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On this episode of Art Beat we take you to the 2021 Frozen River Film Festival which was held virtually this year. Today, we hear from Raymond Rea,...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:10
Caption: La producción teatral Fidelio de la Ópera Nacional de Washington, Credit: Courtesy of Washington National Opera
A Ruth Bader Ginsberg le encantaba la única ópera de Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:38
Caption: Washington National Opera's production of "Fidelio", Credit: Courtesy of Washington National Opera
Beethoven wrote one opera, Fidelio. A 2003 production so captivated Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she wrote a letter to the director.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:11
Caption: Rooted Earth by Deborah Foutch, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Deborah Foutch
Minneapolis artist Deborah Foutch creates rich and complex work with fiber and mixed media that expresses her love of the natural world. Her Soil H...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of art beat, we go in studio with artist Rebecca VanAcker. We sat down to discuss her paintings, sketches and her work with Bloodto...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 22:30
Caption: The Rolling Stones in Minneapolis , Credit: Fred Case
“When the Stones Came to Town: Rock 'n' Roll Photos from the 1970s” is a book by Fred Case and Eric Dregni, published by the Minnesota Historical S...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
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
Caption: Reflections of Light and Living Exhibit, Credit: Kelli Jo Knobloch
On this episode of Art Beat we take you to Outpost Winona for Nate Bauman's exhibit titled Reflections of Light and Living. Nate's exhibit is an ex...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 18:24
Caption: A portrait of Ralph Reese at his drawing desk in his apartment in April 2018. , Credit: Catherine Saint Louis
Illustrating comics saved Ralph Reese as a teenager. Now, at 68, Ralph's living in South Dennis with a new creative outlet.

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Art Beat, we catch up with performer Patrick Scully, to talk about his show, Leaves of Grass – Illuminated. The production is a one ma...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 18:00
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In this piece, the *brand new* Emmy Award-winning Jacobs discusses the art of music supervision and shares stories from her work on four projects i...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 09:23
Caption: Jay Hollingsworth (left) and Rick Williams (right)
John T. Williams, an accomplished Native American carver wrongly killed by a Seattle police officer in August 2010, is remembered by his brother.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack finds the city of St. Cloud inund...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Peter Simon and his archives
In Peter Simon’s 50-year career, he’s photographed The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, and so much more. Now, at age 69, he’s thin...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Colin Meloy says he wishes he would have never used the word "hiatus" when referring to his band The Decemberists taking time off after The King Is...

Bought by KUCB, KHNS, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 4
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As a member of The Strokes, Albert Hammond Jr. was always caught in the Keith Richards roll; the great ax-man behind Julian Casablancas’ Jagger. An...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maria Yates, performing at a DiY venue., Credit: ANNA VIGNET
Ambessa Cantave and I are taking a walk in West Oakland, looking for an old music venue he used to go to. He’s having some trouble finding the plac...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:57
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Country music legend Willie Nelson says that when he was a child, he heard a heavenly tune that's been under his skin ever since.

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  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Artist OREE ORIGINOL's artwork on display on the corner of 24th and Byrant in the Mission., Credit: Todd Whitney
If you have walked the streets of the Bay Area recently -- you might have seen posters featuring the names and faces of Oscar Grant, Renisha McBrid...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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Rick Abath tells his wife, Diana, about being the night security guard at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum during the biggest art heist in ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: "Big Time Sensuality" on MoMA's wall., Credit: Sarah Lilley
A 5-1/2 minute, sound-rich ride through the audio-guided Bjork exhibit (much lambasted in the press) at New York's Museum of Modern Art, March 8 th...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 07:51
Caption: http://bodyofwater.ca/, Credit: Rebecca Roher
An ode to urban lake swimming

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kathleen Gillette and her family in the mid-1990s., Credit: Credit Courtesy of Kathleen Gillette
Kathleen Gillette has had a passion for singing for as long as she can remember. But after spending 15 years as an opera singer, her career began t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Glass installation at Appearances Festival in Provincetown MA, Credit: M.J. Levy Dickson
M.J. Levy Dickson is a visual artist from Nantucket. She uses glass to create environmental installations, but she did not always work like this. P...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:30