The following short form features (4-7 minutes in length) were produced for inclusion in the arts magazines CROSSROADS – later named ARTBEAT. Series Executive Producer – Elisabeth Perez-Luna
ALL features as broadcast are archived with PACIFICA RADIO ARCHIVES Search – Dolores Brandon.
NOTE:
In-depth, unedited primary source interviews (audio + transcripts) with artists featured remain in Brandon’s personal possession. These can be made available to scholars, authors, media etc. upon request.
EMAIL: brandon.dolores@gmail.com
1989
● American Museum of the Moving Image (AMMI) NYC, NY
■ Festival featuring Pioneers in Black Filmmaking e.g. Oscar Michaux
■ AIRDATE February 7, 1989
● Nuyorican Poets Cafe
■ AIRDATE: May 19, 1989 & rebroadcast March 20, 1992
■ Founder/Director, Poet, Miguel Algarin
● Nelly Vivas – Columbian Playwright adapts Antigone
■ AIRDATE: November 17, 1989
● Jimmie Durham – Visual/Performance Artist – The Bishop’s Moose & The Pinkerton Men
● David Hammonds – Visual/Installation Artist – COAL TRAIN
● Robt. Blackburn – Printmaker, Founder/Director Printmaking Workshop
1990
● Opera Ebony )NYC, NY)
■ AIRDATE March 2, 1990
● Beverly Buchanan – Visual Artist – Shacks of the American South
■ AIRDATE April 6, 1990
● Jaune Quick-to-see Smith – Visual Artist – Chief Seattle series
■ AIRDATE May 4, 1990
● Black & Latino Museums in New York
■ Studio Museum of Harlem, El Barrio
■ AIRDATE: July 1990
● Sapphire – poet/performance artist – Are you Ready to Rock
■ AIRDATE: September 7, 1990
● Arte Publico
■ AIRDATE: June 15, 1990
1991
● Silkroad Playhouse – Korean-American playwrights theater
■ AIRDATE: November 8, 1991
1992
● Valerie Capers – composer operatorio Sojourner Truth pianist, professor of music
■ AIRDATE: January 7, 1992
● Dominican Writers Conference
■ AIRDATE: March 20, 1992
● Women of Color Quilting Network
■ AIRDATE: September 25, 1992
● Adrian Piper – Conceptual artist, philosopher – DECIDE WHO YOU ARE exhibit
■ December 18, 1992
1993
● Faith Ringgold – Visual artist, painter, quilt maker (date) TAR BEACH exhibit/book
■ AIRDATE: Dec. 24, 1993
● Judith Jamison – Dancer, Director Alvin Ailey Dance Theater – 2 Features
■ Celebrating 35th Anniversary Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
■ Publication of DANCING SPIRIT – Jamison’s personal memoir
NOTE: as of 1994 forward CROSSROADS is broadcast with new name, ARTBEAT
but is cataloged at Pacifica Radio Archives under CROSSROADS.
1994
● El Greco – Opera @ INTAR NYC, NY
■ AIRDATE January 21, 1994
■ William Harper, composer, libretto by Bernardo Solano , Director, Tom
O’Horgan
● Dominican Painters
■ AIR DATE May 6, 1994
● Roger Shimomura – Visual artist, performance art (YELLOW PERIL exhibit.
■ AIRDATE: May 20, 1994
● Sekou Sundiata (poet, director) What is This Thing Called Love (performance)
■ AIR DATE June 10, 1994
● Don Covay – songwriter, musician receives Pioneer Award R&B Foundation
■ AIRDATE: June24, 1994
● Otis Blackwell – musician Pioneer Award R & B Foundation
■ AIRDATE: July 8, 1994
○ Forrest Ray, nephew to Blackwell unedited interview
● Black Books Galore – publisher/distributor
■ AIRDATE: NOVEMBER 25, 1994
● Hung Liu – Painter Year of the Dog (exhibit Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Soho December 23, 1994)
1995
● Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head – receive Federal Recognition are granted control
environmental conservation of the cliffs and sacred lands at Gay Head, Martha’s
Vineyard, MA
1996 ARTBEAT (Airdates unclear)
● A.R. (Archie) Ammons – Poet – publication book-length poem, GARBAGE
December 3, 1996 (date of interview)
● Joan Didion – Novelist, Journalist – on the occasion of the publication of THE LAST
THING HE WANTED
● Theodora Skipitares – Puppet/performance artist – UNDER THE KNIFE
● Julie Taymor (Director) & Elliot Goldenthal (Composer) – Theater artists – JUAN
DARIEN (opera)
1997 ARTBEAT Features: (Airdates unclear)
● Richard Foreman Director, Playwright, founder Ontological Hysteric Theater
■ March 21, 1997 Part 1 of 2
■ March 28, 1997 Part 2 of 2
INTERVIEWS
■ Richard Foreman
■ David Patrick Kelly (actor) talking about working with Richard Foreman and the OHT. Recorded @ NPR studio NYC 2.3.’97 TRX not included.
● Lionel Hampton’s 89th Birthday celebration June 27, 1997 (ARTBEAT)
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