>>> MING UP -- WE'RE CONNECTING YOU WITH THE WE'RE CONNECTING YOU WITH THE CREATIVITY AND CULTURE IN YOUR CREATIVITY AND CULTURE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING AN ARTIST COMMUNITY, INCLUDING AN ARTIST WHO CREATES IMAGES FROM DREAMS.

WHO CREATES IMAGES FROM DREAMS.

>> YOU ENTER YOUR OWN SPACE AND >> YOU ENTER YOUR OWN SPACE AND QUIET, YOU CAN CREATE WHATEVER QUIET, YOU CAN CREATE WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH YOUR EMOTIONS.

YOU WANT WITH YOUR EMOTIONS.

>>> WE'RE AT THE BERKSHIRE >>> WE'RE AT THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM TO EXPLORE THE ARSTRY MUSEUM TO EXPLORE THE ARSTRY AND HISTORY OF TATTOOS.

AND HISTORY OF TATTOOS.

>> EH CANVAS OR EACH PERSO IS >> EH CANVAS OR EACH PERSO IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTND AS AN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTND AS AN ARTIST YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO ARTIST YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT.

THAT.

AND YOU'VE HEARD THE SONG AND YOU'VE HEARD THE SONG BEFORE, NOW MEET THE MAN BEHIND BEFORE, NOW MEET THE MAN BEHIND IT.

IT.

[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] >> THES SOMETHING ABOUT >> THES SOMETHING ABOUT CERTAIN SGS THAT PEOPL LOVE CERTAIN SGS THAT PEOPL LOVE TO JOIN IN ON AND IT BRINGS US TO JOIN IN ON AND IT BRINGS US TOGETHER.

TOGETHER.

>>OIN US FOR THOSE STORIES AND >>OIN US FOR THOSE STORIES AND MORE AS WE EXPLORE T MORE AS WE EXPLORE T EATIVI, CULTURE, AND EATIVI, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY THAT MAKES US WESTERN COMMUNITY THAT MAKES US WESTERN NEW ENGLAND -- NEW ENGLAND -- UP NEXON "CONNECTING POINT."

UP NEXON "CONNECTING POINT."

>> SUPPORT FOR "CONNECTING >> SUPPORT FOR "CONNECTING POIN IS PROVIDE BY O POIN IS PROVIDE BY O CONTRIBUTING VIERS.

CONTRIBUTING VIERS.

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COMMUNITY.

I'M ZYDALIS BAUER.

I'M ZYDALIS BAUER.

>>> EACH WEEK THIS SUMMER WE'RE >>> EACH WEEK THIS SUMMER WE'RE EXPLORING ALL THAT WESTERN NEW EXPLORING ALL THAT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND HAS TO OER AND TODAY ENGLAND HAS TO OER AND TODAY WE'RE MING TO YOU FROM THE WE'RE MING TO YOU FROM THE HEART OF THE BERKSHIRES, HEART OF THE BERKSHIRES, OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM.

HOME OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM.

HOME FOUNDED IN 1903 BY ZENAS CRANE, FOUNDED IN 1903 BY ZENAS CRANE, WHO'S FAMILY COMPANY SUPPLIES WHO'S FAMILY COMPANY SUPPLIES THE PAPER THAT UNITED STATES THE PAPER THAT UNITED STATES CURRENCY IS PRINTED ON, THE CURRENCY IS PRINTED ON, THE MUSEUM WAS DESIGNED TO BE A MUSEUM WAS DESIGNED TO BE A "WINDOW ON THE WORLD" WITH "WINDOW ON THE WORLD" WITH EXHIBITS SHOWCASING ART, EXHIBITS SHOWCASING ART, HISTORY, AND NATURE.

HISTORY, AND NATURE.

A WORLD TRAVELLER, CRANE SOURCED A WORLD TRAVELLER, CRANE SOURCED MANY OF THE FIRST ITEMS IN THE MANY OF THE FIRST ITEMS IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION HIMSELF.

MUSEUM'S COLLECTION HIMSELF.

TODAY THE MUSEUM BOASTS A TODAY THE MUSEUM BOASTS A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF MORE THAN DIVERSE COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 40,000 OBJECTS AND SERVES ITS 40,000 OBJECTS AND SERVES ITS COMMUNITY AND VISITORS FROM ALL COMMUNITY AND VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OVER THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMMING, EVENTS, AND EXHIBITIONS.

EXHIBITIONS.

WE'LL EXPLORE ONE OF THOSE WE'LL EXPLORE ONE OF THOSE EXHIBITIONS A LITTLE LATER IN EXHIBITIONS A LITTLE LATER IN THE PROGRAM, BUT WE BEGIN OUR THE PROGRAM, BUT WE BEGIN OUR SHOW TODAY WITH A LITTLE MUSIC.

SHOW TODAY WITH A LITTLE MUSIC.

>>> SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF >>> SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP SINGING CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP SINGING "THE GARDEN SONG."

"THE GARDEN SONG."

IT'S A TUNE THAT'S HAD A LONG IT'S A TUNE THAT'S HAD A LONG LIFE AND HAS BEEN COVERED BY LIFE AND HAS BEEN COVERED BY SEVERAL WORLD-RENOWNED FOLK SEVERAL WORLD-RENOWNED FOLK SINGERS AND EVEN PERFORMED BY SINGERS AND EVEN PERFORMED BY THE MUPPETS.

THE MUPPETS.

THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, SINGER/SONGWRITER, DAVID SINGER/SONGWRITER, DAVID MALLETT, ORIGINALLY WROTE THE MALLETT, ORIGINALLY WROTE THE SONG IN 1975.

SONG IN 1975.

HE VISITED THE HE VISITED THE PORTER-PHELPS-HUNTINGTON HOUSE PORTER-PHELPS-HUNTINGTON HOUSE MUSEUM IN HADLEY FOR THEIR MUSEUM IN HADLEY FOR THEIR WEDNESDAY FOLK TRADITIONS WEDNESDAY FOLK TRADITIONS CONCERT SERIES AND "CONNECTING CONCERT SERIES AND "CONNECTING POINT'S" BRIAN SULLIVAN BRINGS POINT'S" BRIAN SULLIVAN BRINGS US THE STORY.

US THE STORY.

>> IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE >> IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE HE HAS BEEN BACK HERE AND HE HAS BEEN BACK HERE AND GENERATIONS OF FANS WASTED NO GENERATIONS OF FANS WASTED NO TIME FINDING WHAT THEY HOPED TIME FINDING WHAT THEY HOPED WOULD BE THE BEST SEAT IN HOUSE.

WOULD BE THE BEST SEAT IN HOUSE.

THE HE IN QUESTION IS FOLK THE HE IN QUESTION IS FOLK SINGER AND SONGWRITER DAVID SINGER AND SONGWRITER DAVID MALLETT AND THE HERE IS A SUNKEN MALLETT AND THE HERE IS A SUNKEN PERFORMANCE AREA ON THE MUSEUM PERFORMANCE AREA ON THE MUSEUM IN HADLEY.

IN HADLEY.

