We chatted with Elwell about his harder-rocking musical past in Duluth, his time in California, and the making of his latest album, No One You Will Ever Know. In this session Elwell performs three songs from the album- "Waiting on the Weather," "Housewarming," and "Scent of Gas."  Funding provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Millikan is a Minnesota native, and has been painting for over 40 years. Millikan is part of the North Ends Art Council, and she has work on display at Lizzard's Art Gallery and at Zinema2 in Duluth. Her exhibition at Adeline Inc. is primarily abstract acrylic paintings, inspired by impressionism. Millikan had a very successful opening, selling many paintings. Works still available. Listen as she talks about her journey as a painter.

Radio Gallery is sponsored in part by "The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund."

Live from stdio A, a preformance with Bruce Goldish and Michael Hall.

Listen to this session with Minnesota acoustic blues duo Bob Bingham & Gordon Thorne

Listen to this session with the local Duluth folk singer/songwriter.

Listen to our session with Minnesota "Folk 'n Roll" band Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank from September 9th, 2009. They played songs from their latest CD "Traveling Show" and talked about the album and its accompanying DVD "Moments and Truths."

Listen to our session with three members of this local band (plus guest percussionist Lefty Johnson) from September 17th, 2009. They talked about their genesis as a band and making their new album, "Howlin' Moon."

Listen to this LIVE session with Duluth natives Old Knifey and the Cutthroats

Listen to our session Live from Studio A with this veteran folk singer/songwriter from October 7th, 2009. Singer/songwriter Roland Trenary performed a tune as well.

Local singer-songwriter James Moors has teamed up with Colorado performer Kort McCumber for a new album, "Moors and McCumber."

Listen to our Live from Studio A session with this singer/songwriter.

Listen to our Live from Studio A session with this indie pop Minneapolis band.

Listen to our session with local singer/ songwriter Emily Jayne and her band

This group features young Scottish fiddler Iain MacGillivray and members of local group McInnis' kitchen. We chatted with Iaian and fiddler Chuck Butler about fiddle styles, and Iaian treated us to a medley on his Highland bag pipes.

Listen to this Live from Studio A session from February 5th, 2010 with this veteran local band whose music mixes folk, bluegrass, and rock.

Listen to our session with this Minneapolis band.

with this popular Duluth bluegrass band who are preparing to release their 5th studio album in April.

Listen to this LIVE session with folk/jazz/reggae artist Michael Monroe

Listen to this Live from Studio A session with politically-rooted songwriter Pamela Means.

This local band features Dan Dresser and Stephanie Dykema, formerly of the Brushstrokes.

Listen to this St. Patrick's Day session from March 17th,2010 with this Irish musician, who plays with the band Different Drums of Ireland. He shared lots of musical history with us and talked about the divisions that still exist in Northern Ireland society and how his band uses music to bring people together.

The "Foot in the Door" exhibition has been a decennial exhibition at MIA since 1980. To submit a work, one must be from Minnesota and consider him or herself to be an artist, and the work must fit in a twelve inch square box. The show opened on February 18th with the "Foot in the Door" premiere. To hear more about the "Foot in the Door," listen as Tammy Sopinski gives us some of the history to the show and describes the atmosphere of the exhibition.


Radio Gallery is sponsored in part by The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Although Aiken has had exhibitions at the MAEP before (including "Call and Response"), he considers it an honor to be a part of the "Foot in the Door" show with so many other great Minnesota artists. Aiken came to Minneapolis in 1970, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Since then, he has been teaching, being a part of exhibitions, and painting murals on skyways, parking ramps, and buildings. He is also on the MAEP Artists Panel. Hear Aiken tell some of the stories behind his artwork, as well as describe his vision for ''Foot in the Door.''

Radio Gallery is sponsored in part by The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Listen to our session with these singer/songwriters from August 28th, 2009. The were in the area to perform at the Big Top Chautauqua's singer/songwriter showcase.

Listen to this session with bluegrass rock band Rusted Root.

Listen to our Live from Studio A session with this Twin Cities bluegrass band from November 19, 2009.

