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The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 98 - Plein Air in the Mojave - Meet Alina LindquistOur friend Matt Harper provided Linda and Steve contact info for Alina Lindquist and wow are we ever glad he did, what a talent.
Direct experience with the landscape is a cornerstone of my artistic practice. I primarily paint en plein air with oil to capture my initial experience on location. Sometimes I will use watercolor or gouache, depending on how much I want to carry that day. No matter what materials I use, the marks and colors captured outside inform my larger work back in the studio.
There’s an ineffable quality of the de...2023-05-2541 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 99 - Brothers, Friends, Fresh Prince and Bosom Buddies - Meet Shelley JensenOur friends Diane Alexanian and Jill Waters combined their super Hollywood powers to bring us acclaimed director and all around nice guy Shelley Jensen for a rousing hour interview.
This is a great listen. Catch you in an hour when you can drop us a line at artboxvv@gmail.com to tell us how much you loved this episode.
We loved his quote: "Life is a fun ride and it’s really up to the individual to enjoy it"
A bit about Shelley.
Shelley Jensen is an American television director and produ...2023-05-231h 04The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 97 - Women’s History and Culture Center - Mesquite Heroes - Meet Jean and CarolLinda and Steve sit down with Mesquite Women's History and Culture Center founder Jean Watkins and General Manager Carol Saldivar for a heartwarming and enlightening interview. You will be inspired.
"Bloom where you're planted"
Learn more about these local heroes making impacts nationally.
https://whccmesquitenv.org/
2023-05-031h 10The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 96 - Thrashers, Mojave Desert, Flyways, Audubon Society and Amazing Photographer - Meet Alex HarperThis was a Sunday recording episode to beat all, meet Alex Harper, Community and Education Chair for the Red Rock Audubon Society. Linda and Steve could have talked/learned from Alex for hours, but alas he needed to get home to Las Vegas.
Avian field work brought Alex from South Florida to Las Vegas in 2015, and he has been finding rarities in the desert ever since. He first began guiding as a volunteer trip leader for the Audubon chapter in Miami as a teenager and took visiting birders around the city for specialties while in high school. H...2023-05-021h 02The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 95 - Barrick Museum of Art - Loads of Talent, bunches of Creativity and a Pinch of Salt - Meet Rachelle Reichert - MDMOh my goodness Linda and Steve got their luck on this week when we interviewed Oakland based artist Rachelle Reichart, this is an interview we did not want to end, but alas it was Friday and Rachelle needed to go help her daughter pick some Kale for dinner.
Rachelle Reichert lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She creates drawings, mixed media works, sculptures and art books to consider the materiality of landscape and its representation to explore landscapes permanently altered by climate change and industrialization.
Select exhibitions include the Contemporary Jewish Museum, C...2023-04-3043 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 94 - 10 Minutes With Sue McPherson and Randy BaumanSue McPherson and Randy Bauman discuss the Mesquite Fine Art's Center Photographic Society May exhibition "Through the Photographer's Eyes" in this Ten Minutes With podcast.
2023-04-2710 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 92 - Falls, fights, 75 steps and 130 film credits - Meet Chuck WatersDiane Alexanian super guest recruiter and now podcast co-host brought us long time friend and famous Hollywood Stuntman Chuck Waters for our 92nd episode. This is a MUST listen!
The picture is Chuck on the set of High Plains Drifter from 1972.
Chuck Waters is an American stuntman and actor who has worked on more than 130 films. Waters was born on September 14, 1934, in Libertyville, Illinois and grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. Even as a child, he was known for his adventurous nature: as early as five years old, he could be found climbing on the roof o...2023-04-261h 16The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 93 - Doreen Kinkade - May 2023 Artist of the MonthDoreen Kinkade
Doreen entered the art world in 1974 when she signed up for adult art education classes at Chaffey College in Ontario, California. Her very talented teacher, Dee Cole, opened Doreen's world. She learned Batik, off-loom weaving, fabric collage, and slab pottery in three short years.
After being transferred to Kentucky, she taught Macrame and off-loom weaving. A year later, they were again moved, this time to Iowa. Doreen became seriously involved in teaching crafts. She had a very successful Christmas Bazaar in her home for nine years. Doreen made fabric Santas, snowmen, and other...2023-04-2018 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 91 - Barrick Museum of Art - Modern Desert Markings - Poem for the Ages - Ms. AyeVee - MDMPlease let your heart and soul enjoy a poem written by Ms. AyeVee during one of our artist visits to the Jean Dry Lake Bed for the Modern Desert Markings exhibition.
Ms. AyeVee is an award-winning poet and curator from Las Vegas. Her work has been published by Zeitgeist Press, Red Rock Review, Nevada Humanities, and Las Vegas Review-Journal, to name a few. She also curates poetry workshops, events, and features for Poetry Promise, Nevada Humanities, and the City of Henderson. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, she founded Beyond the Neon Poetry Slam.
2023-04-1403 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 90 - Barrick Museum of Art - A Cornocopia of Land Art Wisdom - Meet Hikmet Sydney Loe - MDMThe best thing about Hikmet's interview with us was that I got to edit it and listen to it again about another twenty times.
You may know her as Katie Hoffman's co_curator for the Modern Desert Markings exhibit at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, we know her as the consummate art professional and friend that we could have talked to for days.
Born and raised on the east coast, Hikmet Sidney Loe fell in love with the Great Basin's deserts and the environs of Great Salt L...2023-04-111h 02The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 89 - Barrick Museum of Art - No Doubt Our Favorite Sculptor - Meet Emily Budd - MDMEmily Budd
Linda and Steve were ever so privileged to sit with Emily at her metal shop @ UNLV for a wide ranging interview on all things art, paleontology, desert trash and Rhyolite. If it wasn't for schedules, parking fines and the need for humans to nourish themselves with food we would likely still be there. Listen in to a great interview. More about Emily.
Emily is a queer artist specializing in time travel through mold-making. Drawing from a background in bronze-casting and paleontology, her work speculates on our own futurity and fossilization. Reformative monuments, memorials, a...2023-04-1148 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 88 - Barrick Museum of Art - Living from the Land - Meet Mark Brest van Kempen - MDMMark Brest van Kempen
Steve must thank Mark for his take on the Modern Desert Markings exhibit that the 50 year old art became real art as the land has taken it back.
