Today I’m talking with Greg Antrim Kelly. He s an artist and curator based in Charlottesville VA. He is co-founder of The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, and the Charlottesville Mural Project, and currently serves as manager and curator of Studio IX. He maintains an active studio practice as a visual artist, writer and photographer and is currently working on a new book project, while serving as a documentarian and active member of the Prolyfyck Run Creww. He has made Charlottesville his home since the fall of 1999.

In this episode, Greg and I talk about his amazing gift of openness and how that affords him opportunities to learn, grow, and be the best version of himself.

Find the complete show notes including audio transcription and exclusive photos here: meaningtoshare.com

In this episode, we talk about:

• Growing up in a small college town in the midwest and then moving to the big city of St Louis where he was exposed to race and class for the first time
• Community
• The influence of music, the arts, film and family
• The role of fierce women and feminism in shaping who Greg is and how he’s able to embrace openness
• Working on listening more (and better)
• Doing THE WORK in a diverse community when you’re a white, straight man
• Being an artist and what that means for connection
• Living an examined and joyous life
• The role of sobriety and recovery in life and the ability to connect with people
• A desire to agitate and push up against things
• Service vs. people pleasing
• Struggling with being punished for being vulnerable and needing love as a child
• Finding the metaphorical keys to unlock the places that already exist within you that just need to have a safe place to be opened and expressed
• Celebrating artists in an inclusive, supportive way — in an environment of Yes
• Greg’s upcoming second book 

Where to find Greg:
Website: gregantrimkelly.com
Run creww: prolyfyck.org

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