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This week our guest is Laura Pendleton-Miller, CEO of Blue Lotus Artists' Collective (BLAC). BLAC is a new, non-profit gallery in Tucson, Arizona e...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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In this episode, Laura interviews MacArthur Genius Award winning choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili about her groundbreaking experimental work to comm...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Whirligig, Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
Join us as we experience the art of central and eastern North Carolina and get a history lesson aboard the Confederate Ironclad ship the CSS Neuse ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:55
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Within these two power-packed Hacksaw hours hear a continuing tribute to the late blues guitarist Johnny Winter, jazz violinists, great lyrical alt...

Bought by WVBI-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 2
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Nick Cave, chosen to participate in the U.S. State Department's Arts-in-Embassies program, talks about his Sound Suits, a unique blend of sculpture...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 26:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kesha Bruce, Credit: Courtesy the artist
Artist, curator, art consultant and Fresh Rx contributor, Kesha Bruce talks to Cathy Byrd about her creative platforms and offers advice to artists.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
Caption: William Pope.L, Blink New Orleans, 2012, Credit: Cathy Byrd
William Pope.L, an American performance artist and interventionist, talks about Blink, his magic lantern show for Prospect.2 New Orleans, 2011.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Danny Simmons
In his Brooklyn home, activist artist Danny Simmons talks to Cathy Byrd about the essential elements of his creative practice—writing, painting, co...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 16:51
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Step dancing has become popular among black Greek organizations and is part of a tradition that goes back to African tribal rituals. It also is a w...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter, bassist/cellist/educator extraordinaire, talks about his career playing jazz and classical music.

Bought by KMUW and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 2
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Once known as the "Black Broadway," U Street is again a vibrant cultural place in the city, as evidenced by Arena Stage's smash production of Sophi...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 25:58