Mark Brest van Kempen has created a variety of artworks using the landscape itself as sculptural material. From the Free Speech Monument on the UC Berkeley campus to Land Exchange at the National Academy of Art in China, his work explores the range of emotions and issues that are embodied in our complex relationship to the environment. He has spoken around the country...2023-04-1116 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 87 - Barrick Museum of Art - Mixing Archeology, Art and Goodness - Meet Paige Bockman - MDMPaige Bockman
Meet the unsung hero of the Modern Desert Markings exhibit at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art @ UNLV. You could find her on the field trips, find her arranging for art deliveries, coordinating artists, installing art and yes, even watering our special Mojave plants.
Growing up in a small town in eastern Nebraska where everyone knew everyone, I was always
interested in stories and eager to meet people with backgrounds different from my own. I went to
college at Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska, where I studied Anthropology and Classical & Near
...2023-04-1151 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 86 - Barrick Museum of Art - Solitaire, Lunch Bags, Front Yard Art - Meet Alisha Kerlin - MDMWhat a fantastic interview we had with Alisha, from front yard gardens, to use of snail mail, lunch bag art for her daughter and the possibilities of cloning to facilitate 24 hour work days. All who listen know of our final question "What has inspired you this week?" Well, Alisha gave inspirational answers three times, I am sure she could have gone on. GREAT podcast!
Alisha Kerlin encourages dialogue about art and ideas through interdisciplinary programs and innovative exhibitions linked to wide-ranging community outreach. With full graduate faculty status, she received the UNLV College of Fine Arts Outstanding...2023-04-1153 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 85 - Dastardly Desert Desperados - A Chat with the Cast ”in Character”Steve made his way via horse drawn ATV out to Lizard, Nevada this evening to chat with the zany residents. We talked to the cast "in-character" on the stage, was it noisy, yes, was it funny, OMG yes. The scene stealing donkey even got in the act. See what all the fuss is about, get out to our theatre 150 N Yucca St, Mesquite, NV 89027 this weekend or next for a fun time.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.mctnv.com/
Reviews: https://mvprogress.com/2023/03/21/mct-brings-melodrama-magic/?fbclid=IwAR099zo8Lkt0yCL2Re7t11v3Y_q...2023-03-2425 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 84 - Barrick Museum of Art - Drones, Land Art, Conservation and Maker of Monuments - Meet Paula Jacoby Garrett - MDMThe first time I heard the term Land Art was in college. My ecology instructor showed us images of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty. We learned how creating the spiral altered the environment enough to cause the tiny microscopic organisms to change the color of the water surrounding it to red.
Living in southern Nevada, I knew we had a few key Land Art pieces in the area. I had heard rumors about Heizer’s large Land Art piece called City. He spent decades creating it, but to date, only a select few had ever seen it. I hav...2023-03-2222 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 83 - Barrick Museum of Art - Social Media, Bottle Caps and Why No Smelly Exhibits - Meet Deanne Sole - MDMRayette and I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Deanne and chatting about her many roles at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art at UNLV as well as her unique art and believe it or not the ins and outs of why the fifth sense is not a museum staple.
2023-03-2226 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 82 - Be Your Best Self - Meet Maureen ”Reenie” McFarlandRachel, Linda and Steve had the pleasure of chatting with our friend Reenie McFarland the other day. If you do not live in Mesquite, Nevada, after hearing this conversation with Reenie, you will want to move here.
Reenie McFarland 2-3-2023
As the daughter of an Army colonel, I grew up in a variety of locations and attended a dozen schools by the time I graduated high school. This gave me some strengths, such as the ability to adapt to new surroundings easily and to feel comfortable getting to know new people, but it also gave me some weaknesses, like no life-long friendships and an “out of sight out of mind”...2023-03-2155 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 81 - Creativity, LithoMosaics, and Temporary Human Occupants - Meet Robin and WickLiving my real-life six degrees of separation from Dulzura, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada to Lincoln City, Oregon, Steve happened upon incredible humans and artists Wick Alexander and Robin Brailsford via friends Paula Jacoby Garret and Niki Price. I hope by listening you will gain as much as I did in interviewing them.
Robin Brailsford
Lead Artist, Inventor, Aesthetic Engineer, Silversmith
Brailsford Public Art
PO Box 426 1116 Marron Valley Road Dulzura, California 91917
619-468-9641 robinbrailsford@yahoo.com www.robinbrailsford.com
“AS A PUBLIC ARTIST, I SEE MY ROLE AS RECOGNIZING THE POT...2023-03-211h 01The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 80 - Oil, Plein Air, Hallmark Cards and the KC Chiefs - Meet Greg Summers Gregory Summers ASI / OPS
“We go outdoors to enjoy the land or stay inside to avoid it. It is the outdoor artist that brings the outside in.”
Born in the Flint Hills, Gregory Summers began his professional career at Hallmark Cards Inc in 1979. A Master Engraver, he now paints primarily “En Plein Air” across the globe with a limited pallet of only 4 colors. Former Vice President of the Greater Kansas City Artists Association, co-founder of the Missouri Valley Impressionist Society, and Brush Creek Plein Air: painting competition in Kansas City, Missouri.
“I am inspired by crea...2023-03-201h 33The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 79 - Coozies, Doodles, Poker, Glass and Tammy - Meet Amy WellsAmy Wells bio is coming soon.
2023-03-2054 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 78 - Hospice, Huge Hearts and Some Music - Meet Lisa and Eric WordalLinda and Steve had the pleasure of hosting an amazing couple, who give back with their amazing talents to their adopted town of Mesquite.
Eric is a member of the Virgin Valley Art Association and of the Virgin Valley Photographic Society. Eric has a pre professional degree in pharmacy from Green River Community College, A Certificate of Highest Honors from the Glen Fishback School of Photography. He is also a Licensed Massage Therapist in both Montana and Nevada. He was on the board of the Montana Professional Photographer’s Association and rated in the Top 10. He...2023-03-201h 00The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 77 - Butler Silo’s, Hootenannies, Cowboy Poetry and Not Afraid to Cry - Meet Harlo BirkholzIt was our pleasure to interview one of our founding members Harlo Birkholz recently. Instead of typing Harlo’s story here, we will let you just listen. Below are a few of his poems for you to enjoy.
