Podcasts about regional arts commission

Youth mentors Branden Lewis and Blue Beatz podcast on the spot during an "OVP Kickback" event led by the St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention.   Recorded live October 2024 at Hyde Park, St. Louis, Missouri.    Pick the City UP Art Interlude Worthless Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024   Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Grant of 2024, Regional Arts Commission, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Ameren Equity in the Arts, Arts & Education Council, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

Youth leaders podcast on the spot with Kelvin Melton and Ronnie Amiyn, leaders of other community based organizations, during an "OVP Kickback" event led by the St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention.   Recorded live October 2024 at Hyde Park, St. Louis, Missouri.    Pick the City UP Art Interlude Keep On Marching On Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024   Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Grant of 2024, Regional Arts Commission, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Ameren Equity in the Arts, Arts & Education Council, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

Youth, age 16-25, get to know more about each other using the "Grow A Garden" card game developed and tested by the Missouri CEAL Team. Recorded live June 2024 at The Center, St. Louis, Missouri.    Pick the City UP Art Interlude WHO'S READY Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018   Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Grant of 2024, Regional Arts Commission, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Ameren Equity in the Arts, Arts & Education Council, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

Youth, age 16-25, get to know more about each other using the "Grow A Garden" card game developed and tested by the Missouri CEAL Team. Recorded live June 2024 at The Center, St. Louis, Missouri.    Pick the City UP Art Interlude Pick The City Up Remix Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024   Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Grant of 2024, Regional Arts Commission, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Ameren Equity in the Arts, Arts & Education Council, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers youth artists created a Story Circle to share stories of the mental health crisis and solutions. Their guest was Dr. Julie J. Gary, PhD, MPH, Bureau Chief of Behavioral Health for the City of St. Louis Health Department.  This episode was recorded on June 28, 2024 at the Turkish pavilion, Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Missouri. Pick the City UP Art Interlude Prairie Therapy Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, 2020 To learn more about mental health care in St. Louis or the Perception Isn't Always Reality project, visit storystitchers.org  These Special Edition episodes of StitchCast Studio are the result of a partnership with YouthBridge Community Foundation through its Think Big For Kids grant. Story Stitchers project, Perception Isn't Always Reality, will create a public service announcement campaign as trusted messengers about mental health stigmas.  Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, the City of St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention in partnership with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen through the 2024-2025 Programs to Reduce Crime Among At-Risk Youth, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.  

Saint Louis Story Stitchers youth artists created a Story Circle to share stories of the mental health crisis and solutions. Their guest was Dr. Julie J. Gary, PhD, MPH, Bureau Chief of Behavioral Health for the City of St. Louis Health Department.  This episode was recorded on June 28, 2024 at the Turkish pavilion, Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Missouri. Part II.   Pick the City UP Art Interlude Wade Reprise Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, 2022   Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, 2020 To learn more about mental health care in St. Louis or the Perception Isn't Always Reality project, visit storystitchers.org  These Special Edition episodes of StitchCast Studio are the result of a partnership with YouthBridge Community Foundation through its Think Big For Kids grant. Story Stitchers project, Perception Isn't Always Reality, will create a public service announcement campaign as trusted messengers about mental health stigmas.  Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, the City of St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention in partnership with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen through the 2024-2025 Programs to Reduce Crime Among At-Risk Youth, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.  

Saint Louis Story Stitchers youth artists created a Story Circle to share stories of the mental health crisis and solutions. Their guest was Dr. Matifadza (Mati) Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA, Director of Health for the City of St. Louis. This episode was recorded on June 17, 2024 at Story Stitchers' Studio 1A, The Center, in the Grand Center Arts District, St. Louis, Missouri.   Pick the City UP Art Interlude Can You Tell? Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024   To learn more about mental health care in St. Louis or the Perception Isn't Always Reality project, visit storystitchers.org These Special Edition episodes of StitchCast Studio are the result of a partnership with YouthBridge Community Foundation through its Think Big For Kids grant. Story Stitchers project, Perception Isn't Always Reality, will create a public service announcement campaign as trusted messengers about mental health stigmas.  Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, the City of St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention in partnership with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen through the 2024-2025 Programs to Reduce Crime Among At-Risk Youth, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers youth artists created a Story Circle to share stories of the mental health crisis and solutions. Their guest was Dr. Matifadza (Mati) Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA, Director of Health for the City of St. Louis. This episode (Parts I & II) was recorded on June 17, 2024 at Story Stitchers' Studio 1A, The Center, in the Grand Center Arts District, St. Louis, Missouri.   Pick the City UP Art Interlude Victor Not Victim Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024   To learn more about mental health care in St. Louis or the Perception Isn't Always Reality project, visit storystitchers.org  These Special Edition episodes of StitchCast Studio are the result of a partnership with YouthBridge Community Foundation through its Think Big For Kids grant. Story Stitchers project, Perception Isn't Always Reality, will create a public service announcement campaign as trusted messengers about mental health stigmas.  Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, the City of St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention in partnership with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen through the 2024-2025 Programs to Reduce Crime Among At-Risk Youth, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

Episode 85 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Email | RSS | More "Sometimes [conversion] just felt so hard to do. I had so many questions and I had so many doubts and it was conveyed to me by more than one person that It shouldn't be this hard, but I look back and I'm actually really grateful for it, for how much I had to wrestle with my adoption and my parents language and what liturgy means now and with our embrace of death. All these things that I carried with me culturally as the daughter of Chinese immigrants had to be reexamined in my conversion. They didn't fit into what my life as a Catholic was turning into. I would do these things that felt antithetical to the way my parents raised me...And I had to maybe not revise those things of my past and those things of how I grew up, but I had to, I guess just reconcile them in a different way and say, yes, where I come from makes me who I am today. It all comes with me, but I can look at it differently." -Melody Gee Topics Discussed: Immigration experience Conversion to Catholicism Ritual, routine, and liturgy Discomfort The messiness of prayer and community Embodiment of faith Balancing different cultures Embracing conflict Resisting perfectionism Name Drops: Jesus Thomas Merton Ronald Rolheiser Oliver Burkeman Greg Boyle Saul/Paul Books Mentioned: the Bible We Carry Smoke and Paper New Seeds of Contemplation Melody Gee ABOUT THE GUEST Melody S. Gee is the author of We Carry Smoke and Paper: Essays on the Grief and Hope of Conversion (University of Iowa Press, October 2024), which explores the cultural costs of religious conversion. She is also the author of three books of poetry: The Convert's Heart is Good to Eat, The Dead in Daylight, and Each Crumbling House. She is the recipient of Kundiman fellowships in poetry and fiction, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and an Artist Support Grant from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. Born in Taiwan and raised in Cerritos, California, Melody is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of New Mexico. She has taught writing at Purdue University, Southwestern Illinois College, and St. Louis Community College, and currently works in renewable energy communications. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband and daughters. MESSY JESUS BUSINESS is hosted by Sister Julia Walsh.  Produced and edited by Colin Wambsgans. Email us at messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com BE SOCIAL: https://www.facebook.com/MessyJesusBusiness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MessyJesusBusiness Twitter: @messyjesusbiz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/messyjesusbusiness SUPPORT US: https://www.patreon.com/messyjesusbusiness

In this episode, members of our StitchCast sit down and have a conversation about the difference between an artist's music and their persona. Recorded live at Story Stitchers Studio 1A, The Center, St. Louis, Missouri.    Pick the City UP Art Interlude Saint Louis, Saint Louis Traydon Rogers for Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024   Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 City of St. Louis Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Grant of 2024, Regional Arts Commission, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Ameren Equity in the Arts, Arts & Education Council, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective presents Peace in the Prairie, an original presentation exploring the concepts of peace and violence, juxtaposing urban life as experienced by African American people living in the city of St. Louis, Missouri and the state's endangered prairie lands.   Is the path towards peace through Missouri's native prairies?   Artists took a day trip from St. Louis, Missouri to explore a cave at Onondaga Cave State Park in Leasburg, MO and the natural beauty of the landscape on a rainy summer day on July 27, 2024. Pick the City UP Art Interlude To The Prairie KP Dennis, Integrity, Troy Anthony Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2019   Watch a video about the trip! https://vimeo.com/1023580162   Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Parks Association. Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, the City of St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention in partnership with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen through the 2024-2025 Programs to Reduce Crime Among At-Risk Youth, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

