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Podcast: The Institute of Black Imagination.
Episode: E15. FUNKtional Design & Material Culture w. Artist Xenobia Bailey
Description: Today’s episode is with fiber artist and cultivator of funk, Xenobia Bailey.Born in Seattle Washington, into a family that survived off of a material culture provided by both the land and the ingenuity of the Black homemaker. Xenobia discovered her passions early in life, going on to study ethno-musicology at the University of Washington, and later attending Pratt Institute for Industrial Design. Xenobia found her freedom in the funk and her work centralizes the liberation of the black creative mind.Known for her eclectic crocheted hats and large-scale mandalas consisting of colorful concentric ci...