Who's in the Mirror
I stumbled and it wasn't my toe
That got me in trouble.
I tried to blame the rock, the berm, the world,
Until I saw me, in a mirror of my mind.
Shocked, I said, “THIS has to end” but
I had no d...2023-03-161h 02The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 76 - Deep Space, Volunteering and Nature Journaling - Meet Teresa Skye and Dave WardLast September we recorded our first outdoor episode with two of Steve’s favorite friends and humans Teresa Skye and Dave Ward. We met while volunteering for the US Fish and Wildlife Service at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. We have been holding this episode to coincide with Teresa’s Brown Bag presentation and workshop on Nature Journaling on April 4. You can sign up here: https://www.mesquitefineartscenter.com/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=590375&item_id=1883932&event_date_id=255
and here: https://www.mesquitefineartscenter.com/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=590375&item_id=1925184&event_date_id=255
2023-03-111h 24The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 75 - Dastardly Desert Desperados - Meet Screen Writers Sue and NancyThe Art Box had an amazing fun interview with screen-writers Sue and Nancy last week. Our sides hurt from laughing and we can hardly wait for their newest Melodrama to open on March 17. You can get tickets at the Mesquite Fine Arts Center Monday-Saturday 10am to 4pm or on-line at: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/vvtgnv/6616
Let's learn more about these two dynamos.
Nancy Arnold has appeared in community theater productions in Colorado and Alaska including The Corn is Green, Jack and the Beanstalk, A Member of the Wedding, Rumors, and The Importance of Being...2023-03-0351 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 74 - The Art Box - Ten-Minutes with Johnny TrujilloMeet Johnny Trujillo. junior at Virgin Valley High School, Mesquite, Nevada. Recent recipient of an Emerging Artists award from the Virgin Valley Artists' Association, Johnny carries a 4.0 GPA, is an amazing artist and soccer player. The Art Box is looking forward to chatting with Johnny through the coming years. Thank you Eric Wordal for hosting this episode.
2023-02-2824 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 73 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - The Breakfast ClubJoin Linda and Steve as we interview some amazing artists at breakfast over the course of the week.
2023-02-2428 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 72 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Calves in Bathtubs, Angry Roosters and Mortuaries - Open Mic with Glenn and EddyOn Day two we attended an open mic session and enjoy an amazing array of Cowboy Poets.
If you have a heart you are going to love this episode.
We nabbed Glen Bair, from Ephrata, Washington for an interview along with his wife and one of his favorite daughters. Glen brought the audience to tears with his rendition of the "Calf in the Bathtub". Read more about Glen at: https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2018/sep/06/ephrata-cowboy-poet-set-to-perform-at-quincy-2/
Next up was Eddy Christensen from Riverton, Utah and he enthralled us with a couple of his poems an...2023-02-2430 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 71 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Legends of Poetry - Meet Waddie MitchellAn honest-to-goodness cowboy who became one of the leading lights of the cowboy poetry movement, Waddie Mitchell knew of what he spoke long before be became a recording artist. Waddie was born Bruce Douglas Mitchell in 1950, and he grew up on a ranch near the Ruby Mountains south of Elko, Nevada. Living in an area not wired for electricity and where TV and radio reception was poor at best, Mitchell's father and the cowboys he worked with entertained themselves with stories and songs influenced by Western lore that had been passed along for generations. Young Mitchell absorbed their tales...2023-02-2426 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 70 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Skunks & Cowboys - Our Mesquite Local Poet Russ Westwood & Day Two Wrap-UpRuss Westwood was born in Moab Utah. He was raised on a mink ranch, but spent a lot of time around horses and rodeos. He is a retired Firefighter/Paramedic. He has served as the director of the Mesquite Western Roundup for several years and performs regularly in their shows. He is an active member of the Cowboy Poets of Utah. He recently won a Championship Buckle at the 2019 National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo in Abilene, Kansas. He writes some of his own poetry, but also performs the works of several of his favorite poets. Russ and his wife Marge re...2023-02-2422 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 69 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Day 3 Opening & Marianne Thomas Strums and Sings for Us.As we ready for our busiest day we start with a review of our schedule and then we got lost and an angel called Marianne saved us, then graced us with some song. Sit back and enjoy as we frame up our day and listen to some music.
You can find out more about Marianne Thomas at:
www.mariannesongs.com
2023-02-2420 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 68 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Hiking, Poetry, Rocky Mountains, Being Nice - Meet Doris DaleyDelightful is how we would describe our time interviewing and being entertained by Doris.
"If cowboy poetry was fresh milk and the cream that rises to the top was the very best, then Doris Daley would be very rich and very fattening." So says renowned cowboy ambassador Waddie Mitchell about an Alberta ranch girl whose love of wordsmithing has made her one of North America's favourite western poets, emcees and western humorists. Born and raised on a family ranch in the foothills of Alberta, Doris's authentic, sparkling poetry has taken her to campfires large and small, to hi...2023-02-2420 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 67 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Consummate Entertainer at Making People Happy with Song - Meet Juni FisherFisher was raised in a San Joaquin Valley, CA farming family, and was active in 4-H and FFA. While studying Equine Science at the College of the Sequoias she rode horses for customers and was captain of the college horse show team. She rode sale pens for extra money at a local livestock sale and earned honors at Intercollegiate and Quarter Horse shows. During college she began singing big band standards in a dance orchestra to pay for horse show entries.
After college she apprenticed training cow horses, preparing snaffle bitters, hackamore and bridle horses, and won the IARCHA Snaffle B...2023-02-2419 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 66 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Paying it Back with Prose. Love and Hard Work - Meet Mandy Smoker
We were so delighted when former Montana Poet Laureate Mandy Smoker agreed to sit down with us for an interview. Mandy is the living embodiment of "pay to forward" with deep involvement in education for the underserved, her deep feeling poetry and now children's books.
She describes the transmission of a poem as “rigorous juggling.” Carefully, she twines language, fuses vocabulary and in the process of enlightenment, words are threaded, deleted, stacked, and rotated. Bit by bit, a full, rich poem of understanding, love, and freedom prevails.