THESE DAYS IT MAY BE A STORYBOOK THESE DAYS IT MAY BE A STORYBOOK UNDERGROUND GARDEN, IT DIDN'T UNDERGROUND GARDEN, IT DIDN'T ALWAYS LOOK THIS WAY.

ALWAYS LOOK THIS WAY.

>> THIS IS AN OLD FOUNDATION OF >> THIS IS AN OLD FOUNDATION OF A HOUSE.

A HOUSE.

THE WHOLE VENUE, IT BECOMES LIKE THE WHOLE VENUE, IT BECOMES LIKE A NATURAL AMPHITHEATER THAT WAS A NATURAL AMPHITHEATER THAT WAS BUILT INTO AN OLD OVERGROWN BUILT INTO AN OLD OVERGROWN FOUNDATION OF AN OLD BUILDING SO FOUNDATION OF AN OLD BUILDING SO IT IS VERY UNIQUE.

IT IS VERY UNIQUE.

>> THE EVENING IS PART OF THEIR >> THE EVENING IS PART OF THEIR SUMMER SERIES KNOWN AS" SUMMER SERIES KNOWN AS" WEDNESDAY FOLK TRADITIONS" WEDNESDAY FOLK TRADITIONS" HAPPENING HERE FOR 40 YEARS.

HAPPENING HERE FOR 40 YEARS.

FOR SOME PEOPLE IT IS THE FIRST FOR SOME PEOPLE IT IS THE FIRST TIME HERED AS THEY SURVEYED THE TIME HERED AS THEY SURVEYED THE LAY OF THE LAND.

LAY OF THE LAND.

OTHERS ARE VETERANS AND ARE OTHERS ARE VETERANS AND ARE THRILLED TO BE HERE IN TIME FOR THRILLED TO BE HERE IN TIME FOR THE SOUND CHECK.

THE SOUND CHECK.

WHOEVER IT IS AND WHATEVER WHOEVER IT IS AND WHATEVER REASON FOR BEING HERE, THIS REASON FOR BEING HERE, THIS NIGHT IS INDICATIVE OF THE IDEAL NIGHT IS INDICATIVE OF THE IDEAL SUMMER NIGHT FOR FOLKS IN THIS SUMMER NIGHT FOR FOLKS IN THIS PART OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.

PART OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.

>> I GUESS IT IS.

>> I GUESS IT IS.

THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE COMMONS, THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE COMMONS, LISTENING TO MUSIC, GOING TO LISTENING TO MUSIC, GOING TO DIFFERENT ARTISTS THIS IS DIFFERENT ARTISTS THIS IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOLK MUSIC.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOLK MUSIC.

IT IS FUN TO DO.

IT IS FUN TO DO.

>> THE GARDEN SPACE IS NICE TO >> THE GARDEN SPACE IS NICE TO HAVE MUSIC AND HEARING THE MUSIC HAVE MUSIC AND HEARING THE MUSIC ALL AROUND.

ALL AROUND.

IT IS KIND OF ON THE LIST OF IT IS KIND OF ON THE LIST OF VENUES WE ENJOY TO GO TO IN THE VENUES WE ENJOY TO GO TO IN THE SUMMERTIME.

SUMMERTIME.

ESPECIALLY NOW WE ARE LOOKING ESPECIALLY NOW WE ARE LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE PLACES AND THIS HITS FOR OUTSIDE PLACES AND THIS HITS ALL THE GOOD POINTS.

ALL THE GOOD POINTS.

>> THOSE GOOD POINTS INCLUDE >> THOSE GOOD POINTS INCLUDE VIEWING THE SHOW FROM HERE OR VIEWING THE SHOW FROM HERE OR HERE AND EVEN FROM BACK HERE.

HERE AND EVEN FROM BACK HERE.

>> I WAS LUCKY TO GET HER EARLY >> I WAS LUCKY TO GET HER EARLY ENOUGH FOR BACKSTAGE SEATS.

ENOUGH FOR BACKSTAGE SEATS.

ONE THING I NOTICED IS THERE ONE THING I NOTICED IS THERE ISN'T BAD SEATING IN THE HOUSE.

ISN'T BAD SEATING IN THE HOUSE.

A GREAT PLACE WITH GREAT MUSIC A GREAT PLACE WITH GREAT MUSIC AND SO MANY PEOPLE KEEP COMING AND SO MANY PEOPLE KEEP COMING BACK.

BACK.

>> IF IT IS INTIMATE FOR THE >> IF IT IS INTIMATE FOR THE AUDIENCE, THE SAME COULD BE SAID AUDIENCE, THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR PERFORMERS HEARING THE FOR PERFORMERS HEARING THE AUDIENCE SING THEIR SONGS BACK AUDIENCE SING THEIR SONGS BACK TO THEM AS THEY PLAY.

TO THEM AS THEY PLAY.

>> THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT.

>> THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT.

IT IS A PAT ON THE BACK, A TAP IT IS A PAT ON THE BACK, A TAP ON THE SHOULDER, IT MAKES IT ALL ON THE SHOULDER, IT MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE SINGS WORTH IT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE SINGS YOUR SONG.

YOUR SONG.

ESPECIALLY THE AUDIENCE.

ESPECIALLY THE AUDIENCE.

THERE ARE CERTAIN SONGS PEOPLE THERE ARE CERTAIN SONGS PEOPLE LIKE TO JOIN IN ON.

LIKE TO JOIN IN ON.

>> OF ALL THE SING-ALONG SONGS >> OF ALL THE SING-ALONG SONGS ONE STANDS OUT IN PARTICULAR.

ONE STANDS OUT IN PARTICULAR.

>> HIS SONG THAT IS LEKD DARE >> HIS SONG THAT IS LEKD DARE "THE GARDEN SONG" INCH BY INCH, "THE GARDEN SONG" INCH BY INCH, ROW BY ROW, I'LL MAKE MY GARDEN ROW BY ROW, I'LL MAKE MY GARDEN GROW.

GROW.

♪ ♪ INCH BY INCH ROW BY ROW I'M INCH BY INCH ROW BY ROW I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS GARDEN GROW ♪ GOING TO MAKE THIS GARDEN GROW ♪ >> SURE ENOUGH, HE DID.

>> SURE ENOUGH, HE DID.

WRITTEN WHILE MALLETT WAS IN HIS WRITTEN WHILE MALLETT WAS IN HIS EARLY 20s, THE GARDEN SONG MAY EARLY 20s, THE GARDEN SONG MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON HE WAS SIX HAVE BEEN THE REASON HE WAS SIX DECADES AS A PROFESSIONAL FOLK DECADES AS A PROFESSIONAL FOLK MUSICIAN WITH 15 ALBUMS TO HIS MUSICIAN WITH 15 ALBUMS TO HIS CREDIT, MALLETT SEES A PLACE FOR CREDIT, MALLETT SEES A PLACE FOR THIS GENRE ALL THESE YEARS THIS GENRE ALL THESE YEARS LATER.

LATER.

>> I THINK ACOUSTIC MUSIC IS >> I THINK ACOUSTIC MUSIC IS HAVING SORT OF A REBIRTH BECAUSE HAVING SORT OF A REBIRTH BECAUSE IT IS GENUINE.

