ABLE Voices Ep 69: Mx Enigma

We are inviting disabled artists and arts educators to be guests and  guest hosts on ABLE Voices. Today's guest host is Rivky Grossman.

Rivky’s  musical career took off last year, with the writing and recording of  her first Album-EP, Angel Sings the Blues. Raised in Brooklyn, New York,  Rivky's music combines unique beat structure, a folksy blues style, and  the influence of her Hassidic culture upbringing. Rivky's work has been  compared to Jacques Brel, Laura Nyro, Billy Joel, Sara McLachlan, and  early Regina Spektor. A self-taught musician, Rivky lives with  Schizo-affective disorder, which, she says, plays like a fuzzy, backdrop  hum in her day to day routine and ignites her creative spark. Today,  Rivky will be speaking with Mx Enigma.

Mx. Je'Jae  (They/She/Qween) is a queer Mizrahi mixed media artist. They received a  BA in Media and Film/Gender Studies from the CUNY Baccalaureate Program  for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies. Their work focuses on the  intersections of Queerness, American culture, and public perceptions and  has been featured at film and arts venues worldwide, including the  Museum of Modern Art, Tribeca Film Festival, Miles Nadal Gallery in  Toronto, and Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen. They have had  residencies at the Brandeis Collegiate Institute/American Jewish  University in California, New York City’s Judson Memorial Church, and a  writing fellowship with the LA Times.Mx. Je'Jae worked with the New York  Public Library on a production of the play L’Chaim 2 Dykes, about Queer  ex-Hasidic women engaged in custody battles.

The ABLE Voices  podcast is produced and edited by BIAAE Operations Coordinator, Daniel  Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was written by Kai Levin and  the ending song was written by Sebastian Batista. Kai and Sebastian are  students in the Arts Education Programs at the Berklee Institute for  Accessible Arts Education.

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