Art Focus

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Airs at: Tue, 07/08/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Airs at: Tue, 06/24/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Hosted by:

Joseph Gallivan

Produced by:

KBOO

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A radio show about visual art. You get it.

Every Second and Fourth Tuesday, from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Art Focus features interviews by host Joseph Gallivan with artists, curators and critics. Lively voices talking about art, how it's made and sometimes even what it means. Page back through KBOO's schedule to find all the recordings, some of which were made on magnetic tape.

Please send inquiries and questions to

kbooartfocus@gmail.com

Topic tags:

Arts/Culture

Genre(s):

Arts and Culture

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Art Focus on 05/31/22

Airs at: Tue, 05/31/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Gifts of Japan

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Sarah Kate Nomura, Assistant Director of Exhibitions at Portland Japanese Garden, about the new botanical art show Gifts From Japan. Nomura talks about the importance of flowers in Japanese culture, the styles of b... Read more

Art Focus on 05/17/22

Airs at: Tue, 05/17/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Where the Waters Come Together

Airs at: Tue, 05/10/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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KBOO Art Focus On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Barbara Mumby-Huerta who is Vice President, Programs and Partnerships at the Center for Native Arts and Cultures in Portland. Mumby-Huerta talks about the group show by local native American artists ... Read more

Amanda Wojick

Airs at: Tue, 05/03/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday, May 5, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Amanda Wojick about her show Small Shields and Other Shapes, on now at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery through June 4. Wojick talks about working with scraps of paper as the basis for steel cut out sculptures which s... Read more

Banksyland Portland

Airs at: Tue, 04/26/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Elle Miller about Banksyland, a show of the work of British street artist Banksy. Miller talks about her love of Banksy’s stencil art and installations, his slogans and sayings, and the idea of appropriating his work... Read more

Susan Harrington

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Susan Harrington about her painting show “Our House On Fire” which is on now at Waterstone Gallery in the Pearl District until May 1. Harrington talks about looking for endangered Oregon plants, painting them in obse... Read more

Rebecca Morse on Barbara Kruger on LA

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Rebecca Morse about “Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.” Morse is Curator in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at LACMA, and co-curator of this Barbara Kruger show, which is on now and ... Read more

JaJa PDX

Airs at: Tue, 04/05/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday April 5, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews five people from JaJa PDX, [PRONOUCED JAW JAW] a new art and performance space on the central east side at 819 S.E. Taylor St. The 20,000 square foot space incorporates The Haven artists collective. Joseph interviews J... Read more