ART TAP

On tap this week is an introduction to a special project in which ART TAP is encouraging, and will play host to, creative storytelling from the community. Today ART TAP is announcing "Tippecanus Rex," a community-wide story projectcelebrating the (un)natural history of Tippecanoe County, Indiana through mythical beasts, imagined histories and fake statistics. Creative works of writers, performers, and musicians will be selected for "major awards" and broadcast on this podcast! Entries will be due Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019!

On tap this week are friends from Lafayette Citizens Band, promoting itself as "Music that Brings the Community Together Every Summer". With me are Jenn Tordil and Krista Steinmetz. Jenn is Vice President of the Board and Krista is a board member on the PR community – "the face of the band." We talk a bit about the history of the band, the aspects of playing outdoors in the summer, and the upcoming season of performances.

On tap this week are friends from CHiPS, or Community Historic Project Support, which highlights the City of West Lafayette's heritage through the identification and acquisition of significant historic properties throughout the West Lafayette community.

With me are Shelley Lowenberg-deBoer, Kay Conner, and Amy Harbor, talking about a Cemetery Walk on Sunday, May 19, highlighting individuals in the arts who are interred at Grandview Cemetery.

On tap this week (again) are my friends Amy Long and Cindy Gerlach, from the Live765 arts section of the Lafayette Journal and Courier. We meet occasionally to review and discuss the things we've seen and experienced in the area, and to recognize the efforts that are not getting much formal recognition. So what's happened since December...?

On tap this week is John Clare, music director at WBAA Public Radio from Purdue University. John is a classical music host, a videographer, and an accomplished violinist. John surprisingly talks a lot about art (visual) while describing music (classical).

On tap this week is Amy Lynn Budd, Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University Theatre. Amy was our guest in episode 011 and she's back to discuss a new project, "She Kills Monsters," opening April 12th. Amy also talks about a recent course in which she collaborated, designed to explore the musical "Hamilton" from very creative perspectives.

On tap this week is Jake Wood, scenic artist and properties manager for Purdue University Theatre. Jake talks about getting into scenic work, some of the challenges of painting for theatre as part of a technical team, and presenting theatre in a university system.

On tap this week is a James Taylor Fan tribute. No guests, but it's short. Singer-songwriter James Taylor was born on March 12, 1948. No matter what his music means or where it stands in the great American music canon, it will always hold a special place in my heart. This is for Ron.

On tap this week is a group of my friends, that I'm calling the Comics Guys, gentlemen from various walks of life I've called together to talk about something near and dear to our hearts – comic books. On hand are writer and editor and previous guest on the ART TAP podcast, Brian K. Morris; Keith Long, Vice President of W. H. Long Companies; and actor, teacher, and technical director at Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette, Trey Gorden.

The discussion tonight circles around the question "Is Bill Maher right? Or is he just an a**hole?" (explicit episode) For our listeners, comedian Bill Maher made comments recently about the death of comics legend Stan Lee, which questioned his impact and the value of comics in modern culture as a whole. We, of course, take issue.

On tap this week is Mark Ruschman, senior curator of art and culture for the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis. Mark went from managing his own art gallery in downtown Indianapolis, which featured Indiana creatives, to curating exhibits of Indiana artists for the State Museum. He shares a number of historical and contemporary Look-up links that examine the wide-ranging Indiana arts scene.