IT IS GENUINE.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING GENUINE.

GENUINE.

FOLK MUSIC IS THE MUSIC OF FOLK MUSIC IS THE MUSIC OF SOCIAL CONSCIENCE.

SOCIAL CONSCIENCE.

THAT IS THE REASON, TOO, I THINK THAT IS THE REASON, TOO, I THINK WE SEE A BIT OF A RESURGENCE WE SEE A BIT OF A RESURGENCE RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW.

>>> EVERY WEEK "CONNECTING >>> EVERY WEEK "CONNECTING POINT" EXPLORES THE CREATIVITY, POINT" EXPLORES THE CREATIVITY, LEGISLATURE, AND COMMUNITY THAT LEGISLATURE, AND COMMUNITY THAT MAKES US WESTERN NEW ENGLAND, MAKES US WESTERN NEW ENGLAND, BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

YOU CAN FIND US ONLINE ANY TIME YOU CAN FIND US ONLINE ANY TIME FOR EXCLUSIVE FEATURES AND FOR EXCLUSIVE FEATURES AND CONTENT.

CONTENT.

LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER AND LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER AND FOLK TROUBADOUR DAVID MALLET IS FOLK TROUBADOUR DAVID MALLET IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS COMPOSITION, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS COMPOSITION, "THE GARDEN SONG," BUT HE HAS "THE GARDEN SONG," BUT HE HAS WRITTEN MANY OTHERS.

WRITTEN MANY OTHERS.

AND HE DRAWS FROM HIS VAST AND HE DRAWS FROM HIS VAST CATALOG TO PLAY HIS SONG CATALOG TO PLAY HIS SONG "SOMEWHERE IN TIME" FOR US IN "SOMEWHERE IN TIME" FOR US IN THIS WEEK'S DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE.

THIS WEEK'S DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE.

♪ ♪ SOMEWHERE IN TIME WHEN THE WORLD SOMEWHERE IN TIME WHEN THE WORLD STOOD STILL ♪ STOOD STILL ♪ ♪ SAID I'D ALWAYS LOVE YOU ♪ ♪ SAID I'D ALWAYS LOVE YOU ♪ ♪ NOW I BELIEVE I WILL ♪ ♪ NOW I BELIEVE I WILL ♪ >> YOU CAN FIND THAT DIGITAL >> YOU CAN FIND THAT DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE ONLINE RIGHT NOW AT EXCLUSIVE ONLINE RIGHT NOW AT NEPM.ORG/CONNECTINGPOINT.

NEPM.ORG/CONNECTINGPOINT.

>>> WE'RE COMING TO YOU TODAY >>> WE'RE COMING TO YOU TODAY FROM THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, A FROM THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, A "WINDOW TO THE WORLD" WHERE YOU "WINDOW TO THE WORLD" WHERE YOU CAN EXPLORE HISTORY, NATURE, AND CAN EXPLORE HISTORY, NATURE, AND ART.

ART.

AND A NEW EXHIBITION HERE IS AND A NEW EXHIBITION HERE IS TAKING A DEEPER LOOK AT AN ART TAKING A DEEPER LOOK AT AN ART FORM THAT YOU PROBABLY SEE EVERY FORM THAT YOU PROBABLY SEE EVERY DAY.

DAY.

IT'S ONE THAT'S AS EXPRESSIVE IT'S ONE THAT'S AS EXPRESSIVE AND UNIQUE AS EACH AND EVERY ONE AND UNIQUE AS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE.

OF US ARE.

THE ART OF TATTOOING HAS BEEN THE ART OF TATTOOING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND HAS HAD A PRESENCE IN MANY AND HAS HAD A PRESENCE IN MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

THE WORLD.

THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM'S LATEST THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM'S LATEST EXHIBIT ENTITLED "LIVING INK:THE EXHIBIT ENTITLED "LIVING INK:THE ART OF TATTOOS," OFFERS AN ART OF TATTOOS," OFFERS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK INTO THIS ART IN-DEPTH LOOK INTO THIS ART FORM, EXPLORES ITS ARTISTIC, FORM, EXPLORES ITS ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, AND HISTORICAL SCIENTIFIC, AND HISTORICAL ELEMENTS.

ELEMENTS.

I SPOKE WITH CRAIG LANGLOIS, I SPOKE WITH CRAIG LANGLOIS, CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER AT THE CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER AT THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, TO LEARN MORE.

BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, TO LEARN MORE.

>> FIRST OFF, THIS IS A >> FIRST OFF, THIS IS A HOMEGROWN EXHIBITION.

HOMEGROWN EXHIBITION.

WE SOURCED THE ARTISTS AND ALL WE SOURCED THE ARTISTS AND ALL THE CONTENT WITH OUR STAFF HERE THE CONTENT WITH OUR STAFF HERE AT THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM.

AT THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM.

AND OUR INTEREST REALLY GREW AND OUR INTEREST REALLY GREW FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SORT OF FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SORT OF ART, SCIENCE, AND HISTORY.

ART, SCIENCE, AND HISTORY.

AND THE ABILITY FOR TATTOOING TO AND THE ABILITY FOR TATTOOING TO TELL ALL THREE OF THOSE STORIES TELL ALL THREE OF THOSE STORIES AT THE SAME TIME.

AT THE SAME TIME.

THERE IS INCREDIBLE HISTORY THERE IS INCREDIBLE HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH TATTOOING.

ASSOCIATED WITH TATTOOING.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT IS THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT IS FASCINATING.

FASCINATING.

WE WANTED TO FOCUS IN AND WE WANTED TO FOCUS IN AND HIGHLIGHT THE ARTFORM OF HIGHLIGHT THE ARTFORM OF TATTOOING.

TATTOOING.

IT IS ALIVE.

IT IS ALIVE.

YOU ARE TATTOOING A LIVING THING YOU ARE TATTOOING A LIVING THING AND EACH CANVAS OR EACH PERSON AND EACH CANVAS OR EACH PERSON IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND AS AN IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND AS AN ARTIST, YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO ARTIST, YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT AND MODIFY YOUR DESIGN IN THAT AND MODIFY YOUR DESIGN IN SUCH A WAY TO HAVE IT BE THE WAY SUCH A WAY TO HAVE IT BE THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO BE.

YOU WANT IT TO BE.

>> BEFORE WE GET INTO THE >> BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SCIENCE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SCIENCE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTISTS THAT WERE CHOSEN TO THE ARTISTS THAT WERE CHOSEN TO BE FEATURED IN HERE.

BE FEATURED IN HERE.

THERE ARE OVER 10 OF THEM.

THERE ARE OVER 10 OF THEM.

GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHO THEY ARE AND BACKGROUND ON WHO THEY ARE AND HOW YOU DECIDED TO PICK THEM?

HOW YOU DECIDED TO PICK THEM?

>> THE ARTISTS ARE >> THE ARTISTS ARE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTISTS.

ARTISTS.

SOME FROM HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS SOME FROM HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHERS AS FAR AWAY AS AND OTHERS AS FAR AWAY AS COPENHAGEN AND LONDON.

COPENHAGEN AND LONDON.

