KCBP Community Radio: Arts of the San Joaquin Valley

Barbara Alvarado and Patrick Barr of The Dragonfly-Art for Life talk with co-host Linda Scheller about their downtown Modesto CA art studio and the classes they offer.

Jim Johnson talks with Linda Scheller about his career in teaching and administration at Modesto Junior College, his work with Gallo Center Arts Education, the founding of Gallo Center Repertory Company and Sankofa Theater, and some of his favorite productions as an actor and director.

Executive director Gabriela Guerrini and board member Randy Siefkin talk about The State Theater's history, programs, film series, and new projects.

Michael Baldwin Sr. is a community advocate, paralegal, and the founding director of MBS Consultants. In this episode he shares some of his poetry and talks with co-host Linda Scheller about his work with police departments and community groups, his years of incarceration, and the importance of communication.

Photographer and collage artist Tiffanie Heben talks with co-host Linda Scheller about her artistic endeavors, influences, and discoveries.

Lee Herrick, California's 10th Poet Laureate, reads some of his poetry and talks with co-host Linda Scheller about his books, writing, and "Our California," his Poet Laureate platform.

David Barbaree talks with Linda Scheller about the fundamentals of acting and directing, theater productions in which he's been involved, and plays he'd like to perform in or direct. 

Linda Scheller reads poems from her book Wind & Children and talks with co-host Laura Stokes about her career as a teacher, her first poetry book Fierce Light, playwriting, book reviewing, music, theater, and her involvement with local arts organizations.     

Warren Haack talks with Linda Scheller about filmmaking, sound design, nature, and his travels. This episode was recorded, edited, and enhanced with music and effects by Warren Haack. 

Margie Butler is a harpist, composer, and teacher. She talks with Laura Stokes about performing with the music group Golden Bough and the effect of music in our lives.

Patty Castillo Davis talks with Linda Scheller about her lifelong love of music and her career as a singer/songwriter.

Modesto Poet Laureate Emeritus Stella Beratlis talks with Linda Scheller about her new book from Sixteen Rivers Press, Dust Bowl Venus, poetry of place that pays homage to Modesto country and gospel musician and songwriter Hazel Houser. 

Award-winning, versatile artist Henrietta Sparkman talks about her creative work, artistic process and insights, and the importance of arts education.

Colton Dennis, an actor and the executive director of the Merced County Arts Council, talks with host Linda Scheller about the Merced Multicultural Arts Center, theater, and the arts scene in Merced, California.  

Sarah Jamila Stevenson, an artist, instructor, and the award-winning author of young adult novels The Latte Rebellion, Underneath, The Truth Against the World , and the graphic novel Alexis vs. Summer Vacation, talks with host Linda Scheller about writing and community. 

Richard Rios, author of Songs From The Barrio , is an artist, poet, playwright, musician, and retired professor of Chicano Studies and English.

Violist Anne Martin, director of Orchestra and Strings at Modesto Junior College, talks about music education, conducting, and the importance of music in our community.

Spoken word poet Angela Drew performs two of her pieces and discusses creativity, expression, and her artistic goals.

Artist, musician, and composer Kaila D'Sa talks with program host Linda Scheller about his art and the art space he founded, Modesto Conservatory of Music, Art & and Theater.

Meter Maids is a Modesto writing group celebrating 30 years of poetry and friendship. Founding members Karen Hansis Baker and Tina Arnopole Driskill talk about Meter Maids' three decades of history, creativity, and camaraderie.

Poet, playwright, and essayist Salvatore Salerno and his wife, the painter Barbara Gill, talk with us about their art and its connection to the natural world.

Joel Aguilar is an artist whose murals reflect the history and cultural diversity of Livingston, California, his hometown.

Heike Hambley, founder and artistic director of Merced Shakespearefest, talks about the non-profit theater organization's history, goals, venues, and their 2020 bilingual production of Richard II/Ricardo Segundo.

Indigo Moor, award-winning poet, playwright, teacher, and Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus, talks about his upcoming book Everybody's Jonesin' for Something, his play Live! At the Excelsior , and his previously published books In the Room of Thirsts and Hungers, Through the Stonecutter's Window, and Taproot. 

Lillian Vallee talks with us about her book Rivers of Birds, Forests of Tule: Central Valley Nature & Culture in Season.