Art Beat

What if I told you that storytelling is considered an method of performance that uses culture, history, and various mythologies to gather a community of people together. That it's a practiced form of art many would associate with big stage comedy shows, or a small campfire surrounded by close friends. Today on Art Beat, we invite you to sit with us, as we share with you, Sandbar Storytelling, with their guest host, Clare Murphy. So sit back and relax as we introduce to you the beauty of preserving cultural traditions and wild Irish Tales from Sandbar Storytelling, today, on Art beat.

Original Airdate: 05/09/23

Pictures can be known to capture bits and pieces of history, other times it's meant to sybolize messages that're used to spread throughout the media. Some symbolic messages may be negative, but these messages give light to a more positive message. On today's Art Beat, we talk to astonished photographer, La Vonte Thompson, with his latest exhibit, Give Me My Flowers: Exhaulting Black Women and Girls. His exhibit featured shots of his models included with subjects which were discussed in an interview. Each photo representing art, beauty, and power. Join us now as we pull back the curtain and discuss the astounding art of La Vonte Thompson today on Art Beat. 

Original airdate: 04/04/23

KQAL conducted live interview with Winona State University's department of Theatre and Dance.
Original airdate: 02/28/2023

On today's Art Beat, we open the curtain for an annual event running for 33 years, Dancescape 2023! Dancescape is a long running event with a variety of performances made by the theatre and art department at Winona State that was held Febuary 16th to the 18th. So sit back and relax as we take you behind the scenes on today's Art Beat.
Original Air Date: 03/07/2023

From paintings to prints, from wood work to writing, there is no limit to what you can find at the Winona Art Walk. Hosted across the city of Winona, several local artists have come to share their unique mediums and styles. On today's Art Beat, we get to speak with a few of these local artists, and hear about their works, styles, struggles, and more! Join us as we get a peak of Winona's local art scene, on today's Art Beat. 
Original Airdate: 02/07/23

From paintings to prints, from wood work to writing, there is no limit to what you can find at the Winona Art Walk. Hosted across the city of Winona, several local artists have come to share their unique mediums and styles. On today's Art Beat, we get to speak with a few of these local artists, and hear about their works, styles, struggles, and more! Join us as we get a peak of Winona's local art scene, on today's Art Beat. 
Original Airdate: 01/31/23 

KQAL's Jiovani Bermudez meets with Mai'a Williams to discuss her project, Blooming Underground. Blooming Underground is a centers on their relationship to the Driftless natural landscape, the sacredness of Black and First Nations’ lives and histories in this region and globally, the healing traditions that they learned from their grandmother and elders in rural South Carolina.

Original airdate: 11/08/22

Many songs have a story to tell. Sometimes this message is clear other times it’s not. Sometimes it would be nice to know what the artist was thinking as they wrote the melodious poetry. On today’s Art Beat we get the opportunity to get a glimpse at the stories behind the works of local artist Charlie Parr with his new book Last of the Better Days Ahead. Charlies’ songs are unique for their gripping and emotional lyrics often accompanied by simple yet elegant strums of a guitar. Join us as we experience the works of Charlie Parr through a written medium on todays Art Beat.

Original airdate: 10/11/22

Today on Art Beat we talk to some of the production team from Theatre du Mississippi’s production of Shipwrecked! which will play on the Cal Fremling tour boat.

Original air date: 09/06/22

Art Beat is written and produced by KQAL FM on the campus of Winona State University and is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Today on Art Beat, we talk with Margaret Dolinsky and Dave Casey about the art pieces featured at the Marine Art Museum during this year’s Weird Media Conference. Margaret’s project “Winona’s Way” focuses on Winona’s love for nature by portraying her art on canoe’s and then submerging the canoes, and herself into the Mississippi River. Margaret’s previous work is in VR systems that allow you to experience her art in a 3D landscape. I’m Max Ackman, and up next we talk with Margaret about CaveVR and Winona’s Way, today on Art Beat.

Original Air Date: 07/12/22.

Art Beat is produced on the campus of Winona State University and is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.