Art Beat

Series produced by KQAL

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Local artists showcasing their craft. Whether it's painting, woodwork, glass, metal, beadwork, drawing, sewing, ect., we'll cover it!

Local artists showcasing their craft. Whether it's painting, woodwork, glass, metal, beadwork, drawing, sewing, ect., we'll cover it! Insight into the artist's life and practices. What motivates a person to create and their place in society. Unique insights into the minds of a individuals who dare to express themselves freely!


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Today on Art Beat we talk about youth education programs at the Great River Shakespeare Festival with Director of Education Jenn Oswald and Associa...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 34:06
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Today we continue our coverage of the 2019 Great River Shakespeare Festival with a special edition of Art Beat focused on kids. In particular, chil...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 24:06
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Summer in Winona is a great time for all kinds of events and festivals, and one of our favorites is the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Today on ...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 56:12
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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It often seems that we find inspiration in the most mundane of phenomena - whether it be a spontaneous downpour of rain or a couple crossing the st...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 14:27
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On this episode of Art Beat we go to Public Launch in downtown Winona for the opening of a photo exhibit by local photographer Ed Hoffman. The exhi...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 16:14
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On this episode of Art Beat, we talk to Janelle DeRubeis, president of Active Minds here on the Winona State campus. Janelle put together an art sh...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 15:14
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Summer is a great time for getting outside and appreciating nature especially when you live in a river town such as Winona. The Mississippi river i...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 17:13
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Art, some would say it touches their soul. Some might say the same about nature. If you combine the two, you get something like Art N' Soul, which ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 19:58
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On this episode of Art Beat we enter a fantasy realm of magic, swords and dragons with Minnesota author James Petrillo. Petrillo’s most recent nove...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 44:44
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Visible/Invisible: Life with mental illness, that is the title of a new photography project by local Winona photographer Joy Davis Ripley. On this ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 22:00
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On this episode of Art Beat we continue our conversation about Images of MWMF, a photo exhibit being shown at Ed’s No Name Bar here in Winona. The ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 12:14
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On this episode of Art Beat, we’re going to talk about art that is centered on Mid West Music Fest, specifically a photography exhibit being shown ...

  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 13:33
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Every spring, the Midwest Music Fest Rolls into Winona, MN bringing all sorts of talented musicians to the area from Minnesota, the surrounding sta...

  • Added: May 13, 2019
  • Length: 39:07
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On this episode of Art Beat we catch up with Joe Davis. Joe is a poet, spoken word artist and an educator. He also fronts his own band, does speaki...

  • Added: May 06, 2019
  • Length: 26:51
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we talk dance with Jenna Grochow and Hannah Ose, directors of the new WSU dance production Offbeat. Jenna and Hannah ta...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 18:43
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Today on Art Beat we are with Blake and Jennifer to talk about the film Voices of the Winona Armory, which was one of the films shown at Frozen Riv...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 15:02
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On this episode of Art Beat, we talk to some of the cast from the WSU Theatre and Dance Departments presentation of The Frogs. The Frogs is a Greek...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2019
  • Length: 12:11
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On this episode of Art Beat we talk to director Crystal Hegge on her film Building Soil and to a few students who were a part of the Great River Sh...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 19:35
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On this episode of Art Beat, we continue our coverage of Frozen River Film Festival.First, we’ll hear from Mark Brown, director of Gaelynn Lea - Th...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 15:21
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On this episode of Art Beat we continue our coverage of the 2019 Frozen River Film Festival. This time around I talk to one of the Emmy winning pro...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:18