The Art Box

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The Art Box is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 400 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The Art Box, a arts show with 400 episodes published.

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  Episode #498

  The Art Box - Episode 494 - 2026 Harvest of Thought

  Sep 30, 20262h 7m

  Welcome friends, to The Art Box Podcast and our Harvest of Thought 2026. Last year, our Harvest of Thought grew into something much bigger than we ever imagined. We gathered so many wonderful voices, poems, stories, and reflections that it took five full episodes to share them all. Well, this year, we’re doing things a little differently. We’re packing the entire Harvest into one very special episode. Now, I’ll warn you it may be a little longer than your typical Art Box episode. But we think you’ll want to stay with us, because the next little while is going to be packed with some truly amazing poetry and essays from voices around the world. Some will make you think. Some may make you smile. Some might tug at your heart. And perhaps a few will cause you to stop whatever you’re doing and simply listen. That, after all, is the wonderful thing about the spoken word. A few carefully chosen words, spoken in someone’s own voice, can travel thousands of miles and somehow feel as though they were meant just for you. So wherever you happen to be listening today, get comfortable. Settle in. And join us as we celebrate writers, thinkers, poets, storytellers, and the simple power of sharing our thoughts with one another. Sit back, open your mind and your heart, and enjoy the spoken word. Welcome to Harvest of Thought 2026. Our line up 1:45 - Lauren Camp – New Mexico Poet Laureate 3:53 - Ben Larson – Montana 8:56 - Monique Long – Mesquite, Nevada 9:48 - Tammy Bendetti – Grand Junction, Colorado 12:20 - Mike Cullinane – New Jersey 14:06 - Dawn Amundson Reading an Excerpt from Amy Irvine – Desert Cabal – Mesquite, Nevada 15:00 - Jessica Schley – Santa Ynez, California 19:50 - Larry Hilberg – California 20:37 - Kathy Smith – Ivans, Utah 23:29 - Steve Dudrow – Mesquite, Nevada 25:16 - Monique Long – Mesquite, Nevada 26:55 - Edie Dotan – Las Vegas, Nevada 34:45 - Steve Dudrow – Mesquite, Nevada 35:38 - Kathy Smith – Ivans, Utah 40:18 - Mike Cullinane, New Jersey 48:22 - Larry Hilberg, California 60: 24 - Kindall Fredricks – Houston, Texas 62:03 - Alex Harper – Alaska 63:08 - Leigh Ratterman – Arlee, Montana 67:52 - Sarah Kilgallon – Portugal 71:13 - Summer L. Wilson – Mesquite, Nevada 72:54 - Mike Walker – New Carrolton, Maryland 73:57 - Claire McQuerry – Peoria, Illinois 76:15 - Andrey Aleshintsev – New York 78:20 - Bob Dewhurst – Goldfield, Nevada 80:42 - Rayann Hijazzi – Reno, Nevada 82:13 - Kathy Smith – Ivans, Utah 85:41 - Ben Crenshaw – Mesquite, Nevada 90:29 – Daniel Brady – San Francisco, California 93:52 - Allison Bell – Moapa Valley, Nevada 94:14 - Roslyn Ellis – Mesquite, Nevada 94:34 - Allison, Delanie, Axel, Roslyn – UNR-4H Mesquite, Nevada 99:55 - Christine DeJuliis – Baltimore, Maryland 102:04 - Elizabeth Kuelbs - Lives at the edge of a Los Angeles canyon in California 103:41 - Jessica Schley – Santa Ynez, California

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  Episode #497

  The Art Box - Episode 493 - Christine DeJuliis: The Art of Possibility

  Sep 27, 202652 min

  Artist, writer, and expressive arts facilitator Christine “Sunshine” DeJuliis joins Steve for a thoughtful conversation about creativity as a pathway to healing, presence, connection, and possibility. Through brilliant color, intuitive abstraction, symbols, mandalas, and the simple act of noticing, Christine explores how art can help us see both the world around us and something deeper within ourselves. They talk about creativity in recovery, the power of making art together, finding possibility through color, and Christine’s belief that creativity belongs to everyone—not simply those who call themselves artists. For Christine, art is more than something we make or hang on a wall. It is a way of listening, connecting, healing, and perhaps finding our way home to ourselves. Find Christine's art and inspiration at: https://www.sunshinetheartist.com/

