Art On The Air

Updated: 27 Mar 2025 • 278 episodes
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ART ON THE AIR is an hour-long radio show / podcast that opens with a short interview about local art events in Northwest Indiana's three county area, then continues to the long-form feature interview portion. Guests include individual artists, photographers, gallery owner/curators, festival sponsors, authors, the shakers and movers in NW Indiana, Chicago and beyond vibrant art, theater, and music scene, plus much more. Hosts are Larry A Brechner, long-time theater director, photographic artist, and arts organization board member, and Ester Golden, owner of The Nest in Michigan City.

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This week (4/18 & 4/20) on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features 1994 Highland High School graduate and band alumni, Greg Jamrok, who went onto a prolific 30-year career scoring many television shows including the last four Academy Award ceremonies and several Oscar award winning motion pictures.Our spotlight is on Ch

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This week (4/11 & 4/13) on ART ON THE AIR features the professor behind printmaking at IU South Bend, William Tourtillotte, whose work revolves around themes of plant forms, current news and popular culture. Next co-founder and director of the Syracuse Poster Project, Jim Emmons, that creates an annual series of illust

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This week (4/4 & 4/6) on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features President and CEO for Chicago’s National Museum of Mexican Art, José Ochoa, whose shares his diverse career in the performing arts, dance, music, theatre, visual arts as well as his work in arts administration and education.Our spotlight is on LaPorte Coun

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This week (3/28 & 3/30) on ART ON THE AIR features Aric Geesaman whose search for the perfect knife, learned how to craft beautiful custom-made knives that are both functional and collectable. Next from his new book of poetry, “Loss, Aging, Gratitude, Acceptance,” Ryan Steinbeck shares several of his poems. Our spotlig

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This week (3/21 & 3/23) on ART ON THE AIR features beginning her career as West Virginia Statehouse correspondent for United Press International in 1964, Carolyn R. Boiarsky, later became a television news reporter, author, and professor of English discussing her book “Lead Babies and Poisoned Housing.” Next Louisville

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This week (3/14 & 3/16) on ART ON THE AIR features Chicago-based Americana singer-songwriter, guitarist Nikki O’Neill who blends soul, rhythm & blues, and gospel music into her very own style and previewing selections from her new album, “Stories I Only Tell My Friends” released March 14th. Next we have actor, playwrig

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