In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Trail Mix Art Exhibit Project Coordinator Deborah Vander Eyk. With a lively opening reception on November 11 at the Whit Gallery, the Trail Mix Art Exhibit is a juried exhibition with the theme of “Honor the Earth.” Jurors include Karen Goulet, Peter Happel Christian, and Winona LaDuke. For artists wishing to submit their visions of the importance of protecting the environment, there is a call for art with a deadline of Sunday, October 23.
This program was made possible with support from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
St. Cloud State University has its first named department thanks to a generous $1 million gift from Judy C. Pearson, who was celebrated on campus on September 22, 2022. The Judy C. Pearson Department of Communications Studies gift will help students, faculty and the community with international educational grants and scholarships, academic conference grants and guest speakers. She gave her generous gift because of her love of her experiences as an undergraduate student at SCSU.
In this intimate interview with Judy you’ll learn about her life’s journey from Isle, Minnesota to achieving her academic and professional goals, her successes and failures, and what shaped her to give back to the university. She is a dynamic woman who is living a full life.
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us to Antarctica with KVSC Alumnus Tony Abfalter. The Director of Engineering for Leighton Broadcasting just recently returned from six months at the South Pole where he oversaw communication technology at McMurdo Station for the National Science Foundation base. Jeff and Tony talk about the numerous adventures and challenges that come from surviving in one of the most inhospitable places on earth where the weather reminds everyone daily that it’s not the heat(or lack thereof), it’s the humidity!
Disruptive Narratives highlight people impacted by history and systemic processes of neglect and disinvestment but may not have a seat at the table and may not feel seen. This is space for people radically re-imagining a path forward but not necessarily a space for those who are unpersuaded by the need for a better world where Black futures matter. We are focused on sharing perspectives that are often unshared or unheard because they challenge what we think we know. In this program, guests are the experts of their own reality.
Stayci Bell is a daughter, mother, grandmother, gardener, photographer, actress, puppeteer, healer, leader and story tell. Stayci defines her self as an Everything-ist. Her work has been on Nicollet Mall, in church basements, in homeless shelters, and in the Guthrie Theater as part of Zamia Theater. Stayci is a grower of plants and people.
Stayci Bell is a daughter, mother, grandmother, gardener, photographer, actress, puppeteer, healer, leader and story tell. Stayci defines her self as an Everything-ist. Her work has been on Nicollet Mall, in church basements, in homeless shelters, and in the Guthrie Theater as part of Zamia Theater. Stayci is a grower of plants and people.