The Art Of The Matter

This week on The Art of the Matter, we meet a painter who's inspired by science and a painter who's inspired by words. We learn about an Indy theatre company that pioneered theatre for seniors, get a sneak preview of Comic Con, and find out how Butler ArtsFest helps students connect with world-renowned performers.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll talk with The Prince Diaries' Indiana-born author about her newest novel, go on-site with Kids Dance Outreach, and meet APA Fellow Alex Beyer. We'll also learn why local music veteran Vess Ruhtenberg finally cut his own album, and discover the Indiana Historical Society's new You Are There exhibit, focused on Italian POWs at Camp Atterbury.

This week on The Art of the Matter, Dance Kaleidoscope alum Ricardo Melendez brings his current company to town; Ball State students lend their skills to remixing the symphony, and we meet APA Fellow Drew Peterson. We'll also learn about Tyron Cooper's latest projects and get the story in the Indiana Artists' Centennial Exhibition.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll meet a visual artist who lives and creates with Parkinson's Disease, and discover why John Jacob Audubon could easily be a contemporary self-made man. We'll also discover how Larry Sweazy's fictional characters introduce themselves to him, check out tattoo artist Shadow, and meet APA Fellow Sam Hong.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll meet an American Pianists Award finalist who played a Haydn sonata right through a magnitude 6.1 earthquake. We'll hear why you should refuse a straw with your soft drink. We'll meet a glass blower and a barbecue sauce master whose work will be featured in the Indiana Artisan Marketplace, and we'll discover how Start Trek's creators got a lot right about modern technology. Last but not least, we'll visit a virtual circus with kids Veronica and Max.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll check out a play that imagines Prince Charles as King of England, visit Big Car's Tube Factory, and learn how an orchestra changes when it accompanies singers. We'll also meet the colorful new music director of Encore Vocal Arts and meet the first APA Classical Awards finalist.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll learn how hard it is to provide a movie soundtrack live, how a Fort Wayne collective is using artistic front porches to get neighbors to know one another, and visit an art exhibit dedicated to the great Ella Fitzgerald. We'll also see how abandoned houses on the near eastside are being reborn as art hubs, and go behind the scenes at the creation of a new setting of Beauty and the Beast.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll learn about ArtMix's First Friday exhibit, catch up with blues legend Tad Robinson, and warm up for WFYI's Ice Miller Wine Fest. We'll also find out how the Indiana Wind Symphony's founder and music director comes up with unusual programming, and meet visual artist Chee Wang Ng.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll meet the artist behind the super-colorful IndyGo Bus, eavesdrop on composer Becky Archibald as she midwives a new composition, and learn why Roxane Gay loves difficult women. We'll also discover why high school kids from around the city are raising money for Kenya, and fetch a story about man's best friend at the Eiteljorg Museum.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll check out an Indy DJ school, head to Hendricks County for classical and pops music, and meet the Full Circle Nine Gallery at the Circle City Industrial Complex. We'll also experience The Great War through Hoosier eyes, and meet some artists from the 19th annual Meet The Artists exhibition at Central Library.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll discover some of the strange and wonderful materials that provide pigment for paints, check out a concert featuring bandoneon, eat some soothing soup in honor of Phobruary, jam with juniors, and hear about an innovative art project that aims to help patients with degenerative disease communicate.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll get a preview of The Cabaret's new season, meet a Butler grad whose novel The Fly Strip is set in small-town Indiana in 1960, and peek into a rehearsal of Calder the Musical. We'll also learn how a local environmentalist is using art to reduce waste, and meet a woman who's a chemist by day and a musician by night.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll hear how the band Bullet Points learned the truth of the expression "good things come to those who wait," get a preview of a tribute to John Coltrane, and delve into the craft of playwriting with Lou Harry. We'll also learn why the Arts Council of Indianapolis wants to give artists grants of $10,000.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll celebrate the winter holidays with local music and spoken word by artists including Dan Carpenter, Tyron Cooper, Barb Shoup, Claire Wilcher, Rusty Moe, Kyle Craig, and many more.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we'll meet an organization with a mission of archiving and promoting Indiana music, and hear about composer-performer Tyron Cooper's new projects. Khaos Company Theatre has a new project -- a spacious facility that will allow them to grow. The Indianapolis Opera is getting two new leaders, but one served the organization years ago. Finally, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway got into the bicentennial spirit with a sleek exhibit.

This week on The Art of the Matter, Anderson Cooper is coming to town with his long-time friend and fellow broadcaster Andy Cohen, and we'll get a sneak peek. Duke Tumatoe has a new album, the Indiana Writers Center has new classes, and Phoenix Rising Dance Company has a new concert. We'll also learn about a documentary film about sudden loss being shot in Indianapolis.

Dan Wakefield talks about Uncle Dan's Story hour, a monthly gathering at the Red Key Tavern that we broadcast on WFYI Radio. We'll also learn about an innovative intersection of culinary incubator and art gallery in Gary, Indiana, and catch Jennie DeVoe in an excerpt of her Small Studio Session. Finally, we'll learn about the seasonal offerings at the Indianapolis Zoo and the Eiteljorg Museum.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we learn how the Indianapolis School of Ballet's dancers prepare for their production of The Nutcracker with live music, get some gift ideas from Clowes Hall staffers, and meet actor/storyteller Hank Fincken. We'll also get the skinny from the professionals who are updating how we learn at the Indiana State Museum, and hear about Herman Melville's secret love from a Bloomington-based author. Don't miss a word!

This week on The Art of the Matter, we get to know our Morning Edition local host Don Hibbschwiler, who's celebrating 50 years in radio (and yes, he was just a kid when he started). We'll also meet local singer-songwriter Bill Price and learn about his multi-media project "I Can't Stop Looking at the Sky," and check in with Theatre on the Square's Artistic Director for previews of their naughty Christmas show and their nice Christmas show. We sample kid-sized theatre at Beef & Boards, and get the back story on web series "Fountain of Squares," too.

This week on The Art of the Matter, we meet Indianapolis' first film commissioner, and meet a southern Indiana family that sent 33 fathers and sons, brothers and cousins, to fight in the Civil War. We'll also share a few holiday activities you can plan with your family, including a Christmas Cabaret at Actors Theatre of Indiana.