Matter of Spark: The East End Arts Podcast

Kasia Klimiuk and Anita Boyer join Wendy and Chris to announce the nominees for the 2026 Teeny Awards! This East End Arts Council program (inspired by the Tony Awards) began in 2002 and is on a continued mission to elevate high school theater to acclaim equal to that of high school athletics in Eastern Suffolk County. Over twenty local high schools, 2000 teenagers, and fifty judges participate yea...

Kasia Klimiuk joins Wendy and Chris again to announce the nominees for the 2025 Teeny Awards! This East End Arts program (inspired by the Tony Awards) began in 2002 and is on the continued mission to elevate high school theater to acclaim equal to that of high school athletics in Eastern Suffolk County. Over twenty local high schools, 2000 teenagers, and fifty judges participate year-round, includ...

Welcome to Season 2! Author and poet Matthew Daddona joins Executive Director Wendy Weiss to read from and discuss his book The Longitude of Grief, mixtape culture, and how birds can be inspiring. 

Join Wendy Weiss and Chris Jones as they recount 2024, talk previews of Season 2 of MOS, and look forward to 2025 at EEA.

Kasia Klimiuk joins the Matter of Spark duo to announce the nominees for the 2024 Teeny Awards! This East End Arts’ program inspired by the Tony Awards began in 2002 and is on the continued mission to elevate high school theater to acclaim equal to that of high school athletics in Eastern Suffolk County. Over twenty local high schools, 2000 teenagers, and fifty judges participate year-round, inclu...

Travel back in time with Colin Palmer, grandson of East End Arts Founder Elizabeth Richard. EEA Creative Director Wendy Weiss discovers the origins and personalities behind EEA’s inception in 1972. A lifelong teacher, mentor, and champion of the arts, Elizabeth Richard has earned her title in The Annual Elizabeth Richard Memorial Members’ Show.  Colin, a playwright and actor on the East End, provi...

How important are the arts in our lives and to our wellbeing? In this episode, hosts Chris Jones and Wendy Weiss discuss the East End Arts’ 2023 year-end fundraiser, the Give It Up for the Arts Challenge, and hear from three artists who have different backgrounds and perspectives, yet share the same message. Vietnam veteran John Melillo gets candid on how art saved his life by helping him cope wit...

Host Chris Jones joins the EEA gallery opening reception of the 2023 Open Juried Exhibition ‘Where is the Human?’ to speak with its jurors, artists, and guests in pursuit of insights to the show’s theme and pieces that answer this most interesting question. Many thanks to [in order of appearance] Joyce Beckenstein, Glynis Berry, Sherry Davis, Edgar Jerins, Jody Cukier, DJ Collins, Debra Albert, Fr...

Unlock the enigmatic depths of horror art as I, Wendy Weiss, host a revealing conversation with horror artist and educator, Mark Levine. Strap in for a spine-chilling foray as we debunk the common misconceptions surrounding this genre, revealing its powerful social impact and enduring popularity. Learn about Mark's evolution from a pencil-wielding novice to a seasoned maestro of storytelling,...

East End Arts's Creative Director Wendy Weiss hosts a discussion with Susan Cushing and Franklin Hill Perrell about the  Endless Summer Uplifting Art Exhibition at EEA, running September 9 - October 15, 2023.