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Binder is the storytelling arm of the CMA 

Get a new perspective on art. See which works are staff favorites, watch recorded talks, find out how art is actually made, hear the latest episode of the podcast, and get the latest news from your museum. 

  • Artists on Staff

    Artist on Staff: Victor Johnson

    Hi, I'm Victor Johnson, and I work in the CMA communications department, where I wear a couple of hats, including multimedia production. At my core, I see myself as a visual storyteller and a keeper of memories and family history, capturing candid moments through documentary-style photography.

  • Artists on Staff

    Artists on Staff: Preparator Laura Garner Hine

    My deep-rooted appreciation and passion for the arts has found its voice through numerous media, but the one that resonates with me the most is paint — oil paint in all its excitable tangibility, from its long history to today’s modern applications.

  • Artists on Staff

    Artists on Staff: Khaliya Davis

    Hello, my name is Khaliya Davis. I’m a gallery attendant at the Columbia Museum of Art. My medium of choice is a combination of traditional and digital art.

  • Artists on Staff

    Artist on Staff: Katie Chandler 

    Hi, my name is Katie Chandler, and I’m the visitor experience manager at the CMA. I enjoy creating art in all different kinds of mediums
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Art for Your Ears

Binder Podcast

Binder Podcast uses art as a catalyst to talk about big ideas, bringing people together through complex conversations and personal stories to create the connections that lift our entire community.

Hosted by CMA writer-in-residence Ray McManus and produced by the Columbia Museum of Art, Binder brings you audio storytelling with writers, artists, scholars, curators, and more. New episodes every month.

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  • Staff Picks

    Staff Pick: Glenna Barlow

    As a lover of abstraction, Sam Gilliam has always been a favorite artist of mine — even more so now that I’ve studied his lesser-known work as a printmaker. His spirit of exploration and innovation are evident in many of the techniques you can see in these prints, like the raking lines in this one

  • Staff Picks

    Staff Pick: Drew Baron

    Nestled among epic and bright landscapes and seascapes, this subtle and contemplative painting may feel a little underwhelming by comparison, but it is the quiet and intimate nature of this work that keeps me coming back.

  • Artists on Staff

    Artists on Staff: David Walls

    To the Population is inspired by an artwork of the same name by the German artist Hans Haacke that was displayed in the Reichstag in 2000 and holds strong political messaging.
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The (Un)Settled Podcast

The (Un)Settled Podcast is a multipart special presentation of the Binder Podcast dedicated to the traveling exhibition (Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art. See all four episodes of this video podcast on the CMA's YouTube Channel. 

This multi-year, multi-institutional exhibition partnership was formed by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program. 

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