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On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Alx Jujana (PRONOUNCED Alex Koo-JAR-na) and curator Rebecca Dobkins about the Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial.  Alx talks about being a native artist and fan of James Lavadour whose... Read more

On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Christopher Rauschenberg and Kristin Solomon of Blue Sky Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts about the first of five shows commemorating 50 years of the gallery.  Blue Sky co-founder Chris Rausch... Read more

On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan talks to artist Nancy Helsmworth about her paintings in the three-woman show Riparian Reflections, which is on now at Gallery 114 through Sept. 27, 2025. Helsmworth’s paintings focus on the water, sky, rocks an... Read more

On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan talks to photographer Alan Wieder about his new photo book “We Will Not Be Removed: The People of King School Park”. Wieder talks about photographing people in the park in gentrified Northeast Portland, taking 5,... Read more

On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan talks to artist Hannah Theiss about her new show, called Specimen, at Blackfish Gallery in the Pearl District. Dice talks about painting with alcohol inks on glass, the way they relate to her mood, and her explor... Read more

  On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan talks to artists about the Recent Grads show at Blackfish Gallery in the Pearl District, a show of works selected by college professors to showcase some outstanding young artists coming out of Oregon colleges ... Read more

  On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews landscape photographer Mike Vos (pronounced VOSS) about his show “FRAGILE, TENUOUS WORLDS,” which is on now at Laura Vincent Design and Gallery through the end of July 2025.  Vos uses large format... Read more

On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Lloyd DeWitt on the Portland Art Museum's American and European reinstallation. DeWitt talks about making new connections and juxtapositions between American and French Impressionists, how portra... Read more