“I’m hard on my poems and I’m a pretty...2023-02-2417 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 65 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Poet, Quilter, & Entertainer - Meet Yvonne HollenbeckWe fell in love with Yvonne when she described herself on stage at the Opening event as a rose between two thorns. She was a busy as a South Dakota Rancher during branding, but we somehow managed to get her to sit down with us at the Art Box. Such a sweetie, Linda and I were blessed.
A little bit about her.
Poet, Quilter, & Entertainer
Yvonne Hollenbeck performs her original poetry throughout the United States, captivating audiences in her wake. She is one of the most published cowgirl poets in the West and is...2023-02-2421 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 64 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Larry, Verbal Nods, FM Radio and the Gathering Wrap UpThis is it folks, our final episode from the gathering.
First a huge thanks to the Buchanan Family Band from Yerrington, NV. Besides a great show on our opening night, a super family interview they allowed us to use their rendition of "Little Brown Jug" as our opening and in episode interludes. What a nice family and so very talented.
The volunteers worked so very hard, our press liaison Karyn was incredible getting us the inside tracks on Waddie and Yvonne interviews.
Then we perused the various talented vendors. Kathleen Brannon with her beau...2023-02-241h 05The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 63 - Arts-based Research and Hollyland - Meet Patricia LeavyLinda and Steve have been anxious to have Patricia as our guest, what an interesting, heartfelt chat opening our eyes to the life of a successful author and such a fine human. Thank you Patricia.
Patricia Leavy, Ph.D., is a sociologist and bestselling author. She has published over 40 books, earning commercial and critical success in both nonfiction and fiction, and her work has been translated into many languages. Her works have garnered a slew of book awards including USA Best Book Awards, Independent Press Awards, International Impact Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Awards, Firebird B...2023-02-091h 04The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 62 - Rocking the Blues in Mesquite - Meet the Mesquite Cafe’ Blues BandLinda and Paul Villanueva visited with the Art Box at the Mesquite Library Learning Center and if one can judge by the voracity of laughter it was a smashing success. How lucky is our little town to have talents like Linda and Paul performing for us.
You can find their music and schedule at: http://mesquitecafebluesband.com and on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/mesquitecafebluesband
Thanks to hosts Linda Harris and Rachel Washington for such an amazing interview.
Now get out and experience the Blues with Linda and Paul.
2023-02-0756 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 61 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Trick Riding, Yodeling in the Barn, American Idol and Wooing the Crowds in Italy - Meet Kristyn HarrisWOW what a voice!!!! We just loved Kristyn's performance and happily hosted her and her grand mom on our little podcast. Check out her website: https://kristynharris.com/
Kristyn Harris is a multi-award-winning singer, songwriter, and entertainer known for her western swing spin on original and classic songs of the western and rural lifestyle. She is recognized for her powerful voice, swing rhythm guitar chops, songwriting, yodeling, and energetic stage presence, as well as the passion and authenticity that she puts into each performance. Kristyn tours across the United States and internationally, both as a solo artist...2023-02-0621 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 60 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Roundup - Rancher, Border Collie Wrangler, and The Art Box Favorite Cowboy Poet - Meet Annie MackenzieWere we ever lucky to grab Headliner Poet Annie and her sister Megan for an Art Box guest appearance. Annie help tech us that no matter how big the star they have time to be ultra nice to everyone.
While known as the family rambler, Annie Mackenzie has her roots planted firmly at the fourth-generation family ranch in southeast Oregon, 30 miles north of the small town of Jordan Valley. She spends her days assisting her two brothers and father in tending cattle, starting horses, and managing the unruly pack of border collies that inhabit the place. She h...2023-02-0641 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 59 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Roundup - Day One - Featuring The BuchanansReporting almost live from the 38th Annual Cowboy Poetry Roundup in Elko, Nevada. We are here by generous grants from Nevada Humanities, the National Endowment of Humanities and of course our own Virgin Valley Artists' Association. We are recording on the run, lots of background noise and we will do our best on the volumes.
Today we were entertained by a young group of musicians of the Buchanan family from Yerington, NV. They were so very gracious to interview with us before their performance and afterwards. Such a talented young family. After that we moved to the ma...2023-02-0215 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 41 - Homeless in Mesquite (Caution raw episode) - Meet Rex AllenDear loyal listeners, this is a very rough cut, I did not edit it much and it is a bit different subject and close to our heart for Linda and I. We would very much appreciate any feedback you would like to give us.
2023-01-2852 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 58 - 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Russ WestwoodThanks to a grant by the Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Art Box is going on a road-trip to The 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada February 1 - 4 2023.
We interviewed famous Mesquite Cowboy Poet, Russ Westwood prior to going just to get in the mood for some good western fun.
Check back to your podcast app as we will be publishing episodes from the gathering as often as we can.
https://www.nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org/
2023-01-2756 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 57 - Art and Creativity from the Old House at Center and Main – Meet Don GomesArt and Creativity from the Old House at Center and Main – Meet Don Gomes
Steve received many joys during his stint as Artist in Residence at Capitol Reef National Park, certainly one of them was meeting and collaborating with the Entrada Institute Vice President Don Gomes.
Don is a human of many talents, morning DJ, book shop owner, movie star, rock star and just an all-around great person.
Don’s career spans local government, the financial industry, the arts and nonprofit world. He has taught business, public, and nonprofit management at colleges and unive...2023-01-2152 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 56 - Born an Artist - Meet Katie HoffmanMeet one of my favorite humans, Katie Hoffman, besides admiring her creativity, and prowess as an archeologist, she been tasked to lead me on almost impossible hikes and every time has brought me back alive. I may have been battered and bruised, but I did come back alive. Katie is the President of Nevadans for Cultural Preservation whom I have the pleasure of volunteering for.
Katie Hoffman was born in Paradise, California, before enlisting and traveling the world with the United States Air Force. Throughout her travels, the art and culture of host countries inspired her artworks, a...2023-01-191h 04The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 55 - Landscapes, Acrylics, Birds, 50th State and Airstream Studio - Meet Alli HarveyWe heard Alli Harvey on a Friends of Nevada Wilderness Zoom presentation and said in unison, "we gotta get her on a podcast!" And we did, YAY!
