Thursdays at 7:00 pm and Sundays at 1:00 pmA conversation between artists; featuring painters, sculptors, musicians, arts administrators, poets, and others from around our region. Bruce's artistic sensibility infuses his interviews with understanding, making Art Talks a favorite of listeners involved in the creative process.
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October 2, 2014: Artist and gallery owner David Smith of Smith Studio and Gallery in Geneseo, IL - Pgm #1439
September 25 & 28, 2014: Irish wood-turner and sculptor Liam O'Neill - Pgm #1438
September 18 & 21, 2014: Prairie artist George Olson - Pgm #1437
September 11 & 14, 2014: Riverssance Harley Award winners, ceramicist Megan Quinn & painter Kristin Quinn - Pgm #1436
September 4 & 7, 2014: Founder and co-owner of Paragon Commercial Interiors, Dana Wilkinson - Pgm #1435
August 28 & 31, 2014: Sculptor Gene Tully & pastellist Heidi Draley McFall talk about Voices from the Warehouse in Dubuque - Pgm #1434
August 21 & 24, 2014: Sculptor Dean Kugler - Pgm #1433
August 14 & 17, 2014: Musician Lewis Knudsen - Pgm #1432
August 7 & 10, 2014: Fiber artis and art professor Rowen Schussheim-Anderson - Pgm #1431
July 31 & August 3, 2014: Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival Music Director Josh Duffee - Pgm #1430
July 24 & 27, 2014: Fiber artist Elizabeth Rhoads Read - Pgm #1429
July 17 & 20, 2014: Ceramic artist and Professor of Art Megan Quinn - Pgm #1428
July 10 & 13, 2014: Painter & collage artist Bill Stamats - Pgm #1427
July 3 & 6, 2014: Director Jake Walker, and actors Aaron Sullivan, Kitty Israel, & Stephanie Moeller from the Prenzie Players production of “Doctor Faustus” - Pgm #1426
June 26 & 29, 2014: Poet Mike Bayles - Pgm #1425
June 19 & 22, 2014: Artist & Director Bruce Walters & Producer Doug Miller - Pgm #1424
June 12 & 15, 2014: Printmaker & picture-book author Arthur Geisert - Pgm #1423
June 5 & 8, 2014: Author and legendary bookseller Paul Ingram - Pgm #1422
May 29 & June 1, 2014: Musician, educator, & activist Cynthia Haring - Pgm #1421
May 22 & 25, 2014: Poet Salvatore Marici - Pgm #1420
May 15 & 18, 2014: Composer, performer, & teacher William Campbell - Pgm #1419
May 8 & 11, 2014: Writer, director, actor, playwright, cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer, but mostly a storyteller, Jason Platt - Pgm #1418
May 1 & 4, 2014: Artists & musicians from Venus Envy - Pgm #1417
April 24 & 27, 2014: Joel Franken, Diane Franken, & Douglas Miller discuss the Creative Arts Academy of the Quad Cities - Pgm #1416
April 17 & 20, 2014: Artist & teacher Larry Davis - Pgm #1415
April 10 & 13, 2014: Michael Coty and Susan Gorrell of the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival - Pgm #1414
April 3 & 6, 2104: Artists & photographers, Joshua and Amy Ford - Pgm #1413
March 27 & 30, 2014: Painter & art restorer Audrey Brown - Pgm #1412
March 20 & 23, 2014: Mixed media artists Dawn Wohlford & Lisa Mahar - Pgm #1411
March 13 & 16, 2014: Director of the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, Preston Thayer - Pgm #1410
March 6 & 9, 2014: Poet & Assistant Professor of English at the University of Dubuque, Lauren Alleyne - Pgm #1409
February 27 & March 2: Songwriter & musician Lojo Russo - Pgm #1408
February 20 & 23, 2014: Artist and designer Tony Seabolt - Pgm #1407
February 13 & 16, 2014: Poet Trisha Georgiou - Pgm #1406
February 6 & 9, 2014: Painted construction artist Steve Banks - Pgm #1405
January 30 & February 2, 2014: The marvelous Bill Hannan - Pgm #1404
January 26, 2014 (Pre-empted January 23): Director Kelly Rundle and actors Thomas Alan Taylor & Jess Denney from the film "Sons & Daughters of Thunder" - Pgm #1403
January 16 & 19, 2014: Jazz musician Coleman Harris - Pgm #1402
January 9 & 12, 2014: Poet, teacher & Executive Director of the Midwest Writing Center, Ryan Collins - Pgm #1401
January 2 & 5, 2014: Art historian and teacher Pamela White - Pgm #1352
December 26 & 29, 2013: Pencil & collage artist Susan Mart - Pgm #1351
December 19 & 22, 2013: Sarah & Claire Bowman talk about their music and Claire's new children's book - Pgm #1350
December 12 & 15, 2013: Sculptor & painter Ted McElhiney - Pgm #1349
