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Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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A radio show about visual art. You get it.

 

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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 on 06/21/22

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Kelsey Birsa

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Kelsey Birsa about her show Living Room which is on through July 2 at Blackfish Gallery in the Pearl District. Birsa talks about painting from photos and screen grabs during the pandemic, her rediscovery of camping, and ... Read more

Turning Inward: Judy Chicago

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Bruce Guenther about Turning Inward: Judy Chicago, a new show at the Oregon Jewish Museum through September 23.  Guenther talks about Chicago’s Lifesaver paintings, her colored smoke atmospheres, her sketch journa... Read more

Art Focus on 05/31/22

Airs at: Tue, 05/31/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Gifts of Japan

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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  On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Sarah Kate Nomura, Assistant Director of Exhibitions at Portland Japanese Garden, about the new botanical art show Gifts From Japan. Nomura talks about the importance of flowers in Japanese culture, the styles of bota... Read more

Art Focus on 05/17/22

Airs at: Tue, 05/17/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Where the Waters Come Together

Airs at: Tue, 05/10/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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KBOO Art Focus   On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Barbara Mumby-Huerta who is Vice President, Programs and Partnerships at the Center for Native Arts and Cultures in Portland. Mumby-Huerta talks about the group show by local native American artists cal... Read more

Amanda Wojick

Airs at: Tue, 05/03/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, May 5, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Amanda Wojick about her show Small Shields and Other Shapes, on now at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery through June 4. Wojick talks about working with scraps of paper as the basis for steel cut out sculptures which she ... Read more

Banksyland Portland

Airs at: Tue, 04/26/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Elle Miller about Banksyland, a show of the work of British street artist Banksy. Miller talks about her love of Banksy’s stencil art and installations, his slogans and sayings, and the idea of appropriating his work fo... Read more

Susan Harrington

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Susan Harrington about her painting show “Our House On Fire” which is on now at Waterstone Gallery in the Pearl District until May 1. Harrington talks about looking for endangered Oregon plants, painting them in observe... Read more