Beyond What the Eye Can See: Deep Sky, Star Trails, Moons, and Galaxies

Beyond What the Eye Can See: Deep Sky, Star Trails, Moons, and Galaxies

Aired Saturday, April 23, 2022

Beyond What the Eye Can See: Deep Sky, Star Trails, Moons, and Galaxies

The Conversation

Talking about star trail shooting. Using modern cameras to shoot beyond what the eye can see including the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy and how anyone with a small telescope can get great pics of the moon with any camera. We will also explore an upcoming event that will connect poets and amateur astronomers to explore the deep skies through images and poems.

Guests

Dr. Andy Gavrin, Physicist; Dr. Fredrick Kleinhans, Astro-photographer; Joyce Brinkman, Poet

Beyond What the Eye Can See: Deep Sky, Star Trails, Moons, and Galaxies

Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord

Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord

Aired Saturday, April 16, 2022

Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord

The Conversation

Talking about the museum’s collaboration with Mass Audubon to present a special exhibition, Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord. We will explore the life of William Brewster (1851-1919) was Mass Audubon’s first President who dedicated over thirty years of his life to the study of birds in Concord at his property, which he called October Farm. Drawn to Concord for its natural beauty and abundant bird life, Brewster made October Farm into an experimental field laboratory and documented its wildlife for scientific study and public enlightenment. Brewster was one of the country’s earliest advocates for the protection of birds and the conservation of their habitats.

Guests

Erica Lome, Curatorial Associate, The Concord Museum; Amy Montague, Museum Director of the Museum of American Bird Art

Alive with Birds: William Brewster in Concord

Rivers in the Anthropocene: The History and Current State of Our Nations Rivers

Rivers in the Anthropocene: The History and Current State of Our Nations Rivers

Aired Saturday, April 9, 2022

Rivers in the Anthropocene: The History and Current State of Our Nations Rivers

The Conversation

Talking about the history of the current epoch: the Anthropocene and why we should care about our rivers and streams. We will provide a starting point for a series of conversations about water and the ways in which humans have had an impact as well as ways they can restore, repair, and protect our rivers.

Guests

Dr. Jason M. Kelly is Director of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute and Chair and Professor of History in the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Rivers in the Anthropocene: The History and Current State of Our Nations Rivers

Hidden in Plain Sight: Brains, Perception, Fabric Arts, and Physics

Hidden in Plain Sight: Brains, Perception, Fabric Arts, and Physics

Aired Saturday, April 2, 2022

Hidden in Plain Sight: Brains, Perception, Fabric Arts, and Physics

The Conversation

Talking about things that are right in front of us but are hidden from our eyes and brains due to camouflage, neurobiology, or wavelength. We will explore the world around us through light and optics, quilts, and brain.

Guests

Andy Gavrin, Physicist; Jheel Patel, Neuroscientist; Laurie Gavrin, Quilter

Hidden in Plain Sight: Brains, Perception, Fabric Arts, and Physics

Remaking a Building for the Arts: Opportunities, Challenges, and Creative Solutions

Remaking a Building for the Arts: Opportunities, Challenges, and Creative Solutions

Aired Saturday, March 26, 2022

Remaking a Building for the Arts: Opportunities, Challenges, and Creative Solutions

The Conversation

Talking about how repurposed buildings for the arts can create an open forum for conversation that engages artists in rethinking the problematic term of “outsider art” and reconsider how all of us move between “inside” and “outside”? What are the challenges in design, construction, and programming a space for the arts. What creative solutions did the workers have to do on the fly during the remake including a look at construction workers as artists.

Guests

Caitlin Negron, Indy Convergence; Robert Negron, Indy Convergence; Kara Hawkins, On-Site Project Manager

Remaking a Building for the Arts: Opportunities, Challenges, and Creative Solutions

Watch Local: Hoosier Documentaries That Inspire

Watch Local: Hoosier Documentaries That Inspire

Aired Saturday, March 19, 2022

Watch Local: Hoosier Documentaries That Inspire

The Conversation

Talking about how Hoodox puts a spotlight on creators and community members, including all the conversation that happens when important and inspiring themes are shared through the power of storytelling. Katelyn is a talented director that has an interesting focus on nature – she’s especially interested in telling stories about creatures that might first appear unlovable. On Hoodox, her short film Snag in the Plan features the northern long-eared bat and her newest film (not yet on Hoodox, but hopefully coming soon) called Hellbender in the Blue is about the Hellbender Salamanders.

Guests

Rocky Walls, Founder of Hoodox and Katelyn Calhoun, Hoodox Board Member and Featured Filmmaker

Watch Local: Hoosier Documentaries That Inspire

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