Listen to our session with this Duluth jazz group from March 31, 2010

This year was the 4th Diorama-Rama. Several different community members of various ages entered diorams, with dioramas of a dinosaur prom, a Zen display, and many more. A vast variety of community members attended the event. DJ 45, Coyote, Boom Chucks, Moonstone, Vortex Navigation Company, and The Temporary Service all performed at the event. Listen as Heimer further describes the uniqueness and diversity within Diorama-Rama.

Radio Gallery is sponsored in part by The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Live from Studio A with minimalist local singer/songwriter Nathan Amundson of Rivulets.

Listen to our session with this acoustic indie-pop duo from Ohio.

The Washington Gallery in Duluth has a dual photography exhibit up through the end of March: "Postcards from the Sea of Tranquility" by Shannon Cousino, a photographer and DAI Education Director, she talks about her process which is quite non-traditional and "Akimbo" by Kim Borst who is a photographer and also teaches at UWS. Watch for more form the Washington Studio's Artists Cooperative The Washington Gallery is only open weekends 1-5pm.

Radio Gallery is sponsored in part by The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Listen to Radio Gallery as Bree Thompson, DBU graphic design student, reflects on her interest in graphic design, and as she describes her work in the current exhibition at Lizzards.

Radio Gallery is sponsored in part by The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Listen to our session with this local rock/surf rock/rockabilly band known for its revved up live shows from April 8, 2010. They gave us a preview of their new album, Death by Fender.

 Listen to our session with this Duluth duo, made up of Jamie Ness and Brad Nelson, from April 29, 2010. They talked about making their new album, their weekly gig at Fitger's Brewhouse, and more.

Listen to this session with this Minnesota bluegrass band from Friday, April 30.

This Duluth band's style blends blues, rock, and jazz. They joined us in the studio on May 3, 2010 as part of a week-long showcase of performers from Duluth's Homegrown Music Festival.

Forever Home speaks with Mike Lacari of Friends of Animals in Cloquet, MN about Elvis, a ready to adopt pitbull.  More online at www.kumd.org  Forever Home is funded in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Forever Home is a new program on KUMD connecting rescued animals with their forever home. Reducing homeless animals and shelter kills as well as raising awareness of Minnesota's Animal Rescue efforts is of concern for all Minnesotans. More online at www.kumd.org. With funding provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Forever Home is a new program on KUMD connecting rescued animals with their forever home. Reducing homeless animals and shelter kills as well as raising awareness of Minnesota's Animal Rescue efforts is of concern for all Minnesotans. More online at www.kumd.org. With funding provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Kumd's Caring and Sharing Holiday Series. "You can judge a society by the way it treats its most vulnerable members." We're talking with a number of non-profit organizations in the northland that help make this a better place to live for all of us, including the vulnerable. Susan Utech, the executive director of safe haven talks about her institution and the services they provide to the community.

Kumd's Caring and Sharing Holiday Series. "You can judge a society by the way it treats its most vulnerable members." We're talking with a number of non-profit organizations in the northland that help make this a better place to live for all of us, including the vulnerable. Kumd speaks with Debbie Isabel Nelson, Neighborhood coordinator of Neighborhood Housing Services about stabilizing our community.

Kumd's Caring and Sharing Holiday Series. "You can judge a society by the way it treats its most vulnerable members." We're talking with a number of non-profit organizations in the northland that help make this a better place to live for all of us, including the vulnerable. Kumd speaks with Cassie Ward, a program advocate of Mentor Duluth about how they affect the community.

Dr. Linda Grover is a professor of American Indian Studies at UMD, a member of the Bois Forte band of Ojibwe, and the guest curator of the St. Louis County Historical Society's "Ojibwe Faces and Stories" exhibit. She talks about the artist, Eastman Johnson, and his partnership with the Ojibwe communities he painted.

Jason Burnett is the great-grandson of John Beargrease and an amateur historian. He talks about the insights into the man behind the legend his research has uncovered.

First time musher Bill Olson talks about his five month journey from Beargrease fan to Beargrease musher, his training, his dogs and the way his life has changed.

Theatre critic Lawrence Bernabo reviews Duluth Playhouse's production of "The Neverending Story."  Based upon the novel by Michael Ende and adapted for the stage by David S. Craig. The production's puppets have been crafted by Woodland Middle School. Lawrence also provides a precursor for Duluth Playhouse's upcoming production of the Tony Award Winning Musical, "Avenue Q". 