OUR FOCUS WAS THE SUB GENRE OF OUR FOCUS WAS THE SUB GENRE OF TATTOOING.

TATTOOING.

WHO IS PUSHING THE SUBJECT WHO IS PUSHING THE SUBJECT MATTER?

MATTER?

WHO IS WORKING IN A WAY TO FOCUS WHO IS WORKING IN A WAY TO FOCUS ON COVERING UP SCARS OR MAKING ON COVERING UP SCARS OR MAKING PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITHIN THEIR OWN SKIN.

WITHIN THEIR OWN SKIN.

AND THAT WAS SORT OF OUR JUMPING AND THAT WAS SORT OF OUR JUMPING OFF POINT FOR WHO WE SELECTED OFF POINT FOR WHO WE SELECTED FOR THIS EXHIBITION.

FOR THIS EXHIBITION.

>> WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE >> WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE PRESENT-DAY ARTISTS WITHOUT PRESENT-DAY ARTISTS WITHOUT TOUCHING ON THE HISTORICAL AND TOUCHING ON THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL TATTOOING WHICH I KNOW CULTURAL TATTOOING WHICH I KNOW THE EXHIBIT TOUCHES ON.

THE EXHIBIT TOUCHES ON.

TELL ME HOW THIS EXHIBIT WILL TELL ME HOW THIS EXHIBIT WILL HELP BROADEN VIEWERS' HELP BROADEN VIEWERS' PERSPECTIVE ON THIS ARTFORM?

PERSPECTIVE ON THIS ARTFORM?

>> THERE ARE TWO MAIN COMPONENTS >> THERE ARE TWO MAIN COMPONENTS IN THIS EXHIBITION.

IN THIS EXHIBITION.

A PHOTO ESSAY FROM CHRIS RAINER A PHOTO ESSAY FROM CHRIS RAINER WHO SPENT EIGHT YEARS TRAVELING WHO SPENT EIGHT YEARS TRAVELING THE WORLD AND DOCUMENTING THE THE WORLD AND DOCUMENTING THE USE OF TATTOO IN VARIOUS USE OF TATTOO IN VARIOUS CULTURES.

CULTURES.

THE OTHER WAS WHAT OUR STAFF THE OTHER WAS WHAT OUR STAFF BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, WHICH WAS IN-DEPTH RESEARCH IN HOW THOSE IN-DEPTH RESEARCH IN HOW THOSE CULTURES APPROACH TATTOOING, HOW CULTURES APPROACH TATTOOING, HOW FAR BACK IN HISTORY IT GOES, FAR BACK IN HISTORY IT GOES, DATING BACK 5,000 YEARS, THE DATING BACK 5,000 YEARS, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STYLES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STYLES AND SAWN RAS THEY ARE USING.

SAWN RAS THEY ARE USING.

THE WAY THE EXHIBITION IS LAID THE WAY THE EXHIBITION IS LAID OUT IS YOU EXPERIENCE THAT FIRST OUT IS YOU EXPERIENCE THAT FIRST IN THE SPACE, YOU GET THE SENSE IN THE SPACE, YOU GET THE SENSE OF THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON OF OF THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON OF TATTOOING AND HISTORICAL TATTOOING AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

CONTEXT.

AND AS YOU MOVE INTO THE AND AS YOU MOVE INTO THE INDIVIDUAL PARLORS, YOU CAN SEE INDIVIDUAL PARLORS, YOU CAN SEE THE CORRELATION OF THEIR WORK THE CORRELATION OF THEIR WORK AND THAT REALLY RICH HISTORY.

AND THAT REALLY RICH HISTORY.

>> I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE >> I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE HOW CREATIVE YOU WERE WHEN HOW CREATIVE YOU WERE WHEN CREATING THIS EXHIBITION.

CREATING THIS EXHIBITION.

YOU REALLY MADE IT FEEL LIKE YOU YOU REALLY MADE IT FEEL LIKE YOU WERE STEPPING INTO A TATTOO WERE STEPPING INTO A TATTOO PARLOR AS IF YOU WERE THE NEXT PARLOR AS IF YOU WERE THE NEXT CLIENT.

CLIENT.

HAVING THIS JUXTAPOSITION OF THE HAVING THIS JUXTAPOSITION OF THE HISTORY WITH THE PRESENT, WHAT HISTORY WITH THE PRESENT, WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THAT?

DO WE LEARN FROM THAT?

WHAT IS FASCINATING OR TRENDS WHAT IS FASCINATING OR TRENDS YOU NOTICED WHEN CREATING THIS YOU NOTICED WHEN CREATING THIS EXHIBIT?

EXHIBIT?

>> I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE WALK >> I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE WALK AWAY UNDERSTANDING HOW TALENTED AWAY UNDERSTANDING HOW TALENTED TATTOO ARTISTS ARE.

TATTOO ARTISTS ARE.

THERE ARE FEW MEDIA HAVE THERE ARE FEW MEDIA HAVE CHALLENGES BEING A TATTOOER CHALLENGES BEING A TATTOOER ASSOCIATED WITH IT, HIGHLIGHTING ASSOCIATED WITH IT, HIGHLIGHTING THE SKILL AND CRAFT AND HISTORY.

THE SKILL AND CRAFT AND HISTORY.

HOPEFULLY AN AUDIENCE MEMBER IS HOPEFULLY AN AUDIENCE MEMBER IS WALKING AWAY UNDERSTANDING THAT WALKING AWAY UNDERSTANDING THAT RELATIONSHIP.

RELATIONSHIP.

WHEN YOU WALK INTO A TATTOO WHEN YOU WALK INTO A TATTOO PARLOR, YOU ARE PURCHASING A PARLOR, YOU ARE PURCHASING A WORK OF ART YOU ARE GOING TO WORK OF ART YOU ARE GOING TO WEAR FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

WEAR FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

OUR DESIGN SPEAKS TO THAT OUR DESIGN SPEAKS TO THAT INTIMACY AS YOU WALK INTO THE INTIMACY AS YOU WALK INTO THE INDIVIDUAL PARLORS AND WALK INDIVIDUAL PARLORS AND WALK AROUND.

AROUND.

THE OTHER INTERESTING PIECE WE THE OTHER INTERESTING PIECE WE WOVE INTO THIS, WE WANTED A WOVE INTO THIS, WE WANTED A SENSE OF INTERACTIVITY.

SENSE OF INTERACTIVITY.

WE DIDN'T JUST WANT THE VIEWER WE DIDN'T JUST WANT THE VIEWER LOOKING AT THE FANTASTIC WORK, LOOKING AT THE FANTASTIC WORK, BUT ALSO SORT OF RESPONDING TO BUT ALSO SORT OF RESPONDING TO IT.

IT.

THEY HAVE AREAS WHERE THEY CAN THEY HAVE AREAS WHERE THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DID THEY ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DID THEY GET A TATTOO?

GET A TATTOO?

OR IF THEY WERE TO GET A TATTOO, OR IF THEY WERE TO GET A TATTOO, WHAT WOULD IT BE ABOUT?

WHAT WOULD IT BE ABOUT?

