Art Beat

When you break a leg, you go to the doctor and they put a cast on it. Everyone can see that you have a cast on and they know that you have a broken leg. It is obvious that you have been hurt and are now healing. Sometimes people can have mental or emotional injuries or issues that they are dealing with as well but that isn’t so obvious. In addition, there can often be a negative stigma surrounding mental illness. Local photographer Joy Davis Ripley’s new photo exhibit titled “Visible/invisible: Life With Mental Illness” seeks to dispel the stigma surrounding mental illness by making what is often invisible visible. Joy’s project involves her subjects describing their experience with mental illness in their own words and then she worked with them to create portraits to illustrate those feelings and experiences. The exhibit is at Public Launch in Winona, MN through the month of February 2020. I’m Bill Stoneberg, with photographer Joy Davis Ripley on Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 06/04/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

This week on Art Beat, we hear from Lois Peterson on her new exhibit, Listening for Evidence. Listening for Evidence explores Lois' fascination with spacious, quiet scenes and their artistic qualities. I'm Willard Huyck, and this is Art Beat. here on 89.5 KQAL.
Original Air Date: 01/28/20.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Rochester has a crow problem. And a new documentary film titled The Crows by Tyler Aug highlights the issue with humor mixed in with facts about crows to ask a serious question, how can Rochester live together with the crows? The film The Crows will be shown at the Gray Duck Theater and Coffeehouse in Rochester this Thursday, Dec 5th 2019. The film takes a humorous look at the crow situation, examining attempts to relocate the crows, along with an attempt to bring them into the art community? Anyway, I spoke with Tyler to get a little background on the subject and the film maker himself. And before I got a chance to even ask him Tyler told me, yes I have been pooped on. I’m Bill Stoneberg, with film maker Tyler Aug, talking about The Crows.
Original Air Date: 12/13/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Do you like to write? Do you have an interest in weird things? How about getting paid? That’s good right? Today on Art Beat Minnesota author Frank Bures discusses How to Write About Weird Stuff and Make a Living At It. Frank recently held a writers workshop at the Winona Public Library. I sat down with Frank to discuss his writing career and how he got into writing about weird things. Frank also talks a little about his book The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the Worlds Strangest Syndromes. So if the title of his book is any indication, we might be in for a wild ride. I’m Bill Stoneberg, stick around as we step into a world of weird with Frank Bures, on Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 11/26/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Today on Art Beat we talk to Winona based artist Jamie Harper who also goes by the name Salvaged Medium. Jamie not only uses reclaimed materials to paint on, but he also uses salvaged paint. His work often incorporates the wildlife and the landscape of the Mississippi river valley combined with splashes of color that gives his work an unmistakable look. I sat down with Jamie at Ed’s No Name Bar where his work is being shown through the end of December 2019. We discussed his work, how he came to use reclaimed materials, and making America bike again. I’m Bill Stoneberg, with local artist Jamie Harper on Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 11/19/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Art can be very powerful. It can transmit emotions or ideas…

It can be cathartic for the artist to create and can also help the person experiencing the art work through things they are dealing with in their own life.
Much like feeling better after listening to a sad song, art can help you to realize that you are not alone and that others before you have dealt with the same pain and made it through.
Today on Art Beat we speak with local artist Faye Schoen, whose work is currently being shown at the Bell Art Room at the Winona Public Library. The exhibit titled, Good Grief: Healing Through Art, will be on display through the month of October. I sat down with Faye to talk about the healing power of art and how it has helped her in dealing with the loss of her husband of 40 years. I’m Bill Stoneberg, with Faye Schoen, on Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 10/08/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

What does “home” mean to you? Does the word home conjure up a certain place or time or feeling? Today on Art Beat we talk to Cecillia Cornejo, artist in residence at Lanesboro Arts in Lanesboro, MN. Cecillia is a Chilean-born documentary filmmaker, artist and teacher who lives in Northfield, MN. Her new project that she has brought to Lanesboro is called the Wandering House. The Wandering House is an old ice fishing shack that Cecillia has converted into a mobile audio recording booth. She is exploring the themes of people and place and the concepts of belonging and home in rural communities in Minnesota. Participants are encouraged to tell their stories in The Wandering House, their own version of what home means to them, in their own words. I’m Bill Stoneberg, with artist Cecillia Cornejo on Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 10/01/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Today on Art Beat we go to Public Launch in downtown Winona for the opening of a photo exhibit by local photographer Ed Hoffman. The exhibit, titled La Gomera: The Island Lost in Time is an attempt to tell the story of La Gomera which is an island in the Spanish Canary Islands. The island has faced the impact of mass emigration, modernization, fascism, and climate change all of which come through in Hoffman’s photographs. The exhibit will be on display through October 12th 2019. I’m Bill Stoneberg, with local photographer Ed Hoffman, on Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 09/24/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Today on Art Beat we talk to local historian and stereo photography buff, Bob Taunt. Bob recently gave a presentation about the history of stereo photography at the Winona County History Center. The presentation was a compliment to an exhibit titled Victorian Winona: Through the Lens of Charles Tenney. Charles Tenney was a photographer in the Winona area in the late 1800s and produced many stereo images of the area as was common at that time. I’m Bill Stoneberg, encouraging you to stick around to learn more about stereo photography from local historian Bob Taunt, on Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 09/17/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Today on Art Beat, we talk to local artist Lyon Smith about his latest work, Driftless Sanctuary. The piece has been on display at Public Launch in downtown Winona. We talk to Lyon about how beavers and the way they build were part of the inspiration for the piece. We also talk about where the piece might end up next. I’m Bill Stoneberg, with Lyon Smith, on Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 09/03/19.
Art Beat is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.