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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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Patrick Rock

Airs at: Wed, 02/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Art Focus
  Patrick Rock is an artist who curates several spaces in town.  He tells us about the founding and programming of Rockbox, an alternative artist-run space located on Interstate which has a visiting artist-in-residence program. We discuss the upcoming exhibition at Rockbox ... Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Thu, 02/05/2009 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Art Focus
   Listen to the audio file here. Jesse Durost will discuss the making and installation of his exhibition at Fourteen30 in SE Portland. The exhibition opened January 23rd. Durost's Fabrications explore his "own vocabulary of architectural forms." More information at Fourtee... Read more

Jesse Durost at Fourteen30

Airs at: Wed, 02/04/2009 at 12:00am
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For his current show at Fourteen30, Jesse Durost combined simple architectural forms with layers and transparency, resulting in sculptural works of both logic and fantasy. The artist talks about the current work and how his past exhibitions tie into it. More images are also... Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Thu, 01/22/2009 at 10:30am - 11:00am
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Host Eva Lake interviews Mandy Greer and Darrel Morris, two artists currently showing at the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Mandy Greer is exhibiting an installation of crochet, braiding, sewing and beading using yarn, beads, shells, feathers and more.  Darrel Morris pres... Read more

Mandy Greer and Darrel Morris at the Museum of Contemporary Craft

Airs at: Wed, 01/21/2009 at 12:00am
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This is an interview with the two artists and the curators of this exhibition, Stefano Catalani and Namita Gupta Wiggers. For more information, see the museum's website. Through countless small gestures of her craft, Mandy Greer employs humble handicraft processes and mater... Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Thu, 01/15/2009 at 10:30am - 11:00am
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Eva Lake will talk with Cary Doucette, who is a member of the 12x16 gallery in Sellwood and is currently showing work there. He is showing alongside Jerry Walker, who was a Portland Pop Pioneer, adopting the 1960s & 70s NYC Minimalist edge. Although he exhibited in the P... Read more

Artist Cary Doucette: parts and pieces

Airs at: Wed, 01/14/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Eva Lake talks with Cary Doucette, who is a member of the 12x16 gallery in Sellwood and is currently showing work there. He is showing alongside Jerry Walker, who was a Portland Pop Pioneer, adopting the 1960s & 70s NYC Minimalist edge. Although he exhibited in the Portland... Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2009 at 10:30am - 11:00am
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Eva Lake will interview Laura Fritz about her new installation called "Evident" which will open this week at the New American Art Union in SE Portland. Fritz is known for her non-narrative and provocative use of mysterious space and light. This exhibition is a part of th... Read more

Laura Fitz's New Installation: "Evident"

Airs at: Wed, 01/07/2009 at 4:00pm
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Hosted by: TBA   Eva Lake interviews Laura Fritz about her new installation called "Evident" which will open this week at the New American Art Union in SE Portland. Fritz is known for her non-narrative and provocative use of mysterious space and light. This exhibition is a... Read more

Art Focus

Airs at: Thu, 12/18/2008 at 10:30am - 11:00am
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Eva Lake hosts a tribute to Portland photographer and curator Terry Toedtemeier, who died last week.  Guests include his widow, Prudence Roberts, gallery owner Jane Beebe, and John Laursen, co-author of the book, Wild Beauty, with Toedtemeier.  Terry Toedtemeier was the Por... Read more