In this episode, Rick speaks with Dr. Kenneth Montague and Emilie Croning. Kenneth is a Toronto art collector and the founder of Wedge Curatorial Projects, a non-profit organization that supports African and Diasporic artists. He’s also a dentist, but more on that dual-life later. Emilie’s a curator, artist and art historian of Jamaican and Lebanese descent, who digs into the intersections of feminist theories, post-colonialism, and criticism. She’s not a dentist, but she does work with Kenneth on Wedge Curatorial Projects and manages his private Wedge Collection. As a Boomer-GenX-Millennial trio, they dig intoStraddling the US-Canada borderChoosing dentistry over musicJames Van Der Zee’s photographyAppreciating vs. AppropriatingPushing for Black art collectorsLifting As You RiseCo-opting the Canadian FlagThe cycles of Rights MovementsThe transformative power of ArtAnd the slap heard round the world.#BuildBridgesNotWallsXingTheGap.comBoomTheShow.comRickMiller.caig: @xingthegaptw: @rickmilleractorwedgecuratorialprojects.orglink to Kenneth's book "As We Rise"ig: @drkmontagueemiliecroning.comig: @emcroning

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