The graphic novel as college textbook
Listen to the episode Immediately above and below are images from a graphic novel created by UConn history Prof. Jason O. Chang about a 19th-century mutiny by Chinese slaves on a ship that ultimately wrecked on Japanese shores. Today, we go beyond the Sunday funnies and explore the graphic novel with Prof. Chang and Prof. … Continue reading →
‘Can You Repeat the Question?’ — an inquiry into identity
Listen to the episode A related interactive website can be accessed at https://brown-bag-lunch.glitch.me/ Chantal Feitosa’s website: chantalfeitosa.com Next episode: Sept. 12. Comics and the graphic novel
Turning plastic waste into art to bring awareness to endangered animals
Listen to the episode Using discarded household plastic, Katharine Owens, an artist and poli sci professor at the University of Hartford, creates life-size wall hangings of sea creatures and birds that are endangered by eating or getting entangled in ocean waste. She hopes to exhibit the series of 46 all together when they’re done. Connect … Continue reading →
‘Everything Italian Is Perfect’
Listen to the episode Sicily native Franco Liseo, longtime host of WESU-FM’s Italian language news and music program ‘Avanti Tutta’, celebrates all things Italian — the art, the food, the cars, the language, the people — in a lively conversation at a noisy Middletown cafe. ‘Avanti Tutta,’ with co-host Lucilla Caminito contributing commentary from Rome, … Continue reading →
Power Boothe: Beyond the Bio
Listen to the episode Abstract painter Power Boothe, a professor at Hartford Art School and its former dean, talks about his early development as a painter, including living hand-to-mouth in NYC, and his continuing development as an artist and teacher. Also: what it’s like to be named Power. His work has been included in many … Continue reading →
A morning with the Medici
Listen to the episode Today, Mari and Maria’s Big Adventure. Two art buddies go to NYC for a press preview of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest blockbuster exhibition, “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570.” It opened to the general public yesterday and will run till Oct. 11. I urge you to take it in … Continue reading →
The Pandemic and Matt Best –It wasn’t all bad
Listen to the episode ART IN THE TIME OF COVID — For Hartford painter Matt Best, shown above in self-portraits highlighting the tattoos he says were prompted by the pandemic, the crisis has had a marked effect on his art He feels freer to follow his instincts and not paint in a reliable style. He … Continue reading →
‘THIS IS A ROBBERY’ and so are these…
Listen to the episode On March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A recent four-part Netflix documentary, This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist, told the story. Art historian Fran Altvater at her desk at the University of Hartford’s Hillyer College, where she is the … Continue reading →
‘It’s like baking a cake’ — making Middletown an art destination
Listen to the episode Last in a three-part series: a walk downtown to look at what it would take to make way-cool Middletown even cooler by accentuating its considerable positives: its restaurants, classic Main Street, proximity to Wesleyan University, and creative community. What about something in here?
Middletown: a home for art?
Listen to the episode Today, we continue our deep dive into how Middletown, CT, already a way cool city, might become even cooler by developing its potential to be an arts destination. In case you’re unfamiliar with Middletown, it’s well-known for its excellent restaurants. It’s got the Connecticut River running alongside it. It’s got Wesleyan … Continue reading →
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