Jewish meal. This interview also goes into how Jen became a food critic and her favorite travel writing experience. Overall it’s a pretty fun and open interview. I hope you enjoy it.

Her question for other women: Why didn’t you tell me how hard it was going to be?

What does it mean to be a woman: If you have 1% of feeling like a woman then you have a moment of being a woman.

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Jen’s recommendations:

Kruger Park in South Africa: http://www.krugerpark.co.za/

Women owned vineyards in Paso Robles, CA

Epoch https://epochwines.com/
Harmony Cellars https://www.harmonycellars.com/

Listen to poetry in Miami
The Betsy Hotel https://www.thebetsyhotel.com/

How to find Jen

https://jkaretnick.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenkaretnick/

Twitter: https://Twitter.com/Kavetchnik

Supporting Women Writers in Miami https://www.swwim.org/

Jen’s recently published book of poetry https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Over-Jen-Karetnick/dp/1794439277

How to find Erica and Collective Drift

https://www.collectivedrift.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenkaretnick/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CollectiveDrift

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CollectiveDrift

Music by Catherine Knowles

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(ep 9) What do girls need? With Thema Campbell, Founder & CEO of Girl Power Miami

What do girls need? With Thema Campbell, Founder & CEO of Girl Power Miami

What do girls need? What do girls need in light of COVID 19? What kind of support do girls need? How can you help girls right now? What type of encouragement do girls need? How can I support my daughter’s mental health? Do girls need male role models?

In this interview with Thema Campbell, Founder & CEO of Girl Power Miami she answers these questions and more. This episode is the second of a series of episodes that is sponsored by the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA and will highlight the creative women business owners in their community.

Here are a few things that we discussed:

What Thema is passionate about She is passionate about giving the best of her. Praying, meditating, and being mindful of the people in her life. She emphasized that it's important to honor what your body needs, especially during this pandemic. So don’t beat yourself up if you have a lazy on the couch, watching tv all day, kind of day. But going back to mediation is something she goes back to “because it’s steady, it’s reliable, and you can see the benefits of it in your life”.

What the women in her life taught her Thema is from Georgia and had multiple women in her life that brought different things into her life. They taught her the importance of being physically active and how to cook. Most importantly, they taught her the importance of honesty. She learnt about the importance of touch from another friend.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The Little GreenHouse Grill https://www.lilgreenhousegrill.com/
Williams Park
The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater https://www.bahlt.org/
Driving down 3rd avenue and looking at the trees
Live jazz music: Maryel Epps http://maryelepps.com/ & Nicole Henry http://www.nicolehenry.com/

Her question for women How do you think we as women can change this world to make it better for our children?

Thema’s definition of a woman A woman is the life source of the planet … We are the first teachers of men and women.

Get in contact with Thema and Girl Power Miami

https://www.girlpowerrocks.org/

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/girlpowermiami

https://www.facebook.com/girlpowermiami

https://www.girlpowerrocks.org/

Where to find Erica and Collective Drift:

https://www.instagram.com/collectivedrift/

https://www.facebook.com/collectivedrift

https://www.collectivedrift.com

https://www.youtube.com/collectivedrift

Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA
http://experienceovertown.com/
https://instagram.com/miamicra

The Collective Drift platform was created by Erica Knowles to celebrate all women, the beauty of their cultures, and international travel experiences. I believe that women possess magic, that gives them strength and grace to change the world.