Alli Harvey grew up on the East Coast but fell in love with Alaska at a young age when she first learned about the aurora borealis. Determined to visit, as a teenager she took proceeds from an unexpectedly successful art showing and bought a ticket north.
Alli ended up exploring more than just Alaska over the next 10+ years. She earned her degree in Urban Studies in NYC’s Ne...2023-01-161h 15The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 54 - Washed Ashore, the Amazing Lincoln City Cultural Center - Meet Niki PriceNiki Price is the executive director of the Lincoln City Cultural Center, inside the historic Delake School, home to hundreds of annual programs and classes in visual and performing arts. She oversees a staff of six and the operations of the multipurpose auditorium, fine art gallery, meeting room, festival grounds and studios for dance, ceramics, textiles and mosaics. In 2016, Niki was appointed by Gov. Kate Brown to the governing board of the Oregon Cultural Trust; since 2021, she has served as chair. Locally, she leads the Lincoln City Public Art Committee and the Lincoln County Cultural Coalition. In 2021 she embarked upon ...2023-01-161h 14The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 53 - EPA Sites, Crazy Eddie and Who Let the Steam Out - Meet George GaultGeorge and his wife, Linda retired to Mesquite in 2011, and quickly became active in the community. Linda became the President of the noon Rotary Club and George volunteered for a City committee tasked with evaluating the economic development program. The Committee’s recommendation was to create a nonprofit economic development program independent of the City. That organization became Mesquite Regional Business and George was its first Chairman. Notable projects during that period were construction of 1-15 exit 118 and Eagle’s Landing Truck Stop, Star Nursery, Deep Roots Harvest and lobbying for natural gas.
In 2018, George ran for and...2023-01-151h 37The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 52 - 10 Minutes with The Hallelujah GirlsJoin Linda and Steve as we enjoy interviewing the cast of the Hallelujah Girls presented by The Virgin Valley Theatre Group.
Opening on January 20 at 7 pm at the Mesquite Theatre 150 North Yucca Street, Mesquite, NV.
Continuing Jan 21, 27, 28; Feb 3 & 4 @ 7 pm & Jan 22 & 29 @ 2 pm
Tickets available online at mctnv.com and At the Mesquite Fine Arts Center 15 W Mesquite Blvd.
2023-01-1122 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 51 - Desert Ducks, Pin Cushions, Broaches and Improv - Meet Rachel WashingtonLived in California, Utah and now Scenic, Arizona for the last year and 8 months
Meet our friend Rachel Washington who is currently self-employed, Desert Duck Tailoring on Facebook and .com
Her favorite job has been at Roger Rocka's Dinner Theatre/Second Space Theater as an 4th in line assistant
costumer.
Most empowering job was Mask Event and Costumes in Salt Lake City.
Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield City College (Graphic Design), Fresno City College (Marketing and
Fashion Merchandising), Salt Lake City College (Fashion Design).
Started sewing at the age of 8 from a summer...2023-01-0548 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 50 - Theatre, Ghost Stories and a GREAT Mom - Meet Bethany Overland-GreenMeet our friend Bethany Overland-Green as we talk about her years of involvement with theatre groups back east, Salt Lake City and now in our own town of Mesquite. A mom of seven we enjoyed our time with Bethany, we learned about ghosts, we laughed a lot, and we cried some. Bethany is the locals, local, the Mom's, Mom and the Love in the Love Family. You will enjoy this episode with a true HERO in our town.
2023-01-0532 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box Episode 49 - 2023 Artist in Residence Debbie LambinThrough grants received from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the arts, the Artist in Residence program allows the Virgin Valley Artists Association to bring in artists from all over the country to stay a for week in Mesquite sharing their knowledge and expertise. They do this through a series of free workshops and classes.
This year VVAA is very excited to announce that we received another grant from Nevada Arts Council and The National Endowment for the Arts to host another Artist in Residence in Mesquite.
Artist in Residence Deborah Lambin, from Cars...2022-12-3046 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 48 - The Zimmer’s UnpluggedMeet Jackie and Larry Zimmer, the unsung heroes of the Virgin Valley Artists' Association. If you are at any function in our gallery Larry and Jackie will be there, serving drinks, showing you around, setting up, cleaning up and more than likely you will also be able to find a fine piece of their art on the well. You might also find them on the golf course as they are both avid golfers.
Sit back and enjoy our first couple's podcast, it was fun.
2022-12-3052 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 47 - 2022 Holiday Special - Iconic Artists Jan and Floyd Talk CreativityThe Art Box wraps up it's first year with jolly holiday greetings from our hosts, a quick discussion of what is upcoming for 2023 and a gift to our listeners with Jan Hansen and Floyd Johnson talking watercolor, acrylic and creativity.
A huge thank you to our listeners, our sponsors, VVAA members, the VVAA Board of Directors for your support this year. We are looking forward to a fun 2023.
Remember we are always looking for guests to chat about their creativity, their art, their life and their passions.
2022-12-2230 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 46 - Introducing January 2023 Artist of the Month Linda BirksLinda was born and raised in Midland, Michigan, and moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, where she met her husband, Rod. Upon retirement, Linda and Rod sought a warmer winter climate and the beauty of the desert. Their search brought them to Beaver Dam, Arizona. They lived as snowbirds dividing their time between Colorado and Arizona until moving permanently in 2019.
Art was never on Linda’s radar, but one day in 2000, walking down Main Street in Grand Junction, she wandered into a gallery that gave stained glass classes. She loved and admired stained glass, never thinking it was so...2022-12-2109 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 45 - Announcing 2023 Artist in Residence Debbie LambinLinda Harris the VVAA Director of Educational Programs announces the Schedule for our 2023 Artist in Residence Debbie Lambin.
Artist in Residence Program with Deborah Lambin.
Through grants received from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the arts, the Artist in Residence program allows the Virgin Valley Artists Association to bring in artists from all over the country to stay a for week in Mesquite sharing their knowledge and expertise. They do this through a series of free workshops and classes.
This year VVAA is very excited to announce that we rece...2022-12-1809 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 44 - Creativity at the Library with Vanessa GiebinkPlease note this episode was recorded on September 1, 2022 thus our conversation about 100+ degrees.
