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Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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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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April Waters on "Sheroes"

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Guest host Kathleen Stephenson interviews painter April Waters about her series of paintings called "Sheroes," which is currently on exhibit through April 21st at Portland Artists Repertory Theater at 1515 SW Morrison. "Sheroes" is an exhibit of larger than life portraits a... Read more

Holly Andres at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Charles A. Hartman Fine Art presented Holly Andres for their April exhibition. She was our guest and told us about "The Fall of Spring Hill." The show continues her examination of a personal feminine narrative. In large-scale, lush color images, the artist ponders the brevi... Read more

Curator Cris Moss on Bearing Witness by artist Daniel Heyman

Airs at: Tue, 04/05/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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This is an interview with Cris Moss, who curates at Linfield College. Opening this month is Bearing Witness: Daniel Heyman. Heyman is a storyteller. The exhibition features portraits of individuals who have endured great personal hardship — former Abu Ghraib detainees, Afri... Read more

Avantika Bawa at Disjecta

Airs at: Tue, 03/29/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Guest host Wendy Webb interviews  Avantika Bawa who will be showing at Disjecta starting April 2nd. Curator Jenene Nagy joins them. This is a link to Disjecta: http://www.disjecta.org/events/nagy-2011.php and some links on Avantika's artwork: http://registry.whitecolum... Read more

Matt Cosby

Airs at: Wed, 03/23/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Matt Cosby discusses his painting show PEAKS & TROUGHS at Augen Gallery. www.augengallery.com/Artists/cosby.html Read more

John Motley

Airs at: Tue, 03/22/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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John Motley contributes pieces to the Oregonian, Art Papers and other publications. He’ has just published a collection of critical essays that were developed alongside exhibitions at Fourteen30. The book is called Stay Time. Originally published as a series of limited edit... Read more

Painter Henk Pander on His Life and Work

Airs at: Tue, 03/15/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Guest host Tom Cramer interviews artist Henk Pander about his life and work. The Hallie Ford Museum of Art opened a major exhibition of the art of Henk Pander on January 29, 2011. It surveys the range of Pander’s oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, posters, and theatrical... Read more

Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson joined us on Art Focus . She is the new curator of Northwest Art at the Portland Art Museum and has recently announced the finalists and winners of the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards. Read more

Portland Art Writers on Criticism

Airs at: Tue, 02/15/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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My guests were Lisa Radon of Ultrapdx, Jeff Jahn of PORT, Barry Johnson (who wrote and edited for years at the O) and Brian Libby of Portland Architecture. We discussed art criticism in general and in Portland in particular. Read more

Curator and Artist Jesse Hayward

Airs at: Tue, 02/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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The next exhibition at the White Box will be COLLECT FOUR: Scenes From Portland’s Bleeding Edge. This show includes four artists and is curated by Jesse Hayward. He is the subject in this interview. Hayward claims: "The artists in this show are all, first and foremost, col... Read more