89.1 WEMU: Art And Soul

89.1 WEMU

Lisa Barry, host of WEMU's All Things Considered, will work with Omari Rush from the Ann Arbor Art Center to bring you stories about the art and artists that you can see, feel, touch and experience right in your own neighborhood. Each segment will feature an in depth look at a particular event, installation, artist, etc. along with news and tidbits about what's happening in art around town. In addition to regular airings on WEMU, Art and Soul will also be a regular web feature with dynamic content with pictures and videos that will help bring the art to life.

  • 8 minutes 24 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Art of Well Being - A local celebration of gratitude and joy for Thanksgiving
    For 27 years, the Interfaith Round Table of Washtenaw County has held a Celebration of Thanks event around Thanksgiving. This year, they will gather online to honor the connection to nature and to hold an interfaith celebration of thanks and joyful perseverance.
    18 November 2021, 9:29 pm
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Culinary Arts - 'Of Rice and Men' offers modern Asian food
    Focusing on dishes. including Peking Duck, a variety of housemade dumplings, with original takes on sushi and wok-fried rice dishes, "Of Rice and Men" restaurant opened downstairs from the Blue LLama Jazz Club on Main Street in Ann Arbor.
    11 November 2021, 9:33 pm
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Visual Arts - Enriching lives through diversity and inclusion
    This edition of "Art and Soul" focuses on the visual arts. WEMU's Lisa Barry and the executive director of CultureSource, Omari Rush, talk with Nancy Margolis. She is an Ann Arbor activist in the process of putting together an event using the transformative power of art to spark community conversations on diversity.
    4 November 2021, 8:29 pm
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Performance Arts - Creating relationships while creating art
    This week, "Art and Soul" is about the performance arts. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with Ann Arbor artist and University of Michigan lecturer Mark Tucker and one of his students, Nia Rae' Echols.
    28 October 2021, 8:28 pm
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Art of Well Being - A place for unique ways to reduce stress & increase wellness
    There is a place in Ann Arbor that offers flotation, cryotherapy and salt rooms as a way to reduce stress and increase a sense of wellness. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Kelley and his sister Peg Kelley who operate "The NeuroFitness Wellness Center" hoping to optimize the mind-body connection to reduce stress and boost a sense of well being.
    21 October 2021, 8:35 pm
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    Art & Soul: The Culinary Arts - Cookies can be art too at the Westside Art Hop
    An Ann Arbor woman followed her dreams and pursued her passions by creating "Wonderland Cookies." Using her great grandmother's recipe, Tammy Jones bakes sugar cookies that look like edible works of art. Her cookies will be included in the upcoming Westside Art Hop taking place this weekend in Ann Arbor. She talks with WEMU's Lisa Barry about her cookie business.
    14 October 2021, 8:29 pm
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Visual Arts - 'Never Free To Rest' Art Exhibit Features Pigeons Representing Racism
    This week, "Art and Soul" is about the visual arts. WEMU's Lisa Barry and the executive director of CultureSource, Omari Rush, talk with artist Rashaun Rucker about his current exhibit at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities Gallery. It compares the life and origins of the rock pigeon to the stereotypes and myths of the constructed identities of Black men in the United States.
    7 October 2021, 8:30 pm
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Art Of Well Being - Transforming Our Lives With Self-Acceptance
    This week, "Art and Soul" is about the art of well being. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with local teacher, author, and ecotherapist Barbra White, who has written several books and teaches about self-acceptance. She explains how "what we accept transforms and what we resist persists" and how self-acceptance empowers choices to improve our lives.
    16 September 2021, 8:28 pm
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Culinary Arts - A New Restaurant In Ypsilanti's Depot Town
    There’s a new restaurant in Ypsilanti located in a refurbished historic building in Depot Town on the site of the old Thompson Block building first built in 1869.
    9 September 2021, 8:29 pm
  • 8 minutes 25 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Performance Arts - UMS Still Improvising As Season Begins And Pandemic Is Not Over
    With its last season online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Michigan University Musical Society officials have been planning some in-person performances this coming season.
    26 August 2021, 8:38 pm
  • 8 minutes 24 seconds
    Art & Soul: The Art Of Well Being - St. Joe Health System Offers Whole Health Journey
    Well-being is not just about our mental health, but includes our physical health and both aspects combined. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with Lisa McDowell, director of lifestyle medicine & clinical nutrition at Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, about their new "Lifestyle Medicine Program," which educates people on how to enhance their overall health and even reverse some health issues.
    19 August 2021, 8:27 pm
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