Art on the Air
Sundays at 7 PM
ART ON THE AIR is an hour-long radio show that opens with a short Spotlight Interview about local art events in Northwest Indiana's three county area, then continues with a long-form Feature Interview. Guests include individual artists, photographers, gallery owner/curators, festival sponsors, authors, musicians, the shakers and movers, and cultural features in NW Indiana, Chicago and beyond discussing the art, theater, and the music scene, plus much more. Hosts are Larry A Brechner, long-time musical theater director, photographic artist, and arts organization board member, and Ester Golden, artist and gallery owner of The Nest in Michigan City.
ART ON THE AIR is made possible by the Indiana Arts Commission, South Shore Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Craig A Meyer the best Elton John tribute artist in the market, appearing April 18th with LaPorte County Symphony, "The Elton John Experience.” Next Saxophonist Nick May discussing his career and his album “You Me Us.” Our spotlight is on Books, Brushes, and Bands for Education’s 8th Annual Spring Tea on April 26th . -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features women's historical fiction novelist, Jatinder Koharki's “Against The Odds of Tradition,” iconic Chicago Fashion designer, Paul Sisti, whose designs are a fusion of art and fashion, and spotlight is on LaPorte County Symphony’s presentation of “Remember When Rock Was Young: The Elton John Experience” -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features sculptor, painter and art consultant Roman Villareal along with his fabric artist wife Maria Villareal, discussing his exhibit at Miller Beach’s Marshal J Gardner Center running through April and spotlight on the Area Artists Associationexhibit, “Anything Goes,” running view April 1 through May 31 at the LaPorte County Convention & Visitors Center. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Freelance graphic designer, illustrator and musician, Anne Richmond Boston, next the new LaPorte County Civic Auditorium Director, Rhonda Ashcraft, spotlight on the Dunes Arts Foundation discussing their 75th Summer theater season. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Valparaiso University professor Elizabeth Gingerich discussing Lakeshore Public Media’s viewing of the “American Revolution” on April 22nd, an artist specializing in epoxy resin and wood, Thomas Smiley, and spotlight on Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts March exhibit featuring Roman Villarreal. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Nashville-based musician Liz Longley using a Kickstarter campaign to buy back her completed album, then Ally Crowley-Duncan known as “Ally the Piper” who is renowned for modernizing the Great Highland bagpipe and spotlight is on Lubeznik Center for Arts exhibit, “Connections” -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features a sustainable and holistic hair and wardrobe expert, Linda Hollatz, who is a PhD candidate in the psychology about connections between hair care and hair pulling disorder. Our spotlight is LaPorte County Symphony’s “The New World” concert on March 8th -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features interviews with the co-directors / producers, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt on the Ken Burns twelve-part documentary on PBS American Revolution, and spotlight is on builder and performer of his own Experimental Musical Instruments, Joe Rauen in concert March 5th at Elastic Arts in Chicago. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Bill Dahl who began writing about music professionally in 1977, receiving a Grammy nomination in 1998 for his liner notes, Kentucky-based artist and educator Jason Sturgill and spotlight is on Duneland Photography Club’s February exhibit at the Chesterton Art Center -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Musical theatre, film, television actor, and musician, Meredith Braun, whose extensive national and international career, includes roles in the West End plays, appearing as Belle in “A Muppet Christmas Carol.” Spotlight is on Indiana Ballet Theatre’s modern dance company, Kaleidoscope event in February, and “Swan Lake ” in April.