TRYING YOUR HAND AT THE SUBTLE TRYING YOUR HAND AT THE SUBTLE NUANCES OF TATTOOING WITH FAKE NUANCES OF TATTOOING WITH FAKE SKIN AND MARKERS SO YOU CAN SKIN AND MARKERS SO YOU CAN ATTEMPT TO DRAW ON SOMETHING ATTEMPT TO DRAW ON SOMETHING REALISTIC OF FLESH MATERIAL.

REALISTIC OF FLESH MATERIAL.

>> TATTOOS ARE TABOO FOR SOME, >> TATTOOS ARE TABOO FOR SOME, CELEBRATEDED BY OTHERS.

CELEBRATEDED BY OTHERS.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE VIEWERS AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE VIEWERS AND VISITORS TAKE AWAY FROM THIS VISITORS TAKE AWAY FROM THIS SPECIAL EXHIBIT AT THE BERKSHIRE SPECIAL EXHIBIT AT THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM?

MUSEUM?

>> I THINK OUR GOAL WAS REALLY >> I THINK OUR GOAL WAS REALLY TO REMOVE THE TABOO.

TO REMOVE THE TABOO.

BEYOND WHETHER YOU WANT A TATTOO BEYOND WHETHER YOU WANT A TATTOO OR HAVE A TATTOO, THERE IS A OR HAVE A TATTOO, THERE IS A DEEP CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO A DEEP CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO A LOT OF TATTOOS AROUND THE WORLD.

LOT OF TATTOOS AROUND THE WORLD.

AND HOW THEY ARE VIEWED IN AND HOW THEY ARE VIEWED IN VARIOUS CULTURING.

VARIOUS CULTURING.

AND HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTFORM.

AND HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTFORM.

I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, THESE I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, THESE TATTOOERS, WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH TATTOOERS, WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH A MOVING INSTRUMENT THAT IS A MOVING INSTRUMENT THAT IS OSCILLATING AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH OSCILLATING AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED AND PRESSI ING INTO SPEED AND PRESSI ING INTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORM THAT THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORM THAT LOOKS RIGHT FROM SIX INCHES AWAY LOOKS RIGHT FROM SIX INCHES AWAY OR FOUR FEET AWAY IS A OR FOUR FEET AWAY IS A PHENOMENAL SKILL.

PHENOMENAL SKILL.

REGARDLESS OF IF YOU THINK REGARDLESS OF IF YOU THINK TATTOOS ARE TABOO OR AN ACCEPTED TATTOOS ARE TABOO OR AN ACCEPTED FORM OF SELF-EXPRESSION, WE FORM OF SELF-EXPRESSION, WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THESE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THESE ARTISTS AND THE ART FORM AS ARTISTS AND THE ART FORM AS SOMETHING ON THE SAME LEVEL AS SOMETHING ON THE SAME LEVEL AS TRADITIONAL PAINTING OR TRADITIONAL PAINTING OR SCULPTURE.

SCULPTURE.

>>> MARICELLA OBANDO MOYA >>> MARICELLA OBANDO MOYA ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM HER NATIVE COSTA RICA ON FROM HER NATIVE COSTA RICA ON SEPTEMBER 7th, 2015, KNOWING SEPTEMBER 7th, 2015, KNOWING VERY LITTLE ENGLISH.

VERY LITTLE ENGLISH.

FOUR YEARS AND A LOT OF HARD FOUR YEARS AND A LOT OF HARD WORK LATER, SHE NOT ONLY LEARNED WORK LATER, SHE NOT ONLY LEARNED THE LANGUAGE, BUT HAS ALSO THE LANGUAGE, BUT HAS ALSO BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN AS WELL, BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN AS WELL, LIVING IN GREENFIELD.

LIVING IN GREENFIELD.

HER LIFE-LONG PASSION IS HER HER LIFE-LONG PASSION IS HER ARTWORK AND SHE BEGAN HER ARTWORK AND SHE BEGAN HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER AT THE AGE PROFESSIONAL CAREER AT THE AGE OF 16.

OF 16.

HAVING STUDIED ARTMAKING IN HER HAVING STUDIED ARTMAKING IN HER HOMELAND, SHE EXPRESSES HERSELF HOMELAND, SHE EXPRESSES HERSELF THROUGH PAINTING, WITH A THROUGH PAINTING, WITH A PARTICULAR LOVE FOR CREATING PARTICULAR LOVE FOR CREATING MURALS.

MURALS.

PRODUCE DAVE FRASER SHARES HER PRODUCE DAVE FRASER SHARES HER STORY.

STORY.

>> CREATING ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN >> CREATING ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MARICELLA OBONDO A PART OF MARICELLA OBONDO MOYA'S LIFE.

MOYA'S LIFE.

>> IT IS SO PEACEFUL.

>> IT IS SO PEACEFUL.

IT IS LIKE YOU DISCONNECTED IT IS LIKE YOU DISCONNECTED YOURSELF WITH THE REAL WORLD.

YOURSELF WITH THE REAL WORLD.

YOU ENTER YOUR OWN SPACE AND YOU ENTER YOUR OWN SPACE AND QUIET.

QUIET.

YOU COULD CREATE WHATEVER YOU YOU COULD CREATE WHATEVER YOU WANT.

WANT.

WITH YOUR EMOTIONS.

WITH YOUR EMOTIONS.

>> MOYA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN >> MOYA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CARTAGO, A MOUNTAIN CITY IN CARTAGO, A MOUNTAIN CITY IN COSTA RICA.

COSTA RICA.

HER CHILDHOOD WAS DIFFICULT, HER CHILDHOOD WAS DIFFICULT, LIVING WITH AN ALCOHOLIC MOTHER LIVING WITH AN ALCOHOLIC MOTHER AND ABSENT FATHER.

AND ABSENT FATHER.

SHE DISCOVERED ART AT AN EARLY SHE DISCOVERED ART AT AN EARLY AGE WHEN HER KINDERGARTEN AGE WHEN HER KINDERGARTEN TEACHER INTRODUCED HER TO TEACHER INTRODUCED HER TO PAINTING.

PAINTING.

>> WHEN I WAS CHILD, I REMEMBER >> WHEN I WAS CHILD, I REMEMBER TO ME WAS DIFFICULT LIFE.

TO ME WAS DIFFICULT LIFE.

AND TO ME, MAKE FRIENDS WAS THE AND TO ME, MAKE FRIENDS WAS THE STONES AND THE RIVER.

STONES AND THE RIVER.

YOU KNOW, THE HUGE STONES, I YOU KNOW, THE HUGE STONES, I PAINT FACES AND I CALLED THEM MY PAINT FACES AND I CALLED THEM MY FRIENDS.

FRIENDS.

>> MANY OF HER PAINTINGS COME >> MANY OF HER PAINTINGS COME FROM HER IMAGINATION.

FROM HER IMAGINATION.

MEMORIES OF HER HOMELAND AS WELL MEMORIES OF HER HOMELAND AS WELL AS PEOPLE'S DREAMS, BRINGING AS PEOPLE'S DREAMS, BRINGING BACK INTO THE WORLD MOMENTS THEY BACK INTO THE WORLD MOMENTS THEY THOUGHT VANISHED FOREVER.

THOUGHT VANISHED FOREVER.