This episode was created on the day of the 10 year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, Jr, an unarmed Black teenager shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Story Stitchers held a Youth Empowerment Summit at the .ZACK Theatre and held a discussion with Branden Lewis and Emeara Burns and youth leaders about police and youth rights and responsibilities and community and personal trauma with guests Dr. Julie Gary, Behavioral Health Bureau Chief for the City of St. Louis, Officer Chassit Hickman, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and Tamika Butler, MEd, LPC from BJC HeathCare. Recorded live August 9, 2024 at Story Stitchers' Youth Empowerment Summit at the .ZACK Theatre in celebration of our 10 Year Anniversary.   Pick the City UP Art Interlude Perception Isn't Always Reality KP Dennis, 2016 On Saint Louis Story Stitchers 10 Year Anniversary Album, Keep On Marching On, released 2024   This episode is part of a series exploring youth and police rights and responsibilities, presented in four parts. In addition to Parts III and IV, check out Parts I and II, in which our StitchCast sits down with St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Sergeant Stephen Perry, for a conversation about the relationship between the police and the community in this edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! Recorded live at High Low in Saint Louis, Missouri on April 23, 2024. This Special Edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported as a part of Saint Louis Story Stitchers 10 Year Anniversary Ken and Nancy Kranzberg, Carmon and Susan Colangelo, Jane Schaefer, In memory of Tom Schaefer, John and Harrison Hagan Heil,  In memory of Jamyla Bolden, and Ted and JoAnn Sanditz. Additional support was provided by BJC HealthCare, Honda of Frontenac, Cities United, and  St. Louis American. Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, the City of St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention in partnership with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen through the 2024-2025 Programs to Reduce Crime Among At-Risk Youth, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.  

This episode was created on the day of the 10 year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, Jr, an unarmed Black teenager shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Story Stitchers held a Youth Empowerment Summit at the .ZACK Theatre and held a discussion with Branden Lewis and Emeara Burns and youth leaders about police and youth rights and responsibilities and community and personal trauma with guests Dr. Julie Gary, Behavioral Health Bureau Chief for the City of St. Louis, Officer Chassit Hickman, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and Tamika Butler, MEd, LPC from BJC HeathCare. Recorded live August 9, 2024 at Story Stitchers' Youth Empowerment Summit at the .ZACK Theatre in celebration of our 10 Year Anniversary.   Pick the City UP Interlude They Think It's OK! Taron Booker, Toryon Booker, KP Dennis Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2017 On Saint Louis Story Stitchers 10 Year Anniversary Album, Keep On Marching On, released 2024   This episode is part of a series exploring youth and police rights and responsibilities, presented in four parts. In addition to Parts III and IV, check out Parts I and II, in which our StitchCast sits down with St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Sergeant Stephen Perry, for a conversation about the relationship between the police and the community in this edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! Recorded live at High Low in Saint Louis, Missouri on April 23, 2024. This Special Edition of StitchCast Studio LIVE! is supported as a part of Saint Louis Story Stitchers 10 Year Anniversary Ken and Nancy Kranzberg, Carmon and Susan Colangelo, Jane Schaefer, In memory of Tom Schaefer, John and Harrison Hagan Heil,  In memory of Jamyla Bolden, and Ted and JoAnn Sanditz. Additional support was provided by BJC HealthCare, Honda of Frontenac, Cities United, and  St. Louis American. Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, the City of St. Louis Office of Violence Prevention in partnership with the St. Louis Board of Aldermen through the 2024-2025 Programs to Reduce Crime Among At-Risk Youth, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.  

Part II In this episode, members of our StitchCast sit down and have a conversation about taking accountability. Recorded live May 30, 2024 at The Center, St. Louis, Missouri.    Pick the City UP Art Interlude Worthless Branden Lewis for Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018   Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Ameren Equity in the Arts, Arts & Education Council, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

Part I In this episode, members of our StitchCast sit down and have a conversation about taking accountability. Recorded live May 30, 2024 at The Center, St. Louis, Missouri.    Pick the City UP Art Interlude Victor Not Victim Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2024. Story Stitchers creative youth development programs are 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 Regional Arts Commission, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Ameren Equity in the Arts, Arts & Education Council, and Tegna Foundation.  Saint Louis Story Stitchers' studio, The Center, is supported in part by Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Story Stitchers is a proud resident organization.

The St. Louis Mural Project is bringing 28 new murals to St. Louis. Tracey Morgan of the Regional Arts Commission discusses how the federally funded project is meant to highlight the city's history and encourage economic growth. Three artists also share about the murals they have painted in various parts of the city.

Dana Turkovic, Curator of the Laumeier Sculpture Park, stopped by to speak with Nancy about the sculpture park, and her career.   Founded in 1976, Laumeier is one of the first and largest dedicated sculpture parks in the country. In 1968, Mrs. Matilda Laumeier bequeathed the first 72 acres of the future Laumeier Sculpture Park to St. Louis County in memory of her husband, Henry Laumeier. In 1976, local artist Ernest Trova gifted 40 artworks, with an estimated market value of approximately one million dollars, to St. Louis County for the formation of a sculpture park and gallery. Laumeier Sculpture Park opened as part of the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation system on July 7, 1976. One year later, Laumeier Sculpture Park was officially incorporated. Today, Laumeier is an internationally recognized, nonprofit arts organization that is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and operates in partnership with St. Louis County Parks. Projects and programs are supported by the Mark Twain Laumeier Endowment Fund, the Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Laumeier presents more than 70 works of large-scale outdoor sculpture in a 105-acre park located in the heart of St. Louis County. Free and open daily, Laumeier serves 350,000 visitors of all ages each year through sculpture conservation, education programs, temporary exhibitions and public events.

Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the U.S. since 1988, but unlike Black History Month, the culturally commemorative month has never had a flag to fly. That is, until St. Louis-based artist Jose Garza was approached by the Regional Arts Commission to come up with a flag design.

"Kym and Sherri RAC STL Event'' 23-4-17 Kym and Sherri have a special conversation with Andrea Purnell of The Regional Arts Commission in St. Louis, MO that is both uplifting and entertaining. This event was a live conversation with some special audience interaction held at High Low Literary Arts Cafe in Grand Center, St. Louis, MO. Special thanks to Vanessa Cooksey, Jay Scherder, and the team at RAC for teaming up with Mid Coast Media for such a great event. Get tickets to see Sherri and Kym live in May for their stand up comedy dates SherriShowTV.com Follow Two Funny Mamas on Instagram instagram.com/twofunnymamas To contribute to the arts in the STL region check out racstl.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Sherri & Kym Live: STL in Review" 3/17/23 Kym & Sherri live from New York and Cleveland today. The ladies recap their recent trip to St. Louis which included a live discussion hosted by The Regional Arts Commission followed by last Friday's big standup show at The Grandel Theatre. TFM would like to thank Larry Greene, Rafe Williams, Shanie D., Andre Lavelle, B-Phlat, Chris Denman, Beth Hoops, Jon Beeby, and the Mid Coast Media team. Thanks to The Kranzberg Arts Foundation, The Grandel staff, High Low staff, The Regional Arts Commission, Jack Daniel's, Heil Microphones, Angad Arts Hotel, Fox 2 KTVI, 104.1, 98.1, KJ's Bar and Grill, and everyone who made the trip a success. TFM Tour Dates can be found at sherrishowtv.com Merch: ByJack.com/twofunnymamas Follow Sherri on Instagram @SherriEShepherd Folly Kym on Instagram @KymWhitley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As our presenting podcast sponsor, Jay Scherder & Chloe Smith of RAC STL join us on the podcast to help educate the community on the Artist Grant process. Grantmaking is the cornerstone of RAC's work. St. Louis is an arts town. As the biggest public funder of the arts in St. Louis, RAC's top priority has always been supporting the diverse collective of artists and arts organizations that make our world-class arts and culture community so vibrant. Since 1985, they have provided more than 7,000 grants worth over $100 million.2023 Grants opened up Monday, February 13th. Listen to this episode for more information on how to apply for a grant.Support the show

