Isabel Ettenauer, concert toy pianist, talks to Peter Shea about how she came to perform on toy pianos through the music of John Cage. She describes varieties of the instrument, her collaborations with composers, and why she likes playing the toy piano. She considers her relationship to the classical piano canon.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Ettenauer, Isabel
Created:
2014-10-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jack Rose talks to Peter Shea about his career path, his interests in technological gadgetry, radio broadcasting, and acting in community troupes, and how he became involved with Kristin Anderson's 2013 Fringe production Hitler, Satan, and Me: A Love Story. He talks about some of his tenets of acting and about his time living in Germany in the 1...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Rose, Jack
Created:
2013-08-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jack Zipes, Professor of German, talks to Peter Shea about his experiences living in Germany. He discusses his how these experiences shaped the way he views and understands the United States, as well as his Jewish heritage. Zipes talks about his varied interests in literature and language, and how these passions have converged throughout his aca...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Zipes, Jack
Created:
2014-02-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
James Justus is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. His research interests are Philosophy of Science (especially biology), Carnap, Epistemology (especially formal and naturalized), Environmental Philosophy, and the History of Analytic Philosophy.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Justus, James
Created:
2015-11-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
James Brewer Stewart talks to Peter Shea about the abolitionist movement, his founding of Historians Against Slavery, and the problem of current-day slavery, including slavery in Minnesota.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Stewart, James
Created:
2011-09-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Janaya Martin has been published in Oddball Magazine and The Grief Diaries and blogs at janayamartin.wordpress.com. She also hosts a monthly reading series at The Coffee Shop Northeast in NE Minneapolis. Her debut book is Tiptoe and Whisper.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Martin, Janaya
Created:
2016-02-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jan Estep talks to Peter Shea about her motivation to become an artist and professor, some of her current projects, and the distinction between life and art.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Estep, Jan
Created:
2013-01-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jan Estep talks to Peter Shea about her developing interest in combining philosophy and art, including her interest in the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Estep, Jan
Created:
2007-11-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jay Gabler talks to Peter Shea about his play Ivory Tower Burning, written for the 2012 Fringe Festival, and the sociological and political ideas behind it.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gabler, Jay
Created:
2012-08-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jeff Hackworth talks to Peter Shea about his process of learning to play jazz saxophone, by playing gigs with older musicians, and explores some of the lessons which might be lost in academic music training.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Hackworth, Jeff
Created:
2013-02-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jeffrey Broadbent talks to Peter Shea shortly after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, describing his experience with Buddhism, the task of providing energy to growing industrial cities, and the ways in which Japanese national policy relates to the natual environment.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Broadbent, Jeffery
Created:
2011-03-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jennifer Brier talks to Peter Shea about the exhibition she helped curate at the Chicago History Museum, entitled Out in Chicago, and about History Moves, a mobile and community-co-curated public history project.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Brier, Jennifer
Created:
2013-04-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Daniel Brouwer and Jennifer Linde are Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Human Communication at Arizona State University, and members of ASU’s Intersections of Civil, Critical, and Creative Communication (I-4C) Collaborative. Brouwer and Linde visited the University of Minnesota in August 2015 for a workshop on Trigger Scripting and Ci...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Brouwer, Daniel; Linde, Jennifer
Created:
2015-08-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jennifer Streb is Curator of the Museum of Art and Associate Professor of Art History at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Streb’s doctoral dissertation at Juniata dealt with Minna Citron’s social realist paintings of the 1930s-40s. Together with Christiane Citron, Streb ia curator of The Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstracti...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Streb, Jennifer
Created:
2014-03-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jeremy Iggers, journalist and executive director of the Twin Cities Media Alliance, talks to Peter Shea about his career in journalism, as well as his transition from the Star Tribune to the non-profit sector. He discusses the shortfalls of today's journalism, and the mission of the Twin Cities Daily Planet to bring light to underreported storie...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Iggers, Jeremy
Created:
2014-01-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
The late Jerry Blue was a senior librarian for Hennepin County and a renowned storyteller. He died in October 2014. In this interview, he talks about how he came to tell stories and how he helped others to tell their own.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Blue, Jerry
Created:
2014-08-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
With a background in arts librarianship and archives management, Jessica Shaykett came to the American Craft Council in October 2010 after working as Catalog Librarian then later Head of Technical Services at the Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) Jen Library.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Shaykett, Jessica
