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A Line Around Your ThoughtsGwyn Pevonka, visual artist & founder of 33 Artists MarketWe sit down this week with visual artist Gwyn Pevonka, who also happens to be the driving force behind the 33 Artists Market.There's a 33 Artists Market coming up this weekend (Saturday, July 26, 2025). It's in a brand new location at the Pergola Event Center, and the number of participating artists has tripled for this particular event.Gwyn talks about why she chose to make this her biggest market yet, all the ways that 33 Artists Market has changed since it launched in 2022 as well as the changes that she's making to her own art. The conversation ended u...2025-07-2450 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsZuill Bailey of Northwest BachFestOn this week's episode we catch up with Zuill Bailey, who is not only an internationally touring cellist but also artistic director of the Northwest BachFest.There are three BachFest concerts coming up next week. First, there's Music in Manito on July 22 and 23. That's followed by the Afterglow performance at Barrister Winery on July 24. All three shows feature the same guest artists — namely, the Brazilian-inspired trio Biribá Union as well as the violinist Helen Hwaya Kim.But the two different venues mean that the concerts are going be very different experiences. Zuill talks abo...2025-07-1752 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsDominique Betts & Celeste Bidwell-Williams of Bright Comet TheatreThis week we're talking with Dominique Betts, the co-founder of Bright Comet Theatre, and Celeste Bidwell-Williams, who has the lead role in BCT's upcoming production of Carrie: The Musical.Carrie opens Friday, July 18 at Stage Left Theater. More info on the show is available at either the Bright Comet or Stage Left websites (linked in this description).Dominique and Celeste naturally provided some insight into this staging of Carrie, but they also put the production in the context of Bright Comet's mission to provide opportunities to underrepresented actors.And we couldn't help but...2025-07-1046 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsMelody Chang & Andrea Olsen of Spokane Valley Summer TheatreThis week's episode features another pair of guests: Melody Chang and Andrea Olsen of Spokane Valley Summer Theatre — and by extension the Idaho Central Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center.Andrea is the organization's associate artistic director, and Melody is the communications & marketing director.Melody and Andrea came into the Rogue Heart Media studio to reflect on SVST's 10th anniversary and update us on the progress on the new performing arts center. They also talked about what's in store for the rest of this season, which kicked off in June with Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of...2025-07-031h 00A Line Around Your ThoughtsPollyanne Birge of the Office of Neighborhood Services & Madison Merica, artistOur guests this week are Pollyanne Birge of the City of Spokane's Office of Neighborhood Services as well as independent artist Madison Merica.Pollyanne and Madison came in to talk about This Is Spokane:A Civic Guide for Neighbors, which is a new zine that the city has put out to help residents get a better fix on how local government works. Madison was the lead artist on that project.We talk about what a zine is, why it was a really good medium for this kind of content, and how it's one a few...2025-06-2653 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsJess Walter, authorThis week's episode features a conversation with author Jess Walter, whose new novel is titled So Far Gone and was just published by HarperCollins.So Far Gone is set in and around Spokane but its story isn't region-specific. It's meant to be a portrait of a country where people who might be sitting around the same Thanksgiving table can be living in entirely different realities.Jess and host E.J. Iannelli talk about that phenomenon as well as how much overlap there is between the author and his outspoken protagonistMany thanks to o...2025-06-1948 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsBryan Harnetiaux, playwrightFor this week's episode of A Line Around Your Thoughts, we're joined by Bryan Harnetiaux, the Spokane Civic Theatre's playwright in residence since 1982.Bryan came in to provide the lowdown on the upcoming Playwrights' Forum Festival that bears his name.In 2025, the festival runs from June 19–22 in the Spokane Civic Theatre's Firth J. Chew studio space. This year, its 35th, there are a dozen one-act plays that will be performed in two different rotations over those four days.Out of our festival-focused conversation sprang a number of other topics. We also ended up di...2025-06-1251 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsMallory Battista, metalworker, sculptor & illustratorOur guest on this week's episode of A Line Around Your Thoughts is Mallory Battista, an independent artist who works in a variety of media.You've probably already come across Mallory's work in the form of murals, mosaic sculptures, holiday window displays, ironworking or comics. She was even kind enough to design the logo for this podcast.We ended up talking about, among other things, zines, the Garbage Goat and the importance of public art — as well as the recent renaissance of public art in Spokane, and why that might be under threat by the cur...2025-06-0542 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsMarit Fischer & Rob Worstell of the MACThis week's episode puts us in conversation with Marit Fischer and Rob Worstell. Marit is the chief marketing officer at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; Rob is the organization's education director.Although most MAC conversations tend to focus on the exhibitions, what we talk about instead are the museum's educational and outreach initiatives. They include everything from a youth arts leadership program called Teens at the MAC to the new Curators of Sound concert series.That means there are plenty of dates for your calendar, including the annual ArtFest, which is coming up t...2025-05-291h 05A Line Around Your ThoughtsDarya Pilram, artist and Economic Recovery Corps FellowOn this episode we sit down with Darya Pilram, an artist and Economic Recovery Corps Fellow.We discuss both of those roles, starting with her very first solo exhibition titled "Embracing Imperfection: The Art of Kintsugi Repair." It runs at Spokane's Trackside Studio until May 30, 2025.Then we dive into her work helping to establish creative districts in Garland and Hillyard in Spokane well as in Coeur d'Alene and Kellogg, Idaho.Along the way we talk about the dynamics of Washington State's nearly $120 billion creative economy and why the creative economy itself can be s...2025-05-221h 26A Line Around Your ThoughtsShelly Wynecoop of Spokane ArtsOur guest on this week's episode of A Line Around Your Thoughts is Shelly Wynecoop, director of grantmaking at Spokane Arts.Fresh off the announcement of the most recent round of Spokane Arts Grant Award (SAGA) recipients, Shelly came in to talk about the projects that were funded and the ins and outs of the process itself.We start by going behind the scenes of SAGA and then move on to address the wider impact that the grant program has had over the past nine years — including how important that impact might be at a time...2025-05-1547 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsJames Lowe of the Spokane SymphonyThis week's guest is James Lowe, music director of the Spokane Symphony.James previews this weekend's Masterworks #9 concert featuring cellist Zuill Bailey, which also happens to be the finale for the SSO's 79th season.He also talks about some of the overarching themes and anticipated highlights for the symphony's recently announced 80th season in 2025–'26.Along the way we chat about the unusual casualties of Star Wars, the frequently heralded death of classical music and the joys of singing ABBA songs in the shower.A huge thanks to our founding sponsor Ro...2025-05-0857 minA Line Around Your ThoughtsTroy Nickerson & Chris Jensen of Theater on the VergeFor our very first episode, we're joined by director Troy Nickerson and his creative partner Chris Jensen.Their new theater company, Theater on the Verge, launched late last year and recently closed its inaugural production, Every Brilliant Thing.Troy and Chris talk about why they founded Theater on the Verge and the lessons learned during Every Brilliant Thing — including why they had to walk back the announcement of their second production at the end of the run.Stay tuned for the revealing Lightning Round questions at the end.A big thanks to...2025-05-0140 min