MNartists.org is a non profit arts group creating a web presence for the work of Minnesota Artists. This week on Radio Gallery we spotlight their latest partner. Minneapolis' Walker Arts Center Gift shop with an interview with participating artist Michon Weeks. The mnartists.marketplace, at The Walker Shop opened in November with basic consignment items as well the first of many juried projects. The work of six Minnesota artist were chosen to have their work printed on pint glasses. Michon Weeks, Christy Johnsons, Steven Lang, Craig Eliason Max Mose and Andy DuCett will gather on 1/17 to celebrate the success of the first season of mnartists.marketplace at The Lowbrow in Minneapolis from 5 - 8 pm. 

Every winter Minnesota festivals celebrate the season with ice and snow carving contests. Although it sounds like kid fun, competitors are often professional artists bringing their finely honed skills to the public in these fun seasonal outdoor displays. This week Duluth is holding an ice-carving competition on Sunday, January 8, 2012 from 10-4 in Canal Park. Chris Swarbrick is the ice engineer who constructed the ice bar and lounge at Little Angies Cantina in Canal Park and will compete on Sunday. Radio Gallery spoke with organizer and Duluth's premier ice-carver, Paul Madsen who assisted Chris in the construction of the ice lounge. He talks about his career in culinary ice carving and about this weekends carving competition. 

Lawrence Bernabo adds up "Hugo".

Lawrance adds up the movie "In Time" an allegory, he says, disguised as science fiction.

Lawrance adds up the new Mission Impossible movie and "Tin Tin."

Lawrence reviews the recently opened Duluth Playhouse production of the Tony Award Winning musical, Avenue Q.

Maggie Wander, better known as Dessa, is a rapper, singer, and writer who is best known for her critically acclaimed work with the Minneapolis hip hop collective DoomTree. Her first album, A Badly Broke Code has garnered favorable reviews from The Chicago Tribune to The Seattle Times. We honor Dessa for Women’s History Month for her addition to Minnesota’s arts and culture and for inspiring women to participate in Hip Hop.

Ann Reed has been touring and making music for more than thirty years and has made appearances at the Winnipeg folk festival. As a singer and songwriter she exists as one of the few women who can play the 12-string guitar, among several other instruments. As a playwright and voice-over talent she has contributed to Prairie Home Companion, The Morning Show, MPR, and more. She routinely donates up to twenty five percent of her time and concert bookings to organizations that address issues affecting women and children.

Critic Lawrence Burnabo adds up "War Horse" on this segment of Movie Math.

New Moon Girl Media produces the award winning bi-monthly magazine New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams. The magazine’s message of empowering girls and women is precisely why we feature Nancy Gruver. Nancy is also the author of the book How to Say it to Girls: communicating with Your Growing Daughter, a book for parents with tips on talking points. KUMD thanks Nancy Gruver for her contributions to Minnesota press as well as to young girls.

Marcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Anishinaabe Nation and uses her talent with words to educate others about multiculturalism and Native American studies. She has written children books as well as educational books about these issues and travels as a speaker to colleges to facilitate discussions and ideas about past and current Native American culture. She has received numerous awards and grants for her work and we feature her now for Women’s History Month.

Before her work for the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, Linda Riddle was a board member of the Women’s Resources Center of Winona, Minnesota and then later became the Executive Director of Houston County Women’s Resources. She has helped develop and implement new programs in rural communities that help combat the issue of domestic abuse. This includes transitional housing and outreach programs to victims. Linda emphasizes the importance of women having compassion for themselves and trusting their instincts, and for this we thank her. 

Kate Herzog graduated from St. Thomas with an MBA and was able to make her vision reality with the House of Talents, a global business whose main mission is to alleviate poverty. House of Talents locates beautiful products produced by African artisans and gives them some startup money to sell their goods and get out of poverty. Kate says that the system is based on trust and that along with money; the program offers training to compete with the market as well as market options that will remain a sustainable economic benefit. Now, products from the House of Talents are in upscale stores and the money she receives back she sends to children in Ghana for schooling.

Smart Women is a company that produces items that is meant to reflect the everyday interactions that women deal with by using their wits and intelligence.  A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Julie Hellwich started the brand to share messages meant to inspire women. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker magazine, Chronicle Books, and more. Hilary Clinton and Helen Thomas are just a few of her many customers.