AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Original Air Date: 1/13/2022 - In honor of Black History Month and its theme Black Health and Wellness, the Artist Advisory Board and the Arts Council are hosting an exhibition titled “Healing History”. The speaker Dion Guillory is speaking with activist, artist, gallery owner, and guest curator, Kristen Downing about her contributions to the exhibition and how she’s inspired by African-American history. They speak on how art in the African-American community can help dismantle the cultural silence that tends to surround black households.

Original Air Date: 1/6/2022 - The Cary Saurage Community Arts Center, new home for Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, is preparing for its grand opening at MPAC 2022. Host Dion Guillory speaks with Laura Siu Nguyen, of Laura Siu Event Planning, about plans for the big night.

Original Air Date: 11/19/2023 - Clay Achée, Chase Bernard, and sidekick Ziggy pop into the Jan & Bill GrimesRecording Studio to give AC23 host Pam Bordelon the scoop on the second season of the puppet-themed show now airing. Set in a Louisiana junkyard arts center, the live-action puppet series follows 9-year-old Ziggy as he discovers ways to express himself and connect with others through the arts—painting, dance, theater, music, etc.

Original Air Date: 11/12/2023 - Samuel C. Spitaleis a native of Amite and a graduate of LSU. From a career start as senior manager of global product development at Lucasfilm Ltd., the Los Angeles-based journalist, storyteller, and humorist has penned the insightful book How to Win the War on Truth. In town for the recent Louisiana Book Festival, he took some time to sit down with Pam Bordelon for an AC23 episode you don’t want to miss

Original Air Date: 11/5/2023 - On Nov. 8, the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Louisiana State Archives and LSU Library’s T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History are teaming up for the state premiere of Dear Sirs, which recounts the story of an American soldier captured by the German army in France during World War II. Filmmakers Mark Pedri and Carrie McCarthy, and Louisiana DVA's Brandee Patrick sit down with host Pam Bordelon to talk about this inspiring movie about Pedri's grandfather and efforts to tell the stories of Louisiana veterans.

Original Air Date: 10/29/2023 - Creatives for the Culture welcomes you to The Corner  in this week’s edition of AC23. Founders Troy Roberson Lee, Evelyn Ware and Mike Weary talk with host Pam Bordelon about the evolution of this collaborative project with ACGBR and what’s on tap for November’s The Corner. 

Original Air Date: 10/22/2023 - For more than 60 years, Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre has brought dance to the Capital City. On Oct. 29, it opens its 2023-2024 season with Ballet Magnificat’s Scarlet Cord. Tune in as host Pam Bordelon visits with BRBT co-artistic director Molly Buchmann and Ballet Magnificat founders Kathy and Kevin Thibodeaux, who have an amazing story on how this all came to fruition.

Original Air Date: 10/8/2023 - Internationally renowned watercolor artist Judi Betts has been painting since she was a little girl. In celebration of her 60-year career, a retrospective of her work is on exhibit at the LSU Museum of Art and Manship Gallery through the end of the year. For this week’s AC23 podcast, she takes a trip down memory lane with host Pam Bordelon, sharing stories from around the world.

Original Air Date: 10/1/23 - ACGBR President/CEO Renée Chatelain and fellow dancer Kaitlyn Odell talk about Dance For All, a multi-tiered program created to widen dance opportunities to those with disabilities and/or limited access to the art form and supported by a grant from the Pennington Family Foundation. Specifically, they talk about the current six-week AdaptativeDance course that begins this Sunday afternoon at the Cary Saurage Community Arts Center. And make plans to catch the dancers’ performance at this year’s Festival of Lights celebration on Dec. 1 kicking off the holiday season here in the Capital City.

Original Air Date: 9/24/23 - Kevin Couhig is a storyteller, retired businessman, and a recovering politician. Since retiring, he's made writing his focus, putting the same energy into storytelling as he did to building ventures. He visits with host Pam Bordelon about becoming an author; his first novel, A Man for Others; and the book he is writing now, tentatively titled If One of Them is Dead.