Art Hour

Eight artists tell the story of their proudest moment...when they felt as if they had made the right decision.  As if they had "arrived." As if all the sacrifice had been worth it. Hear Vanna Oh, Darrin Huff, Melissa Cole, Sam Ligon & Kate Lebo, Jess Walter, M. Tinley, Sarah Waisman, and Jessica Earle tell their stories.

This week we have eight storytellers discussing the obstacles they have overcome (and one storyteller discussing last week's theme of the first time  they went public with their art). Storytellers are comedian Jessica Watson, writer Kris Dinnison, journalist Leah Sottile, poet Brooke Matson, musician and poet Chris Cook, writer Ellen Welcker, musician and illustrator Chris Malsam, actor Sarah Waisman, and improviser Lawra Gosselin Harris.

Nine artists tell the story of the first time they went public, or went BIG, with their art. Punsmith Annica Eagle, artist Larry Ellingson, chef and musician Travis Tveit, actor Sarah Waisman, musician Matthew Hughes, artist Chad Brazill, musician Norman Robbins,  comedian Deece Casillas, and artist Hannah Pomante tell their stories.

Shantell reads two of her poems, and we discuss how being eager to try new things leads to the danger of saying yes too much.

Gonzaga University film professor Matt McCormick discusses the magic of film festivals (especially Sundance, for which his films have been selected four times), the craziness of the cold war, and how graffiti removal can be a subconscious art.

In which we discuss the two current exhibitions currently running at the museum - A Grand Tour: Images of Italy, and 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment: Prints by Women. We also discuss what it means to put an exhibition together, and how someone even gets into this line of work (hint: he majored in history). We end by discussing a fascinating upcoming exhibition of local works created during the Great Depression by the WPA. 

Tracy discusses her current exhibit inspired by Toni Morrison, her transition from creative writing to nonfiction writing to visual art, and how she's a total Virgo.

We discuss how the gallery sprouted from a no-good very bad day, why oil paint is so good to work with, and how art sometimes just needs to be dark (and loud) [and fast]

In which we discuss her novel in progress (The Tower), how monsters often take human form, how we should never miss an opportunity to be kind, and how important it is to be loved by your fifth grade teacher. 

In which we give free advertisements to multiple businesses, explore the role of serendipity in life, and discuss the need to squint to see clearly.

Hear Dean discuss flunking high school photography, getting deep into the blues when he was co-owner of Fort Spokane Brewery, and buying his first $25,000 six-megapixel(!) digital camera. Also, he curses twice, so we got to use the "censor" button for live broadcast for the first time!

In which we discuss the 15-20 hours of total work that go into each hour of the podcast, small-town radio in Plentywood, Montana, and the difficulty in pronouncing the word "exhibition."

Mike discusses his film "The Freed" about the history of rock climbing in Spokane, editing a video for the Zac Brown Band, and whether or not YOU should go to film school.

Hear us discuss how Madeline created an artistic world based on her body philosophy. Don't know what that is? We didn't either. Listen to find out the fascinating backstory.

In which Larry discusses MIDI, junk, and how a crappy teacher nearly killed his artistic ambitions.

In which we discuss meeting your heroes and the importance of having a point of view when writing songs.

Rachel and Mike discuss how they create the stories for their escape room, Unit 55, and how to keep those stories unique and fresh.

Hear Melissa discuss all the cool things Spokane Arts is doing in the community.

Kim Long discusses the her creative process, as well as her upcoming First Friday show in December.

We talk to Melissa, program manager at Spark Central, and Marc, volunteer extraordinaire, about Spark Central, writing, and stirring baskets of leaves with a plunger.