Art Focus

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Airs at: Tue, 11/11/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Airs at: Tue, 10/28/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Hosted by:

Joseph Gallivan

Produced by:

KBOO

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A radio show about visual art. You get it.

Every Second and Fourth Tuesday, from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Art Focus features interviews by host Joseph Gallivan with artists, curators and critics. Lively voices talking about art, how it's made and sometimes even what it means. Page back through KBOO's schedule to find all the recordings, some of which were made on magnetic tape.

Please send inquiries and questions to

kbooartfocus@gmail.com

Topic tags:

Arts/Culture

Genre(s):

Arts and Culture

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Joseph Gallivan interviews Grace Kook Anderson of the Portland Art Museum about Dawn Cerny’s sculpture show in the APEX series

Airs at: Tue, 01/09/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

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On Tuesday January 9, 2018, Joseph Gallivan interviews Grace Kook-Anderson of the Portland Art Museum about Dawn Cerny’s sculpture show in the APEX series. Northwest art curator Kook-Anderson talks about Cerny’s brightly colored sculptures and how they resemble furnitur... Read more

Metalwood Salvage

Airs at: Tue, 12/26/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

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Eric Bartels speaks with Eric Bohne, the owner of Metalwood Salvage in NE Portland. Metalwood Salvage intercepts usable and unique metal and wood from the scrap industry. In addition to selling materials, they also build one-of-a-kind furniture, fixtures and eclectic... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Ellen Goldschmidt about her show Hot Lava: Family Pictures

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday December 12, 2017, Joseph Gallivan interviews Ellen Goldschmidt about her show Hot Lava: Family Pictures, which is on now at Blackfish Gallery through December 30, 2017. Lifelong Portland resident Goldschmidt talks about how she turned rivalry and friendsh... Read more

Modern Japanese Prints with Jeannie Kenmotsu

Airs at: Tue, 12/05/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday December 5, 2017, Joseph Gallivan interviews Jeannie Kenmotsu, the Assistant Curator for Japanese Art at the Portland Art Museum, about a show called Modern Japanese Prints from the Carol and Seymour Haber Collection. Kenmotsu discusses techniques such as wo... Read more

Contact Zones: Samuel Eisen-Meyers

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Samuel Eisen-Meyers is a oil painter, songwriter and performer born and raised in Portland, OR. His upcoming show, “Contact Zones” presents two new series of large and small scale paintings. Paragon Gallery Opening Artists reception Wednesday, Nov 22, 4-7pm Special Eve... Read more

Art Focus on 11/21/17

Airs at: Tue, 11/21/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Art Focus on 11/14/17

Airs at: Tue, 11/14/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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Bill Foster, of the Northwest Film Center, about LAIKA

Airs at: Tue, 11/07/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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On Tuesday November 7, 2017, Joseph Gallivan interviews Bill Foster, Director of the Northwest Film Center, about Animating Life: The Art, Science, and Wonder of LAIKA, which runs now through May 20 2018 at the Portland Art Museum. Foster talks about the way the studio ... Read more