Art Focus

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Airs at: Tue, 03/11/2025 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

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Venice VR '21

Airs at: Tue, 09/07/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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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... Read more

Intisar Abioto

Airs at: Tue, 08/31/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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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... Read more

Music: Cappella Romana

Airs at: Tue, 08/24/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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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... Read more

Pride NW Mural

Airs at: Tue, 08/17/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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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... Read more

Art Focus on 08/10/21

Airs at: Tue, 08/10/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Jailbreak Studios

Airs at: Tue, 08/03/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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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... Read more

Art Focus on 07/27/21

Airs at: Tue, 07/27/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Marianne Nicolson at Yale Union

Airs at: Tue, 07/20/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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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 ... Read more

Oregon Contemporary

Airs at: Tue, 07/13/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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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... Read more