Vanessa Giebink works for Las Vegas-Clark County Library District as the Computer Lab Department Head at the Mesquite Library Learning Center. She is nearing her 5 year work anniversary. Her educational background is in business management and library science, which together are her passion. Her latest endeavor is joining the Virgin Valley Artist Association (VVAA) board.
Vanessa attended middle and high school in Mesquite, NV. This is her hometown and where she plans on staying to raise her two kids. She is married...2022-12-141h 19The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 43 - Ten Minutes with Denise SimsCome visit with our friend Denise Sims as she explains her Christmas Floral design workshop using pine & cedar greens, flowers and ornaments to make arrangements. Flowers, greens, ornaments and vases will be supplied and participants will create two beautiful arrangements to take home. Supply List : Floral tools-shears, stripper, gloves, apron. Participants may have supplies/tools needed from her previous class.
2022-12-0906 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 42 - Meet Sue FritzkeThe Art Box recently had the pleasure of interviewing Sue Fritzke superintendent of Capitol Reef NP in Utah.
Steve had the pleasure of serving as the 2022 Artist in Residence at Capitol Reef under Sue's direction and we lucked out having Sue as a gest.
Sue, a 38-year veteran of the Park Service, tells us about growing up in a family that focused on nature and our public lands. At one time she was deputy superintendent for four Northern California parks, all in the East Bay: Eugene O’Neill and John Muir National Historic Sites, Port Ch...2022-12-0248 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 41 - Ten Minutes with The Mesquite-Toes Tap TeamJoin the Art Box team as we interview Marge Westwood, Director of the The Mesquite-Toes Tap Team based in Mesquite, Nevada. Marge will tell us about her group and their upcoming shows.
The Mesquite-Toes make several appearances in Mesquite throughout the years.
They perform an annual Christmas Benefit and support many local charitable and civic functions by either performing and/or volunteering.
They culminate their dance season every April with a multi-performance dance spectacular where all of the teams get to show how spectacular they are!
The team has performed throughout N...2022-11-2212 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box- Episode 40 - Meet Joy CraigJoy Craig.
2022-11-2054 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box- Episode 39 - Meet Bob CraigRobert Craig - A graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Master of Arts in Directing; Robert's work has been nominated for numerous awards including the LA Weekly Theatre award for his production of Tender with the National American Shakespeare Company and the Dramalogue award for The Lark with the Knightsbridge Theatre. Throughout his more than 40 years in theatre Robert has served as Artistic Director for Tour de Force Repertory Company, a Board of Director member for Long Beach Playhouse, and Director-in-residence for the Knightsbridge Theatre. As a Director, his work has ranged from Shakespeare, to original works, to modern...2022-11-2051 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 38 - Ten Minutes with Tyler and StewartVirgin Valley High School art teacher Tyler Roylance sits down for a fun discussion of art with his student Stewart Plank.
2022-11-1215 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 37 -Ten Minutes With - Cowboy PoetryJoin us Saturday November 12th @ 1PM as Virgin Valley Heritage Museum presents a tribute to our veterans.
Free Admission
Fine Arts Center Classroom
15. W. Mesquite Blvd.
Come and join the Cowboy Poets.
2022-11-0812 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 36 - Joyce RedweikWhat a fun time we had interviewing Joyce, You will enjoy this bundle of fun and energy.
Take it away Joyce -
When I am asked what kind of artist I am, I respond that I am a doodler. Sometimes I get a puzzling look, then I am asked what is a doodler? I explain that it is form of line art that is repeating patterns and allowing your pen to go wherever you feel. I like to say it brings out my inner weirdness. After I give my explanation, people then become very interested...2022-11-0632 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 35 - Ten Minutes with Mesquite Respite Senior Day ProgramA New Perspective in Respite
Mesquite Respite Senior Day Program
The Senior Day Program is to improve the quality of life for older adults.
We focus on Dignity and Independence while allowing families peace of mind.
We work together so we can provide cognitive and social experiences so that they may have the highest standard of life.
Deborah Ayler
Senior Day Center Project Coordinator
Phone 702-346-5290 ext. 4105
2022-11-0410 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode34 - Ten Minutes with Ian and Matt - Protecting Utah Cultural TreasuresUtah State Division of History - Utah State Historic Preservation Office's Matt Podolinsky and Ian Wright take time with the Art Box to talk about the Utah Site Steward Program. If you like history, archaeology and just helping keep cultural sites safe please listen in and maybe join in with us.
There are lots of reasons why you should become a Site Steward with the Utah Cultural Site Stewardship Program(UCSS)! Each stewards’ reasons are different. Perhaps one steward has a cultural connection with a place and its history. Maybe another is looking for ways to get out...2022-11-0113 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 33 - Ten Minutes with Bilbo and Gollum *Directors Cut*A special Directors cut version where Tyler Roylance (Gollum) and Stewart Plank (Bilbo) discuss the creation and making of this art inspired adaptation of a chapter in the book The Hobbit. Additionally a few outtakes are included for your enjoyment.
2022-10-3124 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box- Episode 32 - Anatomy of a PodcastThis was recorded in mid-July after we learned a scheduled guest was not going to show up. In lieu of packing all of our stuff up we started chatting about the adventures we have had since we first proposed a podcast to the VVAA Board of Directors. We have obviously been bouncing it back because we have so many great guests that we want to get on the air. We are going to publish this on a normal Ten Minute episode week maybe because Halloween seems just like a good time for you to listen to our idle chatter...2022-10-3143 minThe Art BoxArt Box - Episode 31 - Ten Minutes with The Love FamilyThe Love Family joins the Art Box to talk about their coming fundraising event the Masquerade Ball on Saturday December 3. All proceeds go to the Hope Squads at Virgin Valley High School and Hughes Middle School to support teen suicide prevention. Listen in and learn about the Hope Squads, their work and how fun the Masquerade Ball will be. Tickets are only $20 and can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/masquerade-disco-ball-a-fundraiser-for-local-youth-suicide-prevention-tickets-421283017847?aff=ebdssbcitybrowse
2022-10-2414 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 30 - Ten Minutes with Floyd and Tyler talking CreativityThis is a bonus extra special ten minutes mini that is not scheduled to be released until November 14. Shhhhhh, please do not tell anyone that your friend Steve is giving you special access. It was next in queue to be edited and I just loved it sooooo much I had to share it with just my friends. Hardly any editing (You know I love that) so it was add the Dottie beginning, ending, take out a few ahhs and hems, save it, publish it. Yooohooo.
