In The Studio 2023

Tim Gaffaney hosts Linda Bair the artistic director of the Linda Bair Dance Company. They discussed how she got into dance and her discovery of modern dance. They talked about how she made the leap from a passion to forming her own company, as well as the challenges of running a company, how she creates dances, how the pandemic affected dance and what lies in the company's future.

https://www.lindabairdancecompany.com/

Recorded 6/12/2023

Tim Gaffaney hosts Stacie Frerichs the Executive Director of the Davis Arts Center. They discussed the history of how Davis got an arts center, why it's important to cultivate arts in youth and their focus on visual arts, how they pivoted during the pandemic dealing with both the positive and negative aspects, how they created tools for teachers to create arts curriculum within other subjects in school, and current challenges in arts organizations

davisartscenter.org

Recorded 4/18/23

Tim Gaffaney hosts Oona Hatton, Co-Artistic Director for Davis Repertory Theatre. They discussed the theate's vision  dedicated to professional repertory theatre, power, equity, children, the local community, and performance ethnography. Oona talked about their up coming shows which are free and will have ASL interpretation, Hear First which is a native story walk, their focus on presenting live theatre, and the non traditional spaces for their performances.

For more information http://davisrep.org

Recorded 3/7/23

Tim Gaffaney hosts Joseph Fletcher who is the theater manager for the Vets Memorial Theatre (VMT) in Davis. They discussed the upgrades being made to the theatre, what Civic Practice Theatre is and how that aligns with the mission to foster civic identity, how covid has affected the arts and this theatre, and plans for the future including their mobile stage.

http://cityofdavis.org

Recorded 2/8/23