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 the 2025 Honorary Artist at the For the Love of Art Fair, Kei Constantinov, artist Jerry Ginther whose work was recently exhibited at the Midwest Museum of American Art, spotlight on singer songwriter Patricia Tyson discussing her December 15th concert. -
This week on ART ON THE AIR features veteran stage, film, television actor and playwright, Charlotte Booker, Chicago-based realist oil painter Jessica Smit Mattingly, spotlight on The LaPorte County Symphony ’s 30th Annual Holiday at the Pops concert. -
This week on ART ON THE AIR features a return visit with the Chicago quartet, The Empty Pockets, and the release of their double vinyl gatefold album, “Gotta Find the Moon.” Next singer songwriter Patricia Tyson discussing her December 15th, spotlight is on Indiana Ballet Theatre’s holiday classic “The Nutcracker.” -
This week on ART ON THE AIR features the premier Groucho Marx impersonator, Frank Ferrante, acrylic artist Zue Stevenson, spotlight on Family Folklore Foundation’s Meg Demakas' new book, “Millennia of Progress 1933-2023 The Chicago World’s Fair – if Houses Could Talk.” -
This week on ART ON THE AIR features eighty-year old sculptor, mixed media artist, and spoken word performer, Jake Webster, Brazilian-born abstract artist and musician Eugenio Cerrosi who returns to South Bend ’s 2025 For The Love Of Art Fair, and spotlight on Valparaiso Creative Council’s new Artist Hub and a spotlight extra on Chicago Street Theater’s two holiday productions. -
This week on ART ON THE AIR features landscape photographer, professor, and Fine Arts Department Chair at Indiana University South Bend, Susan L. Moore, burgeoning vocalist and pianist from South Bend , Molly Abraham, and spotlight on Memorial Opera House’s November and December events including “Scrooge.” -
This week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features Jason DeCaires Taylor, who creates underwater sculptures and installations that help restore equilibrium to deteriorating marine ecosystems, and Spotlight on the 39th Annual Interwoven Expressions, on November 9th at Sand Creek Country Club . -
This week on ART ON THE AIR features two local theater directors, executive director for the Memorial Opera House, Scot “PJ” MacDonald and next with the new artistic director for the Towle Theater, Dion Stover. Our Spotlight is on LaPorte County Symphony’s 52nd Season opener with a vibrant musical tribute to Latin-American Music and the Day of the Dead with executive director Emily Yiannias. -
This week on ART ON THE AIR features Chicago-based jewelry artist, Bobbie Rafferty, Indiana Artisan Neelu Jain shares her Japanese art forms of Ikebana and Temari and Spotlight on Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott discussing his upcoming November 2nd concert at Memorial Opera House. -
This week ART ON THE AIR celebrates our 6th anniversary and the start of our 7th season with an interview with Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, and spotlight on award-winning journalist and author, Joseph S Pete's new book, Lost East Chicago and Indiana Harbor .
