Olivia Dear - Songwriter
Olivia Dear will be performing at the Saginaw At Museum & Gardens August 5, 2025
Jul 03, 2025•18 min
TempleArts - Saginaw Art Museum + The Temple Theatre
The TempleArts Podcast is your source for behind the scenes interviews with creative people and interesting happenings at the Saginaw Art Museum and The Temple Theatre in Saginaw, Michigan. Tune in learn more from the people that are making art work.
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Episodes
Amy Petty - Song writer / Vocalist
Amy Petty will be playing at the Saginaw Art Museum & Gardens on July 1 as part of the Museum Tunes concert series
Jun 20, 2025•23 min
Bruce Winslow - Painter - Artist Talk at The Saginaw Art Museum & Gardens
Bruce Winslow - Painter - Artist Talk at The Saginaw Art Museum & Gardens Today's podcast features Bruce Winslow's artist talk at the Saginaw Art Museum & Gardens. The talk was recorded live on November 6, 2024 in support of Bruce Winslow's current exhibition, The Art of B.B. Winslow: The Restlessness in Me on display at the museum through January 18, 2025 www.saginawartmuseum.org/winslow2024
Nov 18, 2024•40 min
Jada Bowden & Nancy J. Rodwan - Fiber Artists
Bright Moments & Shifting Shadows is now on display at the Saginaw Art Museum & Gardens Learn more about the exhibition at: https://www.saginawartmuseum.org/exhibition/brightmomentsshiftingshadows2024/ Nancy J. Rodwan, known for transforming everyday objects into new and unexpected forms, uses a variety of traditional and contemporary techniques to create ethereal fiber art. Her work reflects a deep connection to nature, incorporating organic forms and a rich palette of colors. Rodwan’s ...
Jun 28, 2024•24 min
Trevor Edmonds - Musician
Trevor Edmonds is a multi-instrumentalist from Bay City Michigan who utilizes unique sound samplings, loops, and mixes these sonic elements to create his songs. In our conversation today, learn more about his approach and plan on seeing him perform live at the Saginaw Art Museum as part of our Museum Tunes Concert Series on August 1. Saginaw Art Museum: www.saginawartmuseum.org/museumtunes2023 Trevor Edmonds: https://trevoredmonds.bandcamp.com/
Jul 30, 2023•23 min
Mickayel Thurin - Mixed Media Artist - BIG ENERGY Exhibition
Mickayel Thurin is a Haitian American artist born in 1987 in Newport News, VA. She grew up in NY, VA and MI, eventually landed in Philadelphia, PA to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) where she studied painting. Thurin’s chief influences have consistently been expressive color, pattern and texture. The majority of her works tend to be colorful, expressive, abstracted portraiture done with mixed media. They often contain embroidery and collage. Her current exhibition BIG ENE...
Jun 14, 2023•27 min
Jacob Wisenbach - Trumpeter / Midland Community Jazz Band
Jacob Wisenbach is a multi-instrumentalist with a primary focus on the trumpet. He is also the bandleader of the Midland Community Jazz Band, which will be playing at the Patricia A. Wolfgram Museum Tunes Concert Series on May 30 at the Saginaw Art Museum in our conversation today. Jacob describes his journey to becoming a trumpeter and the experience of being a band leader. Listen in here and plan to join us at the Museum Tunes Concert on May 30th. Learn more about Museum Tunes: www.saginawartm...
May 23, 2023•23 min
James Terrell - Artist - Transcendence: Beyond the Terrestrial Plane
Learn more about James Terrell's current exhibition Transcendence: Beyond the Terrestrial Plane at the Saginaw Art Museum www.saginawartmuseum.org/jamesterrell2023 Terrell Arts DC - https://www.terrellartsdc.com/ James Stephen Terrell is a native Washingtonian who was reared in Ward 7. His parents are Rev. Dr. James E. Terrell, Pastor of historic Second Baptist Church of Washington D.C. and Retired Superior Court Associate Judge Mary A. Terrell of the Superior Court of Washington D.C. He receive...
Apr 10, 2023•24 min
TheaterWorks USA: The Magic School Bus-Lost in the Solar System / Katie Kallaus & Alyssa Naka Silver
The Temple Theatre will be hosting TheaterWorks USA's production of The Magic School Bus-Lost in the Solar System on February 15, 2023. The production tells the story of a class that gets lost on the way to the planetarium, Ms. Frizzle saves the day by blasting into outer space for an epic interplanetary field trip! In our podcast today we have guests Katie Kallaus who plays Ms. Frizzle and Alyssa Naka Silver who plays the part of Wanda in the production. SHOW INFORMATION: www.templetheatre.com/...
Feb 12, 2023•19 min
Travis Fader - Noel: Experience Christmas
Travis Fader is the Executive Director and founder of NOEL: Experience Christmas, a Broadway style Christmas program debuting at the historic Theatre on December 9, 2022. Fader holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Northwood University. His musical background includes writing and orchestrating Christmas music, at the notable Ocean Way Studios with the renowned orchestra, The Nashville String Machine. In addition to writing and arranging music, Fader is an accomplished pianist...