Melody S. Gee is the author of three books of poetry, The Convert's Heart is Good to Eat (Driftwood Press, 2022) runner-up for the Adrift Chapbook Prize; The Dead in Daylight (2016, Cooper Dillon Books), long listed for the Julie Suk Award; and Each Crumbling House (2010, Perugia Press), winner of the Perugia Press Poetry Prize. Her poems, essays, and reviews appear recently in Commonweal Magazine, Essay Daily, Lantern Review, Rappahannock Review, Ruminate, The Academy of American Poets. Born in Taiwan and raised in California, she is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of New Mexico. She has taught writing at Purdue University, Southwestern Illinois College, and St. Louis Community College, and currently works as a freelance content and communications strategist. Melody is the recipient of Kundiman fellowships in poetry and fiction, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, an Artist Support Grant from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, two Pushcart Prize nominations, a Best New Poets nomination, and the Robert Watson Literary Prize. She lives in St. Louis, MO with her husband and daughters.

Sue Greenberg, Executive Director for VLAA, stopped by to talk about the organization and its works. St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA) supports the creative community by providing free legal and accounting assistance and a wide variety of affordable educational programs. They serve artists of every discipline and career level, nonprofit cultural organizations and small arts-related businesses. Their organization enhances the region's cultural fabric and offers volunteer opportunities. ---- About VLAA: Their volunteer accountants and lawyers donate their time and expertise to help their appreciative clients navigate the complicated world of finance and law. VLAA also provides information and skills training designed to help the creative community develop sound business practices and protect their rights. ----- Founded in 1982 by St. Louis University School of Law and the city's Arts and Humanities Commission, VLAA is housed in the High Low in Grand Center. Our primary service area is greater St. Louis, which includes St. Louis City, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Jefferson counties in Missouri and Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois. They also serve Columbia and Eastern Missouri. ------  This nonprofit, tax-exempt organization is supported by the Regional Arts Commission with additional funds provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; foundations; law and accounting firms; corporations and individuals. -----   

The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis envisions a region where every resident has the freedom, resources, and opportunities to enjoy a creative life – to share and celebrate their stories, art, and culture and feel a sense of belonging wherever they live, work, or play.In this more equitable world, every culture is valued, supported and enabled to grow and thrive. A person's well-being and success in life are not determined by race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, ability, class, or status.We're excited to continue to highlight the people, places, and events that make St. Louis special and with the help of RAC STL, we plan to do that on a bigger scale. In this episode we spoke with Vanessa Cooksey  (President & CEO) and Jay Scherder (Senior Communications Manager) about RAC STL's mission, recently awarding over $1 million in grants, the great art programs in our city, and more. Support The Mission - RACSTL.org Follow Along on IG - @regionalartscommissionSupport the show

Lauren Ross, Executive Director of Laumier Sculpture Park, stopped by to speak with Nancy about the park and the current and upcoming exhibits, including Salutary Sculpture, which runs through May 15th, 2022. -------  Founded in 1976, Laumeier is one of the first and largest dedicated sculpture parks in the country. In 1968, Mrs. Matilda Laumeier bequeathed the first 72 acres of the future Laumeier Sculpture Park to St. Louis County in memory of her husband, Henry Laumeier. In 1976, local artist Ernest Trova gifted 40 artworks, with an estimated market value of approximately one million dollars, to St. Louis County for the formation of a sculpture park and gallery. Laumeier Sculpture Park opened as part of the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation system on July 7, 1976. One year later, Laumeier Sculpture Park was officially incorporated. Today, Laumeier Sculpture Park is an internationally recognized, nonprofit arts organization that is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and operates in partnership with St. Louis County Parks. Projects and programs are supported by the Mark Twain Laumeier Endowment Fund, the Regional Arts Commission, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri Arts Council and the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis. Laumeier presents more than 70 works of large-scale outdoor sculpture in a 105-acre park located in the heart of St. Louis County. Free and open daily, Laumeier serves 300,000 visitors of all ages each year through sculpture conservation, education programs, temporary exhibitions and public events. ------- In 2015, Laumeier closed its first major capital campaign, Sculpting the Future, culminating in the renovation of the Laumeier's 1917 Estate House into the Kranzberg Education Lab and the construction of the new Aronson Fine Arts Center for exhibitions, programs and events. ------- 

Amy Reidel, Independent Artist, and Margaret Rieckenberg, Associate Curator for Barrett Barrera Projects stopped by to speak about the happenings at the various galleries of BBP, and specifically about the exhibition "Stretch Marks" which has been extended through November 27th. Amy Reidel is a St. Louis-based artist who has exhibited work regionally and nationally. She has been a resident artist at ACRE (Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) based out of Chicago, the David and Julia White Artists' colony in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica and at the Luminary Center for the Arts in St. Louis. She has exhibited work at venues including the Contemporary Art Museum-St. Louis, ACRE projects gallery in Chicago, and the Amarillo Museum of Art. Her work can be viewed online in the curated artist registries and viewing programs at White Columns and the Drawing Center in New York City. In 2014, 2019 and 2020 Reidel was awarded Artists' Support and COVID-19 relief grants from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis and the Washington University/Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. In 2016 she received the Critical Mass Creative Stimulus award. Reidel is currently a faculty member at Washington University and St. Louis Community College as well as Co-Founder of All the Art: The Visual Art Quarterly of St. Louis (2015-2020). Stretch Marks is an exhibition that highlights expressive mark-making as a means to explore the material in the maternal and the experience of having a body and therefore a mother. Representations in painting, drawing, photography, fiber, sculpture, and ceramics reveal bodies in transitional states, stretching themselves, often reaching through time toward other bodies that precede or continue their own material existence. The artists in this exhibition investigate subjects that include the experience of being a mother; our relationship to the Earth; materiality and tactility; abjection and the grotesque; portraiture and self-portraiture; domestic space; familial relationships; cultural identities; and feelings of love, horror, faith, and loss as they relate to maternal bodies. With many references to the landscape—and trees in particular—the images in these artworks allude to the longstanding conceit of nature and the Earth as a mother, as well as how we often envision family lineages as both branches of a tree and roots. Another repeating motif in the exhibition is images of hands, suggesting tactile manipulation and the presence of touch. Connecting these many images and ideas is a critical attention to generation—both as an act of creation and a form of inheritance—with works that reflect on time, family, birth, and making in their myriad incarnations. One of Amy Reidel's Mombies Natalie Baldeon: Reminders or Loss              

Welcome to the first season and third (3rd) episode of HEAL Center for the Arts's "Intellectual Artist Series" student led podcast in which students discus the history, culture, discipline, and even business behind the arts discipline they are studying. This episode is us unwinding a bit with our Founder, Executive, and Artistic Director, Mr. Harvey Lockhart. During this series, our students are studying and discussing the music and life of saxophonist and composer, "Ernie Wilkins". Please like and subscribe. Send a comment. We'd love to hear from you. Thank you for your support. Thank you for tuning in. Our Ernie Wilkins Series is in collaboration between HEAL Center for the Arts and the Jazz Edge Orchestra. Our student musicians are members of the "North County Big Band" (a collaborative program between HEAL Center for the Arts and the Sheldon). Special thanks goes out to The Sheldon for the audio and visual recordings of the students, the Kranzbergh Arts Foundation for providing the space to record this series, and the Wilkins family for your support. This series was made possible by the financial support of the Missouri Arts Council and the Regional Arts Commission. Director/Founder: Harvey Lockhart Student Moderators: Asia Brantley, Donovan Lloyd, Nyla McDaniel Production Manager and Designer: Brandon Brinkley To learn more about our programs, please visit us on our website at www.healcenterforthearts.org, and while you are there, go ahead and make a tax deductible donation to further support our work. Thank You, and we'll catch you next time.

