AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

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AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge episodes

  • 60th anniversary of Baton Rouge Swim-In

    Original Air Date: 7/2/23 - For the month of July, Baton Rouge Gallery is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Baton Rouge Swim-In, when more than three dozen Black activists approached the segregated City Park Pool to protest Jim Crow-era policies that prevented them from enjoying a pool their tax dollars helped construct. Prevented by law enforcement from entering the pool, the resulting court decisions calling for the pool’s integration led to its being fenced off and forever closed. Gallery CEO Jason Andreasen and artist member Malika Favorite join host Pam Bordelon to talk about this historic collaborative project between the gallery, which is housed in the former pool house, BREC and Dialogue on Race Louisiana.

    22 min
  • Banjo virtuoso Don Vappie

    Original Air Date: 6/25/23 - Mike Esneault, ACGBR’s Director of Music Education & Advancement, takes over the recording studio for this week’s AC23 for a jam session with award-winning Creole banjo-guitar player and vocalist Don Vappie. Listen in as the duo plays a little music and chats about NewOrleans, jazz and the Creole culture.

    50 min
  • Grammy- & Emmy-winner Mike Esneault

    Original Air Date: 06/18/23 - Host Pam Bordelon gets up close and personal with Grammy and Emmy award-winning composer Mike Esneault, the newest member of the Arts Council staff. They talk about his music career, years teaching in the EBR Schools System, receiving the 2023 Alvin Batiste Hall of Distinction Award and about his upcoming contributions to AC23. This is one podcast you don’t want to miss!

    21 min
  • Scotland Saturdays
    Original Air Date: 06/11/23 - Byron Washington had a dream–to revitalize his Scotlandville neighborhood, and the idea for a vendors market was born. Then he teamed up with buddy DexterJackson and kicked things up a notch. Scotland Saturday is the result of love and dedication on the part if these two who have curated a 13-week concert/market for this north Baton Rouge community.
    23 min
  • Crespo Fellowship recipient Rob Carpenter
    Original Air Date: 6/4/23 - Michael Crespo Fellowship Award recipient Rob Carpenter joins host Pam Bordelon for this week’s AC23 podcast. This Mississippi native, who served as a professor of painting and drawing at Nicholls State University from 1991–2012, shares how he got his start as an artist in the Mississippi Delta and ended up in South Louisiana. The award was established by Cary Saurage and the late Derek Gordon, former CEO of ACGBR, to commemorate the life, work and dedication of the internationally recognized artist, who also served as a professor and director of the LSU School of Art and recognizes the quality and breadth of work by a visual artist who has established their personal and professional lives as long-time contributing members of the Baton Rouge community.
    21 min
  • Artist Ben Peabody: 'Art & Addiction'
    Original Air Date: 5/28/23 - Ben Peabody is an artist, art teacher, former politician and recovering addict.He explores his journey to sobriety via his art and now uses those works to help others on their journey. He talks with host Pam Bordelon about his one-man show, End the Stigma of Addiction through Art & Education, which hangs for another 10 days at theWest Baton Rouge Museum
    21 min
  • Maxine Crump: Dialogues on Race

    Original Air Date: 5/21/23 - Maxine Crump was the first Black woman to live in a dorm at LSU, the first Black woman DJ on Baton Rouge radio and the first Black reporter on Baton Rouge TV, so it’s not surprising that she’s the driving force behind Dialogues on Race Louisiana. She visits with AC23 host Pam Bordelon to talk about her journey from the days of Jim Crow to the issues we face today.

    23 min
  • Author Melinda Walsh

    Original Air Date: 5/14/23 - With 60 staring her in the face, Baton Rouge marketing executive Melinda Walsh, a longtime “amateur” runner, set herself a goal - run a half marathon. She shares her inspiring, often hilarious and always honest journey with host Pam Bordelon as they talk about Melinda’s just-released book, Outrunning Age: Meeting Midlife with Courage, Compassions & a Few Bruises.

    23 min
  • New Orleans-based bass player Peter Harris

    Original Air Date: 5/7/23 - New Orleans bass player Peter Harris closes out our Jazz Listening Room series for 2022-23 with an intimate performance in the Virginia & John Noland Black Box Studio at the Cary Saurage Community Arts Center. While he was busy with performances at New Orleans Jazz Fest, he took a few minutes to visit with host Pam Bordelon for a deeper dive into how he went from a kid goofing around with his brothers to becoming one of the Big Easy’s brightest stars.

    22 min
  • Of Moving Colors: Garland Goodwin Wilson

    Original Air Date: 4/30/23 - Of Moving Colors Artistic Director Garland Goodwin Wilson joins AC23 host Pam Bordelon to talk about its upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello as well as OMC’s Dance for Parkinson’s program and the presentation of its Legacy Award to former LSU Women’s Gymnastics Coach D-D Breaux. And, as OMC celebrates its 35th anniversary, what does the future look like for Baton Rouge’s contemporary dance company?

    21 min

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23 Minutes about the Greater Baton Rouge Area's Arts & Culture