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El día de hoy nos acompaña Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo, fotógrafa colombiana americana, quien nos platica su historia de vida y carrera profesional desde su natal Colombia, su paso por Europa, hasta su proyecto de vida en Indiana. Con dos Maestrías obtenidas por la Indiana State University, que la llevaron a ejercer su pasión por la fotografía, nos platica sobre su trabajo …

WFHB Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze sat down with eco architect Mark Lakeman of Communitecture in Portland, Oregon to learn about proven solutions to homelessness and measures to counter a lack of a sense of community and inviting collective civic spaces in American cities and neighborhoods. [Part One] In light of recent local municipal policies to prohibit camping in Bloomington, affecting the unhoused community, Roze asks …

Locutoras, Minerva Sosa y Josefa Madrigal, entrevistan a miembros de la comunidad Latina sobre sus experiencias participando en el Festival Internacional de Artes y Comida de la ciudad de Bloomington! Hosts, Minerva Sosa and Josefa Madrigal, interview members our Latino community about their experiences participating in the City of Bloomington International Food and Arts Festival!

For our episode this week, we share the second of a two-part conversation between Nicole Fleetwood and Micol Seigel. Fleetwood’s recent book, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, is a wide-ranging exploration of visual art made by people in prison. Fleetwood explains “I started working on this book as a way to deal with the grief about so …

We start out by sharing a statement from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak about the Shut ‘Em Down campaign, scheduled for August 21st and September 9th, historic days for Black struggle inside and against prison. Afterwards, we share the first of a two-part conversation between Nicole Fleetwood and Micol Seigel. Fleetwood’s recent book, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, …

The deeply racist Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner once wrote in his 1951 novel, Requiem for a Nun, that the past isn’t dead, it’s not even past. In that same book Faulkner has the “nun,” which carries the meaning of prostitute in Shakespeare’s time, a Black drug addict named Nancy, offer that salvation comes from suffering. And though this is …

This post was edited on October 17, 2020 for accuracy. Some facts/pronunciations in the original recording may be incorrect and differ from the text. State of Nature: Picturing Indiana Biodiversity, was created and put together by the Director of Grunwald Gallery, Elizabeth “Betsy” Stirratt, along with the help of fellow professors, local artists, and the Indiana State Museum. The experience that …

After over 48 years of business, Pygmalion’s Art Supplies is permanently closing June 30, according to an Instagram post from the business. The post states the business is closing because the rent costs have become too much, and even though it is profitable, it is not enough to keep the store afloat. The store posted the news to the public …

Barbara Hammer has been making films for over 40 years but it is highly unlikely that you’ve ever seen them and are now asking “Who”? Born in 1939 in Hollywood, California, a kind of cosmic irony, Barbara Hammer is an American feminist filmmaker known for being one of the pioneers of lesbian film. Hammer is known for creating experimental films …

Ellen Bergan was inspired to create her own community resource, the Van-Go Mobile Art Studio, when she joined the Monroe County Youth Council in high school. She applied for and received a grant her junior year to get this project going. Ellen uses her passion to bring art to those who need it by bringing professional grade art supplies to …