Inside the Artist's Studio on WCOM-FM Radio

Maura Michelle Garcia Dance

svetx — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:10:54 +0000

Entrepreneurial Innovator, Robert Donnan and Wood Artist, Erik Wolken Discuss Creative Economies

svetx — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:24:28 +0000

William Lewis of Pinecone: Piedmont Council of Traditional Music

svetx — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:30:09 +0000

William Lewis, Folklorist and Executive Director of Pinecone , discusses the important cultural story that a well-planned music series can reveal: William Lewis Pinecone .

Make rich memories with Pinecone by participating in their camps and going to their top calibre performances. Up next:

The Duhks with Kellin Watson on Friday, February 10, 8 pm, Fletcher Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

Boo Hanks on Sunday, February 12, 3 pm, Daniels Auditorium at NC Museum of History.

Taj Mahal Trio, Saturday, February 18, 8 pm, Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

Call Pinecone’s Box Office: 919-664-8302; order online at Ticketmaster.com.

NOTE: to upload William’s interview, double click on the link (above) labeled “William Lewis Pinecone.” A new window should pop-up. Click on the link on that window labeled “William Lewis Pinecone.” Works best in Firefox.

Teaching Artist, Actor, and Arts Activist Jon Wilner

svetx — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:15:28 +0000

Teaching Artist, Actor, and Arts Activist Jon Wilner tells us about NYC theatre in the 70s and about ways that using dramatic arts in schools changed his life and that of many students: Jon Wilner

Anthropologist & Music Writer, Jack Bernhardt shares stories about Tommy Jarrell, Townes Van Zandt, Margaret Mead & More

svetx — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:33:29 +0000

Jack Bernhardt has completed interviews & articles with hundreds of our lifetime’s most influential musical talents. Find out what that’s like and all that Bernhardt has learned from them about “what it is to be human:” Jack Bernhardt

Portrait Artist, Luana Luconi Winner Looks Forward to Getting Up in the Morning

svetx — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:39:18 +0000

Luana Luconi Winner is a famed classical portrait artist, beloved teacher, and Italian arts tour guide (she informs that Italy was the birthplace of the first annotated music, which was recorded on illuminated manuscript using brush and quill). You may recognize Ms. Winner’s work from the covers of Strathmore art products.

Recently, Winner recreated the portrait of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, that was destroyed in the 2010 Chatham County Courthouse Fire. Currently, she is working on a new instructional book.

Luana’s philosophy:
“As the world around us changes and new pressures crush even the most willing souls, great literature and art are the only things that can feed us and bring us back to life.”

For more insight, read her blog and listen to the following interview:
Luana Luconi Winner

Dr. Michele Berger Shares the “Creative Tickle”

svetx — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:36:16 +0000

Dr. Michele Berger is an award-winning author, creativity coach & UNC Women’s Studies professor living in Pittsboro.

Here Berger shares tips for living one’s life more fully by developing the “creative tickle.” She covers everything from the connection b/w neuroscience and creativity studies to the ways gender studies and liberal arts students are collectively transforming our world. So, listen up: Michele Berger

Joseph Megel Discusses New Directions in Stage Direction, Plus the Process Series

svetx — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:22:43 +0000

Joseph Megel shares a unique perspective on the intersection between multi-media and stage direction as theatre production embraces a new era. This week, the process series hosts Jared Mezzocchi’s “Poppa, God Bless” at Historic Playmaker’s Theatre, December 2 & 3, 8 pm. Learn more at http://eda/unc/edu/programs/theprocessseries.

Listen to the interview here: Joseph Megel and the Process Series

Julia Hartsell Crews & Scott Woodson Crews of FlowJo Studio

svetx — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:31:08 +0000

Flow artists, Julia Hartsell Crews & Scott Woodson Crews, of Hoopdrum & FlowJo Studio, have brought an emergent art form to Carrboro and are now spreading it across the world as a global movement. Find out how to get into the “spin” of things. And don’t forget to go see shows at their studio, including the upcoming December 9 & 10 performances by Button Wagon.

Double click the link here to hear the interview: Flow Jo

Photographer Bryce Lankard says, “Art is Like Food.”

svetx — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:00:42 +0000

Documentary & Fine Art Photographer, Bryce Lankard returns to NC after career adventures from street photography in New Orleans to high end fashion and fine art photography in New York City. Lankard is multi-award winning and has been named “Photographer of the Year” and been acclaimed for his publication, Tribe Magazine. His work has run in the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Spin, Forbes, Allure, Time, Newsweek, and the Village Voice among many others. Listen here: Bryce Lankard