Carolyn Martin
Host, Talking ArtCarolyn Martin joined WVIK as a host of Talking Art in 2017. A long-time fan of NPR programming with a love of storytelling and all art forms, she is thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with creative people who beautify our community and make the Quad Cities region an even better place to live.
After retiring from her career as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist in Davenport, she was looking for a meaningful way to navigate retirement. In addition to her volunteer work with WVIK, Carolyn is on the Board of Quad City Arts, the Figge Art Museum, and Vera French Community Mental Health Center. Her favorite aspect of retirement might be getting 8 hours of sleep each night without those middle of the night calls!
She lives in Bettendorf, Iowa with her husband, Joseph.
Carolyn would like to recognize the late Bruce Carter, whose years of interviewing artists for WVIK on his program Art Talks inspired her to continue in his legacy.
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Courtney Lyon, the Artistic Director of Ballet Quad Cities, has reinterpreted these classic works with her own abstract choreography. Listen to our conversation here about the process she uses when choreographing a work; the various ways in which dance with its myriad, intricate steps can be preserved for future performances; and the important role that Ballet Quad Cities plays here in our community. -
Listen to the conversation here with artist Heidi Draley McFall about the process behind her latest work; her experimentation with the visual effects afforded by the application of resin, a new interest which has surpassed her interest in realism; and the various individual interpretations that viewers have ascribed to her work. -
The major exhibition Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800-1960 is currently on display at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Featuring sixty-four fully accessorized ensembles accompanied by photographs, video, and text, the show examines the material history of women in sport as they lived their individual self-determined lives.A detailed and highly illustrated 344-page catalog is available in the Figge Museum store which contains a forward by tennis great Serena Williams. It is one of a select few authoritative publications on the evolution of women’s sporting attire.Listen to the conversation here with FIDM Museum Curator Kevin L. Jones about the inspiration behind the creation of this exhibition, the collaboration and extensive sourcing that it required, and the importance of fashion at its intersection of history, culture, and aesthetics.Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960 is organized by the American Federation of Arts in New York, and the FIDM Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles. It was curated by Kevin L. Jones, FIDM Museum Curator, and Christina M. Johnson, FIDM Museum Associate Curator. Please attend their joint in-person curator talk from 5-8 PM on April 20, 2023.The Figge Museum is located at 225 W. 2nd St. in Davenport. You can view the full list of companion events and associated programming here. The exhibition is on display through May 7, 2023. -
Listen to the conversation here with Dania Green about the creation of these two works of art, the intimacy inherent in self-portraiture, and the important role that mentoring has had in her life. You can follow Dania on Instagram. -
Listen to the conversation here with Dr. Gale Bell about the legacy of her late husband, the support and nourishment he received while growing up in Watertown, and about his album “The Jazz Professor,” which he dedicated to his family members and on which his original compositions reflected in various styles the personalities of those he loved. -
Listen to the conversation here with Jackie Dempsey, co-Artistic Director of Squonk, about the “community of the imagination” they hope to inspire, the joy she feels watching people experience their shows for their first time, and the thirty-year journey Squonk has taken from their origins in Pittsburgh to performing for audiences around the world. -
Listen to the conversation here with Director Ray Terronez, Jr. and student performer Yanel Alaniz-Macias about how dance and costuming uniquely vary from one region to the next, the personal lessons learned from participating in a rigorous dance program such as this, and the importance of maintaining our traditional art forms. -
Listen to the conversation here with Director Gaye Shannon-Burnett about her lifelong love of theatre, the impact this play has had as the first Broadway production written by a Black woman, and the ongoing resonance that the Harlem Renaissance continues to have in our culture today. -
Listen to the conversation here with Pat Beréskin about the excitement she feels about her future, the legacy she has created as a long-time champion of the arts, and the unique position that the Quad Cities finds itself in with these new creative partnerships. -
Listen to the conversation here with artist and educator Latoya M. Hobbs about her belief that Black women are preservers of their families and communities, the importance of accurate representation in art, and her prestigious mixed-media practice which includes printmaking and woodcutting.