Dec 05, 2022•11 min
Barry Andersen - Photographer
Barry Andersen has been making photographs of the land and sky for over thirty years. Working in both film and digital formats, his career and work have evolved through the use of available technologies. Andersen is Professor Emeritus at Northern Kentucky University where he received the Spirit of Light Award honoring his lifetime commitment to the students. Currently, Andersen's work is part of the Saginaw Art Museum's exhibition Field of Vision. In our discussion today, we discuss more about e...
Dec 05, 2022•38 min
Robert von Sternberg - Photographer
Robert von Sternberg is a distinguished career artist, photographer, university art educator, and philanthropist. He has served as a guest curator for 17 art exhibitions and is the founding director of The Museum Project working to promote the recognition of internationally known senior photographers by facilitating the addition of the photographers' works to museum collections. His work can be found in around the globe from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC to Bibliothèque Nationale in...
Nov 28, 2022•34 min
Larry L. Preston - Author
After 40 years in law and finance, Larry Preston turned to writing in his retirement and recently released his first novel, Forged Fates. The novel centers around characters in the art forgery arena. As the story unfolds, the mystery deeps as characters connected with a murderer art conservator become increasingly entangled. In our conversation today we chat about the process of writing and publishing. A special author Meet and Greet will take place at the Saginaw Art Museum on November 17, 2022...
Nov 13, 2022•13 min
Andrea Modica - Photographer
Andrea Modica lives in Philadelphia and is a Professor of Photography at Drexel University. She received a BFA in Visual arts and Art History from State University of New York College at Purchased followed by an MFA at Yale University School of Art. Her photographs have been featured in many magazines, including the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Newsweek and American Photo. Modica has exhibited extensively and has had solo exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Cle...
Nov 07, 2022•18 min
Episode 52 - Ryan Buyssens - feedback
Ryan Buyssens was born and raised near Detroit, MI; an environment that imparted a rich, lifelong influence from the automotive industry’s mechinized culture. An artist in the broadest sense of the word, he expresses his ideas through countless media. His current exhibition, feedback, is on display at the Saginaw Art Museum through December 18, 2022 Learn more: www.saginawartmuseum.org/feedback2022
Oct 09, 2022•21 min
Episod 51 - Bonney Lalley - The Circumference of a Garden
Artist Bonnie Lalley was born and raised in Detroit before moving to northern Michigan. She is a graduate of Kendall School of Art and received her Master's of Fine Art from the University of Illinois. Lalley's work much like nature assembles vibrant color arrayed with bits of paper and detritus. Her exhibit The Circumference of a Garden is currently showing at the Saginaw Art Museum through November 18, 2022. Learn more: www.saginawartmuseum.org/bonnielalley2022
Sep 25, 2022•18 min
Episode 50 - Zach Williams - Songwriter
Zach Williams is a husband, father, recording artist, and songwriter, writing life-changing songs that come from a place of humility, honesty, and a direct reflection of God's redemption in his life. With music reaching fans far and wide, in his career to date Williams has earned two GRAMMY® awards (Chain Breaker, 2018; "There Was Jesus," 2021), and along with an additional five GRAMMY nominations, Williams is a multi-GMA Dove Awards and K-LOVE Fan Awards winner and nominee. Currently, Williams ...
Sep 14, 2022•14 min
Episode 49 - Kimmie Horne - Jazz Singer
A Detroit native, Kimmie Horne developed her own unique style of performing and singing. She was inspired by her great-aunt, the legendary songstress and movie icon Lena Horne and her uncle, Cleveland Horne, lead vocalist of Motown’s Fantastic Four. She is recognized internationally as a Jazz Singer, weaving blends of pop and rhythm and Blues, as well as classic jazz with her rich, alto voice and sultry performances. In 2017 Horne received the National Honor as Lady of Jazz by Black Women in Jaz...
Sep 05, 2022•16 min
Episode 48 - Myles Roznowski - Symbols of the Sublime
Today's guest is Myles Roznowski, the artist behind our current exhibition Symbols of the Sublime. In the exhibition, Roznowski attempts to visualize the nature of patterns through a range of media on a visually encompassing scale. We talk with him today about the formation of his vision for these pieces and the exhibition as a whole. Learn more at www.saginawartmuseum.org/symbolsofthesublime
Aug 15, 2022•18 min
Episode 47 - Phabies
Phabies is a Grand Rapids based alternative rock/pop group that has been described as oozing “DIY spirit with eclectic musical vibe” by Local Spins. With five albums to their name including the recently released Fire Seed, members continue to work on connecting with audiences and building a spirit of comradery where ever they play. Phabies consists of members Laura Hobson who leads song writing for the group, Garret Stier on guitar and bass, Joshua Holicki on drums, Max McKinnon on synth, and Ke...
Jul 31, 2022•28 min
Episode 46 - Fernando Silverio Solis - Singer Songwriter
Flint based singer-songwriter Fernando Silverio Solis talks to us today about the disciple and work that goes into songwriting and comments about the effort and intentionality of creating songs that have personal yet universal elements. Fernando will be playing at The Saginaw Art Museum as part of the Museum Tunes Concert series on August 10, 2022 More information about the show can be found at saginawartmuseum.org The Museum Tunes concert Series is supported by Saginaw Arts and Enrichment Commi...