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  Episode #496

  The Art Box - Episode 492 — Kate McElderry: Stories, Brains & the Beautiful Ways We Learn

  Sep 24, 202649 min

  Writer and educator Kate McElderry joins us for a wonderfully wide-ranging conversation about creativity, learning, and the many different ways our minds work. Kate shares how childhood days spent exploring outdoors, sketching, journaling, and growing up around her mother’s art studio eventually planted the seeds for her novel Declan Someone. We explore Kate’s own nonlinear approach to creativity, her work with young people, and Mind Brain Education (MBE), including how understanding the brain can change the way we think about teaching and learning. Kate also tells us how Declan Someone has moved beyond the page into classrooms, libraries, health centers, and her volunteer book and journaling program at the Baltimore City Detention Center. At the heart of it all are themes that emerged naturally through her writing: belonging, self-worth, resilience, and navigating life’s challenges. It’s a conversation about writing, education, curiosity—and discovering that there really are many different kinds of smart. You can find more about Kate at: https://katemcelderrywriting.com/ or on Instagram: @katemcelderrywriter

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  Episode #495

  The Art Box - Episode 491 - Own the Character - A chat with Christopher Aguilar

  Sep 19, 20261h 5m

  Christopher Aguilar has been finding his way onto stages since childhood—although one of his earliest may have been the fireplace at his grandmother’s house. In Episode 491, Steve sits down with actor, playwright, teacher, and creative force Christopher Aguilar for a conversation about a life spent discovering what it means to truly “own the character.” Christopher talks about acting as a child, his training and professional journey, his upcoming performance as Hortensio and the Tailor in the Nevada Shakespeare Festival’s The Taming of the Shrew, and even his somewhat complicated relationship with singing, an aversion that, as it turns out, may not be quite as strong as he claims. But some of the most memorable moments come when Christopher talks about the spaces between the words: learning to own the silence, trusting yourself onstage, and his wonderfully simple advice to actors—“Own the Character.” We also explore Christopher’s work as an instructor at the Winchester Dondero Cultural Center in Las Vegas, where his Creative Expression and Senior Storytelling classes encourage people to step forward, tell their stories, and discover that the stage belongs to them, too. From a grandmother’s fireplace to Shakespeare, Christopher Aguilar reminds us that sometimes the most important part of finding your voice is simply having the courage to take the stage. Visit Christophers IMDB Page - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3024707/?_ssoLoop=1 Visit Christopher Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thechristopheraguilar/?hl=en Winchester Dondero Cultural Center Senior Story Telling Showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqT22vO1m6Y

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  Episode #494

  The Art Box - Episode 490 — When Time Splinters: Kindall Fredricks and the Shape of a Story

  Sep 12, 202649 min

  Writer, poet, nurse and mother Kindall Fredricks RN, ADN joins us for a fascinating conversation about what happens when a story refuses to travel in a straight line. Kindall uses unconventional spacing, formatting and punctuation as part of the storytelling itself, allowing the page to fracture as memory and time fracture. The result is writing with a tenuous relationship to time, where past, present and possibility can collide and a linear narrative can splinter into something much more interesting. We also explore Kindall’s poetry collection I’ll Take My Body To-Go , her “semi-feral” Texas childhood, humor as a way of approaching difficult experiences, and her belief that reading is an exercise in empathy. And we venture into some provocative territory as Kindall discusses her short-story collection she is creating around AI and technological change. You can find Kindalls work on Instagram: @poetrynhotsauce You can find I'll Take My Body To-Go at: https://blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/product/ill-take-my-body-to-go/

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