December 5 & 8, 2013: Artist Bruce Walters - Pgm #1348
December 1, 2013 (Pre-empted November 28): Dr. Gregory Gilbert, Art Historian & Curator of the "New Deal for Illinois" exhibit at the Figge - Pgm #1347
November 21 & 24, 2013: Landscape pastelist Diane Bruce - Pgm #1346
November 14 & 17, 2013: Author & publisher Steve Semken - Pgm #1345
November 7 & 10, 2013: Photographer and artist Mark Hirsch - Pgm #1344
October 31 & November 3, 2013: Artists from Dig Vintage Modern Handmade Gifts in Galesburg - Pgm #1343
Octobet 24 & 27, 2013: Poet Lauren Alleyne & novelist Chad Michael Lange - Pgm #1342
October 17 & 20, 2013: Oil landscape painter Gale Hartman - Pgm #1341
October 10 & 13, 2013: Artist/phisopher William Webster - Pgm #1340
October 3 & 6, 2013: Figure and portrait artist Jason Frank - Pgm #1339
September 26 & 29, 2013: Interviews from the 2013 Riverssance Festival of Fine Art - Pgm #1338
September 19 & 22, 2013: Potter & muralist Sally Gierke - Pgm #1337
September 12 & 15, 2013: Artist, teacher, and winner of the 2013 Riverssance Harlequin Award, Nick DiGioia - Pgm #1336
September 5 & 8, 2013: Members of Artist Friends, discussing online art marketing - Pgm #1335
August 29 & September 1, 2013: Painter and illustrator David Otto - Pgm #1334
August 22 & 25, 2013: Ali Levasseur & Paula Neuhaus discuss the Voices from the Warehouse District exhibit and events in Dubuque - Pgm #1333
August 15 & 18, 2013: Illustrator and author Bill Hannan - Pgm #1332
August 8 & 11, 2013: Tami Finley, Youth Services Manager at the Bettendorf Public Library - Pgm #1331
August 1 & 4, 2013: Sculptor and gallery owner Dean Kugler - Pgm #1330
July 25 & 28, 2013: Musician and Director of Programming at RME, Ellis Kell, and his granddaughter Karli Rose - Pgm #1329
July 18 & 21, 2013: Pastel painter Deborah Stewart - Pgm #1328
July 11 & 14, 2013: Cake decorator & sugar artist Robin Conner-Hunt - Pgm #1327
July 4 & 7, 2013: Photographer Trent Foltz - Pgm #1326
June 27 & 30, 2013: Acrylic landscape painter Brad Bisbey - Pgm #1325
June 20 & 23, 2013: Drummer and Music Director of the Bix Jazz Festival, Josh Duffee - Pgm #1324
June 13 & 16, 2013: Landscape artist Greg Thatcher - Pgm #1323
June 6 & 9, 2013: Lego Master Model Builder Andrew Johnson from the Legoland Discovery Center in Schaumberg, IL - Pgm #1322
May 30 & June 2, 2013: Photographer Hunt Harris - Pgm #1321
May 23 & 26, 2013: Terry Rathje, Steve Banks, & Monica Correia on their show "Questionable Architecture" at the Figge - Pgm #1320
May 16 & 19, 2013: Muralist Heidi Sallows - Pgm #1319
May 9 & 12, 2013: Mark Wahlert, Exective Director of the Dubuque Museum of Art, and artist Catherine Jones Davies - Pgm #1318
May 2 & 5, 2013: Artist and renaissance woman Amber O'Harrow - Pgm #1317
April 25 & 28, 2013: Songwriter, videographer, animator, & entertainer Steve Couch - Pgm #1316
April 18 & 21, 2013: Actors, Directors, & Playwrights from New Ground Theatre's Playwrights Festival - Pgm #1315
April 11 & 14, 2013: Furniture maker Tom Hall - Pgm #1314
April 4 & 7, 2013: The Julien Dubuque International Film Festival - Pgm #1313
March 28 & 31, 2013: Sherry Maurer on the 37th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition - Pgm #1312
March 21 & 24, 2013: Silkscreen painter Karen Blomme - Pgm #1311
March 14 & 17, 2013: Guests from Prenzie Players discuss their new production of "Antigone" - Pgm #1310
March 7 & 10, 2013: Artist, poet, and teacher Dan Johnson - Pgm #1309
February 28 & March 3, 2013: Jazz at The ARTery on March 15th - Pgm #1308
February 21 & 24, 2013: 3-dimensional painter Chuck Knudsen - Pgm #1307
February 14 & 17, 2013: Photographer and graphic educator C.T. Weiss - Pgm #1306
February 7 & 10, 2013: Members of the Art Legacy League, honoring Fr. Catich - Pgm #1305
January 31 & February 3, 2013: Poet Ryan Collins - Pgm #1304
January 24 & 27, 2013: The Incredible Bill Hannan - Pgm #1303
January 17 & 20, 2013: Pastel artists David Garrison and Celile Houel - Pgm #1302
January 10 & 13: 2013 Creativity and arts advocate Glorie Iaccarino - Pgm #1301
January 3 & 6, 2013: Head of the Graphic Design program at Augustana College, Kelvin Mason - Pgm #1253
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