Welcome to the first season and episode #2 of HEAL Center for the Arts's "Intellectual Artist Series" student led podcast in which students discus the history, culture, discipline, and even business behind the arts discipline they are studying. This episode is an interview with Asia Brantley (Student) and Billy Wilkins (Brother of Ernie Wilkins). During this series, our students are studying and discussing the music and life of saxophonist and composer, "Ernie Wilkins". Please like and subscribe. Send a comment. We'd love to hear from you. Thank you for your support. Thank you for tuning in. Our Ernie Wilkins Series is in collaboration between HEAL Center for the Arts and the Jazz Edge Orchestra. Our student musicians are members of the "North County Big Band" (a collaborative program between HEAL Center for the Arts and the Sheldon). Special thanks goes out to The Sheldon for the audio and visual recordings of the students, the Kranzbergh Arts Foundation for providing the space to record this series, and the Wilkins family for your support. This series was made possible by the financial support of the Missouri Arts Council and the Regional Arts Commission. Director/Founder: Harvey Lockhart Student Moderators: Asia Brantley Production Manager and Designer: Brandon Brinkley To learn more about our programs, please visit us on our website at www.healcenterforthearts.org, and while you are there, go ahead and make a tax deductible donation to further support our work. Thank You, and we'll catch you next time.

Welcome to the first season and episode of HEAL Center for the Arts's "Intellectual Artist Series" student led podcast in which students discus the history, culture, discipline, and even business behind the arts discipline they are studying. During this series, our students are studying and discussing the music and life of saxophonist and composer, "Ernie Wilkins". Please like and subscribe. Send a comment. We'd love to hear from you. Thank you for your support. Thank you for tuning in. Our Ernie Wilkins Series is in collaboration between HEAL Center for the Arts and the Jazz Edge Orchestra. Our student musicians are members of the "North County Big Band" (a collaborative program between HEAL Center for the Arts and the Sheldon). Special thanks goes out to The Sheldon for the audio and visual recordings of the students, the Kranzbergh Arts Foundation for providing the space to record this series, and the Wilkins family for your support. This series was made possible by the financial support of the Missouri Arts Council and the Regional Arts Commission. Director/Founder: Harvey Lockhart Student Moderators: Asia Brantley and Walter Turner Production Manager and Designer: Brandon Brinkley To learn more about our programs, please visit us on our website at www.healcenterforthearts.org, and while you are there, go ahead and make a tax deductible donation to further support our work. Thank You, and we'll catch you next time.

Charlie Brennan debates with Wendy Wiese, Alvin Reid, Ray Hartmann and Bill McClellan. In the second half-hour on Donnybrook Next Up, the panel is joined by Vanessa Cooksey, President & CEO of the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis.

Jasmine is a self-taught working artist with a background in science. Her art explores the emergent patterns found in natural growth, form, and collective systems. Outside the studio, she works with groups and individuals to use the power of art and imagination for personal growth. She's a teaching artist trained by the Regional Arts Commission and a professional coach certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is also the host of the Archives for Aliens podcast. Art: https://unusmundusart.com @unus_mundus_art Coaching / Workshops: https://chaos2ordercoaching.org @chaos2ordercoaching Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/archives-for-aliens/id1552919227 @archivesforaliens Book a free coaching call with Jasmine here. The TED Talk she mentions can be viewed here. . . . Through The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, you can become a certified health coach to transform your relationship with food and health, live your dreams, earn while you learn, and embark on a new future. Receive $2,000 off when you pay in full (or $1,500 off payment plans) by following this referral link here, or by mentioning my name, Samantha Nagel. Join the Empowered Spirituality Community for weekly video lessons, weekly journaling prompts, access to an additional guided meditation every week, monthly group meetings and teachings, online community, and 20% off all coaching sessions! Book a free exploratory coaching call with me. Follow me on Instagram @empowered.spirituality Join the free weekly meditation circle. This podcast is for educational purposes only. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/empoweredspirituality/message

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on change for everyone in the world, but for actors in particular. Jacqueline Thompson, an actor, director, producer, and professor based in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the first actors taking to the stage as we enter our (hopefully) post-pandemic theatrical space. She will be playing Regan in St. Louis Shakespeare Festival's production of King Lear, premiering this June, starring André De Shields in the title role. Jacqueline has a rich history of community-engaged classical theater stemming from her involvement with St. Louis Shakespeare Festival's Shakespeare in the Streets program and furthered by the Regional Arts Commission's Community Arts Training Program. Her work has earned her accolades like a Visionary Award, which recognizes St. Louis women in the arts, the award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama from the St. Louis Theater Circle, and participation in the Theater Communications Group's Rising Leaders of Color program. Today, Jacqueline will be talking to us about how to effectively engage with communities through theater, how the pandemic has shaped recent performance, and how to make classical theater accessible to everyone. You can learn more about seeing Jacqueline in King Lear in St. Louis this summer here. Jacqueline is interviewed by host Emily Jackoway. To learn more about NoSweatShakespeare, check out our site at nosweatshakespeare.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. If you enjoyed this podcast, be sure to follow or subscribe and give us a five-star rating. Thanks for listening in!

There is a new leader at one of the area's major funders for arts organizations. Regional Arts Commission President and CEO Vanessa Cooksey started the job in November. She has been dealing with pandemic-related issues and increased demand to advance racial equity.

Doug Weaver is a real cool guy! He lives in Old North with his wife and son, where he paints magnificent paintings in his basement. Weaver received his MFA in painting from Fontbonne University in 2013. After graduating, he moved to Rwanda in the Peace Corps where he taught art, music, and drama. He also found time to organize and implement women's empowerment trainings for young men as well as wrestling wild dogs in a spay and neuter campaign. In 2015, Weaver moved back to St. Louis and became a father. That's when he went from being merely a cool guy to a REAL cool guy. He teaches art as an adjunct instructor at Stevens - The Institute of Business and Arts, as well as pursuing his own artistic excellence. In his spare time he reviews grants for the Regional Arts Commission and grows rare and exotic plants, because of course he does. His recent work focuses on the city of St. Louis and volunteerism. In 2019, Weaver had two solo shows. One series of cityscapes at The 3rd Degree Glass Factory, and a series of 10 paintings representing nonprofit organizations in St. Louis. These paintings were donated to volunteers at those nonprofits, because Doug is baller AF. Doug Weaver makes all of his paints by hand using pigments from plants he grows in the Old North Community Garden, oils from farms in Missouri and Illinois, and beeswax from Clayton, MO. I think we can expect big things from Doug Weaver. https://dougweaverart.org/ www.facebook.com/DougWeaverArt www.instagram.com/dougweaverart/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Edward McPherson, associate professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, is the author of three books: Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat (Faber & Faber), The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats (HarperCollins), and The History of the Future: American Essays (Coffee House Press). He has written for the New York Times Magazine, the Paris Review, the American Scholar, the Gettysburg Review, Salon, Guernica, the Southern Review, and the New York Observer, among many others. Edward McPherson has received numerous awards and recognitions, including a Pushcart Prize, the PEN Southwest Book Award, the Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction, an Artist Fellowship from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, and the Gesell Award from the University of Minnesota, where he received his MFA. He is a creative writing teacher and contributing editor of the Common Reader at Washington University. Craft Talks: Part of the St. Louis Literary Award Programs at Saint Louis University

