Lauren Williams

Arts Editor

Tania Ralli

Assistant Managing Editor, Arts & Culture

Dianna Bell

Senior Editor, Arts & Culture

Andrea Shea

Correspondent, Arts & Culture

Amelia Mason

Senior Arts & Culture Reporter

Arielle Gray

Reporter

Solon Kelleher

Arts Reporting Fellow

Jacob Garcia

Newsroom Fellow

Cristela Guerra

Meet the 2023 Makers

<ul>
 	<li><a href="#intro">Intro</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#alex">Alex Diaz</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#alison">Alison Croney Moses</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#qu">Alison Qu</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#arson">Arson Fahim</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#danny">Danny Rivera</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#dzidzor">Dzidzor</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#gabriel">Gabriel Sosa</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#kimaya">Kimaya Diggs</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#rixy">Rixy</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#yun">Szu-Chieh Yun</a></li>
</ul>

Theater producer, director and dramaturg Alison Qu is executive director of CHUANG Stage in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Pianist, composer and conductor Arson Fahim plays a piano at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Singer Danny Rivera at the Holy Tabernacle Church in Dorchester. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Poet and performance artist Dzidzor plays a tambourine in a Boston studio. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Public artist and educator Gabriel Sosa at the Essex Art Center in Lawrence. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Kimaya Diggs before going on stage at a Sofar Sounds night at Sam Adams Brewery in Jamaica Plain. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Artist and muralist Rixy stands in front of her work &quot;Pa*Lante&quot; in Roxbury. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Szu-Chieh Yun at work in her studio. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Alex Diaz performs under the b-boy name El Niño because of his fast paced and aggressive style. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Artist and woodworker Alison Croney Moses in her woodshop. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

WBUR Presents: The 2023 Makers

The 2023 Makers (left to right): Gabriel Sosa, Dzidzor, Szu-Chieh Yun, Arson Fahim, Rixy, Alex Diaz, Kimaya Diggs, Alison Croney Moses, Alison Qu. Not pictured: Danny Rivera. (OJ Slaughter for WBUR)

Arts & Culture

A series highlighting creatives of color making an impact in the local arts scene.

The Makers

Arts

Boston

Life

Early in his career, the artist worked as a court translator where he witnessed how power can be exerted through words. Now, he probes that idea through murals, collages and community engagement.

Gabriel Sosa explores language and justice in his multimedia creations

<a href="https://www.wbur.org/tag/the-makers"><img class="alignright" src="https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/10/wbur-2023-makers.jpeg" alt="WBUR Makers logo" width="400" height="320" /></a>The 2023 Makers: <a href="https://www.wbur.org/tag/the-makers">10 artists of color making an impact</a>

A work in progress by Gabriel Sosa using text from a police manual and exploring the complexities of law. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

"I was born and raised into a Cuban family in a Cuban community in Miami where it wasn't unusual to be Cuban American at all. And I think living outside that context, the importance and uniqueness of being Cuban American has really had a profound effect on me."

A detail view of artist Gabriel Sosa's &quot;La bodega de mis sueños&quot; on Academy Street in Fitchburg. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Public artist Gabriel Sosa's "La bodega de mis sueños" on Academy Street in Fitchburg advertises coffee and sweets, but also yearnings and hopes. It carries a telephone number where you can call in and record your longings and dreams. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Local content from WBUR's All Things Considered broadcasts

WBUR's All Things Considered

Slavery is not the beginning, Juneteenth is not the end

People carry a Juneteenth flag as they march during a Juneteenth re-enactment celebration in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021. The U.S. on June 17 designated Juneteenth a federal holiday with President Joe Biden urging Americans "to learn from our history." The Juneteenth National Independence Day national holiday marks the day in Galveston in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans learned that they were free. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)

Boston's Weekly Arts Newsletter

https://www.wbur.org/news/section/arts-culture

During the pandemic, Boston Baroque and Guerilla Opera experimented with virtual streaming. Now, both organizations are developing plans with in-person and online audiences in mind.

Two classical music ensembles invest in a digital future

Soula Parassidis plays Iphigénie at a rehearsal of Boston Baroque's production of &quot;Iphigénie en Tauride.&quot; (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

In the control room behind the stage, Matthew Principe directs the program feed of Boston Baroque's production of &quot;Iphigénie en Tauride.&quot; (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The cast of Guerilla Opera's production of &quot;HER | alive.un.dead&quot; rehearse at Trinity Parish in Newton. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Members of the cast of Guerilla Opera's production of &quot;HER | alive.un.dead&quot; rehearse at Trinity Parish in Newton. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Director Mo Zhou and the cast of Guerilla Opera's production of &quot;HER | alive.un.dead&quot; during rehearsal at Trinity Parish in Newton. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston Baroque's production of "Iphigénie en Tauride" in rehearsal at GBH. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

3 Years On: The Arts 'Postdemic'

Performing Arts

Massachusetts arts organizations had to make dramatic changes during the pandemic in order to survive. WBUR's arts reporters check in with theaters, museums, dance troupes and classical music organizations three years on.

Local content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcasts

WBUR's Morning Edition

Economy

Music

The New England musician pulls inspiration from '90s pop divas, classic rockers and jazz legends. And on her latest album, "Til It's Gone," she doesn't shy away from complicated issues.

Singer Ali McGuirk blends the serious and playful to create her signature sound

Ali McGuirk (OJ Slaughter for WBUR)

WBUR's ongoing series highlights rising local musicians.

Sound On

The WBUR Read-In: From the desks of Black women

Arts Reporting Fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books from Black women authors about the lives of Black women. (Courtesy of the publishers)

From WBUR's arts and culture team, a series of book recommendations tied to topics happening in the news and the world around us.

The WBUR Read-In

For those who want to live a little, here's stuff to do and read when you don't want to do or read the stuff you're supposed to. 

Diversions

Books

5 things to do this weekend, including Cecilia Zabala in concert and Oscar-nominated shorts

A still from the Oscar-nominated animated short film "An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It." (Courtesy ShortsTV)

Our team rounds up the best of arts and culture for the weekend ahead. 

The ARTery's Weekend Preview

5 things to do this weekend, including August Wilson’s ‘Seven Guitars’ and a screening of ‘Dear Corky’

August Wilson's "Seven Guitars" runs through March 5. (Courtesy Actors' Shakespeare Project)

5 things to do this weekend, including a May Stevens exhibit and the New England Farm & Fiber Festival

May Stevens, "Forming the Fifth International," 1985. (Courtesy of the estate of the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York.)

Zar Amir Ebrahimi in &quot;Holy Spider.&quot; (Courtesy Utopia)

5 things to do this weekend, including a new exhibition at the MFA and Boston Festival of Films from Iran

Zar Amir Ebrahimi in "Holy Spider." (Courtesy Utopia)