>> ONE NIGHT I HAD A DREAM.

>> ONE NIGHT I HAD A DREAM.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

THAT MORNING I WOKE UP AND SAID, THAT MORNING I WOKE UP AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

MY ARTWORK, I AM GOING TO PAINT MY ARTWORK, I AM GOING TO PAINT MY DREAMS AND ENERGIES THAT I MY DREAMS AND ENERGIES THAT I CAN PERCEIVE.

CAN PERCEIVE.

IN MOTHER NATURE AND IN PEOPLE IN MOTHER NATURE AND IN PEOPLE AS WELL.

AS WELL.

AND, BOOM, I DID IT ALL ON MY AND, BOOM, I DID IT ALL ON MY CANVAS.

CANVAS.

EVERY TIME I CAN HEAR SOMEBODY EVERY TIME I CAN HEAR SOMEBODY WITH A DREAM, I SAY, CAN I PAINT WITH A DREAM, I SAY, CAN I PAINT YOUR DREAM?

YOUR DREAM?

>> MOYA LEFT COSTA RICO IN HER >> MOYA LEFT COSTA RICO IN HER 30s AND MOVED TO WESTERN MASS 30s AND MOVED TO WESTERN MASS WITH HER FAMILY.

WITH HER FAMILY.

KNOWING HI, HOW ARE YOU.

KNOWING HI, HOW ARE YOU.

SHE BEGAN TO LEARN ENGLISH AT SHE BEGAN TO LEARN ENGLISH AT THE CENTER IN NEW HAMPTON.

THE CENTER IN NEW HAMPTON.

>> WHEN YOU ARE LEARNING A NEW >> WHEN YOU ARE LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO LANGUAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE.

SURVIVE.

YOU ARE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU YOU ARE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU NEED TO FIND JOB, TRY TO NEED TO FIND JOB, TRY TO COMMUNICATE YOURSELF WITH OTHERS COMMUNICATE YOURSELF WITH OTHERS AND DOING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?

AND DOING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?

AND I'M 38 YEARS OLD.

AND I'M 38 YEARS OLD.

ADULT WOMAN TRYING TO LEARN LIKE ADULT WOMAN TRYING TO LEARN LIKE A BABY BECOME AGAIN AND GROWING A BABY BECOME AGAIN AND GROWING EVERY YEAR.

EVERY YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WITH THIS NEW YOU KNOW, WITH THIS NEW LANGUAGE.

LANGUAGE.

>> AS A WAY OF SHOWING HER >> AS A WAY OF SHOWING HER APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE CENTER APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE CENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS DID FOR HER, FOR NEW AMERICANS DID FOR HER, MOYA DECIDED TO PAINT A MURAL IN MOYA DECIDED TO PAINT A MURAL IN THE STAIRWAY OUTSIDE OF THE THE STAIRWAY OUTSIDE OF THE CNA'S OFFICE.

CNA'S OFFICE.

THE CENTER WON A GRANT TO FUND THE CENTER WON A GRANT TO FUND THE MURAL.

THE MURAL.

>> I PUT MY MIND IN THAT PLACE N >> I PUT MY MIND IN THAT PLACE N THIS MURAL.

THIS MURAL.

I REMEMBER THIS LADY, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER THIS LADY, I REMEMBER THIS GUY.

THIS GUY.

OH.

OH.

THIS ONE, YOU KNOW?

THIS ONE, YOU KNOW?

AND IT HAS BECOME.

AND IT HAS BECOME.

THE WHOLE WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE THE WHOLE WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE ONE WITH THE SAME ENERGY.

ONE WITH THE SAME ENERGY.

>> MOYA'S GREENFIELD HOME IS >> MOYA'S GREENFIELD HOME IS FULL OF ART, MURALS AND PIECES FULL OF ART, MURALS AND PIECES HE FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HE FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PAINTED AND TRANSFORMED INTO AND PAINTED AND TRANSFORMED INTO ART.

ART.

HER HOME IS HER STUDIO WHERE SHE HER HOME IS HER STUDIO WHERE SHE PAINTS AND GETS INSPIRATION.

PAINTS AND GETS INSPIRATION.

>> BEFORE I START, I START HERE.

>> BEFORE I START, I START HERE.

I TAKE COLORS AND IT IS COMING I TAKE COLORS AND IT IS COMING LIKE MAGIC.

LIKE MAGIC.

IT IS LIKE, BOOM, I NEED THIS IT IS LIKE, BOOM, I NEED THIS BRUSH.

BRUSH.

I NEED THIS PAINT AND I JUST I NEED THIS PAINT AND I JUST START TO DO IT.

START TO DO IT.

I NEVER THINK I DID A MISTAKE.

I NEVER THINK I DID A MISTAKE.

BECAUSE IN LIFE, THERE IS NO BECAUSE IN LIFE, THERE IS NO MISTAKES.

MISTAKES.

WE ARE LEARNING FROM THEM AND WE ARE LEARNING FROM THEM AND ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TRUE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TRUE PAINTING, IT IS LIKE, I LIKE PAINTING, IT IS LIKE, I LIKE THIS LIGHT HERE.

THIS LIGHT HERE.

MAYBE MEANS SOMETHING THERE.

MAYBE MEANS SOMETHING THERE.

OH, YEAH, I CAN CREATE THIS.

OH, YEAH, I CAN CREATE THIS.

IT IS MY DREAMS, IT IS MY IT IS MY DREAMS, IT IS MY ENERGY, IT IS MY LOVE, IT IS MY ENERGY, IT IS MY LOVE, IT IS MY PASSION.

PASSION.

>>> AFTER A 31-YEAR RUN, THE KO >>> AFTER A 31-YEAR RUN, THE KO FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE IN FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE IN AMHERST ANNOUNCED THAT THIS AMHERST ANNOUNCED THAT THIS SEASON OF PRODUCTIONS WOULD BE SEASON OF PRODUCTIONS WOULD BE ITS FINAL ONE.

ITS FINAL ONE.

BUT BEFORE THE CURTAIN CLOSED BUT BEFORE THE CURTAIN CLOSED FOR THE LAST TIME, THE FESTIVAL FOR THE LAST TIME, THE FESTIVAL PRESENTED TWO PERFORMANCES AND A PRESENTED TWO PERFORMANCES AND A STORY SLAM THAT ALL FIT THE STORY SLAM THAT ALL FIT THE APPROPRIATELY TITLED THEME, APPROPRIATELY TITLED THEME, WHICH WAS "STEPPING UP/STEPPING WHICH WAS "STEPPING UP/STEPPING BACK."

BACK."

I SPOKE WITH CO CREATORS OF THE I SPOKE WITH CO CREATORS OF THE PRODUCTIONS AS WELL AS THE PRODUCTIONS AS WELL AS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THE KO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THE KO FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE TO HEAR FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS FAREWELL SEASON MORE ABOUT THIS FAREWELL SEASON AND HOW THE ORGANIZATION IS AND HOW THE ORGANIZATION IS REIMAGINING ITS FUTURE.

REIMAGINING ITS FUTURE.