Jul 24, 2022•24 min
Episode 45 - MIZNXN - Kora Nixon - Singer Songwriter
Kora Nixon, known by her moniker MIZNXN earned the title of Michigan’s “entertainment juggernaut,” for her captivating performances throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region where she got her start as a singer-songwriter. Her soothing alto voice, poetic lyrics, and love of good ol’ fashioned fun all contribute to the allure created around her shows. MIZNXN will be at The Saginaw Art Museum on July 11 as part of the Museum Tunes concert series. For more information about the concert visit www.saginaw...
Jul 05, 2022•16 min
Episode 44 - The Stapletons - Harp and Guitar Duo
The Stapletons are a husband and wife, harp and guitar duo. Together, they write baroque folk rich with hints of Appalachian balladry, Delta blues, and echoes of the English folk revival movement. Blues-driven harp and guitar arrangements topped by ethereal vocal harmonies combine to create a wondrous sound. The Stapletons will be at The Saginaw Art Museum on July 11 as part of the Museum Tunes concert series. For more information about the concert visit saginawartmuseum.org The Museum Tunes con...
Jul 02, 2022•15 min
Episode 43 - Saginaw Choral Society - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Saginaw Choral Society originated in 1930 and consists of volunteer singers from all walks of life representing the Great Lakes Bay Region. Through the group's history they engaged in collaborations with others that include Boys Choir of Harlem, Dave Brubeck, and Judy Collins. The choir will perform the music of Andrew Loyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat at the Temple Theatre in cooperation with the the Saginaw Youth Choir this week. We have three guests involved in t...
Jun 01, 2022•33 min
Episode 42- Amadeus - Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, Pit and Balcony, SVSU Concert Choir
On April 2, The Temple Theatre will host a masterful collaboration between the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, Pit & Balcony Theatre, and Saginaw Valley State University's Concert Choir, and various vocal soloists as they present Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus. This production will include a broad range of Mozart's music played out on the stage. Today we speak with guests Maestro Fouad Fakhouri of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, Amy Spadafore, Managing Director of the Pit & Balcony The...
Mar 28, 2022•21 min
Episode 41 - Scooby-Doo! And the Lost City of Gold - Creators Ella Louise Allaire & Martin Lord Ferguson
Ella Louise Allaire is a show conceptor, librettist, composer, lyricist, producer and entrepreneur. Over the years she has acquired an international reputation that makes her a highly sought after creator in the entertainment business. She is the writer of the Original Concept, Book, Music and Lyrics for the multi-billion dollar franchise from 20th Century Fox – the arena spectacular - Ice Age Live! A Mammoth Adventure with colleague Martin Lord Ferguson. Ice Age Live! has broken attendance reco...
Mar 18, 2022•22 min
Episode 40 - Dog Man: The Musical - Brandon James Butorovich & Savannah Fisher
We have two guests on today's podcast. Brandon James Butorovich and Savannah Fisher star in TheatreWorks USA Production of Dog Man: The Musical which will be performed at The Temple Theatre on March 13. Butorovich has played roles Off BroadWay in A Christmas Carol and Alice in Wonderland. He has also toured with Missoula Children's Theatre and The National Theatre for Children. Fisher who will be playing the role of Flippy in the upcoming performance is from Detroit Michigan. She graduated with ...
Mar 07, 2022•18 min
Episode 39 - Mike Ball - Comedian
Mike Ball is a touring headlining comedian, Producer of “The Future of Comedy show” with OVER 500 Shows Produced Ball was 5 Star Comedian and Top performer on Gig Salad and the winner of Best Event in Midland 2019. He has opened for comedy legends Ralphie May, Dave Landau and Rob Little to name a few. Currently, Mike is producing the comedy series “The Future of Comedy Show” which is featured in venues across Michigan. Mike Ball will be performing with Big Juicy in the Leopard Lounge at the Hist...
Feb 25, 2022•17 min
Episode 38 - Lark Allen III - From Africa to Eternity
Lark Allen III is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he received an M.F.A. (2014) in Print Media. . Allen is non discriminatory when working with materials, and actively engages in various forms of drawing, sculpture, painting, and printmaking. As a current Saginaw Michigan resident, he is an active proponent of health and well-being within communities, and attempts to reveal this advocacy through his artwork. His current exhibition, From Africa to Eternity is on display at the Sagina...
Feb 14, 2022•19 min
Episode 37 - Fouad Fakhouri - Conductor and Composer
Today we have the honor of hearing from conductor and composer Fouad Fakhouri Lauded for his “musical accuracy” and “emotional intensity,” he has earned a reputation for his dynamic artistry behind the podium. Fakhouri goes beyond the score to capture both the essence and spirit of the music, delivering powerful interpretations and inspired symphonic performances. On Saturday January 29, Maestro Fakhouri will present the world premiere of KRUPA with the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra at the hist...
Jan 25, 2022•16 min
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