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Louisiana Artist: |
Sculptor John Barnes, Jr. is a native of Bogalusa, and currently serves as the Chair of Visual Art at Dillard University, where he has taught since 1999. Barnes earned his B.F.A. at Southern University in Baton Rouge, and received an M.F.A. with an emphasis on sculpture from the Memphis College of Art. Mr. Barnes recently sat down with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop to talk about his life as a "Louisiana Artist"... |
Maurice Brown |
When such jazz luminaries as Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, and Alvin Batiste tout a 23-year-old musician as one of the most promising on his instrument, and Ellis Marsalis writes the liner notes for that young player's debut CD, it's probably a good idea to give that artist a listen. That's exactly what a growing number of music lovers in New Orleans and around the country are doing to trumpet Maurice Brown, who celebrated the release of his debut CD "From Hip to Bop" tomorrow night at Snug Harbor. Maurice Brown recently sat down with WWNO's Fred Kasten to talk about the origins of "Hip to Bop"... |
LA Garden Journal: |
It has legions of fans for its flowers, foliage, fragrance, and flavor: ginger is the subject of Jeannette Hardy's entry today in the Louisiana Garden Journal... |
Louisiana Artist |
Sculptor John Geldersma was born in Golden Meadow and grew up in Harvey. He studied art at the University of Louisiana Lafayette (then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana) and at Rutgers, then taught art at ULL for 20 years. Geldersma works mostly in wood and is best known for his "spirit poles" totemic sculptures. Though he now lives in New Mexico, John Geldersma remains deeply influenced by the Bayou State, and recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about his life as a Louisiana Artist ... |
LA Garden Journal: |
New Orleans probably sports more good cooks per square block than any other city on the planet, their efforts enhanced significantly in recent years by the growing availability of fresh herbs. Those herbs are here thanks in large part to the efforts of the West Bank gardener Jeannette Hardy introduces you to next, in today's "Herbs" entry in the Louisiana Garden Journal... |
It's only Wine |
So you get home from work today and have a nice glass of wine, maybe enjoy a second glass with dinner ... but that still leaves half the bottle. Will it keep? Wine seller Ric Hopper has the answer in today's edition of "It's Only Wine"... |
Prof. Martha Ward |
June 23rd is St. John's Eve, one of the most important annual events on the New Orleans Voodoo calendar. St. John's Eve celebrations led through much of the 19th century by Marie Laveau and her daughter (also named Marie), first in Congo Square, then later along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, are the stuff of international legend -- but reliable information about the lives of the two Marie Laveaus has long been in short supply. A new book by University of New Orleans Professor of Anthropology and Urban Studies Martha Ward is changing that. Martha Ward recently talked with WWNO's Fred Kasten about her new book Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau... |
Louisiana Garden Journal |
Louisiana, it turns out, has been one of the U.S.A.'s Moso Bamboo-growing hot spots for right at a hundred years, most recently on a pretty patch of Washington Parish about 90 minutes from New Orleans. WWNO's Jeannette Hardy has more, for today's "Bamboo" entry in the Louisiana Garden Journal... |
Louisiana Artist: |
John Clemmer has figured prominently in New Orleans art circles since his days as a student at the since-closed New Orleans Art School in the French Quarter in the late 1930s. He joined the faculty at Tulane University's School of Architecture in 1951, where he remained until 1978, when he became chairman of the art department at Tulane's Newcomb College. Following his retirement from Tulane in 1986, Clemmer remained active as a painter and sculptor, and his work is in numerous private and public collections. John Clemmer recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about his life as a "Louisiana Artist"... click here to view Clemmer's art |
Louisiana Artist: |
Novelist Anne Rice is one of the best-known New Orleanians in the world. Her late husband Stan Rice, while less known, was nonetheless an accomplished artist; a widely-published poet who devoted increasing time over the last fifteen years of his life to painting. In 1998, Stan Rice opened a gallery in New Orleans, started showing exclusively his work there, and hired nationally-known photographer and curator Lew Thomas as gallery director. As WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop recently found out, the connections between Lew Thomas and Stan Rice actually began in San Francisco ... click here to view Stan Rice's paintings |
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Robert Warrens is one of Louisiana's most acclaimed artists and influential art educators. He retired from the art faculty at LSU in 1998 after 31 years on the Baton Rouge campus, but continues to sculpt and paint. Warrens is currently represented in New Orleans by the Sylvia Schmidt Gallery. As WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop recently found out, Robert Warrens was first immersed in the world of art as an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee..To view Robert Warren's work, click here |
Louisiana Garden Journal: |
This year, Easter and the big blue blossoms of the native Louisiana irises at Jean Lafitte National Park have arrived together. Today, WWNO's Jeannette Hardy has an "Iris" entry in the Louisiana Garden Journal ... |
Louisiana Artist: |