>> THE REAL CATALYST, I THINK, >> THE REAL CATALYST, I THINK, WAS ATTENDED THE TCG CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED THE TCG CONFERENCE ONLINE LAST YEAR, A THEATER ONLINE LAST YEAR, A THEATER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CONFERENCE.

COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CONFERENCE.

I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ONLINE ANTI-RACISM TRAININGS, ONLINE ANTI-RACISM TRAININGS, PARTICULARLY IN THEATER CIRCLES.

PARTICULARLY IN THEATER CIRCLES.

ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD LOUD ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR WAS I NEED TO MAKE AND CLEAR WAS I NEED TO MAKE SPACE, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SPACE, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE THEME OF THE SHOW THAT LINDA THEME OF THE SHOW THAT LINDA PARIS BAILEY, WHO IS JOINING US PARIS BAILEY, WHO IS JOINING US TODAY IS WORKING ON WITH ERIC TODAY IS WORKING ON WITH ERIC BAATH AS WELL.

BAATH AS WELL.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT STEPPING UP THAT IS STEPPING STEPPING UP THAT IS STEPPING THAT THE THE THEME THIS YEAR.

THAT THE THE THEME THIS YEAR.

>> THE FINAL PRODUCTIONS IN THE >> THE FINAL PRODUCTIONS IN THE SEASON FIT WELL INTO THAT THEME.

SEASON FIT WELL INTO THAT THEME.

SO LINDA, I WILL MOVE ON TO YOU.

SO LINDA, I WILL MOVE ON TO YOU.

YOU ARE THE OPENING ACT OF THE YOU ARE THE OPENING ACT OF THE FIND SEASON OF KO FESTIVAL WITH FIND SEASON OF KO FESTIVAL WITH YOUR PRODUCTION, FLUSHING, MAKE YOUR PRODUCTION, FLUSHING, MAKE ROOM FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

ROOM FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

IT IS A STORY TOLD BY PUPPETS IT IS A STORY TOLD BY PUPPETS THAT TOUCHES ON THE FACT WITH THAT TOUCHES ON THE FACT WITH TIME COMES CHANGE.

TIME COMES CHANGE.

SO SHARE WITH ME ABOUT THE SO SHARE WITH ME ABOUT THE MESSAGE YOU REALLY WANT MESSAGE YOU REALLY WANT AUDIENCES TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS AUDIENCES TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCTION.

PRODUCTION.

>> I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE LED AN >> I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE LED AN ORGANIZATION FOR AS LONG AS ANY ORGANIZATION FOR AS LONG AS ANY OF US ON THIS PANEL HAVE, THERE OF US ON THIS PANEL HAVE, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU KNOW THAT COMES A TIME WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A TRANSITION.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A TRANSITION.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE IN THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, MAYBE A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, MAYBE A CHANGE IN DIRECTION.

DIRECTION.

SO AS WE ARE CONSIDERING OR AS I SO AS WE ARE CONSIDERING OR AS I HAVE DONE, STEPPING DOWN FROM HAVE DONE, STEPPING DOWN FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU HAVE THE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU HAVE MANY, MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT MANY, MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT.

IS NEXT.

I MEAN, WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP I MEAN, WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP BEING ARTISTS.

BEING ARTISTS.

AND SO WHERE IS OUR FUTURE?

AND SO WHERE IS OUR FUTURE?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

I THINK THE PIECE FLUSHING I THINK THE PIECE FLUSHING REALLY DELVES INTO THAT.

REALLY DELVES INTO THAT.

IT DELVES INTO THAT QUESTION IT DELVES INTO THAT QUESTION WITH PUPPETS AND SONG AND LIVE WITH PUPPETS AND SONG AND LIVE ACTORS.

ACTORS.

SO IT'S KIND OF A COMPOSITE SO IT'S KIND OF A COMPOSITE PIECE OF DIFFERENT GENRES AND PIECE OF DIFFERENT GENRES AND DIFFERENT STORIES.

DIFFERENT STORIES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT SURROUND THAT.

QUESTIONS THAT SURROUND THAT.

I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY, MANY, I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY, MANY, MANY OF MY FRIENDS, ARTISTS WHO MANY OF MY FRIENDS, ARTISTS WHO ARE IN THAT SAME TRANSITION ARE IN THAT SAME TRANSITION MOMENT.

MOMENT.

AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

>> LINDA, YOU AND I WERE TALKING >> LINDA, YOU AND I WERE TALKING BEFORE THE INTERVIEW STARTED BEFORE THE INTERVIEW STARTED ABOUT TRANSITION AND HOW ABOUT TRANSITION AND HOW EVERYBODY, IT DOESN'T MATTER EVERYBODY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AGE, YOU GO THROUGH A WHAT AGE, YOU GO THROUGH A TRANSITION.

TRANSITION.

SO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT SO TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT TRANSFORMATION IS IN THE TRANSFORMATION IS IN THE CREATIVE ARTS, REALLY IN LIFE IN CREATIVE ARTS, REALLY IN LIFE IN GENERAL.

GENERAL.

WHAT COMES FROM THESE TYPES OF WHAT COMES FROM THESE TYPES OF MOMENTS MOMENTS >> WELL, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT >> WELL, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT DRAMA IN GENERAL.

DRAMA IN GENERAL.

OUR MOST DRAMATIC MOMENTS ARE OUR MOST DRAMATIC MOMENTS ARE WHEN WE ARE IN TRANSITION.

WHEN WE ARE IN TRANSITION.

IT IS WHERE I THINK YOU FIND IT IS WHERE I THINK YOU FIND YOUR GREATEST CREATIVITY.

YOUR GREATEST CREATIVITY.

IT BECOMES VERY PERSONAL AND IT BECOMES VERY PERSONAL AND ALSO VERY UNIVERSAL.

ALSO VERY UNIVERSAL.

SO DELVING INTO THOSE MOMENTS.

SO DELVING INTO THOSE MOMENTS.

>> AND ALONG WITH THE THEME, WE >> AND ALONG WITH THE THEME, WE MOVE ON TO THE CLOSING MOVE ON TO THE CLOSING PRODUCTION, WHICH, BOB, YOU ARE PRODUCTION, WHICH, BOB, YOU ARE LEADING, ADELE, BATTLE OF LAND LEADING, ADELE, BATTLE OF LAND MAN.

MAN.

THIS IS CLIMATE CHANGE, THIS IS CLIMATE CHANGE, INDIGENOUS ERASURE, INDIGENOUS ERASURE, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTRACTION.

ENVIRONMENTAL EXTRACTION.

WHAT LED TO THE CREATION OF THIS WHAT LED TO THE CREATION OF THIS PRODUCTION FOR YOU?

PRODUCTION FOR YOU?

>> MANY ROADS LED TO THE >> MANY ROADS LED TO THE PRODUCTION OF THIS.

PRODUCTION OF THIS.

