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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.   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Art Focus

Airs at: Tue, 06/30/2009 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Listen to the interview here. Michael Brophy has a new show up at the Laura Russo Gallery for the month of July. We talked about his new paintings; much of the work is about the big fire at his studio and home. Read more

Michael Brophy

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2009 at 5:00pm
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Michael Brophy talks about his new show "Silence" at the Laura Russo Gallery. The show has big canvases of landscapes in Eastern Oregon and small goauches made right after his studio and home went through a big fire. Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Tue, 06/23/2009 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Listen to the interview here. Diane Durston of the Japanese Garden will talk about the current exhibition Parallel Worlds, which explires and compares textles from Japan and the Pacific Northwest.   Read more

"Parallel Worlds" at the Japanese Garden

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2009 at 5:00pm
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Diane Durston of the Japanese Garden talks about the current exhibition Parallel Worlds, which explores and compares textles from Japan and the Pacific Northwest. Above you see a blanket from the Pacific Northwest. Diane Durston is the curator for this great exhibition. Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Tue, 06/16/2009 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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    Arvie Smith has a show up at Beppu Wiarda. He will talk about the paintings and also, how the election of Barack Obama influenced his work. Listen to the interview here. Read more

Arvie Smith

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2009 at 5:00pm
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Arvie Smith visited KBOO and told us about his current show at Beppu Wiarda. Smith's paintings use intense colors and often complex compositions to tell stories out of his family and his own life. Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Tue, 06/09/2009 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Art Focus had Eric Vines of the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology on. He talked about the various programs Sitka offers. Listen to the interview here. Read more

Eric Vines of Sitka Center for Art + Ecology

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 5:00pm
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Eric Vines joined us on Art Focus – he’s the Executive Director for the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.  Sitka hosts residency programs and many art, music and nature workshops. Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2009 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Listen to the interview here. John Brodie has organized Store for a Month, which opens June 3rd. Brodie takes his concept from Claes Oldenburg’s “Store” of 1961, inviting artists to make works on the spot and sell them too. One of the works offered is the piece above, Cloud... Read more

John Brodie talks about his Store for a Month

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2009 at 5:00pm
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John Brodie organized Store for a Month, which opens June 3rd. Brodie takes his concept from Claes Oldenburg’s “Store” of 1961, inviting artists to make works on the spot and sell them too. One of the works offered is the piece above, Cloud Painting 1 by Arcy Douglass. Over... Read more