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Arts interviews, reviews, and features from WFIU Public Media from Indiana University.

Visual Arts – Arts and Music


    • Jun 20, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 43 EPISODES


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    Crawling To The Aid Of A Fading Monument

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2018 7:52


    The Bloomington community gets creative as it tries to save the Alexander Memorial in Courthouse Square.

    A Beautiful Place To Paint

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2018 11:25


    For the past 40 years, Indiana Heritage Arts (IHA) has promoted the tradition of this painting style as it was practiced by T.C. Steele and others in Brown County.

    Artist Bharti Kher Opens Exhibit at Grunwald Gallery

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2018 6:20


    The Grunwald Gallery presents Messengers, an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and works on paper by internationally known artist Bharti Kher

    Women Behind the Camera Create ‘Stardust and Moonbeams’

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2017 15:49


    Film and Gender scholar Madelyn Ritrosky tells the story of a thoroughly modern 1920s woman, in her new short film “Stardust and Moonbeams.”

    A Social Art: Isabel Berglund’s Hand-Knit Sculptures

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2017 5:00


    Danish fiber artist Isabel Berglund calls her large installations "social art," for the way groups of people produce and the interact with them.

    Breaking Home Ties — Prelude To A Masterpiece

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2017 15:55


    Critics complained that his work wasn’t serious. He was cornball. He was just a calendar artist. His first artwork to be acquired by a museum went for $100.

    Quilts of China: From Practical Craft to Valued Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 8:34


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    Finding A Missing Piece In The Local Arts Scene

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2017 11:42


    "My first puzzles, the back side of the puzzle could actually be a hand-painted set piece that you might’ve seen onstage at a Cardinal performance."

    Siosi Design: Blending Art, Lifestyle and Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2017 11:20


    Furniture maker Siosi Design blurs the lines between art and craft, and lifestyle and work.

    Fountain At 100: Decommissioned Functionality Into Art Icon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2017 12:05


    Above Ground: Taking Shots Against Gender Discrimination

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2017 10:03


    Coming Soon, To A Theater (Or An Architecture Tour) Near You

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2017 9:03


    Donna Sasse's dream is for all residents of Columbus, not just visitors, to take the architecture tour.

    Titan Of The West: Dude Ranch Reveries And Everyday Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2017 11:52


    We’re Caught In A Trap: Melanie Pennington’s Gentle Giants

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 9:16


    Securing the perimeter of her home place are Pennington’s own hulking forms, equally redolent of anatomy and primal energy, possibly demanding a blood meal.

    Rosamond Purcell Strives To Find Beauty In Unlikely Places

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 6:12


    Mark Ratzlaff: More Paintings About Buildings And Cars

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2016 14:16


    Mark Ratzlaff has made paintings of possums and pizza boxes, but he's being hailed by the most staid arts organizations in Indiana. It turn

    Exhibit Columbus Coaxes City Beyond Historic Preservation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2016 6:48


    Architects, designers, and community stakeholders convene for the launch of Exhibit Columbus, to further the city's identity as an aesthetic standard-bearer.

    IU Sculptors Stage Architectural Intervention For ArtPrize

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2016 11:26


    Before it is razed and reënvisioned, a derelict neighborhood in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan is being occupied by artists competing in ArtPrize 2016.

    Giving A Wildly Popular Art-Making Activity The College Try

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2016 12:24


    Whether stress reliever, creative outlet, antidote to screens, or happy hour pastime, coloring has become popular among adults and lucrative for publishers.

    Painting At The Core, Across Decades And Continents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2016 16:14


    Regardless of the vagaries of time and place--no matter how dramatic--Annemarie Mahler-Ettinger identifies with the art she has made since the age of three.

    Remembering Sandy Wood Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2016 10:44


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    Purple Haze And Singing Winds: Steele’s Indiana Impressions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2016 15:12


    A Train In The Distance: Scenes From The End Of The Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2016 4:58


    A photographer revisiting a college project realized he had documented a landmark that had disappeared from the Bloomington landscape.

    Better Living Through Art (Or Why A Picture Needs A Bicycle)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2016 5:01


    A flagship event on the city's arts calendar, the Bloomington Open Studio Tour is celebrating its fifth year with a bike map, a mobile app, and demos galore.

    A Transformative Gift: IUAM Becomes Eskenazi Museum Of Art

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2016 4:45


    All year, IU's art museum has been celebrating its 75th birthday. This week, the occasion was toasted by a stunning act of philanthropy.

    Cerebral Graffiti: To Access The Mind, Reach For The Pencil

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2016 5:09


    Scientists, artists, software designers, and architects from around the country are convening to consider how freehand drawing sparks the imaginative process.

    Finding A Common Thread In Prison

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2016 4:41


    Naptown Knitters, a knitting circle organized by residents in a minimum security prison, meets weekly to make hats, scarves and blankets for charity.

    Mutual Projection: We Found Love In A Placeless Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2016 4:52


    A relationship that flickered in the fugitive medium of the text message is reified in the most transitory of gallery spaces.

    Maureen Forman: Drawing More Closely To A Sense of Herself

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2016 5:38


    Painter Maureen Forman has used the immediacy of her surroundings and directness of graphite to discover her own voice.

    Restoring The Luster To Ernie Pyle’s Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2016 5:45


    Residents of Dana, Indiana bemoan the removal of a mural honoring hometown hero Ernie Pyle. One man is seeking to refurbish the war correspondent's image.

    A View From The Street: Homeless Artists Share Their World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2015 7:49


    Readers of Bloom Magazine are being invited to take a look at their city through the eyes of its homeless residents.

    Lucky Horseshoes And Trick Donkeys Offer Cultural Clues

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 4:39


    Lilly Library curator Andrew Rhoda discusses how puzzles can teach us about history and ourselves.

    “Rooted12”: Picturing The Real Stories Of The Midwest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2015 5:14


    Beyond clichés about the heartland and the popular imagery of "authenticity", a new photography magazine seeks to tell the real stories of the Midwest.

    The Wunderkammer: All The World In A Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2015 5:01


    Personal effects mingle alongside safari souvenirs in an exhibition at the Grunwald Gallery representing the more curious contents of IU's collections.

    CSAB: Cultivating Collectors, Feeding Artists

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2015 4:34


    In Bloomington, there’s a new way for visual artists to connect with patrons. And the business model comes from an unlikely source--the crop share.

    Rediscovering Halston’s Timeless (And Seamless) Elegance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2015 5:07


    The designer who determined what the 70s looked like spent his teen years in Indiana. Budding Hoosier designers are finding inspiration in vintage Halston.

    The Ecosexuals: Tree-Hugging And Then Some

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2015 4:38


    Fanfare Of The Arts Caps Summer In Bloomington

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2015 4:52


    Comics Artist John Porcellino Talks About ’Zines and OCD

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015 4:38


    John Porcellino is a leading author and illustrator in the independent comics and ’zine movement. He has been self-publishing the autobiographical 'zine King Cat Comics since 1989.

    Wielding Knives And Making Marks: A Mother-Daughter Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2015 4:40


    Sculpture Trails: Solsberry’s International Melting Pot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2015 7:34


    Taking A Page Out Of A Tradition, To Tell One’s Own Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2015 4:35


    "For example, we have a very round object here, there’s no text. And this actually folds up, collapses into a little piece that looks like candy."

    Elizabeth Vaught: Martinsville’s Accidental Artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2015 4:29


    After life taught her to find opportunity in adversity, Elizabeth Vaught has built her studio practice on creating art from discarded objects.

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