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Art gallery show chronicles Lake Erie's icy winter
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Cold Snap and Three Weeks, two of Christensen's pieces, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
At this time of year, we tend to turn away from the Great Lakes, counting down the days until we can swim, fish, or go boating. But a new art exhib...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBFO, and WKSU


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 5
Art and the Rising Sea - Jolt Radio - 10Jan2018
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: FreshArtINTL Live Radio
Caption: A still from Simon Faithfull's video created at the ARTSail Residency., Credit: Simon Faithfull
On this live streaming radio program, we consider how artists, curators, architects and writers are responding to climate change in South Florida. ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2018
  • Length: 52:45
The Cactus King
From: Mark Bramhill
Caption: Lyn's giant metal cactus towers over his plant nursery., Credit: Mark Bramhill, Houston, 2016.
Meet Lyn Rathburn: folk artist and cactus mogul.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 28, 2017
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
Water's Edge; The Guana Tolomato River
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: Water; Guana Tolomato River; saltwater; September 2016; Warm; 80 degrees.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:01
The Live Feed Presents: Heiruspecs
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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KQAL’s Muhammed Al-Rous talks with Felix from hip-hop group Heiruspecs. Learn more about the band's roots and developments and hear their live perf...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 35:05
Artist paddles the Erie Canal from Buffalo to NYC
From: Great Lakes Today
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Well known artist and adventurer braves the urban waterways in New York in search for art. Her project called Tide and Current taxi takes her on a ...

Bought by WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 4
Great Lakes sculpture aims to raise environmental awareness
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Each sculpture is in the size and proportion of a lake., Credit: Veronica Volk/WXXI News
To highlight his concerns about water use and abuse, artist Kevin Dartt created an unusual public sculpture in downtown Rochester: five concrete si...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WBFO and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 6
Roswell the painting horse
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation may have one of the most unique benefactors around. KFAI producer Susan Budig introduces us to Roswel...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Building birch bark canoes
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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According to Native American creation stories, the Ojibwe were guided to Minnesota by visions to migrate west until they came to a place where food...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
Body of Water
From: Veronica Simmonds
Caption: http://bodyofwater.ca/, Credit: Rebecca Roher
An ode to urban lake swimming

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
The New End of Old New York
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Historian Max Page talks about why New York City is so often the target of destruction on the page and the silver screen. This segment comes from t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 1
Sculptor Zoran Mojisilov
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Larger-than-life Serbian sculptor Zoran Mojisilov creates work from the most primal of elements: rocks, wood scraps and steel he hauls to his North...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:22
Minnesota Creates: Christina Baeumler
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Creates
Caption: Christine Baeumler
Christine Baeumler seeks to raise awareness about ecological issues through studio practice as well as engaging communities in environmental proje...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tracing the edge
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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Artist Annie MacMillan is tracing the edge of Halifax's lakes, with her body.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:50
The Beat : Julie Gard - "Kalevala"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Julie Gard is a prose poet that lives in Duluth and teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She writes about art, travel, family, ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "Recycling"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
New Life
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Every thing deserves a second chance

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
Riddles from the Border Regions, 07/21/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHILE OTHERS SLEEP...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A New Year for Trees at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tu B’shevat is the New Year for Trees. It takes place on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, which is January or February, depending on the...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
Soundwaves
From: Shannon Geis
Caption: The mural under the BQE
An artist decided to spruce up the space underneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway by painting a mural depicting Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in a ...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:01
Exhibition explores the nexus of art and science
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: Artist Brigham Dimick with part of “Waxworks 2,” a series of three self-portraits that include observation hives with live honeybees., Credit: (UMSL/Terry Suhre)
There's an unusual art exhibition going on right now at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The exhibition showcases three artists from the St....

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Warning Signs
From: Sarah Lilley
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Nuclear waste will be with us for thousands of years. But the signs we use to warn people about its location will likely have to change.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 2
Christmas Eve Magic
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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The silly season and the magic of art

  • Added: Dec 21, 2007
  • Length: 09:13
Spring Peepers
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs sing near Lake Michigan

Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Gualala Frogs
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs along the Pacific Coast in Northern California

Bought by KZYX, KUT, PRX to iTunes, PRX Remix, and KZYX


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 5