The Scene

Barbara discusses her background & what’s coming at her Art Prowl appearance.

Join host Andrea Kruszka visits with Barbara Chambers, a mixed media artist from Monterey. They talk about what brought Barbara to Tennessee and what’s kept her here, how the area and art community stands out here in comparison to being in New York, and what’re some of the things we can expect to see at Art Prowl coming up in November.

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Rhyan talks about art & the range he has with projects working with mixed media

Join host Andrea Kruszka sits down with Rhyan McReynolds, an artist with a mixed media background and also a middle school art teacher. They talk about what was it that got him interested in art, how he decided he wanted to become an art teacher, and if he listens to anything to inspire him while he’s working on projects.

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Jen and Emma talk all things Art Prowl with a preview for this year’s event.

Join host Andrea Kruszka meets with Jen Luna and Emma Levitz, the co-directors of Art Round Tennessee as they preview next month’s Art Prowl event. They discuss what to expect from this year’s Art Prowl with some new businesses and artists featured, how the First Friday events have been going that Art Round puts on, and more on the demos that will be available.

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Pamela discusses her extensive photography background including boudoir & pinup.

Join host Andrea Kruszka visits with Pamela Claytor, a photographer with many different backgrounds that include boudoir and pin-up photography. They talk about Pamela’s background with photography going back early in her childhood, where the inspiration comes from for her set-ups, and what her favorite part is about doing boudoir and pin-up photo shoots.

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Amy talks about Spotlight & their involvement with theatre all across the region

Join host Andrea Kruszka meets with Amy Ing, co-owner of Spotlight Costumes in Cookeville. They talk about where the idea of a costume shop came from, the fun in supplying the costumes to different productions, and what’s the most challenging thing she encounters when providing costumes for shows.

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Nick discusses how he got his start with art in Cookeville & Picasso’s Gift Shop

Join host Andrea Kruszka sits down with Nick Freeman, an artist in Cookeville and owner of Picasso’s Gift Shop. Nick talks about how he started charcoal drawings of local interests in Cookeville, listening to television mostly while working instead of going the music route, and discussing the idea of his store Picasso’s Gift Shop and some of the artists they have.

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Chris talks all things School of Music & an upcoming concert featuring students.

Join host Andrea Kruszka as she meets with Tennessee Tech’s Chris Reames, an associate professor in the School of Music. They discuss what attracted Chris to the position in the School of Music at Tennessee Tech, some of the other classes he teaches and what they do in those classes, and previewing a concert at Pleasant Hill Community Church on Sept. 17th.

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Jayce discusses all things percussion and how his background has grown with this

Join host Andrea Kruszka as she meets with Tennessee Tech Percussion teacher Jayce Clemons. Jayce gives some background on earning his Master’s at the University of North Texas, if anything related to getting his doctorate will relate to his background in composing music, and  how he got started with building instruments.

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Briana discusses being a general artist and working with different mediums.

Join host Andrea Kruszka as she meets with general artist Briana Blohm from Cookeville. They talk about how she acquired her other artistic backgrounds while also having an industrial design background, how the art scene in the Upper Cumberland compares to North Dakota, and getting inspiration in everything from family to living close to Burgess Falls or watching a movie.

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Katie discusses her background in general art and some murals that she’s done.

Join host Andrea Kruszka as she meets with artist and painter Katie Tyler. They look at what influenced Katie to start painting going all the way back to kindergarten, where she gets her ideas and some artists that likes to bounce ideas off of, and how the art scene here is different from New York’s art scene.

New episodes every Sunday at 8am on Lite Rock 95.9.