I happened to be in the classroom one day and 'poof' standing...2022-10-2411 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 29 - Meet Mesquite Mayor Al LitmanJoin us for the much anticipated release of our interview with the mayor of our thriving small town Mayor Al Litman. We chat about his leadership through Covid, city growth, new industries, affordable housing, the STEAM Center, the coming First Fridays, his passions and of course we talk Art.
Mayor Litman hails originally from Duluth, Minnesota and moved to Los Angeles following graduation from the University of Minnesota where he received his Bachelor of Science in History and Political Science.
Mayor Litman entered the Army in 1965 and served in Vietnam with the First Calvary Division Ar...2022-10-2333 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 28 - Ten Minutes with Archeologists - Jen and DagmarA quick, interesting and fun conversation with our Bureau of Land Management - Gold Butte National Monument Archeologists at the Three Corners Archeology Conference at University of Nevada Las Vegas. How they protect our cultural treasures of rock art.
2022-10-1820 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 26 - Ten Minutes with Bilbo & Gollum - The Art RiddlesBilbo Picasso wanders too deep in the art closet where he meets former artist Van Smego, now known as Gollum, and must use his wit with art riddles to outsmart him and escape with his life.
2022-10-1410 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 25 - Meet Doug HerbertDoug Herbert served both the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) as an arts education program director and special assistant in his 30-year federal career.
Between 1987 and 2004, Doug directed the NEA's Arts Education grants and technical assistance programs, initially as the assistant director and then as director for 12 years. There he initiated several interagency partnerships with the Department of Education in order to create nationwide surveys of the conditions of arts in schools. Doug also led federal efforts at the NEA to put the arts into the National Assessment...2022-10-101h 29The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 24 - Meet Linda HarrisLinda Harris is a retired mathematics teacher who has lived with her husband in Mesquite since 2017. They were drawn to Mesquite by the golf, arts and culture, and the beautiful desert landscape. Linda received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a Masters in Education. She taught in Missouri for 25 years, and was also a curriculum specialist for her district.
Linda is a self-taught artist, receiving no formal training after 9th grade art class. While in Missouri, Linda enjoyed porcelain art in her spare time. She attended porcelain art workshops around the country, and after retiring, bought her own...2022-10-1036 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 27 - ’Ten Minutes with Floyd’ - White on Black - Mini EpisodeSpecial Saturday night unannounced release of Floyd chatting with your co-hosts about his white on black pencil art.
2022-10-0911 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 23 - Ten Minutes With - ’October 2022 Artist of the Month Chris Picior’Chris Picior
A native of New York City, Chris began sketching people at Washington Square in Greenwich Village when she was 16. Her first job was at Ace Publishing Company in the Art Department, but it was short-lived as marriage and three children to support became a priority. When her children were little, she worked in oils and then moved to watercolor.
Chris attended Queens College, Kathryn Gibbs Secretarial School, and Utica College before starting her 25-year career in radio management. While living in Florida, she decided on a career change to Natural Health. Chris received h...2022-10-0311 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 22 - Meet Mary Grace SwensonMary was born and raised in Bountiful, Utah with two older brothers. She graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. Her career was in Human Resources and Training Development for 20 years.
At the age of 28, she had her one and only child, a beautiful son.
Mary resided in Davis County until 2013, when she ventured out to live in Mesquite, NV where her beautiful mother and best friend were living.
She started house cleaning and pet sitting businesses. She was thriving, making new friends, and enjoying the beautiful ...2022-10-0357 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 21 - ’Ten Minutes with Kathleen’ -Talking Lucky 13 - Mini EpisodeKathleen provides us history on the National Small Arts competition or as it's called Lucky 13 and what is on tap for an exciting November and December with this nationwide exhibition at our gallery.
For more information: https://www.mesquitefineartscenter.com/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=590375&item_id=1773244
2022-10-0310 minThe Art BoxArt Box - Episode 20 - Live Auction Rundown with Liz and FloydListen in as Liz and Floyd explain how our Live Auction works on October 14 and they discuss some of the valuable and fun items.
2022-09-2813 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 19 - Meet Kim Garrison MeansKim Garrison is a conceptual artist, writer and musician from Southern California and the Nevada desert, with a love of nature, mythology, philosophy, cultural anthropology and earth sciences. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University Long Beach and an MFA in sculpture and New Genres from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
An educator in the arts for over twenty years, Kim is the former head of the Narrative Illustration Program at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, and is a curator for the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. She currently teaches drawing...2022-09-271h 05The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 18 - Meet Rayette MartinI found art when I was uprooted from my home in Alaska and transplanted in Sacramento during my Junior year in High school. My classes didn’t line up between the schools and I was able to take multiple art classes each semester to make up for it. Visual arts became my passion and a great way to express my feelings about leaving my friends and dealing with the culture shock of being in a big city.
My formal training ended when I graduated high school but the use of art as self-expression has continued for the last 2...2022-09-271h 04The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 17 - ’Ten Minutes with Floyd’ - Picking Two Pieces of Art - Mini EpisodeFloyd let's your co-hosts pick two pieces of his art for him to tell us their story.
2022-09-2108 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 16 - Ten Minutes Sitting Around the Table at Mystery Ranch Talking About Respecting Cultural Sites.Kim Garrison Means, Jim Woody, Rayette Martin and Steve sitting around the table at Mystery Ranch eating tacos and chatting about respecting cultural sites.
2022-09-2012 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 15 - ’Ten Minutes with Tyler’ - Reference vs. Copy - Mini EpisodeTyler and Rachelle have a spirted discussion about using photos for reference or copy. Is there an answer?
2022-09-1912 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 14 - Ten Minutes with Americans for the Arts - National Arts & Humanities MonthOctober is National Arts & Humanities Month (NAHM)—a collective recognition of the importance of culture in America with a focus on equitable access to the arts, encouraging communities to participate in the arts, allowing governments and businesses to show support for the arts, and raising public awareness about the positive impact of the arts and humanities in our lives.
