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Kayte Young talks with Ceramicist Claire Miller about her delicate works that embracing fragility and the allure of a thing clearly made by a human hand. And we talk with sculptor Melanie Pennington about her statue of AIDS activist Ryan White that unveiled this week at the IU Memorial Union.
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Hosted by Kayte Young, Alex Chambers, and Tyler Lake, Nice Work explores the arts, culture, and imagination of south central Indiana. Each episode is a joyful invitation into the stories that nourish us — and what comes next.
Each time I’ve finished listening to an episode of Nice Work, I feel deep gratitude that I get to live in Bloomington with other artists and creative people. I have especially enjoyed some of the more time sensitive elements of the show... It feels a bit like I have curated fieldtrips now…
And Alex, Kayte, and Tyler have such great chemistry!"
—Claire Miller, Bloomington, IN
More Stories
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The organizers of Granfalloon tell us what to look forward to in this summer's Granfalloon festival. -
Interior designer Kay Sargent is breaking new ground in the field of neuroinclusive design. -
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Local Tiny Desk entrant raps in Louisiana Creole, a language he learned as he was starting his album. -
Kayte Young goes to the biggest miniatures show in the Midwest and comes back to Bloomington to ask a friend: why make miniature things? -
Full Episodes
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Nice Work host Kayte Young in conversation with poet and writer Ross Gay. Ross Gay’s books include Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, The Book of Delights, and Inciting Joy. -
Filmmaker Boots Riley’s latest film I Love Boosters hit theaters last weekend. Nice Work’s Alex Chambers spoke with Riley at a live event on the IU campus. They talked about making TV versus making movies, and how either could get people involved in working class social movements. Then we check in with Pillar Arts and tune in to the Bloomington Amateur Radio Club. -
Kay Sargent on neuroinclusive interior design. This summer’s Granfalloon. And your hosts talk about a few items you should check out. If you want.
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Amanda Nickey makes miniatures and friends. The Orbit Room closes. Tiny Desk entrant raps in Louisiana Creole. -
This week on Nice Work we talk with writer Karol Lagodzki about his novel Controlled Conversations, set during a period of martial law in Poland in the early 1980’s. We check in with one of WFIU’s Local Favorites from the NPR Tiny Desk Contest: Bloomington band The Foolins, and we preview the Mini Midwest Print Fest. -
This week Alex Chambers talks with Jesse Thorn, host of the public media show, Bullseye, about preparing for interviews by possibly not preparing. We hear about a local literary magazine called Kismet, the upcoming show from Jewish Theatre Bloomington, and from Kayte Young about work from a recent MFA show at the Grunwald Gallery. -
Rania Matar’s photography is shaped by Lebanon’s history; Common Ground Films makes movies that are hard to fund; and old Atari games turn up in a landfill. -
Alex Chambers talks with composer Gabriel Jenks about bluegrass, Schoenberg, and long drives to harp lessons.
