Welcome to Art Yap where Shawna Vesco Ahern gabs, gossips, and otherwise chitchats with San Francisco Bay Area arts and culture baddies about how they build community through creativity—and the winding life paths that led them there. Art Yap guests bring fresh perspectives on curation, arts project management, community programming, arts funding, legislation, marketing and more. Like, follow, and subscribe to Art Yap wherever you get your podcasts, and join the conversation. 


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