The new podcast series was created with support provided by the George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation, the Jo and Barry Ariko Fund for Artistic Programs, and Sally Lucas.
About the Podcast
You Can’t Eat Art is a provocative podcast series addressing the age-old question: What’s the value of art? Inspired by a skeptic who claimed that art serves no practical purpose, host Clara Kamunde, Marcus Curatorial Fellow, sits down with artists at the Lucas Artists Program to explore the impact of making art.
In this monthly series, Clara invites you to listen in as she engages in candid conversations with working artists representing a diverse range of disciplines about their practice, their purpose, and their response to those who see art as merely a luxury and question its value. Her conversations offer insights into how artists navigate the commodification of their work, and shed light on their creative processes.
Ultimately, You Can’t Eat Art seeks to reaffirm art’s role as an indispensable cultural force, one that fosters connection, introspection, and growth. You Can’t Eat Art challenges the reductive notion of art as a commodity, and invites listeners to reconsider how art can challenge, resist, redefine and shape society. The intention is for these conversations to spark an ongoing dialogue to counter prevailing misconceptions about art, and to bring about an understanding of art as sculptor Anthony Gormley calls “an act of shared communication.”
Episodes will be added to the playlist below as they are released on the Lucas Artists Program’s Spotify. Give it a listen!
Curatorial Fellow
Clara Kamunde
Clara Kamunde is an Oakland-based, Kenyan-born cultural worker practicing at the intersection of arts education and social justice. Her career began with the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles where, as a grantee for the Artist-In-The-Community program, she collaborated with community organizations to produce and present site-integrated programming in urban parks, recreation areas and historic sites, and schools located in underserved communities throughout Greater Los Angeles. For her contribution in supporting access to quality arts programming with DCA, she was awarded an Honorary Citation by the City of Los Angeles. She was formerly a fellow at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State University where she earned a master’s degree in Creativity Studies.
Programs:
• LAP 20th Anniversary Celebration
• 2024 Marcus Exhibition Future Dreaming… A Path Forward
• You Can’t Eat Art Podcast Series ~ Feb 2025
About the Fellowship
The Marcus Curatorial Fellowship was established with a generous gift made by the George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation. This fellowship provides emerging Bay Area thought leaders who are interested in pursing a career in the arts with the opportunity to work with living artists of all disciplines, and to create and develop a public program.
Designed to infuse fresh thinking and diverse voices to continually reinvigorate and expand Montalvo’s programmatic offerings, two curatorial fellows will be selected every two years. Each will be offered a part-time, paid position, to work at the Lucas Artists Program (“LAP”). Each will have the opportunity to support the development of LAP projects from conception to public presentation and evaluation. In addition, each fellow will have the unique opportunity to present original scholarship based upon their research and their direct experiences working with contemporary artists in the form of an exhibition, installation, project, or community engagement program at the culmination of their fellowship.