WFIU: Artworks

Lotus at 20 is still bringing performers from around the world to our own back yard. And this year, a generous number of performers come from our own back yard.

Contemporary painting from Berlin, a celebration of abandoned films, comedian Jimmy Pardo, the Roller Girls at Playoffs, and a memoir about finding your voice.

Taking a cue from the coordinated programming scheduled as part of IU''s Themester 2013, we're examining the idea of connectedness.

An organization honored for collecting artisans' stories; a late local artisan with a storied past; and everyday stories that hover between fact and fiction.

IU's Jacobs School of Music offers tips for high school auditioners; painter George Ames Aldrich is revived; Men At Work frontman Colin Hay plays Indianapolis.

A toast to summer's pastimes from roller derby to Rolling Stones, comic-booking to cocktail-mixing, and a sidebar to Bloomington's traditional Labor Day fest.

A discussion with five community members participating in Makevention, Bloomington's first maker fair; and a visit to the 47th Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival.

We speak with photographer Mark Kidd, whose show "Long Term Parking" is currently on view, and examine the value of non-profit status for an arts organization.

Conversations with comedian Erin Foley and film director Joe Swanberg, a profile of countertenor and cellist Michael Linert, and a preview of Artistry & Rhythm.

The allure of painting on-site has captured another generation of Hoosier artists, whose work is currently represented in Painting Indiana 3: Heritage Of Place.