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StitchCast Studio is a podcast produced by Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective in Saint Louis, Missouri. It’s a show about the streets, gun violence, and finding solutions to issues that are coming at our youth hard. The voices of youth of color are important to hear at this critical time. StitchCast Studio creates a series of leveled conversations about issues that concern youth related to health, safety and violence. This is the place to come to hear real conversations about what’s on the minds of 16-25 year old St. Louis teens and young adults and catch some powerful new ideas for solutions. Programs include original spoken word and music produced by Saint Louis Story Stitchers. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is a nationally recognized Artists Collective know for high quality art ad innovative youth violence prevention programs. StitchCast Studio has received supported from the National Endowment for the Arts, On the web at arts dot gov. Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs has been provided by provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, The Lewis Prize for Music Accelerator Award, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention, March For Our Lives Aid & Alliance, Deaconess Foundation, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Humanities Council, Arts and Education Council, and The Divided City, Washington University in St. Louis. To learn more visit storystitchers.org.
Episodes
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
In this episode of StitchCast Studio, youth leaders of Stitchers Youth Council join Branden Lewis, to discuss Relationships and Situation-ships from a Male Point of View in part 2 of a two part series. Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on February 27, 2023.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Sneaker Tact
KP Dennis and Branden Lewis
Copyright, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2021
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers and The Center is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
In this episode of StitchCast Studio, youth leaders of Stitchers Youth Council join Branden Lewis, to discuss Relationships and Situationships from a Male Point of View in Part 1 of a two part series. Recorded live at Story Stitchers’ The Center, St. Louis, Missouri, on February 27, 2023.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
I’m Worthy
Copyright Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2022
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers programs is provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2023, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Deaconess Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers and The Center is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
In this episode of StitchCast Studio, youth leaders of Stitchers Youth Council join Branden Lewis, to discuss the best and worst music of the year 2022. Recorded live at Stitchers Hansen House Studio, St. Louis, Missouri, on December 15, 2022.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
America the Beautiful with Roland Johnson, our good friend and mentor, who passed on in 2022.
Recorded with young artists for Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ Peace in the Prairie at Stitchers Storefront Studio. Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2022, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, Equity Impact from Creative Reaction Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
In this episode of StitchCast Studio, youth alumni of Stitchers Youth Council join Branden Lewis, to look back at experiences at Story Stitchers and discuss moving out of state. Recorded live at Stitchers Hansen House Studio, St. Louis, Missouri, in December 31, 2022.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
To The Prairie
KP Dennis and Ntegrity, Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2022, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, Equity Impact from Creative Reaction Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
In this week's episode of StitchCast Studio, youth leaders of Stitchers Youth Council join Branden Lewis, to discuss assets and liabilities. Recorded live at Stitchers Storefront Studio, St. Louis, Missouri, in November, 2022.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Wade Reprise
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2021
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2022, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, Equity Impact from Creative Reaction Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Youth leaders come together with poet and activist Cheeraz Gormon to talk about healing from trauma from exposure to violence. Artists also discuss gun violence prevention, activism and the role of artists as activists, mental health, sharing resources, moving from response to recovery after the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School mass shooting tragedy, and coping with compounding loses from gun violence. Part III of a three part series.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Sneaker Tact
KP Dennis and Branden Lewis
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2022, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, Equity Impact from Creative Reaction Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
In this week's episode of StitchCast Studio, youth leaders of Stitchers Youth Council join Branden Lewis, to discuss over investment in the lives of celebrities and social media. Recorded live at Stitchers Storefront Studio, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 26, 2022.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Sneaker Tact
KP Dennis and Branden Lewis
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2021
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2022, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, Equity Impact from Creative Reaction Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Youth leaders come together with poet and activist Cheeraz Gormon to talk about healing from trauma from exposure to violence. Artists also discuss gun violence prevention, activism and the role of artists as activists, mental health, sharing resources, moving from response to recovery after the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School mass shooting tragedy, and coping with compounding loss from gun violence. Part I of a three part series.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Sneaker Tact
KP Dennis and Branden Lewis
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2022, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, Equity Impact from Creative Reaction Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Youth leaders come together with poet and activist Cheeraz Gormon to talk about healing from trauma from exposure to violence. Artists also discuss gun violence prevention, activism and the role of artists as activists, mental health, sharing resources, moving from response to recovery after the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School mass shooting tragedy, and coping with compounding loses from gun violence. Part I of a three part series.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Anti
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2017
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2022, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, Equity Impact from Creative Reaction Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
In this week's episode of StitchCast Studio, youth leaders from The Center Cabinet, experiencing their first trip to the prairie, talk with one of the leading architects of the Youth Council, Branden Lewis, and dive deep into the new Center, the impact of their prairie experiences, and their expectations for the future.
The Center, a dedicated safe space for under-represented youth envisioned by Story Stitchers youth leaders, might be used to impact the community. The Center, a project to create a creative youth development center designed and driven by youth leaders, is supported in part by a 2021 $500,000 5-year Accelerator Award from The Lewis Prize For Music. The Center Cabinet are interns at Story Stitchers currently supported by My Brother’s Keeper Freedom Summer 2022. Recorded live at Missouri Botanical Garden’s Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit, Missouri, on October 9, 2022.
Pick the City UP Art Interlude
Prairie Therapy
Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019
Story Stitchers is supported in part by The Lewis Prize for Music’s 2021 Accelerator Award. The mission of The Lewis Prize is to partner with leaders who create positive change by investing in young people through music.
Additional support for StitchCast Studio and Story Stitchers youth programs was provided by the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention grant of 2022, Lush Corporation’s The Charity Pot, Equity Impact from Creative Reaction Lab and the Bezos Family Foundation, and the Arts & Education Council. Saint Louis Story Stitchers is supported by Kranzberg Arts Foundation as a resident organization.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers’ StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. On the web at arts dot gov.