Arts and Design

The Art of the Matter

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Celebrate the many ways the arts can enliven, inform, challenge, fulfill and make listeners better citizens of their community and the world with The Art of the Matter.

Episodes

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Spellbinding Documentary, Conservationist Meg Lowman, Indiana Writers Center Moves, Norbert Krapf's New Book, and Librarians Deal with Orphaned Media

This week, a documentary about a crime that held Indianapolis spellbound in 1977, conservationist Meg Lowman, and how librarians deal with m...

00:53:02Jan 20, 2018

Golf Course Designer Ron Kern, Poet Liza Hyatt, Linda Rendelmen's "Women Like Us," The Harrison Center's New Mission, and Butler's MFA Outreach Programs

This week, a golf course designer who's also a photographer - or maybe the other way around - a poet who literally traced her ancestors' foo...

00:58:43Jan 13, 2018

Encore Re-Broadcast: Satch the Artist, Engineers and Fiber Artisans, Dorothy Alig at the Cummins Building, Indy Funk and Soul, and 4,000 Works of Clay

This week, how Julie Kern the banker became Satch the artist, how engineers and fiber artists decided to collaborate, how Dorothy Alig got h...

00:51:58Jan 6, 2018

Music and Spoken Word by Local Artists for the Winter Holidays

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll celebrate the winter holidays with local music and spoken word by artists including Norbert Krapf,...

00:53:53Dec 23, 2017

Indy's Connection to Watergate, Indy Ballet's Nutcracker, Church Series Explores Meaning of "Prodigal Son," Pravada's Small Studio Session, and Professor Watermelon

This week, how an Indianapolis native revealed the identity of Watergate's "Deep Throat," Indianapolis Ballet Company's holiday concerts, an...

00:51:54Dec 16, 2017

Terry Border and Melissa Fraterrigo Offer New Books, Carmel Launches a German Christmas Market, Circus Training in the Aerial Arts, and Pacer Victor Oladipo Scores More Than Points

This week, two books that might be the perfect presents for people on your list, Carmel's new nod to the traditional German Christmas market...

00:51:49Dec 9, 2017

The Indianapolis Children's Choir's Concerts, Indiana Historical Society's Holdiay Celebrations, Ivy Tech Partners with Community North Hospital to Sooth Patients, We Tackle Civil Discourse, and Christy Wilcox Likes Venomous Creatures

This week, the Indianapolis Children's Choir and the Indiana Historical Society are ready for the holidays, and we learn about a moving part...

00:52:04Dec 2, 2017

Yelp, The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, The Indiana Writers' Center, Game Of Clones, and Cat Head Press

This week, YELP Indy and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir are ready for the holidays, the Indiana Writers' Center has a class to help you wr...

00:51:41Nov 25, 2017

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This week, in honor of Thanksgiving, we're revisiting some of our favorite interviews. Tune in for conversations with the Vogue Theatre's St...

00:51:40Nov 18, 2017

A Hymn to Patriotism, a Book Club for Science Geeks, Klingon Can Help You be a Better Student, 1.2 Million Holiday Lights, and Arts at All Saints

This week, a new biography of the poet who wrote America the Beautiful, Indiana Humanities' Books, Booze, and Brains, Starbase Indy, WinterL...

00:51:40Nov 11, 2017

The Power of Poison, Fountain Square Monthly Comedy Hour, Pianist Sean Chen, Dick Wolfsie Deconstructs Jokes, and Clint Breeze & The Groove

This week, something poisonous has invaded the Indiana State Museum, Fountain Square hosts a monthly comedy event, and APA Fellow Sean Chen...

00:52:03Nov 4, 2017

Satch the Artist, Engineers and Fiber Artisans, Dorothy Alig at the Cummins Building, Indy Funk and Soul, and 4,000 Works of Clay

This week, how Julie Kern the banker became Satch the artist, how engineers and fiber artists decided to collaborate, how Dorothy Alig got h...

00:51:58Oct 28, 2017

Veterans & Tattoos, Writer Dan Grossman, Justin Vining's New Art, Bobdirex Redux, and IMA's Portraits of a City

This week, a photography exhibit that celebrates the special power of tattoos in the lives of veterans, a profile of Nuvo's new arts editor...

00:52:01Oct 21, 2017

Spirit & Place Festival, Ann Katz Festival, Native Art Now, Bill Foley Takes On A Challenger, And A Teen Film Composer

This week, the Spirit & Place Festival explores power, the Ann Katz Festival celebrates books, films, food, and more, and Native Art Now sho...

00:51:56Oct 14, 2017

A New Public Art Initiative, Brett Wiscons' New Work, Broadway in Indianapolis's Season, Influential Women Speak, and DK Channels The Beatles

This week, the Arts Council of Indianapolis has a new public art initiative, Small Studio's Brett Wiscons is on tour, Broadway comes to Indi...

00:52:04Oct 7, 2017

Early Andy Warhol, Jazz at UIndy, Celebrating Immigrants' Gifts, A Pre-Enactment, and Ghost Stories at Crown Hill Cemetery

This week UIndy's jazz season, a Full Circle Festival, and Andy Warhol at the Long-Sharp Gallery. We'll also learn how the arts can envision...

00:51:23Sep 30, 2017

Fat Turtle Theatre Debuts. Steve Archbold Writes About Poverty, Koganada's Film About Columbus, Vess Ruhtenberg, and Mandrell Photography

This week an in-depth conversation with the writer and director of the new film Columbus, we'll meet the Fat Turtle Theatre Company, and we'...

00:52:00Sep 23, 2017

Nuts at Buck Creek Players, IDADA is Closing its Doors, Free Cultural Landscape Tours, 50 Cities of the USA, and Keith Hampton's Automatic Art

This week, a Buck Creek Players production about legal shades of gray, what life will be like for Indy galleries after IDADA's demise, and a...

00:51:48Sep 17, 2017

Justin Vining and Benny Sanders, Sylvi and Sean Gray, The Geeky Press, and The IRT's James Still

This week, we're revisiting some of our favorite recent interviews. Tune in for conversations with painters and friends Justin Vining and Be...

00:51:59Sep 9, 2017

Jeff Byrd Performs, Columbus Holds a Scottish Festival, The Texas Tenors Come to Town, ATI Raises Eyebrows this Season, and a Classical Guitar Season Not to be Missed

This week, a sneak preview of Actors Theatre of Indiana's fall offerings, the Indianapolis Society of the Classical Guitar, and nearly 5,000...

00:51:56Sep 2, 2017