The Art Box - Episode 100 - Artist Roundtable Celebrating 100 Episodes

Welcome to the 100^th episode and 1^st year anniversary of the Art Box Podcast.
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It was last April when Rachelle Knight and Steve Dudrow dreamed up a podcast for the VVAA and in May the BoD approved us to move forward. We would like to thank the 2022 BoD for giving us the green light to start on our journey.
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In early June Tyler Roylance was our first guest and we were off and running, we crept along learning and trying to get better episode by episode.

Rachelle came up with the idea of mixing in some short 10-minute episodes and Floyd Johnson was our star in these, we recorded some at his home and he was always available to consort with us on this short episode idea. Tyler jumped into these short episodes as well, even including some of his students for creative specials.
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Rachelle moved to SLC in the fall and Linda Harris answered Steve’s frantic calls for help and help she did. Linda is a master at recruiting great guests, asking the most interesting questions, and getting grants for us to go on the road.

Our other occasional co-hosts include Rachel Washington, who is also our happy starting and ending voice, Rayette Martin specializing in public lands’/archeology episodes and more recent Diane Alexanian, our Hollywood recruiter and co-host. Yes, The Art Box has gone Hollywood.
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Upon our year mark we have passed 10,000 downloads along with our 100 episodes, we have traveled to Elko, Nevada for the 38^th Cowboy Poetry Gathering, the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art in Las Vegas, the Mystery Ranch in Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, we have recorded one episode outdoors in Gold Butte National Monument, we have listeners in 23 countries and 48 states.
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We started recording in the Women’s History and Culture Center thanks to Jean and Carol, we recorded quite a few episodes at the Mesquite library learning center, thanks to our hosts  Judi and Vanessa. In early 2023 Mesquite Works with grants from the City of Mesquite, Do it Best Hardware and help from C&J Blinds, built a recording studio for our use at the Mesquite STEAM Center. To show our appreciation Linda and Steve will be teaching a podcast course this summer there as the Art Box is committed to building partnerships with local organizations.
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Thanks to everyone who has seen us through this amazing year, our sponsors, our guests, and our loyal listeners.

To celebrate our milestone, please enjoy this roundtable of former guests, all amazing artists, to talk about creativity in the Virgin Valley and beyond.

Enjoy.