Maine Arts Alive 7/28/15

Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Waterfall Arts

Participants:
Martha Piscuskas, Co-Director, Waterfall Arts
Karin Otto, Board President, Waterfall Arts
Rick Fitzsimmons, Board Member, Waterfall Arts
Norman Pourier, Director of Parks & Recreation, City of Belfast, Maine

Key Discussion Points: Past, Present, Future of Waterfall Arts, Programming, Economic

Mid-Coast Currents 2/17/12

Broadcast Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

Program Topic: Belfast Creative Coalition

Key Discussion Points:
1. What is the “Belfast Creative Coalition?”
2. What are the program goals of the BCC?
3. Who is Kimberly Callas, and what is her role?

Guests:
1. Martha Piscuskas | Co-Director and co-founder of Waterfall Arts in Belfast and Montville. Martha has been worked with several non-profit organizations in Maine including the Maine Aids Alliance, Maineshare, and Women Unlimited. She is a graduate of the Maine College of Art and Wesleyan University.
2. Donna McNeil | is Director of Policy and Programs at the Maine Arts Commission. Donna holds a BFA in Painting from Syracuse University, an MLA in Art History from Harvard University and a certificate from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for executives in state and local government. Donna has devoted a lifetime to the arts in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, holding directorial and curatorial positions in galleries, museums and the performing arts.
3. Kimberly Callas | Is the new coordinator of the Belfast Creative Coalition. She is the Board Director and Art Coordinator of Midcoast Magnet and co-founder of the Newforest Institute in Brooks Maine. A graduate of the New York Academy of Art and the University of Michigan, Kimberly is a practicing artist in her own right.

For More Information:
Waterfall Arts | www.waterfallarts.org
Maine Arts Commission | www.mainearts.org

Call In Program: YES

Host: John Zavodny
Engineer: Joel Mann

Mid-Coast Currents 6/17/11

Producer/Host: John Zavodny
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: The Mid-Coast Art Scene

How has the art of Steve Mumford made an impact on perceptions of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?
What is happening at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in summer 2011?
What programs are available at Waterfall Arts in summer 2011?

Guests:
Suzette McAvoy, Executive Director of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland Maine; Martha Piscuskas, Program Director of Waterfall Arts, Belfast Maine; Steve Mumford, Iraq war veteran, he has periodically returned to the region, producing drawings and watercolors on site that document the daily lives of local citizens and US soldiers.