The Department of Homeland Inspiration

Powerama is an aspirational radio play - monologue wherein, a middle aged lady takes stock of her technologically "assisted" brain on 2021.  Art Ranger has been collecting her thoughts about (tech) on posit notes for years, which formed the basis for this rant.

This Tea for Two is the first of a series of conversations, where art is in the intersection. Herein,  Art Ranger interviews artist Terese Garcia, who also writes poems.  While living in Big Sur, Terese's creative method took root, developing into an intricately textured, non-representational art practice. Several years ago, she also began exercising her voice as a writer; we're delighted to present three of her recent poems.  And for those of you who don't often take in poetry, come along with us; we think you'll be carried away by this intriguing word delivery experience.

Art Ranger conducts her train through a storytelling recount of the January 2017  Womens March and inaugural weekend, in an effort to reharness some of that energy, what she calls a Flashback Action Pack, with hope, and hopefully humor, confronting the hemorrhaging hypocrisy as it unfolds. 

Amongst the sonic infield bits are some Tibetan bowls played with our art friend from the ancient neighborhood, Maggie Stewart.

Art Ranger shares a recipe by creative director and friend, John Crane.  We all have a lot to get through, don't we? - If you're perhaps fishing for "something to take the edge off" or to stoke reverie, here's where mixology meets riffing while sipping.  Guitar vibe segments provided by offspring, Noah Lindenthal.  And we do recommend checking out John Crane's work.

Art Ranger has dispatched her favorite four letter word to help sponge up our general sense of overwhelm with so many kinds of &#@% storms brewing. Well,..has your cusssss word count skyrocketed these past four years!??  Adding to the soundscape, trombone notes were provided by Evelyn Proffit,  recent graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

What if someone took a swab of all our dreams? In this episode, Art Ranger performs the second of three poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, used by permission from New Directions Publishers.  If you are looking for a sugar coating for our times, or a soft-serve yoga mantra, you should probably not click here.  However, If you are interested in bits and bytes of art, curated and created, squeezed through some h(e(ar)t) valves, then we sincerely hope you'll join us.

Art Ranger wonders over "sheltering" while introducing a collaborative art adventure. Four artists known as Critical Ground working with Fund for Homeless Women and project partners: Women in Transition, I-help, The Gathering for Women.  We created art workshops with women without shelter and now explore our own art expressions about this topic to be exhibited at the Monterey Museum of Art (date TBD). Learn more about the artists: Dora Lisa Rosenbaum, Amanda Salm, Denese Sanders, and (Me)lissa Smedley.

Art Ranger shares an excerpt of her ever morphing essay about her love of drawing.  She also asks two other artists for their thoughts about the practice of drawing and how it intersects with their general practice: we'll hear from Jean Vengua and Nanette Yannuzzi Macias.

The Department of Homeland Inspiration is a state of being, one that emphasizes art as a component of daily living.  This podcast has grown out of a blog of the same name, brought to you by the Art Ranger, in which the artist and her community share 'found' art.

Your host, The Art Ranger, introduces her way of processing the world through the lens of art.  She welcomes your participation in this new  adventure which happens to coincide with a worldwide panic attack.  Her multi-media art forms have included sculpture, slam poetry, video, performance, and blogging short essays; this podcast will draw from all previous life experience.