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Robert Hamilton wanted to be known as the world's greatest unknown painter. When he died in 2004, he left behind 600 paintings. Now it is up to his...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fleur-de-lis Gallery
Steve Saari joins Travis Ryder on to preview cultural presentations happening during January in Bemidji. Steve talks about an exhibition in the Fle...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:46
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Radio Curious visits the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, with communications manager Debra Krol. The museum is dedicated to the sensitive and acc...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:00
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Dr. Gregory Schmidt from Winona State University's History Department recently gave a talk on the Boatmen of the early 1800's at the Minnesota Mari...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 00:39:36
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In a related episode of Culture Clique, we heard from Dr. Shigeko Sasamori on her encounter with the atomic bomb which occurred in Hiroshima on Aug...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 00:22:50
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A Pulitzer Prize nominee from playwright Donald Margulies.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KKRN, KMUN, KRCB, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:57:54
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: This traveling exhibition of photographs of children working in the textile and canning industries of the early 1900's is at the Creative Photographic Arts Center in Lewiston through mid-March, 782-1369. The Center and the Quoddy Maritime Museum in Eastpo, Credit: Lewis Hine: The Maine Child Labor Photographs
In this episode we'll outline a number of ideas for discovering new ways for maritime museums to connect with visitors beyond the boats and technol...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:47
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Riots all over the world are calling on us to get involved in societal change. But what kind of action is needed, and how do we create real change?...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tim Lynn, artist, Credit: Cheryl Bowlan
Paralyzed from the shoulders down and colorblind, Tim Lynn managed to become a talented painter whose work has hung in several San Francisco Bay Ar...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:11:14
Caption: Artist Brigham Dimick with part of “Waxworks 2,” a series of three self-portraits that include observation hives with live honeybees., Credit: (UMSL/Terry Suhre)
There's an unusual art exhibition going on right now at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The exhibition showcases three artists from the St....

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Artists Rich Medina and Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Credit: Flickr user: kuishimbo
Art and music have long contributed to society and our way of life. But in these dire financial times, it’s not always a priority in our schools. O...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Caption: Library of Dust, Canister 1454, Credit: David Maisel, photographer
Photographer David Maisel's project "Library of Dust" proves there is life after death, in vivid color.

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A chimp at the Lincoln Park Zoo uses a stick to fish for food., Credit: Michael De Bonis/WBEZ
Humans have an incredible ability to fashion tools that make our lives easier and advance the goals of science, but we're not the only species maki...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KVMR, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 00:08:32
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Sgt Brandon Benton sent this to his wife Emily Benton, who waited for him at home near Fort Hood, Texas, when he got word of a return date., Credit: graffitiofwar.com
War News Radio talks with the founder of the Graffiti of War Project, which collects service members’ art left on the walls and buildings in the ba...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:38
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A Sculptor's Meditation in Granite

Bought by KLCC, WMPG, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:08
  • Purchases: 3
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Representing Yourself is a DIY project we do in all kinds of ways — in job interviews, on stage, in court and through visual art such as self-portr...

Bought by KUT, WYSO, and WRVO


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Local currency, bartering on the playground and other ways of looking at money through a DIY lens. ***This show aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting...

Bought by WYSO and WRVO


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
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Caption: One of Emily Martin's paintings, Credit: Emily Martin/The Black Apple
Inventors, builders, butchers, artists talk about the projects that inspire them to point and say with pride, “I made that!” ***This show aired on...

Bought by WYSO, KUT, and WRVO


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:09
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Nonsense is a serious business
Why does visual art matter? Until this month, this question did not bother me. However, work I’m doing for a client has changed my thinking so mu...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:00
Caption: Shooting Stars, Credit: By StephanVDS(.com)
In this piece, Ellie Evans, a student from the New Mexico School For The Arts, asks the question: What if? What if the world were different? This...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:50
  • Purchases: 1
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The art of tattooing was not fully legalized in all fifty states until the second half of the twentieth century. One of the last states was Maine. ...

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Major cities like Boston and New York are known for their theater, comedy and improv troupes. But further north, Maine also has a thriving improv ...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Judy Hedblom's work 'Traveler Twins', an example of the form
Dan and Frances Hedblom create one-of-a-kind art objects with buffing and heat applied to copper panels. From AMPERS member station KAXE, Justin C...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 00:08:06
Caption: "Sitting Nude in Yellow and Purple" 2007, Credit: Dirk Nelson
On Art Beat this week, we meet with Dirk Nelson, an artist who sculpts and draws. Nelson’s work primarily focuses on the human figure and there’s d...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 00:21:39