Created:
2015-08-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jigna Desai is Professor of Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies and Asian American Studies, with departmental affiliations in American Studies and Asian Languages & Literatures at the University of Minnesota. Her areas of expertise include Asian American literature and media, feminist theory, postcolonial studies, queer/sexuality studies, South A...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Desai, Jigna
Created:
2015-08-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jodie Ahern, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about her artwork, her involvement in the 2013 Women's Art Institute at St. Kate's University, her rediscovery of feminist art, and her renewed artistic drive. She exhibits three pieces she produced while at the Institute. She thinks about the future of her art practice.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Ahern, Jodie; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Joe Amato, author and teacher, talks to Peter Shea about how his interest in history and culture developed, his experiences in Europe and Canada, and his research on the decline of regions. He discusses how his family and his upbringing affected his career and life. He also reads from a poem titled "A Trip to a Detroit Cemetary." He also discuss...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Amato, Joe
Created:
2014-02-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Joe Gergen, author, talks to Peter shea about his childhood. He discusses how he transformed from an introverted child to a confident writer. He studied both mathematics and English, and his full-time occupation is in analysis. Gergen discusses how he balances his passion for writing with his career. Gergen is the author of two books, and he als...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gergen, Joe
Created:
2014-07-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Poet, environmentalist, and oral historian Joe Paddock grew up in Litchfield, Minnesota, and was educated at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of the poetry collections Earth Tongues (1985) and Handful of Thunder: A Prairie Cycle (1983) and the essay collection Soil and Survival: Land Stewardship and the Future of American Agricultur...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Paddock, Joe
Created:
2014-05-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Johanna Kandl is an Austrian painter. Her work seeks to expose myths of religiosity, historical constructions, capitalism, to distort them to the point, as it is neatly put, that they become recognisable.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kandl, Johanna
Created:
2014-08-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
John Akre is an animator, videomaker and teaching artist who lives in Minneapolis. He creates public animation work with his animation station and a variety of other animation techniques, makes video documentaries, and empowers youth to create media. His films have shown at festivals around the planet.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Akre, John
Created:
2015-09-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
John Bohannon talks to Peter Shea about his work as science correspondent for the journal Science, and his organization of the Dance Your Ph. D. contest.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Bohannon, John
Created:
2010-04-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
John Jodzio‘s work has been featured in a variety of places including This American Life, McSweeney’s, and One Story. He’s the author of the short story collections Get In If You Want To Live and If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home and the forthcoming Knockout (Soft Skull Press, Spring 2016).
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jodzio, John
Created:
2015-09-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Katrina Vandenberg talks to Peter Shea about her current project, inspired by visits with her daughter to the Como conservatory. John Reimringer talks to Peter Shea about the sensibilities of his students and the screenplay of his novel Vestments. Together they talk about their past year of parenting.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Reimringer, John; Vandenberg, Katrina
Created:
2013-07-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Katrina Vandenberg talks to Peter Shea about her most recent book, An Alphabet Not Unlike the World, and John thinks aloud about his changing reasons for writing and motivation to undertake writing projects. Both reflect on the changes in their lives and their writing since they became parents.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Reimringer, John; Vandenberg, Katrina
Created:
2012-06-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Katrina Vandenberg, poet and creative non-fiction writer, and John Reimringer, novelist, are annual guests on the Bat;their interviews chart their adventures as writers and teachers -- and, now, parents.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Reimringer, John; Vandenberg, Katrina
Created:
2015-08-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Katrina Vandenberg, poet and creative non-fiction writer, and John Reimringer, novelist, are annual guests on the Bat;their interviews chart their adventures as writers and teachers -- and, now, parents.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Reimringer, John; Vandenberg, Katrina
Created:
2011-05-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Trained as both a fine art photographer and as a geologist, Jonathon Wells describes his work as an embodiment of his commitment to "fostering dialog about human interaction with the earth through surface/subsurface photo-geologic composites." His process of creating these photo-geologic composites is both an artistic and investigatory process.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Wells, Jonathon
Created:
2015-06-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Jose Herrera and Krystal Spinler talk to Peter Shea about their passion for restaurants and for food, the mechanics and dynamics of running small businesses in small towns, and their mentoring relationship.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Herrera, Jose; Spinler, Krystal
Created:
2012-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
