Synopsis
Yollocalli Arts Reach is the award-winning youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art, we offer FREE arts and culture programming to teens and young adults. Located in the heart of Chicagos Little Village neighborhood, we serve as an open community center with studio spaces, computer lab, radio production studio, a large art library, and a creative, supportive staff and teaching artists who are always around to help, encourage, and inspire. We aim to strengthen the students creative and cultural capital by engaging them with their own cultural discourses through art making.Thank you to the McCormick Foundation for their continued support.
Episodes
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Pop Up Youth Radio @ Allied Media Conference 2017
12/07/2017 Duration: 01h04sPop Up Youth Radio is a project of Yollocalli Arts Reach. PUYR is a youth-led, community-centered, pop-up Internet radio program. This show was recorded live at the Allied Media Conference 2017, in Detroit. A conversation about DIY Internet Radio and how it offers people a platform to curate their media, voice their values and amplify communities.
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An Interview with Cristal Alba @ The Plant by Brian Cruz
12/07/2017 Duration: 08minAn Interview with Cristal Alba @ The Plant by Brian Cruz by Yollocalli Arts Reach
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An interview with El Cardenal De Aztlán & The Tamale Spaceship by Emilio Gonzalez
12/07/2017 Duration: 06minAn interview with El Cardenal De Aztlán & The Tamale Spaceship by Emilio Gonzalez by Yollocalli Arts Reach
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An interview with Chef Gabriel Moya from Sobremesa by Emilio Gonzalez
12/07/2017 Duration: 12minAn interview with Chef Gabriel Moya from Sobremesa by Emilio Gonzalez by Yollocalli Arts Reach
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Wattz Up! - My Strange Addiction
22/06/2017 Duration: 57minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show, Wattz Up! youth explores all kind of addictions, obsessions, habits & guilty pleasures! Enjoy!!
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Wattz Up! - Immigration
21/06/2017 Duration: 01h56minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show, Wattz Up! youth talks about immigration in commemoration to May 1, 2006 when the biggest march for immigration rights took place. We spoke with Maria Gonzalez, an activist that has improved the lives of undocumented immigrants; a teacher from Kenwood Academy; and with Quinto Imperio a fusion band that has integrated their music into their activism.
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Wattz Up! - Food Show
03/06/2017 Duration: 01h12minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show, we talk all about Food!! Special interviews with a chef that fuses Latin flavors and with El Cardenal de Aztlán & the story of the Tamale Spaceship!! Also, we navigate deep into teens favorite foods, science, cultures and much more... Bon Apetite!
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Wattz Up! - Anime & Superheroes
16/05/2017 Duration: 58minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show, we talk about "Anime & Comics VS Live Action Movies". From Ghost in the Shell, Attack on Titan to Doctor Strange... Enjoy!!
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Wattz Up! - C2E2 Edition
16/05/2017 Duration: 52minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show Wattz Up! a geeky recap of C2E2, Chicago 2017!! Enjoy!!
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Wattz Up! - Youth World
08/05/2017 Duration: 51minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show Wattz Up! presents a glimpse into the young life: student's stress, poor decisions, the struggles with expressing yourself, identity and much more...
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Wattz Up! - Police Accountability
08/05/2017 Duration: 01h31minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. In this show, Wattz Up! presented and provided information about policing: How to start a conversation between the community, youth and the police & the importance of how to interact with police and to know what’s happening in communities like Little Village. So for that, Adilene Salgado attended to several community meetings in Little Village led by ENLACE which it’s part of GAPA (Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability. Working to promote and change, factors contributing incarceration of people of color and seeking to transform the relationship between the CPD and the communities it serves, in order to realize equal access to safe and thriving neighborhood for all Chicago Residents. You will listen to information from the meetings and interviews with active members of the community in Little Village from parents to Ceasefire Violence Prevention leaders, community and family servers, a
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Wattz Up! - NODO & NRMAL (Music Jamz)
27/04/2017 Duration: 28minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. Special Music Jams - This show features music from the NRML Music Festival held in Mexico City with interviews from "Aye Aye" (Carlos Reinoso) y Bob Mustachio, psychedelic visual artists. Also before the NRML Music Festival, there is an event held at Centro Cultural de España. A behind the scenes event on what to expect at NRML fest. NODO is filled with workshops, talks, and music guest like Vaya Futuro and others.
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Wattz Up! - Nature vs Technology
27/04/2017 Duration: 48minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. This show is a conversation about the importance of today's technology taking over society and how it's affecting our environment/nature. We will present facts about nature and technology, awesome technology music, how technology is taking over jobs and how things in our environment don't last anymore. Also an interview with Crystal Alba, a worker at The Plant Chicago. Tune in for more information !!!
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Wattz Up! - Ladies First
27/04/2017 Duration: 58minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. This is our first Lady show! We focus in the importance of women roles. In this show we will present stories made by women, our opinions of what we saw as we grow up as women of color, movies that are made by telling stories such as Hidden Figures and also an Interview with Teri Arvesu News director of Univision Chicago. The good and bad that women experience in their daily lives and how as a young women we understand it. For more information join us and listen!!!
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A talk about the importance of storytelling with Prisca Dorcas
04/04/2017 Duration: 01h01minA talk on the importance and power of storytelling, writing and using your voice with Prisca Dorcas from Latina Rebels blog at the Port Ministries (Back of the yards). Recorded live March 15th, 2017 as part of Pop Up Youth Radio at Richards Career Academy and CASA Program.
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A talk on independent journalism with Ed Marszewski
04/04/2017 Duration: 47minA talk on independent journalism with Ed Marszewski for Media Literacy Week at Yollocalli Arts Reach. Recorded on November 4th, 2016
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We Are Yollocalli!
17/03/2017 Duration: 02minTitle: We are Yollocalli Year: 2017 Written by: Cecilia Ruiz & Zipporah Auta Produced by: Your Story, Your Way Team This audio-piece was produced for "The Best of Yollo Exhibition" at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
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PUYR - Crappy Suckentine's Day Pt.1
06/03/2017 Duration: 42minPop Up Youth Radio is a project of Yollocalli Arts Reach. PUYR is a youth-led, community-centered, pop-up Internet radio program. This show was recorded live at Crappy Suckentine's Day Condom Party 2017, on February 10th at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Great conversations about Project Elevate(STD prevention and transgender womem), teen's health, dating, relationship advice and MORE!
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PUYR - Crappy Suckentine's Day Pt.2
06/03/2017 Duration: 50minPop Up Youth Radio is a project of Yollocalli Arts Reach. PUYR is a youth-led, community-centered, pop-up Internet radio program. This show was recorded live at Crappy Suckentine's Day Condom Party 2017, on February 10th at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Great conversations about Project Elevate(STD prevention and transgender womem), teen's health, dating, relationship advice and MORE!
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Wattz Up! - Xmas Edition 2016
27/02/2017 Duration: 46minThe Fall 2016 class of Your story, your way! produced this Christmas special edition with stories based on their childhood and anecdotes around the holiday season! Wattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago.