The Art Box

The Art Box was invited to travel back in time to Lizard, Nevada 1942. This time there was no train but Steve was blown back via a haboob. 
I had the pleasure of chatting at the Virgin Valley Theatre with the cast (in character) on the stage. As always this group of neighbors, friends and performing artists were funny, talented and at times serious as we chatted about their new melodrama A Haboob in the Hoodoos.  You can find out more and purchase tickets at: https://www.vvtgnv.com/buy-tickets
See you at the show!
 

A life and death struggle occurs daily just south of the cute little artist community of Ajo, Arizona. A small non-profit works to save lives in the Sonoran Desert by strategically placing and maintaining water catchments for those in need. Linda and Steve had the honor of interviewing one of the heroes of Humane Borders, Laurie Cantillo. 

Your hosts Linda and Steve are delighted to release our very first 'STEAM Chat' podcast in parrallel on the Art Box. Since 2016 our loving neighbors Ann and Burton Weast have used their energy and skills to help our community find jobs with Mesquite Works. Now Partnering with George Gault they are placing Mesquite on the educational map with their creation "The Mesquite Works STEAM Center" a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Center that also includes key elements of Art and Agriculture. The mission of the STEAM Center is:
Our mission as the Mesquite STEAM Center is to engage students with hands-on learning within the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. Students will have the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to find success within their future professions and academic pursuits. 
Our STEAM Center students will be hosting STEAM themed podcasts to bring science, technology, engineering, agriculture, art and math subjects to our listeners. Stay tuned as STEAM Community Radio is also in the works.
Settle back and listen to two Mesquite wonders Ann and Burton.

Linda and Steve were treated recently with a delightful interview with our friend, award-winning author and essayist Kase Johnstun. Our chat ranged from Craniosynostosis, how he researched and wrote Let the Wild Grasses Grow, dreaming, writing discipline, artificial inreligence, his grand parents, mom and passion for creativity and writing.
More about Kase.
KASE JOHNSTUN lives and writes in Ogden, Utah. Author of Let the Wild Grasses Grow, Beyond the Grip of Craniosynostosis and coeditor of Utah Reflections: Stories from the Wasatch Front, he teaches at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation, the Graduate School in Creative Writing for Southern New Hampshire University, Barton Community College, and Weber State University. His essay collection Tortillas for Honkies was a finalist for the Autumn House Press Nonfiction Award, and his work has been published in Label Me Latino/a, Creative Nonfiction, The Watershed Review, and elsewhere. He holds an MA in Creative Writing and Literature from Kansas State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University. You can find him running on the trails of the Rocky Mountains along the face of the Wasatch Front.
You can find Kase's work at: http://kasejohnstun.com/

Linda had to track down her friend Lynn Maguire on Rust Island, MA, 2,666 miles away for this episode. Lynn has embarked on creating an art community that is afforable, allows for unbridle creativity, healthy habits, and fosters great friendships. Grab a good wine, open Spotify on your smart phone and settle in for a fun chat about art.
Find Lynn and her Snug Harbor Studio on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snug_harbor_studio/
You can email Lynn at: SnugHarborStudio@gmail.com
Snug Harbor Studio opening announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyt5cz1RPYR/
 
 

You are going to love this episode.
Linda and Steve were so privileged to welcome Mesquites preeminent Master of Ceremonies Pericles Rellas to our studio to talk; theatre, arts, building cathedrals, loving life and just to have fun.
We talked about Pericles profession as a mind-set coach, you can find out more about this on his web site: https://www.periclesrellas.com/
As we head into 2024 we have a new lead-in and closing voice for our podcasts, that would be non-other than Pericles. We also changed our music selection using Kit Pristine’s – Effortlessly Beautiful and Witness of Infinity. You can find Kit’s music on his web site: https://kitpristine.com/

A quick review on our 2023 Podcasts for The Art Box and Clouds in the Sand.

Hosts Linda Harris and Jean Watkins sat down with the Mesquite Hertitage Museum Coordinator Elspeth Kuta to discuss the early history of Bunkerville and Mesquite. Enjoy this heartfelt episode and learn about our founding familes. It should be noted Elspeth will be retiring this month, if you can drop by the museum before December 21, stop in to say hi to one of our Mesquite Heroes. 
Learn more about the Virgin Valley Heritage Museum by clicking here.

Tyler popped into our STEAM Center studio on Thanksgiving eve with his sons to record a quick episode about  the genisis of his unique "Imagine That" exhibition entry that garnered a first place in the photography category. The October exhibition was sposored by Sherry Gosdis. Enjoy.

There are a few places in the world where Steve is complete awe, one of them is the Pando tree in Fishlake National Forest, Utah. I have visted, I have camped and each time I am content to sit and listen to the Aspen leaves in the wind, they are soothing to my soul, laying in my sleeping bag memsurized at night as the Milky Way makes its way across the sky, stars apprearing and dispearing amongst the tiny fragile leaves. 
Your Art Box hosts have been working for the last year to grab amazing photographer, conservationist, thinker, and creative genius Lance Oditt as our guest. Either we were going one way or Lance the other, our schdeules finally  connected and Linda and I were able to welcome Lance via phone as our guest. Lance is the Executive Director of Friends of Pando and owner of Studio 47.60° North. 
We urge you after listening to this episode to visit Friends of Pando web site and look in on the ground breaking work Lance is doing at Studio 47.60° North.
Then you just have to visit Fishlake National Forest and Pando. Pull out your camp chair and spend a few hours listening to the worlds largest organisn charm you with it's sounds, throw out the cot and sleeping bag, spend a summer night in the Pando looking up at as the Milky Way pokes and prods its way through the tree. 
Pure delight! Lance thank you for inspiring us to love the tree.