Episode 806
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- Illustrator Carson Ellis
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- Inspired by scenes from sad and distant times, like Siberia or the Great Depression, illustrator Carson Ellis creates drawings that look like scenes from a fairy tale, so it's no surprise that she also does children's book illustrations. Ellis is most famous, however, for her work with the band the Decembrists. She's done album covers for them, as well as additional art and designs for T-shirts.
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- Teenage Violinist Alex Hargreaves
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- In memory of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, violin maker Jonathan Cooper created a special instrument to be awarded to promising violinists. Last year, internationally famous fiddler Marc O'Connor chose Alex Hargreaves of Corvallis to get to play the special instrument. Still a teenager, Alex is the youngest musician to win the award.
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- Bluesman Curtis Salgado
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- Portland's "Blues Brother" has had a long career belting out soul and blues and playing a smoking harmonica. He talks about his troubled past and his feeling about music.
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- The Artful Blogger
- Wang Gongyi: Floating and Flowing
- by Jule Gilfillan | 03/04/2010
- The serenity of the watercolor-like washes and fluid gestures of Wang Gongyi’s prints give no indication of her turbulent past. Born in Tianjin, China in 1946, Wang was on a collision course with China’s Communist revolution. As a teen, she nearly starved to death during Mao’s disastrous Great Leap Forward, then later was “sent [...]
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