On Tuesday Oct 19, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Christine A. Richardson, the Costume Director for Portland Opera. Richardson talks about designing and sewing the costumes for Puccini’s opera “Tosca” which opens on October 29, 2021 and plays for three perfo...

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Costume Director for Portland Opera

On Tuesday Oct 12, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Ilknur Demirkoparan [PRONOUNCED Eelk-noor Deh-meer-koh-pah-run] about a new show called “1989.” Demirkoparan runs the MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture, a gallery and think tank in the Ford Center wit...

Ilknur Demirkoparan 1989

Art Focus on 10/05/21

On Tuesday, Sept 28, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Aurora Josephson interviews ceramic artist and author Baba Wagué Diakité. [PRONOUNCED BABBa WAG-ay JAK-itay] He talks about Black Lives Matter and Pan Africanism, the family vegetable garden, Amílcar Cabral and being an educator and ...

Baba Wagué Diakité

On Tuesday, Sept 21, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Julian Voss-Andreae [PRONOUNCED Voss-andRAY] about his segmented sculptures of human forms which seem to disappear as you look at them from different angles. Voss-Andreae talks about trying to visual...

Julian Voss-Andreae

On Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Aurora Josephson chats with Renée Zangara in her studio about working during the pandemic, her new animal Oracle, and, "Joyful Broadcasting."   From the website   Aurora Josephson is a musician and visual artist who currently res...

Renée Zangara

On Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Amy Dotson about Venice Virtual Reality Expanded ‘21, which is a sampling of VR entries to this year’s Venice Biennial Film Festival.   Dotson is the Curator of Film & New Media at the Portland Art Museum a...

Venice VR '21

On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Intisar Abioto about her family’s residency at Building 5 in Northwest Portland. Abioto talks about her photo portraits of Black people which hang in the large warehouse space, printed on transluce...

Intisar Abioto

On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Mark Powell, the director of early music choir Cappella Romana. Powell talks about how the company expanded its reach during the pandemic, about its upcoming tour of Europe and its new live performance se...

Music: Cappella Romana

On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Cassandra Swan, Ruban Lawrence, Asa Wright and Kyra Watkins about the new Pride NW mural at 8th and Couch in Old Town.  They talk about the eight LGBTQ community members or heroes pictured on the mural, c...

Pride NW Mural

Art Focus on 08/10/21

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Ursula Barton, owner of Jailbreak Studios in Portland’s central industrial district. Barton talks about her ink-on-paper landscapes of Portland, how to make income as an artist by diversifying product and u...

Jailbreak Studios

Art Focus on 07/27/21

On Tuesday July 20, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Marianne Nicolson, an artist and member of the  Dzawada’enuxw (PRONOUNCED “ZOW-dayna”) First Nation of coastal British Columbia. Nicolson talks about her show A Feast of Light and Shadows which is on now at ...

Marianne Nicolson at Yale Union

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Blake Shell and Adam McIsaac of Oregon Contemporary, the new name for what was Disjecta. McIsaac, a graphic designer and long-time board member, talks about the rebranding, while Shell, the artistic directo...

Oregon Contemporary

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