EPISODE XXIV Painting For The People (Part II)   Youth leaders discuss painting a fence mural on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive as a part of The Shelter Project, a community collaboration which creates a bus shelter and fence mural painting for the neighborhood with collaborators Kim Jayne and Hassan Shariff from the Wellston Loop Community Development Corporation, bus shelter designers Jessica Colangelo and Charles Sharpless from Somewhere Studio, LLC, and Adrian Gonzalez from Katherine Bernhardt's studio.  Youth Council members worked with artist Katherine Bernhardt to create the mural, which is located on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. at Hodiamont. Recorded live in Zoom September 15, 2020.   The Shelter Project is sponsored in part by Wellston Loop Community Development Corporation, Somewhere Studio, LLC, Wells Goodfellow Neighborhood Improvement Association, Katherine Bernhardt, Metro St. Louis, Alberici Constructors, Inc., Ryan Goser of Goser Structural Engineering, LLC, LJ Punch, MD and “The T”, Cure Violence, and Saint Louis Story Stitchers youth programs such as mural painting and community organizing for The Shelter Project are supported through grants from the City of St. Louis Youth Crime Prevention grant of 2020, Youthbridge Community Foundation Nonprofit Recovery and Resilience Fund, Missouri Foundation for Health, Incarnate Word Foundation, Regional Arts Commission, and Arts and Education Council PNC, and Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund. StitchCast Studio is sponsored by City of St. Louis' Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Grant of 2020, Steward Family Foundation, Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund's three year grant 2020-22, Arts and Education Council PNC Grant, and Missouri Foundation for Health. To learn more visit storystitchers.org.   Pick the City UP Art Interlude: Dear Shooters                   Copyright KP Dennis and Branden Lewis, 2018. Recording Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2018.

Painting For The People (Part I) Youth leaders discuss painting a fence mural on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive as a part of The Shelter Project, a community collaboration which creates a bus shelter and fence mural painting for the neighborhood. Youth Council members worked with artist Katherine Bernhardt to create the mural. Recorded live in Zoom September 8, 2020.   The Shelter Project is sponsored in part by Wellston Loop Community Development Corporation, Somewhere Studio, LLC, Wells Goodfellow Neighborhood Improvement Association, Katherine Bernhardt, Metro St. Louis, Alberici Constructors, Inc., Ryan Goser of Goser Structural Engineering, LLC, LJ Punch, MD and “The T”, and Saint Louis Story Stitchers youth programs such as mural painting and community organizing for The Shelter Project are supported through grants from the City of St. Louis Youth Crime Prevention grant of 2020, Youthbridge Community Foundation Nonprofit Recovery and Resilience Fund, Missouri Foundation for Health, Incarnate Word Foundation, Regional Arts Commission, and Arts and Education Council PNC, and Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund.   Pick the City UP Art Interlude: Sneak Attack KP Dennis and Branden Lewis Copyright Saint Louis Story Stitchers, 2020

Of the many industries decimated by the coronavirus, the arts may have been hit the hardest. Host Sarah Fenske discusses the arts and culture climate in St. Louis, and hear from an artist about her hardships throughout the pandemic and how she’s remained busy.

Yowshien Kuo was educated in both the U.S. and Taiwan and completed his MFA in 2014 from Fontbonne University. Kuo is an active exhibiting artist living and working in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a co-owner of the artist run space, Monaco and has recently exhibited with Superdutchess in NYC, LVL3 Chicago, Terrain Exhibitions, Granite City’s Art and Design District, Projects Plus in St. Louis, and Counterpublic with The Luminary in St. Louis. Yowshien has been an artist in residence with Paul ArtSpace in St. Louis, a recipient of Regional Arts Commission support grant and Critical Mass for the Visual Arts award. His work has appeared in publications that include New American Paintings and The Seen Journal Chicago. He currently holds teaching appointments at St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Washington University’s – University College, and Maryville University in St. Louis. The books mentioned in the interview are Hitler's American Model by James Q. Whitman and Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Yowshien Kuo But Victor Denies the Similarities Between Himself and the Monster Acrylic, gouache, chalk, Carrara marble, bone ash, and glass on canvas 2019 28” X 30” Yowshien Kuo Slipped in Hope Acrylic, gouache, chalk, Carrara marble, bone ash, and glass on canvas 2020 29” X 30”

Join CTEDU Graduate Jasmine Raskas and CTEDU Co-Founder John Andrew Williams as they discuss Jasmine's journey as an artist and coach, and how to use The Creator's Journey map to outline the process of transforming ideas into realized outcomes. Jasmine is a certified wellness coach from Coach Training EDU and a teaching artist focused on the intersection of art and healing. She established Chaos2order Coaching to facilitate one-on-one coaching and group workshops that emphasize creativity as a key component to holistic wellness. Her mission is to share the power of imagination and self-expression as a tool for self empowerment, freedom and human potential. Jasmine currently serves as co- program director for the St. Louis chapter of the International Coach Federation and graduated from the Teaching Artists Institute with the Regional Arts Commission. She's currently in the process of using these skills to develop a new type coaching workbook for people who think and learn in pictures. To read more about Jasmine's story and her art, you can visit her websites: https://chaos2ordercoaching.org/ https://unusmundusart.com/ Connect with Coach Training EDU: @coachtrainedu www.coachtrainingedu.com contact@coachtrainingedu.com Interested in joining LIVE during these webinars? Visit www.coachtrainingedu.com/community-events/

In this episode, we talked with Kaveh Razani. He’s a CAT alumn (and if you don’t know what we’re talking about, you can listen to our episode on the Regional Arts Commission to learn about their CAT program), a member of the Cherokee Street Community Improvement District, and the founder and owner of Blank Space.

This week, we talked with Erika Fiola, who works for the Regional Arts Commision. The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis (RAC) is at the forefront of efforts to transform St. Louis into a more vibrant, creative, and economically thriving community by elevating the vitality, value, and visibility of the arts and culture. It is the largest annual funder of nonprofit arts in the region, and was founded in 1985. Erika also talks to us about the CAT program. The Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute is an innovative program centered on the belief that art has the power to be an agent for positive social change. The CAT Institute, founded in 1997, is a five-month training that fosters successful partnerships between artists of all disciplines, social workers, educators, community and social activists, and policy-makers with the goal of creating relevant, impactful arts programs particularly in under-resourced community settings

Felicia Shaw, executive director of the Regional Arts Commission, talked about a new in-depth report that highlights the importance of the arts in St. Louis and calls for more collaboration.

Topic:Transforming a Community Through the Power of Art In This Episode: 01:44 Guests Linda Steele and Roseann Weiss are introduced. 02:44 Vernice shares her interest in place-making strategies through art and artistry. 03:39 Roseann tells of the work that is happening in St. Louis. 04:59 Linda tells of the work that is happening in Memphis. 07:24 Linda shares her background. 09:02 Roseann shares her background. 11:32 Linda gives her thoughts on what her role is in building stronger, more vibrant communities. 17:28 Roseann gives her thoughts regarding art and culture being the component that connects people in St. Louis. 22:12 Roseann states if her work could be coupled with the urban vitality and ecology initiative in the Wells-Goodfellow community. 26:01 Linda talks about whether reclaiming the arts, culture and blues-jazz-gospel history in Memphis is a driver for revitalization. 28:27 Vernice shares her thoughts on the importance of capturing the history of the physical place where people live. 29:27 Linda and Roseann provide the one policy that they would advocate for to advance community revitalization. 29:49 Roseann states what an individual can do to contribute to the work that she’s doing. 30:37 Linda states what an individual can do to contribute to the work that she’s doing. 31:05 Linda shares what art and culture placemaking looks like 30 years from now. 31:35 Roseann shares what art and culture placemaking looks like 30 years from now. 32:27 Roseann identifies where listeners can go for more information. [32:40] Linda identifies where listeners can go for more information. Guest and Organization:Roseann Weiss is the Director of Artist and Community Initiatives for the Regional Arts Commission. The Regional Arts Commission leads, strengthens, and gives voice to a creative community where every citizen can be proud to live, work, and play in a world-class region. In short, we are proud of our St. Louis cultural identity and want to do whatever we can to grow, sustain, and promote that identity in the future. We are at the forefront of helping transform St. Louis into a more vibrant, creative, and economically thriving community through the arts – and want everyone to know just how special the creative community is within the region.   Linda Steele is Founder & CEO of ArtUp, an innovative startup based in Memphis, Tennessee that uses arts, culture and design strategies to redevelop and revitalize disinvested communities. Linda spent 3 years incubating the work of ArtUp at local arts agency and United Arts Fund, ArtsMemphis including launching the game changing Fellows Program which has received the Robert E. Gard award from Americans for the Arts and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Linda has worked in various arts and cultural organizations including performing arts center, museums, and arts education organizations. Linda is a graduate of Amherst College where she has served as a Wade Fellow and Harvard University.   Take Away Quotes: “About 20 years ago, we started something called the Community Arts Training Institute…we believe that it should be cross-sector, and that has been the beauty at the Regional Arts Commission of the CAT Institute in that it’s been cross-sector. So, we train not only artists of all disciplines, but we train their community partners as well—so, social workers, community activists, teachers, politicians, have all gone through the CAT Institute, and we know have 350 alumni working within our community.”—Roseann “Memphis is considered the poorest major city in the nation, and also, it has one of the poorest, if not poorest, zip codes in the nation. So there’s a lot of segregation in terms of not only racial and cultural segregation but certainly socioeconomic as well.”—Linda “I think it’s a very bold statement to say that arts and culture can...

