Greetings from Studio 360, Public Radio International’s Peabody Award-winning, nationally syndicated weekly show about creativity, pop culture and the arts, hosted by Kurt Andersen.

 

We thought you might be interested in this week’s segments about art – here’s a quick description:

This October, one lucky artist will win the top award at the ArtPrize contest in Grand Rapids, Michigan: a quarter million dollars. Rick De Vos, grandson of the founder of Amway, created the competition and donated the prize money. Rick tells Kurt why he wanted to bring world-class art to his struggling hometown.

 

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More than 1,200 artists representing every genre -- from music to sculpture to poetry -- are presenting their work at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids. The public chooses the winner. But as Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra discovered, to get votes, you need a plan to get noticed.

 

Also on this week’s show: Roseanne Cash's late father Johnny made a list of his favorite country songs for her; now she's recorded her own versions of these American classics.  And for music critic Tim Page, Asberger's Syndrome was the key to a brilliant career.

 

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