Art Focus

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Airs at: Tue, 03/11/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Airs at: Tue, 02/25/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Art Focus
Hosted by: 
Joseph Gallivan
Produced by: 
KBOO
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A radio show about visual art. You get it.

 

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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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Topic tags: 
Arts/Culture
Genre(s): 
Arts and Culture
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Joseph Gallivan interviews Sara Krajewski about Josh Kline’s work “Freedom.”

Airs at: Tue, 08/02/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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  On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Sara Krajewski about Josh Kline’s work “Freedom.” Krajewski is the curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Portland Art Museum and she helped organize funding for this latest chapter of Kline’s work. ... Read more

Art Focus hosted by Andre Middleton w/ guest Lance Dawes

Airs at: Tue, 07/26/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Lance Dawes is best known for his work as a documentary and editorial photographer in the world of skateboarding. Lance began shooting skaters and misfits as a teen, while becoming a sponsored skateboarder for the legendary Dogtown Skateboards. In 1990 he attended film scho... Read more

Art Focus hosted by Andre Middleton and guest writer Monica Villaseñor

Airs at: Tue, 07/12/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Monica is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. She recently ended a decade-long career in technology to pursue her passion: to become a writer of future and imaginary worlds. She recently attended the the VONA 2016 Speculative Fiction workshop taught by Tananar... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Maribeth Graybill about Chinese woodblock printing

Airs at: Tue, 07/05/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Maribeth Graybill of the Portland art Museum about Splashes of Color: Chinese Woodblock Prints from the You Wei Du Zhai Collection which runs June 25 through Oct 9, 2016. Graybill will talk about the artistry i... Read more

Art Focus hosted by Andre Middleton with guest Hap Gallery

Airs at: Tue, 06/28/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Hap opened November, 2013 to show contemporary artists, explore curatorial issues, and experiment with gallery practices. Hap works to build bridges between artists and their audiences, and to engage new and experienced collectors. Damien Gilley June 2–July 9, 2016 Artist... Read more

Jane Mayer on the Hidden History of America s Billionaires (Making Contact)

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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  Art Focus is off today. Instead we'll hear Making Contact. Who is Charles Koch--really? Who are the members of the Network ? "a semi-secret group assembled by the Koch brothers? How are the superrich s priorities transforming American society? Journalist Jane Mayer spent... Read more

Art Focus hosted by Andre Middleton w/ guest Mia O'Connor and Natalie Figueroa

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Mia O'Connor is a 22 year old Portland native. She started dancing at age 3, joined pre professional dance company Jefferson dancers (2008-2012) after graduating from Grant HS, she moved to NYC to dance at the Ailey school. Once she returned to Portland, in January 2015 she... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews clothing designer Jared Yazzie about the show Native Fashion Now at the Portland Art Museum.

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday June 7, 2016, Joseph Gallivan interviews clothing designer Jared Yazzie about the show Native Fashion Now, which runs through Sept. 4 at the Portland Art Museum. Yazzie will talk about the emergence of native fashion from open air markets to Project Runway and h... Read more

Art Focus with host Andre Middleton

Airs at: Tue, 05/31/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Two years ago the former Consul General of Japan Hiroshi Furusawa attended a meeting at which tempers flared among members of some local ethnic communities. He was concerned about what he witnessed and began to consider ways in which he could make positive changes. He co... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews architects Robert Hoffman and Brian Cavanaugh about Snøhetta

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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On Tuesday May 24 Joseph Gallivan interviews architects Robert Hoffman and Brian Cavanaugh about Snøhetta, the Norwegian architecture firm that is designing the James Beard Public Market in downtown Portland and the Willamette Falls Riverwalk in Oregon City. Hoffman and Ca... Read more