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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Wattz Up! On Quarantine - The People's Budget
12/10/2021 Duration: 01h34minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! In this episode, we discuss the city’s budget, the process of how money is allocated throughout the city, and what the youth think about reallocated that money to throughout the many communities that lack funding. Including Vox Pop’s asking community residents about Chicago’s annual budget, an interview with Niketa Brar, member of Chicago United for Equity, and a very special interview with Alderman of the 22nd Ward Mike Rodriguez! Enjoy!
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Wattz Up! On Quarantine - Yet Another Pandemic Show
11/10/2021 Duration: 01h51minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! In this edition, we’ll take a look at what’s happened post-pandemic: from our personal lives and education to public health and activism! With Chicago moving forward onto phase 5 of its 5-step plan to reopen and normality inching closer and closer into our lives, we thought it necessary to talk about what the hell has happened! Enjoy!
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Wattz Up! On Quarantine - UIC X Yollocalli Stories from Greater Lawndale
10/10/2021 Duration: 01h21minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! In this edition, we present a bilingual podcast as part of “The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project” in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health and Yollocalli Arts Reach. The 2-part podcast exhibits stories from 15 individuals living in the communities of North and South Lawndale, discussing the unsafe working conditions and employment difficulties apparent in these neighborhoods as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Enjoy!
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The Stories Of Greater Lawndale (UIC X Yollocalli) Pt. 1
27/07/2021 Duration: 55minThis two-part bilingual podcast exhibits stories from 15 individuals living in the communities of North and South Lawndale, discussing the unsafe working conditions and employment difficulties apparent in these neighborhoods as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Produced by the Your Story, Your Way interns in Spring 2021: August Abitang, Emmanuel Ramirez, Melissa Regalado, and Antonio Salazar **In partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health as part of “The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project” and Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art.
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The Stories Of Greater Lawndale (UIC X Yollocalli) Pt. 2
27/07/2021 Duration: 24minThis two-part bilingual podcast exhibits stories from 15 individuals living in the communities of North and South Lawndale, discussing the unsafe working conditions and employment difficulties apparent in these neighborhoods as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Produced by the Your Story, Your Way interns in Spring 2021: August Abitang, Emmanuel Ramirez, Melissa Regalado, and Antonio Salazar **In partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health as part of “The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project” and Yollocalli Arts Reach, a youth initiative of the National Museum of Mexican Art.
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Radio Show: The Ice Cream Show by Cardenas Kids
23/07/2021 Duration: 07minA series of audio-pieces, songs and radio segments made by the Cardenas Radio Club students of Cardenas Elementary School during the school year of 2020/2021. The students explored their narration skills, creative writing, experimental sounds, asmr, empathy in times of pandemic and shared their love for pets.
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Radio Show: The Pets Show by Cardenas Kids
23/07/2021 Duration: 12minA series of audio-pieces, songs and radio segments made by the Cardenas Radio Club students of Cardenas Elementary School during the school year of 2020/2021. The students explored their narration skills, creative writing, experimental sounds, asmr, empathy in times of pandemic and shared their love for pets.
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Radio Show: The Best Of The Oofers From Cardenas Elementary
23/07/2021 Duration: 28minA series of audio-pieces, songs and radio segments made by the Cardenas Radio Club students of Cardenas Elementary School during the school year of 2020/2021. The students explored their narration skills, creative writing, experimental sounds, asmr, empathy in times of pandemic and shared their love for pets.
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La Mesita - Lester Rey
25/06/2021 Duration: 27minLa Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Lester Rey, A Latin Alternative artists with a versatile gift as a music innovator and crowd amplifier, Lester sits down with La Mesita on his creative and artistic journey.
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La Mesita - Adam Stone
24/06/2021 Duration: 27minLa Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Adam Stone, a Multi-Instrumentalist, composer, and producer from Monterrey, Mexico.
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La Mesita - Gabacho
24/06/2021 Duration: 27minLa Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Gabacho, A Chicago Local, Musician and Pokemon connoisseur sits down with La Mesita to share with us new material, sounds, and collaborations with artists such a Dromedarios Magicos and expansion as a solo-artist.
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La Mesita - George A Calendar
23/06/2021 Duration: 27minLa Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: George A. Calendar, a Chicago creative with a soul of a thousand sounds. George's blend and mix of funk, suave, velvety narco synth pop have taken the likeness of a new emerging sound, George sits down with La Mesita to further expand the creative sounds he's working with.
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La Mesita - Sumohair
22/06/2021 Duration: 28minLa Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Sumohair, Graphic Artist, Producer & Music Composer for Reyna Tropical.
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La Mesita - Eleeza Silva
21/06/2021 Duration: 28minLa Mesita is a feature series of live performances and interviews from Wattz up! produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth, broadcast live through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. *Featuring: Eleeza Silva, a Chicago creative, singer, songwriter, and rapper.
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Wattz Up! On Quarantine - Humanz in the Music Scene
23/04/2021 Duration: 01h50minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! In this edition, Wattz Up! presents 4 very special interviews with various members of Chicago's Music Scene to discuss the impact Covid-19 has had on the music Industry, and if it will ever be the same again. Featuring: Diana Bowden & David Yanong Beltran of Feeltrip Records, Dj at Lumpen Radio and Worldwide FM Alejandro Ayala, Millennium Park Music Series Curator David Chavez, and Photographer/Artist at Tropiteca Crew Vanesa Lara. Enjoy!
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Wattz Up! On Quarantine - Wattz Up! Time Machine
21/04/2021 Duration: 01h54minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! In this edition, Wattz Up! celebrated 5 years up on the air! They presented some of their best and favorite interviews, audiopieces, and soundscapes in Wattz Up History!
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Wattz Up! On Quarantine - FTP: For the People
17/04/2021 Duration: 01h28minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! Yollocalli would like to dedicate this show to Adam Toledo and all victims of police violence and police killings. In this edition, Wattz Up! presents a vox populi of community members’ thoughts and concerns with police, interviews with Solorio Students and Program Manager of The Peace Exchange Henry Cervantes, and conversations about police in CPS schools and in our communities. Followed by a Music Jamz filled with songs of protest and resistance!
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Wattz Up! On Quarantine - Neighborhood Reporting (Fall 2020)
14/04/2021 Duration: 01h37minWattz up! is produced by Yollocalli Arts Reach youth and broadcast through Lumpen Radio, WLPN 105.5FM Chicago. **Wattz Up! is practicing staying home and social distancing, so the youth broadcasted straight from the comfort of their couches! In this edition, Wattz Up! collaborated with City Bureau to create a series of podcasts around the Little Village neighborhood in which they researched and reported topics such as: Housing, Mental Health, and Immigration.
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Little Village, Big Problems by August Abitang And Giovanni Macias
11/04/2021 Duration: 27minA series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Little Village, Big Problems” highlights the exploitative sale of the historic Little Village Discount Mall with special guests Julio Anaya from Little Village Local, Kocoy Malagon, and Katie Bedoya, community members.
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Mental Health in Chicago's Latinx Communities Part 1 by Emmanuel Ramirez and Merie Meraz
11/04/2021 Duration: 28minA series of podcasts made by the Your Story, Your Way students in collaboration with City Bureau fellows at virtual Yollocalli in Fall 2020, researching and reporting around Little Village about housing, mental health, and immigration. “Mental Health in Chicago’s Latinx Communities” discusses the inequalities that low income, black and brown, immigrant communities face in regard to mental health resources with special guests Elizabeth Chrisostomo from ENLACE Chicago, Sarah Taylor from Yo soy ella , and Arturo Carrillo from Brighton Park Community Council.