How do you know if you're an artist? Many people would reflexively say they are not, since they cannot draw or paint or sculpt. But in this two-part episode, we hear from several people who have a more expansive understanding of what makes an artist. Their focus isn't on what is produced, but on the act of art-making itself, and the cultivation of an artistic methodology. In Part 1, St. Louis-based artist, author, and educator Con Christeson interviews Federica Thiene. Thiene is an artist based in Italy and co-founder of artway of thinking, a non-profit organization with the aim of researching collective creative processes, where the artist enters actively into the process of social change. Together they explore the origins and scope of artway and what it means to work within a co-creation methodology. Listen to Part 1 of the conversation here. Part 2 brings Christeson together with fellow St. Louis artist Tom Brady and MOCRA Assistant Director David Brinker in a conversation about the development of an artistic practice and its role in the community. They reflect on their shared their experiences with Geographica Schema, a project spearheaded by Christeson to introduce artway concepts to artists and others in St. Louis. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Con Christeson, Federica Thiene, and Tom Brady, and to explore our other episodes.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/25/2017 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

How do you know if you're an artist? Many people would reflexively say they are not, since they cannot draw or paint or sculpt. But in this two-part episode, we hear from several people who have a more expansive understanding of what makes an artist. Their focus isn't on what is produced, but on the act of art-making itself, and the cultivation of an artistic methodology. In Part 1, St. Louis-based artist, author, and educator Con Christeson interviews Federica Thiene. Thiene is an artist based in Italy and co-founder of artway of thinking, a non-profit organization with the aim of researching collective creative processes, where the artist enters actively into the process of social change. Together they explore the origins and scope of artway and what it means to work within a co-creation methodology. Part 2 brings Christeson together with fellow St. Louis artist Tom Brady and MOCRA Assistant Director David Brinker in a conversation about the development of an artistic practice and its role in the community. They reflect on their shared their experiences with Geographica Schema, a project spearheaded by Christeson to introduce artway concepts to artists and others in St. Louis. Listen to Part 2 of the conversation here. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Con Christeson, Federica Thiene, and Tom Brady, and to explore our other episodes.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/25/2017 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Thanks to her discerning eye and generous hospitality, Martha Schneider has built a reputation as one of the foremost gallerists specializing in contemporary Latin American photography. But 30 years ago, she had no inkling where her passion for art would lead her. She spoke with MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, about the origins of Schneider Gallery and how she came to represent world-renowned artists such as Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Luis González Palma, and Erika Diettes. They also talk about the highly successful collaborations between the gallery and MOCRA, including 2016's acclaimed exhibition, Erika Diettes: Sudarios. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Martha Schneider, and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/23/2017 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

The multidimensional, abstract paintings, sculptures, and installations of artist Jordan Eagles have caught the imagination of viewers and critics alike. His invented preservation technique, combining blood, plexiglass, UV resin, and other materials, permanently retains the organic material’s natural colors, patterns, and textures. Eagles speaks with MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, about his unusual artistic media and his works’ rich symbolic associations. They also discuss Eagles’ continuing growth as an artist, including Blood Mirror, a work created to raise awareness about the FDA’s ban on the donation of blood by men who have sex with men. Jordan Eagles' work was featured in the 2013 MOCRA exhibition BLOOD / SPIRIT. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Jordan Eagles and to explore our other episodes.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 8/30/2016 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Howard Fox is well-known in contemporary art circles as a curator and author. MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, speaks with Fox about his approach to curating exhibitions and discerning trends in art-making, as well as the process of writing essays on contemporary art. Along the way they discuss specific artists who engage the religious and spiritual dimensions in their work.  Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Howard Fox and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/31/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Empathy is a term that surfaces in a variety of fields, including museums. MOCRA Assistant Director David Brinker sets out to explore two different angles on museums and empathy. In Part 1, he talks with museum educator Adam Nilsen about how empathy is understood and studied, as well as the ways it is being applied in museum settings. Part 2 features chaplain and pastoral care educator Cristina Stevens reflecting on the role art and empathy play in the training and practice of those who support the spiritual needs of healthcare patients. Listen to Part 1 of the conversation here. Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "Student Reflections."  Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Adam Nilsen and Cristina Stevens and to explore our other episodes.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 8/30/2016; updated on 5/30/2017 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Pamela Ambrose has had a distinguished career as a curator and museum director. On the occasion of her retirement as Director of the Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago, Ambrose joined MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, to look back over her distinguished career managing both galleries and museums, and talk about her enduring interest in the intersection of art and the spiritual dimension. Be sure to listen to the two Audio Extras, "Lewis deSoto's "Paranirvana"" and "Art and Alzheimer's." You can hear more from Ambrose in Episode 5: Pamela Ambrose and Ena Heller. Also, watch the related video podcast episode, "Art and the Religious Imagination," on the MOCRA Voices Vimeo channel. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Pamela Ambrose and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 8/30/2016 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Empathy is a term that surfaces in all kinds of settings, including museums. MOCRA Assistant Director David Brinker sets out to explore two different angles on museums and empathy. In Part 1, he talks with museum educator Adam Nilsen about how empathy is understood and studied, as well as the ways it is being applied in museum settings. Part 2 features chaplain and pastoral care educator Cristina Stevens reflecting on the role art and empathy play in the training and practice of those who support the spiritual needs of healthcare patients. Listen to Part 2 of the conversation here. Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "Student Reflections."  Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Adam Nilsen and Cristina Stevens and to explore our other episodes.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 8/30/2016; updated on 5/30/2017 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Jesuit priest Leo O'Donovan, SJ, has held some prominent roles, including over 20 years as the president of Georgetown University. But he has also kept up a lively engagement with the world of art and art exhibitions, a fact well known to readers of the periodicals America and Commonweal. O'Donovan spoke with MOCRA Director (and fellow Jesuit priest) Terrence Dempsey, SJ, about his s wide-ranging career and his perspective on contemporary religious art. Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "Henry Ossawa Tanner."  Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Leo O'Donovan, SJ, and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 12/22/2016 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

In 2013, MOCRA celebrated its twentieth anniversary, a perfect time to talk with people who have been affiliated with the museum over the years: those who had a hand in MOCRA’s genesis, artists who have participated in exhibitions at MOCRA, and other participants in the broader dialogue between contemporary art and religion and spirituality. With "MOCRA Memories" we bring you these conversations and reflections. This two-part episode features people involved with MOCRA's groundbreaking 1994 exhibition, Consecrations: The Spiritual in Art in the Time of AIDS. Listen to Part 1 of the episode here. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about the people behind the voices.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/31/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Artists Daniel Ramirez and Buzz Spector were studio mates in the MFA program at the University of Chicago in the 1970s, forging a friendship that has lasted ever since. In this wide-ranging conversation with MOCRA Voices, they trace the evolution of their artistic output over the decades. They touch on the thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the music of Olivier Messiaen, divine geometries, book design, and even the finer points of bowing technique. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Daniel Ramirez and Buzz Spector and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/30/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

