ASCA Visual Arts Fellowship Recipient Curtis Benzle

This program is a repeat from 2015 of Visual Arts Program Manager Elliot Knight interviewing ASCA Visual Arts Fellowship Recipient Curtis Benzle about his work as a porcelain artist and teacher. This special radio series will air every Tuesday at 8 to 8:30 P.M. central, on the Troy Public Radio Network at:   WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy) WRWA 88.7 (Dothan) WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix   City)  This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.alabama.gov/actc/radioserieslist.aspx If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov Listen first hand using the link below. MP3 Download/Stream

This is a rebroadcast of a 2003 interview of Jerry Brown about the process of pottery making at his shop in Hamilton Alabama.

Photo by Tom Pich This is a rebroadcast of a 2003 interview of Jerry Brown about the process of pottery making at his shop in Hamilton Alabama. In the program, interviewer Joey Brackner and Jerry discuss the history of the Brown family and their roll in southern folk pottery. Jerry describes his departure from pottery making as a young adult and his reentry into the tradition in 1982. Jerry Brown was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship in 1992. He won the Alabama Folk Heritage in 2003. A documentary about Jerry and his pottery called “Unbroken Tradition” can be seen at www.folkstreams.net Jerry Brown passed away on March 4, 2016. This special radio series will air every Tuesday at 9:00 to 9:30 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:   WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy) WRWA 88.7 (Dothan) WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix   City)  This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.alabama.gov/actc/radioserieslist.aspx If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov Listen first hand using the link below. MP3 Download/Stream

Elliot Knight discusses the New South Maker’s Emporium Holiday pop Up Shop in Montgomery.

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This week on Alabama Arts Radio, Visual Arts Program Manager Elliot Knight discusses the New South Maker’s Emporium Holiday pop Up Shop in Montgomery. The pop up shop, presented by Helicity MGM, will feature the work of 25 river region artists and makers. The holiday pop-up shop will be open from Dec. 1-Dec. 19 at New South Books, which is located at 105 S. Court Street in Montgomery. Elliot talks with Helicity Executive Director Johnny Veres, Foomatic maker Space founding member Joe Birdwell, and local artists Winfred Hawkins and Kellie Newsome about the shop and the art that will be on sale. This special radio series will air every Sunday at 2:00 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:   WTSU 89.9 (Montgomery and Troy) WRWA 88.7 (Dothan) WTJB 91.7 (Columbus and Phenix   City)  This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.alabama.gov/actc/radioserieslist.aspx If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov Listen first hand using the link below. MP3 Download/Stream

Anne Kimzey interviews Dr. Elliot Knight, Visual Arts Program Manager at the Alabama State Council on the Arts

This week Anne Kimzey interviews Dr. Elliot Knight, Visual Arts Program Manager at the Alabama State Council on the Arts and Director of the Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery. They discuss his work prior to joining the council staff, including The Black Belt 100 Lenses Project, and his current responsibilities at ASCA and grant opportunities through the Council for visual arts organizations and artists in Alabama.

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Shweta Gamble, Executive Director of the Kentuck Arts Center in Northport, Ala

Shweta Gamble Executive Director of Kentuck Arts Center

This week, Visual Arts Program Manager Elliot Knight interviews Shweta Gamble, Executive Director of the Kentuck Arts Center in Northport, Ala.  Shweta discusses what the first six months on the job have been like for her at Kentuck and how her previous experience as a designer at a newspaper prepared her to take the lead in her new role.  The annual Kentuck Arts Festival is well-known throughout the region and is held the third weekend every October, but Shweta shares about the numerous and ongoing events, projects, and opportunities happening throughout the year at the Kentuck Art Center. 

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Alabama Arts Podcast, Alabama Folk Pottery author Joey Brackner

This program is a rebroadcast of Anne Kimzey interviewing Joey Brackner Director of the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture about his book, Alabama Folk Pottery, released in 2006 by the University of Alabama Press. Brackner discusses various aspects detailed in the publication.   You can hear a podcast of the 2006 symposium on southern pottery held at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
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AlabamaArts Radio Podcast, Susan Robertson and Alison Beeson Wiregrass Museum of Art

In this program Joey Brackner interviews Susan Robertson and Alison Beeson of Dothan's  Wiregrass Museum of Art, The Wiregrass Museum of Art is the result of a community’s genuine desire for the arts in the city of Dothan, Alabama and surrounding communities of the Wiregrass Region. Begun in 1991, WMA has grown to be the flagship of the arts in the Wiregrass with a mission to bring the fine arts and art education to Dothan and the Wiregrass Region.
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AlabamaArts Radio Podcast, Ceramic Artist Guadalupe Lanning Robinson

Visual Arts Program Manager Georgine Clarke talks with Guadalupe Lanning Robinson, Huntsville ceramic artist and recipient of the Individual Artist Fellowship in Craft from ASCA. Robinson, native of Mexico City, has brought her cultural traditions into her contemporary work. She discusses ways in which she markets her pottery as well as the important role of the Alabama Clay Conference to potters of the region. She provides information about art activity in Huntsville, particularly studio spaces of Lowe Mill, a recently developed center which helps create an artist community in the area.

Alabama Arts Radio podcast for March 3rd, 24th annual Clay Conference

In honor of the 24th annual Alabama Clay Conference sponsored by the Alabama Craft Council and planned for Huntsville March 13-15, Georgine Clarke interviews Chris Greenman and Steve Loucks. Greenman is on the art faculty of Alabama State University and Loucks teaches at Jacksonville State University. Both are art professors as well as professional craft artists working in clay. The discussion covers the process of producing ceramic pieces, marketing, and the importance of the annual conference.

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