Podcast Archive



Date Posted: June 22nd, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – June 25, 2023

Terrance Vann speaks with Lianna Magerr about the Wilmington Children’s Chorus. The Wilmington Children’s Chorus (WCC) is dedicated to ensuring all children, regardless of their socioeconomic status, have access to high-quality musical education. The only tuition-free community children’s chorus in the nation, our mission is to empower young people to change their world through music. […]

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Date Posted: June 16th, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – June 18, 2023

Terrance Vann speaks with TAHIRA, a 2023 Individual Artist Master Fellow in Folk Arts: Oral Literature. They speak on TAHIRA’s journey to storytelling and how her family helped evolve her into the cultural leader she is today. TAHIRA’s three-decade career as a professional storyteller and teaching artist began “unexpectedly, but with a clear intention.” The […]

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Date Posted: June 2nd, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – June 4, 2023

Terrance Vann speaks with Alan Baseden, the President and Founder of Jester Artspace, about the organization’s start up and programming.  Jester Artspace is a nonprofit organization restoring and adaptively reusing the historic Jester Farmhouse, for local artists of all disciplines and skill levels to use as meeting, working, and gallery space. Jester Artspace, Inc. has […]

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Date Posted: May 27th, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – May 28, 2023

Terrance Vann speaks with Jonathan Whitney and Eliza Jarvis about their company, Flux Creative Consulting – and digs deeper into what a creative consultant does. Flux Creative Consulting develops community-driven impact solutions for corporate, governmental, and non-profit clients. Founded in 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic and a nation grappling with centuries of […]

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Date Posted: May 19th, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – May 21, 2023

Andy Truscott speaks with author L.J. Sysko about her debut full-length collection The Daughter of Man –selected by Patricia Smith for the Miller Williams Poetry Series, released in April 2023. L.J. Sysko is the author of two books of poems: her debut full-length collection THE DAUGHTER OF MAN–selected by Patricia Smith for the Miller Williams […]

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Date Posted: May 4th, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – May 7, 2023

Andy Truscott speaks with Lauren E. Peters, a 2023 Established Individual Artist Fellow and well known painter in Delaware. Lauren E. Peters believes that “all clothing is a costume. We are costuming ourselves daily in the roles we play for those around us.” This belief is the basic tenet of her artistic practice. Fighting the […]

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Date Posted: April 14th, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – April 16, 2023

Andy Truscott speaks with Kim Hoey Stevenson, a 2023 Individual Artist Fellow and award-winning journalist. A Delaware native, Stevenson grew up in Milford, the oldest daughter in a family of four children. Though she graduated from college with degrees in psychology and biology, “I’ve always been a writer.” Kim is a nationally recognized award-winning writer […]

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Date Posted: April 6th, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – April 9, 2023

Andy Truscott speaks with Brianna Hansen, the Marketing Manager of The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware. Originally built in the 1800s, “The Indian Queen Hotel” was a popular place for traveling sailors to spend the night. From 1916-1959, the hotel was repurposed into a movie theater and brought joy to thousands of locals. Sadly, it was […]

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Date Posted: March 31st, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – April 2, 2023

Andy Truscott speaks with James Morgan, a 2023 Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellow in the field of Media Arts (Video/Film).  Videographer James Morgan has been at work in a studio for over two decades, making recordings and following his profession as both a cinematographer and YouTube Channel designer. But the project for […]

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Date Posted: March 19th, 2023

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – March 19, 2023

Andy Truscott speaks with Bryant “Tee” Bell, a 2023 DDOA Emerging Individual Artist Fellow in the field of painting. Bell is a native of the First State who grew up in Greenwood, Delaware with his two brothers, and he was in the first graduating class of Woodbridge High School. The artist attended school in Hampton, […]

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