Art on the Air
Sundays at 7 PM
ART ON THE AIR is an hour-long radio show that opens with a short Spotlight Interview about local art events in Northwest Indiana's three county area, then continues with a long-form Feature Interview. Guests include individual artists, photographers, gallery owner/curators, festival sponsors, authors, musicians, the shakers and movers, and cultural features in NW Indiana, Chicago and beyond discussing the art, theater, and the music scene, plus much more. Hosts are Larry A Brechner, long-time musical theater director, photographic artist, and arts organization board member, and Ester Golden, artist and gallery owner of The Nest in Michigan City.
ART ON THE AIR is made possible by the Indiana Arts Commission, South Shore Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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This Week on ART ON THE AIR features colored pencil artist Christine Hubbell who renders her work with birds and native plants on translucent surfaces. Next discussing his new Americana flavored album, “Love, War & Misadventures” musician, Scott Tyring. Our spotlight is on Valparaiso Creative Council’s “Sand & Steel Art Fest “ -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR our whole show features the eclectic five-member Northwest Indiana band, Help Hounds, discussing their debut album, “Nocturnal Dive.” Our spotlight is on Chesterton Art Center’s Art After Dark Outdoor Gala “Rooted + Rising” featuring the 116 Expansion on Friday, June 12, 2026. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Midwest-based contemporary painter Anna Ryan Drew. Next audiobook narrator Shelby Mundt, who will be voicing Sandy Young’s book, “Divine Vintage.” Our spotlight is on the 2026 Northwest Indiana Listen To Your Mother on May 3rd at the Hobart Art Theatre. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features animator, illustrator, director, writer, producer, Scott Christian Sava, discussing his new book “Becoming an Artist.” Next local playwright Zachary Mark whose play, “Second Glance” premiered at Holdcraft Performing Arts Center. Spotlight is on Lakeshore Public Media’s special screening and discussion of PBS “The American Revolution” on April 22nd. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Craig A Meyer the best Elton John tribute artist in the market, appearing April 18th with LaPorte County Symphony, "The Elton John Experience.” Next Saxophonist Nick May discussing his career and his album “You Me Us.” Our spotlight is on Books, Brushes, and Bands for Education’s 8th Annual Spring Tea on April 26th . -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features women's historical fiction novelist, Jatinder Koharki's “Against The Odds of Tradition,” iconic Chicago Fashion designer, Paul Sisti, whose designs are a fusion of art and fashion, and spotlight is on LaPorte County Symphony’s presentation of “Remember When Rock Was Young: The Elton John Experience” -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features sculptor, painter and art consultant Roman Villareal along with his fabric artist wife Maria Villareal, discussing his exhibit at Miller Beach’s Marshal J Gardner Center running through April and spotlight on the Area Artists Associationexhibit, “Anything Goes,” running view April 1 through May 31 at the LaPorte County Convention & Visitors Center. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Freelance graphic designer, illustrator and musician, Anne Richmond Boston, next the new LaPorte County Civic Auditorium Director, Rhonda Ashcraft, spotlight on the Dunes Arts Foundation discussing their 75th Summer theater season. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Valparaiso University professor Elizabeth Gingerich discussing Lakeshore Public Media’s viewing of the “American Revolution” on April 22nd, an artist specializing in epoxy resin and wood, Thomas Smiley, and spotlight on Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts March exhibit featuring Roman Villarreal. -
This Week on ART ON THE AIR features Nashville-based musician Liz Longley using a Kickstarter campaign to buy back her completed album, then Ally Crowley-Duncan known as “Ally the Piper” who is renowned for modernizing the Great Highland bagpipe and spotlight is on Lubeznik Center for Arts exhibit, “Connections”