The arts are a national asset and should be available everywhere to everyone—and while a majority of the public believes this based on public opinion polling and other research, it’s often not their default way of thinki...2022-09-1516 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 13 - Meet Floyd JohnsonBy Abbey Snow
FLOYD JOHNSON “KEEPING AN EYE ON ART”
As a child, Floyd Morris Johnson started his art journey ‘with a pencil in hand’ creating artwork that has expanded over time, from being an editorial cartoonist to showcasing his work in notable museum exhibits.
“I had two older brothers who became artists, so I was brought up with a pencil in my hand,”Johsnon said. “We all did cartoons for our school newspapers and I had no doubt that I wanted to be an artist.”
Johnson was born in 1936 to immigrant Norwegian and Swedish parents...2022-09-101h 09The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 12 - Ten Minutes with Kathleen - Discussing the Invitational ExhibitionEvery year we invite other galleries to participate in an Invitational exhibition at the Mesquite Fine Arts Center. Kathleen Birkholz gives us the history of the Invitational and the specifics of this years exhibition. Give Kathleen a listen and then get out to the gallery at 15 W Mesquite Blvd this September to allow your eyes and heart some enjoyment. Put October 1 on your calendar for the Invitational reception from 11 AM to 1PM to enjoy the art and a Bluegrass Band.
2022-09-0611 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 11 - ’Ten Minutes with Floyd’ - Pricing Your Art - Mini EpisodeA lively discussion between Floyd and Rachelle on how to price your art.
2022-09-0314 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 10 - Meet Randy BaumanRandy Bauman, a landscape photographer for more than 40 years, enjoys sharing the beauty he captures through the camera lens.
“Landscape photographers will know what I mean,” he says, “a photograph that captures the very essence of the time and place it was shot. A photograph that allows you to smell the air and feel the ground and immerse yourself in that place where you were when you pressed the shutter button. If you do it right, the viewer is immersed in that same place and time.”
He got his first camera at age 10 and by the time...2022-08-261h 12The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 9 - ’Ten Minutes with Rachelle and Steve’ - The Great Mesquite Power Outage 2022 - Mini-EpisodeWe debut our first 'Ten Minutes With -' episode today with a run down on the great Mesquite power outage of 2022. These short episodes of ~10 minutes will cover various subjects and be released periodically. Look for some of our talented local and regional artists as they drop in for a focused session on Art. Today Rachelle tells us how she managed to paint "camping' style.
2022-08-2409 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 8 - ’Ten Minutes with Tyler’ - So you wanna learn how to FAST? - Mini EpisodeTyler tells us all you need to know about fasting for your health. You will be surprised!
2022-08-2410 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 7 - Meet Brenda SlocumbEpisode 7: Meet Brenda Slocumb
Brenda Slocumb is a long time Southern Nevada resident, having grown up in Boulder City and has lived in the Moapa Valley since 1999. She is employed by a local nonprofit, Friends of Gold Butte, where she serves as the Operations Manager.
Brenda is also an avid horsewoman and has participated in many of the western disciplines, and currently enjoys showing reined cow horses. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, and is thankful to live in an area that has great weather for outdoor activities for most of the year....2022-08-151h 11The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 6 - Meet Chris PiciorEpisode 6: Meet Chris Picior
Chris is a native of NYC. She attended Queens College, Kathryn Gibbs Secretarial School, and Utica College before starting her first career in radio management which took her to New York, New England, and Florida. After 25 years she decided to go into Natural Health. She received her massage license in Florida, then obtained a Bachelor of Natural Health Studies degree and a Doctor of Naturopathy degree from Clayton College of Natural Health in Birmingham, AL. She worked at Clayton College of Natural Health as faculty and in admissions, and had private practices in Atl...2022-07-3146 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 5 - Meet Rachelle KnightEpisode 5: Meet Rachelle Knight
Rachelle, the founding producer and co-host of The Art Box, was born and raised in Salt Lake City. She holds a degree in forest biology from Utah State University and spent the early part of her career as a wildfire firefighter for the USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, as well as a botanist for the Forest Service. Later, she earned a second degree in computer science and worked as a software engineer until retiring to pursue her true passion, art.
Married with two boys and two lively Australian...2022-07-1837 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 4 - Meet Kippy SpilkerI grew up in a small northern town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—a town of about 2,500 people. Living on essentially a farm with no barn, and no real tv to mention, I spent a lot of time out in nature.
When my parents were enrolling me for kindergarten, they were told I was an artist because I was apparently the only kid who drew outside the lines of the area provided on an aptitude test. My mom was also a very talented artist, in that she could copy almost anything. Photos, drawings, no matter what, sh...2022-07-0443 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 3 - Meet Kathleen BirkholzIn this episode we meet Virgin Valley Artists' Association legend and founding member Kathleen Birkholz.
We learn how it was growing up with four brothers, two sisters and one bathroom as a military brat. How plumbing and grave digging fit in and the fact that bad stuff can lead to good stuff. Kathleen provides us a great history of the evolution of art in the Virgin Valley including hootenanny, belly dancers, cowboy poetry and the start of the pottery studio.
Kathleen talks in depth of her passion for the children's program and how she fits in...2022-06-191h 54The Art BoxThe Art Box - Episode 2 - Meet Dana LongWe are excited to welcome Dana Long, President of the Love, Family NV to The Art Box. Dana's heart is as big as the Moon as she dedicated herself to families in the Virgin Valley area. This is an exciting time for Dana's organization as we celebrate June as Pride month. Tune in as Dana discusses her early life growing up in Arizona and her move to Mesquite and the creation of the loving caring organization she founded last year. We touch on how art and creativity helps children value themselves to realize their worth. Your hosts are deeply...2022-06-1454 minThe Art BoxThe Art Box- Episode 1 - Meet Tyler Roylance
Welcome to first episode of The Art Box, brought to you by Virgin Valley Arists' Association and hosted by Rachelle Knight and Steve Dudrow. In our opening episode we introduce you to Tyler Roylance. Tyler is an art and photography teacher at Virgin Valley High School in Mesquite, Nevada. Tyler has taught art here for 6 years. He is a native of Idaho and has 2 children. Listen as Tyler tells us about his art truth, becoming an artist from a small child, and how he has become friends with Bruno, the critic in his head. We have a lively discussion about...2022-06-131h 09