In 2013, MOCRA celebrated its twentieth anniversary, a perfect time to talk with people who have been affiliated with the museum over the years: those who had a hand in MOCRA’s genesis, artists who have participated in exhibitions at MOCRA, and other participants in the broader dialogue between contemporary art and religion and spirituality. With "MOCRA Memories" we bring you these conversations and reflections. This two-part episode features people involved with MOCRA's groundbreaking 1994 exhibition, Consecrations: The Spiritual in Art in the Time of AIDS. Listen to Part 2 of the episode here. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about the people behind the voices.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/31/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Tobi Kahn is a New York-based painter, sculptor, and educator, who for over thirty years has been steadfast in his commitment to the redemptive possibilities of art. MOCRA director Terrence Dempsey, S.J., spoke with Kahn about integrating faith and heritage with his artistic practice, his commissions for public sacred spaces, and how MOCRA has impacted his career. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Tobi Kahn and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 1/20/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Author and scholar Ellen Dissanayake has taken a unique interdisciplinary approach to exploring the origins and meaning of human art-making. She speaks with MOCRA director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, about her distinctive point of view, as well as the implications of her research for assessing and understanding contemporary art.  Be sure to listen to the Audio Extras, "Where Do Book Covers Come From?" and "Every Mother's Child, an Artist." Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Ellen Dissanayake and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 4/24/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Journalist and author Menachem Wecker has had a long-standing interest in art and religion in contemporary society. He joins MOCRA Assistant Director David Brinker to talk about a wide range of topics, including how he identifies and researches topics for reporting, the role social media is playing in the dialogue between art and religion, and how religious scriptures are interpreted in graphic novel format.  Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "The Crucifixion Market." Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Menachem Wecker and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/7/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

In 2013, MOCRA celebrated its twentieth anniversary, a perfect time to talk with people who have been affiliated with the museum over the years: those who had a hand in MOCRA’s genesis, artists who have participated in exhibitions at MOCRA, and other participants in the broader dialogue between contemporary art and religion and spirituality. With "MOCRA Memories" we bring you these conversations and reflections. In this episode, MOCRA director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, reflects on three people who played pivotal roles in the creation and development of MOCRA. He encountered art historian Jane Daggett Dillenberger, theologian John Dillenberger, and art historian Peter Selz during his doctoral studies at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, California, a leading center of research in the intersection of contemporary art and religion.  Dempsey discusses how these important scholars shaped his thinking and practice in ways that ultimately led to the establishment of MOCRA. The episode includes excerpts from archival recordings of the scholars themselves.  Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about the people behind the voices.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/29/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

In 2013, MOCRA celebrated its twentieth anniversary, a perfect time to talk with people who have been affiliated with the museum over the years: those who had a hand in MOCRA’s genesis, artists who have participated in exhibitions at MOCRA, and other participants in the broader dialogue between contemporary art and religion and spirituality. With "MOCRA Memories" we bring you these conversations and reflections. This episode features people involved with MOCRA's inaugural 1993 exhibition, Sanctuaries: Recovering the Holy in Contemporary Art.  Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about the people behind the voices.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 5/29/2015 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Showing how art can be a vehicle for interfaith understanding is a key element of MOCRA’s mission. But MOCRA isn’t the only arts institution exploring that possibility. In this two-part episode, MOCRA Assistant Director David Brinker speaks with Batya Abramson-Goldstein, Executive Director of the St. Louis Jewish Community Relations Council, and Timothy O’Leary, General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Part 1 focuses on Opera Theatre’s 2011 production of the John Adams opera The Death of Klinghoffer, and how that opera became a springboard for interfaith conversation and action through the arts. Listen to Part 1 of the conversation here. In Part 2, Ambramson-Goldstein and O’Leary discuss the genesis of an interfaith September 11 memorial service, and other lasting positive consequences of the interfaith collaboration that began with The Death of Klinghoffer.  Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Batya Abramson-Goldstein and Timothy O’Leary, and to explore a Listening Guide to the conversation.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 6/7/2014 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

In 2013, MOCRA celebrated its twentieth anniversary, a perfect time to talk with people who have been affiliated with the museum over the years: those who had a hand in MOCRA’s genesis, artists who have participated in exhibitions at MOCRA, and other participants in the broader dialogue between contemporary art and religion and spirituality. With "MOCRA Memories" we bring you these conversations and reflections. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about the people behind the voices.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 6/12/2014 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Showing how art can be a vehicle for interfaith understanding is a key element of MOCRA’s mission. But MOCRA isn’t the only arts institution exploring that possibility. In this two-part episode, MOCRA Assistant Director David Brinker speaks with Batya Abramson-Goldstein, Executive Director of the St. Louis Jewish Community Relations Council, and Timothy O’Leary, General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Part 1 focuses on Opera Theatre’s 2011 production of the John Adams opera The Death of Klinghoffer, and how that opera became a springboard for interfaith conversation and action through the arts. In Part 2, Ambramson-Goldstein and O’Leary discuss the genesis of an interfaith September 11 memorial service, and other lasting positive consequences of the interfaith collaboration that began with The Death of Klinghoffer. Listen to Part 2 of the conversation here. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Batya Abramson-Goldstein and Timothy O’Leary, and to explore a Listening Guide to the conversation.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 6/7/2014 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

From the late 1980s through 2000, Austral Gallery brought St. Louis audiences the best in contemporary Australian art. In this episode, Mary Reid Brunstrom talks with MOCRA director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, about founding Austral Gallery, her collaborations with MOCRA, and her decision to return to school to pursue studies in art history. Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "Serra Shows the Way." Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Mary Reid Brunstrom and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Host: Linda Kennedy Theme and Incidental Music: Stephen James Neale Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 6/7/2014 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Multi-disciplinary artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons came to Saint Louis University in March 2013 to deliver The Kristen Peterson Distinguished Lecture in Art and Art History. Her talk, titled “Rituals and Spirituality in the Performative Photographic Work of Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons,” concerned her exploration of themes of separation, fragmentation, and memory through multiple artistic disciplines. The day before her talk, Campos-Pons sat down with MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, S.J., and Dr. Olubukola Gbadegesin, Assistant Professor of Art History and African-American Studies at Saint Louis University, for a rich and varied discussion of Campos-Pons' work as an outgrowth of her life experiences and passions, as well as her work’s place in the wider context of diaspora art. Campos-Pons notes, “I am always in awe of the extent of mystery that is there present in our surroundings . . . I see myself not just as an artist but a healer, a messenger dispensing small amulets of good energies to my viewers and centered by respect for all that is animated.” Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, “Porcelain Doll.” Also, check out the related MOCRA Voices video episode, “Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: The Kristen Peterson Lecture.” Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Mike Schrand Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 11/15/2013 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Rev. Ralph Peterson has had a lifelong passion for incorporating the arts into his ministry. He speaks with MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, about his role in commissioning the Erol Beker Chapel of the Good Shepherd, designed by artist Louise Nevelson, and located in St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Manhattan. They are also joined by art historian Dr. Jane Daggett Dillenberger, who consulted on the chapel project. Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "Taking the Narrative Seriously." Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Ralph Peterson and Jane Daggett Dillenberger, and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer: Joe Grimaldi Editor: Mike Schrand Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 7/8/2013 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, S.J., is joined by two fellow museum directors: Pamela Ambrose (Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago) and Ena Heller (Museum of Biblical Art). All three museums focus on art that engages the religious and spiritual dimensions. Ambrose, Heller, and Dempsey discuss a range of topics, including the place of religious art museums in the ecosystems of both art and religion, the challenges of presenting art in a spiritual and religious context, and the wide range of responses each director has fielded from visitors and critics alike. Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "Favorite Exhibitions." Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Pamela Ambrose and Ena Heller, and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer: Joe Grimaldi Editor: Mike Schrand Host: John Launius Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 6/6/2013 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

