AC23 - Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture is the heart-warming, immersive story of college sweethearts Edie and Jeremy White’s transformational journey to meet her biological family after a submission to Ancestry.com drops a bomb in her lap. The two sit down with host Pam Bordelon and share more of this epic in this episode of AC23

Meet the two new co-artistic directors of Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre as host Pam Bordelon visits with Rebecca Acosta and Jonna Cox, both of whom started dancing at a very young age and have big plans to carry out the legacy they've inherited.

Original Air Date: 07/21/2024 - Arts for EveryBody project director Mike Weary and participating artists, dancer/choreographer Shamira Gatz and mandala artist Aruna Modgill visit with host Pam Bordelon about their respective Arts for Everybody projects. Arts for EveryBody is a day-long, national art-making campaign demonstrating how the Arts can lead to healthier people and communities.

Original Air Date: 7/14/24 — This week, host Pam Bordelon sits down with Harlem 9's Garlia Cornelia Jones to talk about their 48 Hours in Baton Rouge project that anchors Arts for EveryBody July 27 in the Manship Theatre's Hartley/Vey Studio.

Original Air Date: 7/7/24 — This Sunday, AC23 host Pam Bordelon gets the skinny on sculptor Thras Kalaitzidis’ interactive 3-D soft sculptures that double as board game pieces -- one of the first Arts for EveryBody projects taking place July 27. How do you play? How many can play at once? And find out how this Greek native ended up in Baton Rouge.

Original Air Date: 6/30/24 — Host Pam Bordelon is joined by Keidrick Alford, cofounder of ellemnop, and photographer Rick LeCompte, participants in Arts Council's Arts for EveryBody day-long celebration of the Arts and the role they play in our overall health. Theirs is one of 12 projects taking part across all of our Metro-Council Districts on July 27. Find out what they have on tap at the Health...

Original Air Date: 06/23/2024 - This Sunday, host Pam Bordelon is joined by Jason Furrate, creator/writer/director of Spillway , a one-hour pilot for a crime series set in south Louisiana and featuring a cast and crew entirely from the state, and actor/casting director Jenny Griffin Hogan. Tune in and find out how to attend the June 30 premiere at Manship Theatre.

Original Air Date: 06/16/24 — Fresh from his trip to the French Riviera for the Cannes International Film Festival, local actor, singer and producer Joe Carleton stops by for a visit with host Pam Bordelon. He talks about this amazing experience, the exciting response Beware the Box Folk received and his journey to making his first full-length movie with three of his best friends.

Original Air Date: 06/09/2024 - Paige Gagliano has been a member of the Theatre Baton Rouge family since she was 18; this summer, she’s returning to the fold to direct its summer musical, Cinderella (Enchanted Version ). Paige and TBR board President Beth Bordelon visit with host Pam Bordelon about the production, their TBR experiences over the years and what’s in store for the theatre’s upcoming...

Original Air Date: 06/02/2024 - Internationally renowned watercolor artist Judi Betts was the 2024 recipient of the Arts Council's Michael Crespo Fellowship. This past fall AC23 host Pam Bordelon visited with Judi, who was in the spotlight with an exhibit celebrating her 60 years as a working artist. Catch this replay and get to know this remarkably talented and witty 88-year-old as she recounts h...

Original Air Date: 05/19/2004 - Host Pam Bordelon talks with Betsy Braud, aka the Jazz Nurse, about how she incorporates her music into her work as a nurse.

Original Air Date: 05/12/2024 - This Sunday, host Pam Bordelon sits down with Manship Theatre's new executive director, Jason Langlois, who's been on the job for five months now, and marketing coordinator Sarah Nichols to get the scoop on what all's planned in the next few months. They duo also share some of their favorite memories of concerts past.

Original Air Date: 05/05/2024 - Former Baton Rouge Zoo director Phil Frost returns from another African safari. He’s joined by two of his fellow travelers, Rannah Gray and Gracella Simmons, to discuss this amazing experience.

Original Air Date: 4/28/24 — Host Pam Bordelon sits down with poet Ed Ruzicka to discuss the newly established Poetry Society of Louisiana and his latest book of poems, Squalls. Make plans to catch his poetry reading May 2 at 7 p.m. at RED STICK READS on corner of Eugene and Government streets.

Original Air Date: 4/21/24 — Louisiana has a new specialty license plate dedicated to the Arts. Join host Pam Bordelon as she visits with Acadiana artist Denise Gallagher, who created the winning design in the Louisiana Partnership for the Arts competition. A portion of the proceeds from sale of the plate benefit LPA, which works to ensure that culture is recognized as indispensable to a healthy s...

Original Air Date: 4/14/24 — Lauren Tompkins gives you the deets on the Baton Rouge Blues Festival, while THE BROSFRESH, appearing as part of Sunday in the Park, talks about their career and playing before a hometown crowd.

Original Air Date: 3/31/24 — Spring in South Louisiana means festival time! This Sunday, host Pam Bordelon sits down with Shawn Williams, who kicks off ACGBR's Sunday in the Park concert series on April 7.

Original Air Date: 03/24/2024 - Host Pam Bordelon sits down with Dr. Bill Grimes, founder of the LSU School of Music's jazz program, as he talks about his life and career. Now retired, he's planning an amazing night of jazz with his long-time friend Byron Stripling to celebrate his 70th birthday.

Original Air Date: 3/17/24 — This April, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge kicks off the second session of its Talent Advancement Program (TAP) focusing on video production. Host Pam Bordelon talks with facilitator Chris Jeansonne and one of his featured instructors, Dierdré Peterson, who share what participants can expect to get out of the 10-week session.

Original Air Date: 03/10/2024 - Host Pam Bordelon sits down with former ACGBR President/CEO Renée Chatelain to talk about her eight-year stint as leader of the organization as well as her time at Manship Theatre, Mid-City Dance Project, and as a practicing attorney. Find out what’s up next on her agenda.

Original Air Date: 2/18/24 — Re-ran Writers Workshop before Feb. 24 book signing event in Plaquemine

Original Air Date: 2/25/24 — Mat Keel, 2024 recipient of Everette Powers Creativity Grant, talks about his winning project - Cannibal Singles Club, which has him recording and releasing a series of 45 rpm vinyl singles featuring artists from Baton Rouge or somehow associated with Yes We Cannibal, an art project space he founded with wife Liz Lessner.

Original Air Date: 02/11/2024 - Things are jazzy in the Capital Region this February. Host Pam Bordelon sits down with Tracey Barhorst, curator & public programs manager for LASM, and Amanda Moak, curator of collections for the West Baton Rouge Museum, to talk about their current exhibits — Improvisation: The Art & Healing Power of Jazz and Shutter & Sound: The Jazz Photography of Bob Willoughby,...

Original Air Date: 2/4/24 — Baton Rouge artist Nanci Charpentier, whose recently commissioned painting graced the cover of InRegister magazine’s “Women with a Cause” cover, joins host Pam Bordelon to talk about her career. You’re going to love hearing about Plein Air!

Original Air Date: 1/28/24 — Jena Vanjgel sits down with host Pam Bordelon to talk about Community of Note, a project that brings music to the unhoused throughout the Baton Rouge area. Then Luke Lognion pops in to talk about plans for a re-imagined Baton Rouge Arts Market, which he is now managing for ARGBR.