TempleArts - Saginaw Art Museum + The Temple Theatre

Barry Andersen has been making photographs of the land and sky for over thirty years. Working in both film and digital formats, his career and work have evolved through the use of available technologies. Andersen is Professor Emeritus at Northern Kentucky University where he received the Spirit of Light Award honoring his lifetime commitment to the students. Currently, Andersen's work is part of the Saginaw Art Museum's exhibition Field of Vision. In our discussion today, we discuss more about elements of photography that have changed and stayed the same during his experiences.

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Robert von Sternberg is a distinguished career artist, photographer, university art educator, and philanthropist. He has served as a guest curator for 17 art exhibitions and is the founding director of The Museum Project working to promote the recognition of internationally known senior photographers by facilitating the addition of the photographers' works to museum collections. His work can be found in around the globe from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC to

Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Von Sternberg's photographs are part of the current exhibition Field of Vision here at the Saginaw Art Museum. Listen in to learn more about this distinguished career photographer.

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After 40 years in law and finance, Larry Preston turned to writing in his retirement and recently released his first novel, Forged Fates. The novel centers around characters in the art forgery arena. As the story unfolds, the mystery deeps as characters connected with a murderer art conservator become increasingly entangled. In our conversation today we chat about the process of writing and publishing. A special author Meet and Greet will take place at the Saginaw Art Museum on November 17, 2022.

Andrea Modica lives in Philadelphia and is a Professor of Photography at Drexel University. She received a BFA in Visual arts and Art History from State University of New York College at Purchased followed by an MFA at Yale University School of Art. Her photographs have been featured in many magazines, including the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Newsweek and American Photo.

Modica has exhibited extensively and has had solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts.

Currently, you can view her work at the Saginaw Art Museum as part of the exhibition Field of Vision. Listen in to learn more about Modica's process of using 8x10 camera to produce her photographs.

Ryan Buyssens was born and raised near Detroit, MI; an environment that imparted a rich, lifelong influence from the automotive industry’s mechinized culture. An artist in the broadest sense of the word, he expresses his ideas through countless media. His current exhibition, feedback, is on display at the Saginaw Art Museum through December 18, 2022 

Learn more: www.saginawartmuseum.org/feedback2022

Artist Bonnie Lalley was born and raised in Detroit before moving to northern Michigan. She is a graduate of Kendall School of Art and received her Master's of Fine Art from the University of Illinois. Lalley's work much like nature assembles vibrant color arrayed with bits of paper and detritus. Her exhibit The Circumference of a Garden is currently showing at the Saginaw Art Museum through November 18, 2022.

Learn more: www.saginawartmuseum.org/bonnielalley2022

Zach Williams is a husband, father, recording artist, and songwriter, writing life-changing songs that come from a place of humility, honesty, and a direct reflection of God's redemption in his life.

Learn more: www.templetheatre.com/zachwilliams2022

A Detroit native, Kimmie Horne developed her own unique style of performing and singing. She was inspired by her great-aunt, the legendary songstress and movie icon Lena Horne and her uncle, Cleveland Horne, lead vocalist of Motown’s Fantastic Four. She is recognized internationally as a Jazz Singer, weaving blends of pop and rhythm and Blues, as well as classic jazz with her rich, alto voice and sultry performances. In 2017 Horne received the National Honor as Lady of Jazz by Black Women in Jazz and Arts Award. Most recently, she founded the Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival identified by the National Civic League with the All American City Award in 2021.

Horne will be opening for Kenny G on September 9, 2022 at the historic Temple Theatre in Downtown Saginaw Michigan

Learn more: www.templetheatre.com/kennyg2022

Today's guest is Myles Roznowski, the artist behind our current exhibition Symbols of the Sublime. In the exhibition, Roznowski attempts to visualize the nature of patterns through a range of media on a visually encompassing scale. We talk with him today about the formation of his vision for these pieces and the exhibition as a whole.

Learn more at www.saginawartmuseum.org/symbolsofthesublime

Phabies is a Grand Rapids based alternative rock/pop group that has been described as oozing “DIY spirit with eclectic musical vibe” by Local Spins. With five albums to their name including the recently released Fire Seed, members continue to work on connecting with audiences and building a spirit of comradery where ever they play. Phabies consists of members Laura Hobson who leads song writing for the group, Garret Stier on guitar and bass, Joshua Holicki on drums, Max McKinnon on synth, and Kevin Burrows.

Phabies will be playing at the Saginaw Art Museum on August 10 as part of the Museum Tunes concert series. Learn more at www.saginawartmuseum.org/museumtunes2022

Listen to Phabies: https://phabies.bandcamp.com/album/fire-seed