Artist Audra Kohout is known for her box assemblage in mixed media, turning such discarded materials as human hair, doll parts, and broken watches into often startling work that offers a distinctly personal and poetic view of the world. Audra Kohout recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about her life and work as a Louisiana Artist ... To view Kohout's work, click here |
Sarah Vowell |
Sarah Vowell is the author of the national bestseller, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, and is a regular contributor to "This American Life". Her television appearances include "The Late Show With David Letterman", "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart", "Nightline", and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien". Sarah Vowell is in New Orleans this weekend for the Tennessee Williams Festival, and a Center Stage reading at NOCCA/Riverfront. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story ... |
Louisiana Garden Journal: |
Today's entry takes place under a grove of wild oaks in Lafayette, Louisiana, where Jeannette Hardy talked with learned storytelling naturalist Bill Fontenot. Fontenot knows his birds and critters, and he knows Louisiana's wildflowers and native trees -- especially the mythic live oak ... |
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Atlanta artist Pam Longobardi is starting to make a name for herself in New Orleans, with work currently showing at two Crescent City sites: the "Birdspace" group exhibition at the Contemporary arts Center, and her own "Artificial Kingdoms" exhibition, including paintings and a "cabinet of curiosities" installation, at the Sylvia Schmidt Gallery. Pam Longobardi recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about her installation at the CAC, and exhibition at the Sylvia Schmidt Gallery. |
New Orleans Stage: |
The 18th annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival runs March 24-28. WWNO's Karl Lengel filed this report recently for the monthly series "New Orleans Stage". |
Stephen Danker |
Tonight at the Orpheum Theater, Klauspeter Seibel and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra join forces with the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans, Loyola Chorale, and vocal soloists Philip and Ellen Frohnmayer, for the world premiere of New Orleans composer Stephen Dankner's monumental Symphony No. 5 "Odyssey of Faith". WWNO's Fred Kasten has the story... |
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Steve Rucker is a native of Cleveland, Tennesee, and long-time resident of New Orleans. He earned a B.F.A. in Art at Middle Tennessee State University, and an M.F.A from LSU. Rucker is currently Associate Professor of Art at Loyola University New Orleans, where he has taught ceramics, painting, and drawing since 1981. Steve Rucker recently visitied with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop to talk about his life and work as a Louisiana Artist ... To see more of Steve Rucker's work, click here |
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Writer John Barry won a lot of readers, critical acclaim, and awards, with his book Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America. His latest book also deals with a cataclysmic event: the worldwide flu epidemic of 1918. John Barry recently talked with WWNO's Fred Kasten about The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History... |
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Printmaker Teresa Cole exhibits her work nationally - and internationally - and recently worked with acclaimed artist Judy Chicago at the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State. Teresa Cole studied art in Baltimore and Detroit - and currently holds the Ellsworth Woodward Professorship in Art at Tulane University. Not long ago - Teresa Cole sat down with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop to talk about life as a "Louisiana Artist"... To see some of Teresa Cole's work, click here |
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Permagrin |
When New Orleans band Permagrin's new CD landed on NPR's All Songs Considered website recently, it generated a lot of interest. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story. |
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Jacqueline Bishop is one of fifty artists showing work in the Contemporary Arts Center's major new exhibition "Birdspace". Much of the raw inspiration for Jacqueline Bishop's paintings and installations of the last dozen years, which often feature both bird imagery and orchids, comes from her frequent trips deep into the Amazonian Rain Forest in Brazil. WWNO's Fred Kasten went along on one such recent trip to record some of Bishop's rain forest experiences, observations, and recollections ... To view Jacqueline Bishop's paintings, click here |
 Hackberry Ramblers January 13, 2004 |
Dancing to the music of the Hackberry Ramblers is something folks in Louisiana have enjoyed for 70 years. All this week, people elsewhere in the U.S.A. will get a taste of that pleasure, as public television stations around the country premiere the new documentary "Make 'Em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers Story". WWNO's Fred Kasten recently talked with the film's co-producer Ben Sandmel about the Hackberry Ramblers, and "Make 'Em Dance"... |
 David Rubin January 9, 2004 |
The Contemporary Arts Center has opened a major new exhibition - "Birdspace." WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop recently talked with David Rubin, curator of visual art at the CAC, about "Birdspace"... To see more of the work on display in Birdspace, click here |
 Louisiana Artist: Ron Bechet January 7, 2004 |
Artist and educator Ron Bechet is a native of New Orleans. He was educated at the University of New Orleans and Yale University, and currently serves chairman of the Department of Fine Arts at Xavier University. Ron Bechet recently talked with WWNO's Jacqueline Bishop about his life as a "Louisiana Artist" ... |
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