For this episode of MOCRA Voices, MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, S.J., and Assistant Director David Brinker talk with Israeli artist Archie Granot and American collector Max Thurm. Thurm and his wife Sandra commissioned a body of work from Granot titled The Papercut Haggadah, which was displayed at MOCRA in 2012.  They discuss a range of topics, including how Granot was drawn to the art of papercutting, how the commission came about, the special considerations engaged in creating an artwork based on a sacred text, and continuity and innovation in the Jewish tradition. Be sure to listen to the two Audio Extras, "Dropped Blade" and "Hiddur Mitzvah." Also, check out the related MOCRA Voices video episode, "The Jewish Experience and the Haggadah." Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Archie Granot, and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Joe Grimaldi Host: John Launius Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 8/9/2012 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Curator and art historian Thomas Sokolowski is no stranger to MOCRA audiences, having lectured at the museum in 1994 with a talk called "The Changing Face of AIDS" and again in 2002 with a talk called "The Last Impression: Andy Warhol's Art as Belief." In this interview, MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, and Sokolowski discuss issues related to art and AIDS. Topics include Sokolowski's experiences in presenting some of the earliest exhibitions of art about AIDS, and his role in the creation of the red ribbon for AIDS awareness. Also addressed are Sokolowski's role in introducing Dempsey to the late artist Adrian Kellard, and Sokolowski's significant role in making several MOCRA exhibitions possible.  During the interview, several references are made to Sokolowski's 1994 talk at MOCRA. Be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "The Changing Face of AIDS," which features excerpts from that lecture. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Sokolowski, and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Fojammi (Daniel Stefacek) Host: John Launius Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 12/1/2011 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

Artist Regina DeLuise and gallerist Susan Schreiber join MOCRA Voices to talk about the life and art of Adrian Kellard (1959–1991). DeLuise and Schreiber share stories of Kellard that serve to illuminate his artistic aims and influences, his distinctive visual style and treatment of his woodcut medium, and the ways in which Kellard's upbringing, sexual orientation, and faith found expression in his work. Kellard was the subject of a retrospective exhibit, The Learned Art of Compassion, organized by MOCRA in 2011. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Kellard, and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview.   Recording Engineer and Editor: Fojammi (Daniel Stefacek) Host: John Launius Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 11/1/2011 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

In this wide-ranging conversation with MOCRA Director Terrence Dempsey, SJ, artist James Rosen discusses his childhood in Detroit, his friendship with art critic Meyer Schapiro, the development of his distinctive oil/wax-oil emulsion painting technique, and his use of "veils" to camouflage his images. Rosen was the subject of a retrospective exhibit, The Artist and the Capable Observer, organized by MOCRA in 2010. Visit the MOCRA Voices website to learn more about Rosen, and to explore a Listening Guide to the interview. Also be sure to listen to the Audio Extra, "The Artist as Swimmer."   Recording Engineer and Editor:  Fojammi (Daniel Stefacek) Host: John Launius Producer: David Brinker Original release date: 6/4/2011 This episode was made possible with financial support from the Regional Arts Commission.

JaNae Contag is an artist, curator, musician, a lecturer at two universities, and runs a studio where she produces photographic work for clients and collaborators. She has spent her artistic career looking at the connections she finds in the world and making visual cultural critiques of the ideas she encounters in her life. Our conversation focuses on how she finds new ideas and connections in her work and personal life as well as what she tells her photography students who are just starting their career. MEET JANAE CONTAG: JaNae Contag received her BA in Studio Art, Political Science, and Spanish from Trinity University in San Antonio and her MFA in Visual Art from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art at Washington University in St. Louis. Contag’s work deals with aspirational middle-class America, idiosyncratic moments in which tourism and elitism co-exist (malls, airports, lifestyle centers, megachurches, cemeteries), and overlooked architectural elements that reveal a checkered history of dwelling, shopping, and consuming. Her work has been exhibited at Central Booking, New York, Intersect Art Center, St. Louis, The Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, Points North, Farmington, Maine, and Trestle Projects, Brooklyn, among others. Giving Up the Ghost was completed through a grant from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. Contag lives in Chicago and teaches Photography and Film & Video Production DePaul University and at The Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg in addition to freelancing as a co-owner of Concrete Imaging. She is also working on recording and production for a full-length synth pop album under her music pseudonym, NAE. Her other current collaborative projects include a feature-length documentary about the former Chicago Mayor, Harold Washington, as well as a podcast called Unfolding Six Points, about esoteric Chicago history. CONTACT: www.janaecontag.com (http://www.janaecontag.com) www.concreteav.com (http://www.concreteav.com) www.naemusic.com (http://www.naemusic.com) janaecontag@gmail.com (mailto:janaecontag@gmail.com) BOOKS: ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career by Heather Darcy Bhanda (http://amzn.to/2o36nqa) ri Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (http://amzn.to/2oCGjA2) Sprawl: A Compact History by Robert Bruegmann (http://amzn.to/2o366TV) Teaching Artist Handbook, Volume One: Tools, Techniques, and Ideas to Help Any Artist Teach Paperback by Nick Jaffe (http://amzn.to/2ouLZip) Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi (http://amzn.to/2ov1SVR) BONUS: This podcast is brought to you by Audible. I have used Audible for years, and I love audiobooks. Click on the link to get a 30-day free trial, complete with a credit for a free audiobook download Audible.com (http://www.audibletrial.com/Yuri) QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

Guest Felicia Shaw, Executive Director of the Regional Arts Commission, explains how RAC takes pennies from travelers and turns them into millions for local arts.

This week: From our St. Louis series! We talk with Roseann Weiss the Director of the Community & Public Arts Department at the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission. Roseann Weiss is Director of the Community & Public Arts Department at the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission (RAC). In this position, she oversees the Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute - an innovative program centered on the belief that art can amplify the voices of communities, be a key factor in regenerating neighborhoods and be an agent for positive social change. Roseann also leads RAC's artists' support programs and creative community initiatives, which include identifying resources for new projects. She has over 25 years of experience in arts leadership in both nonprofit institutions and gallery settings. The Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute, now considered a national model, provides professional level, comprehensive cross training for artists of all disciplines, social service providers, community activists, educators and policy makers in order to develop partnerships for successful arts-based programs that impact the community at large, and particularly under resourced communities. The program provides skills as well as explores creative techniques to assure success in collaboration and community work. Roseann has initiated the expansion of the Institute's scope, including the design of a graduate program and an alternate, place-based model for community arts training. These initiatives were underwritten by the Kresge Foundation. In March 2010, the Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute presented the first At the Crossroads: A Community Arts & Development Convening. This national conference in St. Louis, underwritten in part by the Nathan Cummings Foundation, attracted a cross section of leaders in arts-based community development. In April 2012, a second arts-based community development Convening, funded in part by the Kresge Foundation, attracted about 300 participants from as far away as Dublin and Singapore. Before joining the RAC staff, she was Director of Education and Programming for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. In her ten year post at the Museum, she instituted programs such as New Art in the Neighborhood for teens, the critics and curators studio visit and lecture series, and a docent program designed to connect high school students with contemporary art, along with many community collaborations. Roseann has curated contemporary art exhibitions in both commercial and non-profit galleries, served on arts panels, juries, committees and boards and has lectured about contemporary art and community. She is a founding member of The AIDS Foundation of St. Louis (now part of Doorways) and Critical Mass for the Visual Arts. In honor of her active involvement in the arts community, Roseann received a Visionary Award in 2009. The award is given to those who have demonstrated a unique vision to further the arts in new and innovative ways.

This week Adam and I interview Justin Stein, the inter campus coordinator for the Peace Economy Project and the student co-chair for Jobs with Justice about the upcoming Student Activist Coalition of St. Louis Conference. The conference will be held on Saturday April 9th at the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, will feature workshops panel discussions and other events to build and strengthen student and youth activist in St. Louis. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element LinksSTACS Facebook page studentactivistcoalitionstl.blogspot.comRegistrar at - pep@peaceeconomyproject.orgRegional Arts Commission of St. Louis 6128 Delmar St. Louis, MO Also we are on itunes so please subscribe Activist Hub Radio on Itunes.