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Caption: Radio Broadcaster Ron West retires after 43 years of broadcasting!
After 14 years of hosting and producing the "Artist Spotlight" series from the NW Minnesota Arts Council, host Ron West changes chairs and becomes ...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 10:17
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A professor of Art at Syracuse University specializing in printmaking now aware of how toxic some art materials are and how damaging the mining and...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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Twins Cynthia and Edwina Bringle are 84 year old artists and legends at the renowned Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. The new documentar...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 28:01
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Burning Man is guided by "10 Principles." One is radical inclusion. What does that mean for people with disabilities?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 19:04
Caption: Mara Hanel - Director of the NW MN Arts Council
Retired wildlife biologist Ross Heir of Crookston, MN has been recognized for his outstanding work in watercolor and etching of nature and animals ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 08:42
Caption: Workshop Artist Trey Everett of Crookston, MN
Tammy Parkin of the "Golden Link Senior Center" in Crookston, MN shares details of a recent series of artist workshops at the center - funded by th...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 08:26
Caption: Lavonne Forsber and NWMAC Director Mara Hanel
LaVonne Forsberg of Thief River Falls was awarded the prestigious NWMAC "Northwest Star Award" this spring. She is a well-known visual artist in th...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 07:38
Caption: The Wood Artwork of Jim Johanneck
Retired plumber Jim Johanneck of Red Lake Falls, MN has transitioned from a world of dripping faucets and plugged pipes to a special workshop that ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 11:33
Caption: Ann Novacek of Greenbush MN (Left)
This year’s Northwest Minnesota Arts Council’s (NWMAC) “Arts Advocate of the Year” is Ann Novacek of Greenbush, MN. Ann is a prolific painter (wat...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 12:07
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack dodges roving packs of grandmas as he follows artist a...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:40
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Gillete, Wyoming native Abby Pearson took an interesting route to her residence in Fosston, MN and upon her arrival she dove head first into the ar...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 11:12
Caption: Senior Singing Ensemble Alive & Kickin, Credit: photo: courtesy of Alive & Kickin
Alive & Kickin is a rockin’ senior singing ensemble with all the members over the age of 60. Directed by founder Michael Matthew Farrell, the singe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 01, 2020
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Centenarians are on Sandip Roy's mind as Lawerence Ferlinghetti turns 100

  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Pat Stark shows her first handwritten catalogue of  Sam Feinstein’s paintings.
Fifteen years ago, Pat Stark discovered a lifetime of artwork in her home. Most of the art she found had never been seen by anyone but the artist, ...

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


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
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Guest: Regional artist Trey Everett of Crookston, MN Topic: “We Are Water” workshops will be held in a variety of locations throughout our region ...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:14
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.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "The Third Act" - If you think of life as a play in three acts, the final act is often the best. HOUR TWO: "Making A Home" - This hour,...

  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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Jim Johnanneck of Red Lake Falls, Minnesota is a woodworker (wood turning) and currently has his work on display at the NWMAC Artists Gallery, in t...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 08:02
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Naomi Turner remembers her late friend Elaine Chase of Orleans, MA.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: :52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Al Ledner outside of the Cointreau home he designed out on Park Island in New Orleans. , Credit:  Roy Beeson
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 brings us another edition of TriPod Xtras. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson sat down with 92 year old Architect Al Ledner. Led...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 08:49
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Rohan Spong's new film Winter at Westbeth shines a light on artists and aging.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Oil painter Dale Mackowick of Fertile, Minnesota discusses his long-time interest in art, business, family and his best friend/wife Carol - who ser...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 06:07
Caption: “Stranger in the Mirror.” Marlborough, MA. November 2003. , Credit: Stephen DiRado
Family has always been an important theme for photographer Stephen DiRado’s work. So when tragedy struck, it wasn’t a surprise that Stephen turned ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
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We’re joined in the studio by Jon Kay to discuss his recent book Folk Art & Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 57:55
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When The Rough Draft Diaries contacted John Rockwood he was feeling a little under the weather... a lil too under the weather for a face-to-face in...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:31