By: Jesse Benitez
“There’s no issue that art can’t address.” – Don Russell, University Curator, Director of Provisions Research Center for Arts and Social Change
WGMU Radio’s General Manager, Jesse Benitez and Music Director, Bryan Childers, sat down and spoke with George Mason University’s Arts Curator, Don Russell, SIS Alumna and Element’s series organizer at Murals at Mason, Ya
ssmin Salem, and musician and
Arcadia designer, Sam Nester. The group discussed the process of creating and the inspiration behind
Arcadia, a public artwork installation in which plants, art, music, and research come together to highlight the importance of cultivating a green consciousness.