ONE OF THE STORIES THAT COMES UP ONE OF THE STORIES THAT COMES UP IMMEDIATELY IS THE LAND MAN IS IMMEDIATELY IS THE LAND MAN IS ANOTHER WORD FOR A LAND RIGHTS ANOTHER WORD FOR A LAND RIGHTS SPEC SPEC SPECULATOR, SOMEONE WHO WOULD SPECULATOR, SOMEONE WHO WOULD PURCHASE THE RIGHTS TO THE LAND PURCHASE THE RIGHTS TO THE LAND YOU ARE LIVING ON THAT YOU MAY YOU ARE LIVING ON THAT YOU MAY OWN THE DEED FOR AND DO OWN THE DEED FOR AND DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE LAND SOMETHING WITH THOSE LAND RIGHTS.

RIGHTS.

WHERE WE LIVE IN THE FOOTHILLS WHERE WE LIVE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY, WE HAVE OF EASTERN KENTUCKY, WE HAVE BEEN COAL COUNTRY FOR THE LAST BEEN COAL COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 150, ALMOST 200 YEARS.

150, ALMOST 200 YEARS.

AND EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE HAS AND EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE HAS BUOYED THE ECONOMY.

BUOYED THE ECONOMY.

IN THAT VEIN, THERE HAS BEEN A IN THAT VEIN, THERE HAS BEEN A TRANSITION AS COAL DECLINED TO TRANSITION AS COAL DECLINED TO NATURAL GAS AND FRACKING.

NATURAL GAS AND FRACKING.

WE HAD A LAND MAN COME TO OUR WE HAD A LAND MAN COME TO OUR HOUSE WHERE WE LIVE.

HOUSE WHERE WE LIVE.

IT IS POLITE TO HONK YOUR HORN.

IT IS POLITE TO HONK YOUR HORN.

THIS PERSON DROVE THEIR DUALLY THIS PERSON DROVE THEIR DUALLY PICKUP TRUCK UP TO THE PORCH.

PICKUP TRUCK UP TO THE PORCH.

STRODE UP TO THE PORCH AND STRODE UP TO THE PORCH AND CALLED US BY NAME.

CALLED US BY NAME.

HAD DONE A GOOGLE SEARCH ON WHO HAD DONE A GOOGLE SEARCH ON WHO WE ARE.

WE ARE.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO ASSERT A TYPE IT WAS DESIGNED TO ASSERT A TYPE OF KNOWING OR DOMINANCE.

OF KNOWING OR DOMINANCE.

WE HAVE ALL HAD TO PRACTICE WE HAVE ALL HAD TO PRACTICE FORMS OF DOMINATION.

FORMS OF DOMINATION.

WE HAVE BEEN ENCULTURE ATED TO WE HAVE BEEN ENCULTURE ATED TO PRACTICE DOMINATION.

PRACTICE DOMINATION.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SPIRIT WHEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SPIRIT WHEN YOU PRACTICE THAT DOMINATION IN YOU PRACTICE THAT DOMINATION IN YOURSELF, OTHERS AND THE LAND?

YOURSELF, OTHERS AND THE LAND?

IN THIS STORY YOU SEE THE IN THIS STORY YOU SEE THE JOURNEY OF SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN JOURNEY OF SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN IRAQ, WHO HAS SCRAPPED METAL, IN IRAQ, WHO HAS SCRAPPED METAL, HAS DONE WHATEVER THEY CAN TO HAS DONE WHATEVER THEY CAN TO TRY TO MAKE A LIVING AND NEVER TRY TO MAKE A LIVING AND NEVER GOTTEN A FOOTHOLD.

GOTTEN A FOOTHOLD.

ALL OF THOSE MODES OF TRYING TO ALL OF THOSE MODES OF TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING HAS OUTSTRIPPED MAKE A LIVING HAS OUTSTRIPPED THIS PERSON'S FAMILY AND THEIR THIS PERSON'S FAMILY AND THEIR EXISTENCE AND NOW DUE TO THE EXISTENCE AND NOW DUE TO THE FRACKING BOOM IN THEIR AREA, THE FRACKING BOOM IN THEIR AREA, THE LAND COMPANY IS OFFERING THEM TO LAND COMPANY IS OFFERING THEM TO USE THEIR PRIVILEGE AS A WHITE USE THEIR PRIVILEGE AS A WHITE MAN IN THE COUNTRY WHO KIND OF MAN IN THE COUNTRY WHO KIND OF KNOWS THESE PEOPLE TO SAY, YOU KNOWS THESE PEOPLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

KNOW WHAT?

LET ME BUY YOUR LAND RIGHTS.

LET ME BUY YOUR LAND RIGHTS.

NOTHING WILL PROBABLY COME OF NOTHING WILL PROBABLY COME OF IT.

IT.

IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS IF 50% IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS IF 50% OF THE PEOPLE SELL THEIR LAND OF THE PEOPLE SELL THEIR LAND RIGHTS DUE TO FORCED POOLING RIGHTS DUE TO FORCED POOLING EVERYONE IS COMPELLED TO EVERYONE IS COMPELLED TO PARTICIPATE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU PARTICIPATE, WHETHER OR NOT YOU SIND A -- SIGN A LEASE.

SIND A -- SIGN A LEASE.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS DREAM OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS DREAM OF RIGHT LIVELIHOOD WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT LIVELIHOOD WHEN YOU ARE PRACTICING DOMINATION OVER PRACTICING DOMINATION OVER OTHERS AND HOW ARE YOU FRACKING OTHERS AND HOW ARE YOU FRACKING YOUR SPIRIT AS YOU MOVE INTO YOUR SPIRIT AS YOU MOVE INTO THIS LAND, THIS WORLD.

THIS LAND, THIS WORLD.

>> SABRINA, THIS FINAL SEASON >> SABRINA, THIS FINAL SEASON HAS BEEN PACKAGED WITH THESE TWO HAS BEEN PACKAGED WITH THESE TWO PRODUCTIONS THAT INTERSECT AND PRODUCTIONS THAT INTERSECT AND REALLY DELIVER THE MESSAGE OF REALLY DELIVER THE MESSAGE OF WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT STEPPING UP WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT STEPPING UP AND STEPPING BACK.

AND STEPPING BACK.

WHERE THIS FINAL SEASON WHERE THIS FINAL SEASON REFLECTING ON CHANGE, REFLECTING ON CHANGE, RESILIENCE, TRANSFORMATION, RESILIENCE, TRANSFORMATION, SABRINA, WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD SABRINA, WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING OF AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST AS WELL?

FORWARD TO THE MOST AS WELL?

>> I THINK I'M MOST PROUD OF >> I THINK I'M MOST PROUD OF VALUING A METRIC THAT ISN'T HOW VALUING A METRIC THAT ISN'T HOW BIG, HOW MANY, HOW MUCH.

BIG, HOW MANY, HOW MUCH.

IT IS HOW STICKY CAN WE MAKE THE IT IS HOW STICKY CAN WE MAKE THE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH KO.

WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH KO.

HOW LONG CAN WE MAKE THAT HOW LONG CAN WE MAKE THAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT TIME EXPERIENCE AND THAT TIME RESONATE AND STICK WITH PEOPLE RESONATE AND STICK WITH PEOPLE AND MAKE PEOPLE GO, HUH?

AND MAKE PEOPLE GO, HUH?

>>> AND THAT DOES IT FOR THIS >>> AND THAT DOES IT FOR THIS EDITION OF "CONNECTING POINT".

EDITION OF "CONNECTING POINT".

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