Kendall Johnson, Kate Flannery and John Brantingham discuss the work of long time Inland Valley artist Terry Givens. More information: Garden Prayers: Fall available from Pelekinesis

Ken Johnson, Kate Gale and John Brantingham discuss the new catalogue from the Sasse Museum on the art of Deenagh Miller. More information: https://sasseartmuseum.org/

John Brantingham, Kendall Johnson, Tim Hatch start by asking if the Inland Empire has an identifiable artistic voice and then we're off to the races bouncing around from idea to idea.

The Prince of Orange County by Kareem Tayyar, a local book recommendation

John Brantingham, Kate Flannery, and Kendall Johnson recommend their favorite local authors, in part two of the Inland Valley Art and Literature Show book recommendations episodes.

The Burgler Who Painted Like Mondrian by Lawrence Block, a book recommendation

John Brantingham, Kendall Johnson, Aruni Wijesinghe, Jeffrey Graessley, and Tim Hatch recommend books written by people from outside the area. Local authors will be featured next episode.

Hilma af Klint, the swan no 23, 1915, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

John Brantingham, Jeffrey Graessley, Tim Hatch, Kate Flannery, and Kendall Johnson talk about the history and origins of abstract expressionism and why abstract expressionism still matters.

Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1DwLEP5nL4

Wesley Hurd, "Between the Knife and the Heart" acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 51 x 47 inches

John Brantingham, David Falkinburg, and Kendall Johnson discuss abstract art in general and the work of Wesley Hurd specifically.

More information at The Odyssey of These Days: http://www.odysseyofthesedays.com/paintings

Ken Johnson, Tim Hatch, Matt Sedillo, Kate Flannery, John Brantingham talk about Father Bill Moore's final art show "My Last Art Beats: still touching & feeding souls" at the Progress Gallery in Pomona, in collaboration with the Sasse Museum of Art.

Online catalog of the show: https://view.publitas.com/inland-empire-museum-of-art/my-last-art-beats/page/1 Sasse Museum of Art : http://sasseartmuseum.org/

Ken Johnson, Trevor Losh-Johnson, and John Brantingham talk about Ken Johnson's memoir "Chaos and Ash," one traumatic stress consultant’s views from the inside of some of the largest critical incidents.

More information: http://pelekinesis.com/catalog/kendall_johnson-chaos_and_ash.html

Ken Johnson, Tim Hatch, Jeffrey Graessley, George Hammons, Kate Flannery, and John Brantingham discuss the long-limbed sculpture "gandhiG" by Peter Shelton installed at Pomona College Museum of Art in 2006, moved to the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College in 2020, Claremont.

As always, their discussion starts at a piece of art and then wanders all over the place.  

Ken Johnson, Tim Hatch, Jeffrey Graessley, George Hammons, Kate Flannery, and John Brantingham talk about the UCR virtual photography show, Facing Fire: Art, Wildfire, and the End of Nature in the New West.

More information can be found here: https://virtualucrarts.ucr.edu/facing-fire.

As always, their discussion starts at a piece of art and then wanders all over the place.  

Stephanie Barbé Hammer, Ken Johnson, Tim Hatch, Matt Sedillo, Kate Flannery, and John Brantingham talk about the mural in Pomona on the School of Arts and Enterprise, CA. As always, their discussion starts at a piece of art and then wanders all over the place. 

John Brantingham, Matt Sedillo, Mark Givens, Kate Flannery, and Kendall Johnson talk about the new mural of a panda in Upland, CA. As always, their discussion starts at a piece of art and then wanders all over the place. 

John Brantingham, Matt Sedillo, George Hammons, Kate Flannery, Kendall Johnson talk about the mammoth sculpture at the Jurupa Mountain Discovery Center. As always, their discussion starts at a piece of art and then wanders all over the place. 

John Brantingham, Matt Sedillo, and Kendall Johnson discuss the Millard Sheets mosaic on the bank in Claremont at the corner of Indian Hill Blvd and Foothill Blvd.

John Brantingham, George Hammons, Matt Sedillo, and Kendall Johnson discuss David Flores's mural of Karl Benjamin that welcomes visitors into the Pomona Arts Colony on Second Street.

• Allen Callaci lets us know that April is National Poetry Month. There's an event at the Paul A. Biane Library in Rancho Cucamonga featuring Mathieu Cailler on April 25th.

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• Nikia Chaney announces Voices Against Violence (https://www.nikiachaney.com/voicesagainstviolence.html)
  • Micah Tasaka will do a workshop on healing violence in the body.at the Garcia Center for the Arts on April 7th at 4pm and the Pain Sugar Gallery April 14th at 3pm
  • Allyson Jeffredo is working with California State University Students and San Bernardino Valley College students to talk about violence in families.
  • Lydia Theon Ware i will be working with Catelaya Active Adult Community to talk about violence and mental health in a closed session staring April 27th.
  • Lisa Henry will be leading a workshop at RCC on April 19th with special guest artists.

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• Tim Hatch and George Hammons in conversation

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On the web: http://www.iepublications.com/podcast/

• John Brantingham (San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival and Mt. SAC)
• The San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival On Twitter: @SGVLitFestival
• Simply Red Show at the dA Center for the Arts

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• Mark Givens (Pelekinesis)
• Inlandia Institute Workshop Registration
• Becca Spence Dobias "Rock of Ages".
• Jo Scott-Coe presents "First Responders: Women as Witnesses to Mass Violence"
• Lily Hoang at Pitzer Literary Series and The Grove House at Pitzer College
• Cellar Door Books have a book club for every tastes.
• Ontario Teen Book Fest 2018
• Dennis Callaci "100 Imagined Cassettes" (with Refrigerator) at the dA Center for the Arts

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• Tim Hatch (Inland Valley Art and Literature Show)
• Claremont Public Library
• 4th Sunday Poetry Readings Jerry Garcia & Mary Torregrossa
• We Tell Stories - "Proud to be Me"
• Ontario Literary Events
  • Once Upon a Cuento
  • Peter Rabbit for Little Ones
  • Black Heroes Story Time
  • Teen Book Fest Book Club
  • Teen Book Fest Bingo
  • Pop Culture Chat

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• John Brantingham (San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival and Mt. SAC)
  Guests:
  • Jack Mabie (new album from The Thought: Food For Thought)
  • Katie Sue Funk (featured reader at the dA Center for the Arts)
  • Kitty Anarchy (Yesika Salgado's book of poetry "Corazón")
  • Inland Empire Museum of Art (www.iearts.org)

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• Mark Givens (Inland Valley Art and Literature Show)
  • NaNoWriMo (nanowrimo.org)
  • Inlandia Institute (inlandiainstitute.org)
  • Inland Empire California Writers Club (iecwc.com)

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• Isabel Quintero (PoetrIE)
  Topics:
  • Reading with Virgina Grise "Your Healing is Killing Me"
  • Benefit for Victims of Domestic Violence
  • San Berdoo Grandstand (facebook.com/sanberdoograndstand/
  • poetriepoetrie.org/
  • Facebook Group: PoetrIE

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• John Brantingham (San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival) with news and events [download segment]
• Tim Hatch and Michaelsun Stonesweat Knapp, two poets discuss the work of Ross Gay [download segment | full segment is available here (explicit)]
• Jo Scott-Coe (author and instructor) with news and events from Riverside Community College [download segment]
• Nikia Chaney (Inlandia Literary Laureate), recorded during a workshop of PI: Poetry and Performance Alliance, with poets Micah Tasaka and Angela Penaredondo [download segment | full segment is available here]