There are two official artists-in-residence living in Providence city parks right now. Specifically, the artists are living in historic homes that are in the parks. Matt Garza is one of the “Parkists in residence” he’s living in the Esek Hopkins House on Admiral Street in Providence. Artscape producer James Baumgartner talked with him earlier this week.
James Baumgartner
James produces and engineers Political Roundtable, The Weekly Catch and other special programming on The Public’s Radio. He also produces Artscape, the weekly arts & culture segment heard every Thursday. His favorite part of the job is talking with artists, musicians and other creators about their process and what inspires them.
James learned the basics of audio editing while studying music at Missouri State University. He went on to get a Master of Fine Arts in Electronic Art at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he created electronic music, video art and internet-based media art. While at RPI, James went on the air for the first time, hosting an electronic music show on Rensselaer's station, WRPI, but his love of radio came from staying up late so he could hear punk rock on KKFI, the community radio station in Kansas City, Missouri.
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‘How Many Bushels Am I Worth?’ Opens At AS220
The play is based on the life of Bena Shklyanoy who left Kiev, Ukraine in 1976, eventually settling in Chicago.
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Local Ecologies At UMass Dartmouth
Local Ecologies is an art-based concept aiming to generate understanding of our place in the local landscape, by contemplating our coastal and river ecosystems, as they’ve been over-layered by all this indigenous, colonial, and industrial history.
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Kirsten Evans And Alban Costello From Festival Ballet's 'Nutcracker'
Festival Ballet Providence will perform The Nutcracker this weekend. We talked with Kirsten Evans who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy and Alban Costello who plays The Nutcracker.
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Public Shop & Gallery Is A New Home For Art, Culture And Community
Public Shop & Gallery is a new art space in a wedge building at the corner of Aleppo St. and Manton Ave. in Providence.
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Music Infrastructure And The Night Time Economy
Last week, the city of Providence held a forum called “I Love The Nightlife” with a group of people who work in the “night time economy” – that is: musicians, dance clubs, bars, concert venues.
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“From The Inside Out” – A Collaboration Of Musical ‘Soul Partners’
Shelley Katsh and Cathy Clasper-Torch are two multi-instrumentalists who have collaborated on a new album of 10 songs called “From The Inside Out.”
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500 Years Of Hidden History In “Children Of The Inquisition”
The film by director Joseph Lovett is a look at what happened to the Jewish families forced to convert to Catholicism or flee during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions.
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From Rubble-filled Brownfield To Woonasquatucket Adventure Park
Merino park is in the Hartford neighborhood of Providence. A new part of the park just opened up with some equipment that’s a little different from what you may have seen in other parks before.
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ReSeeding The City: Ethnobotony In The Urban
Visit the Rhode Island Statehouse to see art works inspired by the intersection of nature and the city.
