In this episode, we switch things up a bit, and Melissa talks to Claire about the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art’s current exhibition, Organize Your Own: the Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements. Other Episodes December 20, 2017 'The Gallery Gap' Ep. 20: Magnetic Fields This is the final episode in a three... Read More

After a summer hiatus, Claire and Melissa jump back into The Gallery Gap with an interview of Quad Citizens Gaye Shannon Burnett and Jon Burnett regarding their summer film program, Urban Exposure . Other Episodes December 20, 2017 'The Gallery Gap' Ep. 20: Magnetic Fields This is the final episode in a three part series about the... Read More

The star of WVIK’s newest podcast is you! Other Episodes March 31, 2021 Growing up in the Cook's Point barrio Artist Irene Terronez and activist Phyllis Terronez discuss their life growing up in Cook's Point, Davenport, participation in the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 70s, and Irene's artistic ongoing... ... Read More

Kara Walker’s artwork The Emancipation Approximation is on view at the Figge until August 27. This series of 27 silkscreen prints features the provocative silhouettes for which Walker is known. Other Episodes December 20, 2017 'The Gallery Gap' Ep. 20: Magnetic Fields This is the final episode in a three part series about... Read More

In the second part of a two-episode conversation about art and race in the Quad Cities, Claire and Melissa continue talking with Chicago-based artist Jefferson Pinder. Other Episodes December 20, 2017 'The Gallery Gap' Ep. 20: Magnetic Fields This is the final episode in a three part series about the National Museum for Women in... Read More

Other Episodes January 6, 2023 Music 101 for January 6 Mindy Heusel talks with Jacob Bancks about his most recent composition commissioned for the inauguration of Augustana College's new president Andrea Talentino. Listen · 27:05 ... Read More

In the first part of of a two-episode conversation about art and race in the Quad Cities, Claire and Melissa speak with Chicago-based artist Jefferson Pinder. Other Episodes December 20, 2017 'The Gallery Gap' Ep. 20: Magnetic Fields This is the final episode in a three part series about the National Museum for Women in the Arts... Read More

Claire and Melissa honor the mothers in their lives by considering the perennial question of balance, and in this case, balance between being both an artist and a mother. Other Episodes December 20, 2017 'The Gallery Gap' Ep. 20: Magnetic Fields This is the final episode in a three part series about the National Museum for Women... Read More

Jacob Bancks and Mindy Heusel discuss theworld premiere of Bancks’ Occidental Symphony , commissioned and performed by the United States Marine Band. This work is inspired by the poetry of Illinois writer Vachel Lindsay. Other Episodes January 6, 2023 Music 101 for January 6 Mindy Heusel talks with Jacob Bancks about his most recent... Read More

In this episode, Melissa and Claire discuss a couple of recent films that grapple with the aftermath of WWII and the Holocaust, and pick up where they left off in their conversation with Dr. Jonathan Petropoulos. Other Episodes December 20, 2017 'The Gallery Gap' Ep. 20: Magnetic Fields This is the final episode in a three part... Read More