Art Focus

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Airs at: Tue, 02/11/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Airs at: Tue, 02/25/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Hosted by:

Joseph Gallivan

Produced by:

KBOO

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A radio show about visual art. You get it.

Every Second and Fourth Tuesday, from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Art Focus features interviews by host Joseph Gallivan with artists, curators and critics. Lively voices talking about art, how it's made and sometimes even what it means. Page back through KBOO's schedule to find all the recordings, some of which were made on magnetic tape.

Please send inquiries and questions to

kbooartfocus@gmail.com

Topic tags:

Arts/Culture

Genre(s):

Arts and Culture

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KBOO Stream 1

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Current

Andrea Schwartz-Feit on "Seeing Without Knowing"

Airs at: Thu, 06/03/2010 at 12:00am

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Andrea Schwartz-Feit had a show at Butters Gallery in May called “Seeing Without Knowing.” She uses encaustic to make images which are geometric and organic at the same time. They also jump back forth between abstraction and representation. Sometimes she has a dash of Klimt... Read more

Judy Cooke

Airs at: Tue, 06/01/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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This month brings Judy Cooke to the Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Many artists these days say they are exploring the space between sculpture and painting, but Cooke has been doing that for years. This particular show, called In Touch, examines the ideas of the Russian Constructi... Read more

Leiv Fagereng

Airs at: Tue, 05/25/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Our guest is Leiv Fagereng, who currently has a show at Froelick. This show is called Bittersweetsweet. It’s a collection of portraits from the artist’s own inner circle. In the past Leiv has painted places, animals, especially birds. Read more

Art Focus on 05/18/10

Airs at: Tue, 05/18/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Andrea Schwartz-Feit has a show at Butters this month called “Seeing Without Knowing.” She uses encaustic to make images which are geometric and organic at the same time. They also jump back forth between abstraction and representation. Read more

Plein Air Smackdown at Open Engagement

Airs at: Tue, 05/11/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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From May 14th through the 17th Portland will host Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse. This conference says it will challenge our traditional ideas of what art is and does. It will present artists, projects and events which will mediat... Read more

Gabriel Liston talks about "Take That and Stand By For Trouble"

Airs at: Tue, 04/27/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Gabriel Liston has moved his studio into the New American Art Union, producing an exhibition called Take That and Stand By for Trouble. We can watch the progress on a work and also check out his diaries from at least several years. These journals appear to be old children's... Read more

Victor Maldonado

Airs at: Tue, 04/20/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Victor Maldonado has a beautiful exhibition up at Froelick, all green paintings. This installation is comprised of panels in size of all the TV screens he has ever lived with. Maldonado addresses cross cultural identity and traffic via the monochrome. Read more

Richard Speer, art critic, essayist, novelist and biographer of "Matt Lamb: The Art of Success"

Airs at: Tue, 04/13/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Guest-host Tom Cramer speaks with Richard Speer, art writer at the Willamette Week. Richard Speer is the author of the biography Matt Lamb: The Art of Success (John Wiley & Sons), short fiction, and a forthcoming novel. Richard's articles, essays, and reviews have app... Read more

Rick Scott: hand-crafted signs and logos

Airs at: Fri, 04/09/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Guest host Tom Cramer interviews Rick Scott, who specializes in hand-crafting signs and logos for the Portland Oregon area. He is knowledgable about mural and car painting techniques and is an expert handmade sign painter. Signs are one of our most ubiquitous art forms. CD... Read more

Art Focus on 04/06/10

Airs at: Tue, 04/06/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Guest host Tom Cramer interviews Rick Scott, who specializes in hand-crafting signs and logos for the Portland Oregon area. He is knowledgable about mural and car painting techniques and is an expert handmade sign painter. Signs are one of our most ubiquitous art forms. Read more

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