In our kickoff episode of Season 3, host Ray Hardman meets Lisa Scails, the Executive Director of the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, at the historic Granite Church in Georgetown. The Granite has been renovated as a new nonprofit community gathering space celebrating the arts.
Matin Malikzada, a seventh-generation master potter from Afghanistan, is our first artist stop. He and his family have resettled in the western part of the state, where Matin continues to craft bowls, plates, vases, and other pieces inspired by the ancient techniques handed down through generations. He has also recreated a turquoise glaze that closely resembles the famed Ishkar glaze known in his homeland.
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A seventh-generation Afghan master of traditional pottery, Matin Malikzada demonstrates his process on an electric wheel for host Ray Hardman during filming for CT Public’s original series ‘Where ART Thou?'.
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Matin Malikzada works to create a clay bowl at his studio in New Milford.
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Matin Malikzada works the clay on his potter's wheel to create a ceramic bowl.
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Matin Malikzada is interviewed by host Ray Hardman for ‘Where ART Thou?'. At right is Visuals Journalist Dave Wurtzel. A native of Istalif, Afghanistan, Malikzada is internationally recognized for his technical skill and elegant traditional Afghan pottery designs.
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Matin Malikzada demonstrates how he creates an edge design on his bowls at his studio in New Milford during filming for 'Where ART Thou?'.
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Malikzada etches his signature intricate design into one of his bowls prior to it being fired in a kiln.
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Ray then heads over to Still River Editions in Danbury, a fine art and printing business that worked with famed photojournalist Bill Eppridge after he moved to Connecticut with his wife and collaborator Adrienne Aurichio. Since Bill’s passing in 2013, Adrienne has been archiving his body of work. She shares photos and stories with Ray about Bill’s work, including his time with The Beatles, Barbara Streisand and Robert F. Kennedy, including the story behind Bill’s famous photo of Kennedy’s assassination. You can also hear more and read Ray's radio feature from his interview with Adrienne here.
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Photojournalist Bill Eppridge (L) runs alongside a campaign vehicle with Robert Kennedy in the back.
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Adrienne Aurichio stands for a portrait during the filming of 'Where ART Thou?'
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Barbra Streisand in the dressing room of the Johnny Carson Show (The Tonight Show), January 1963. Photographer Bill Eppridge is standing behind her making a photograph of her reflected in the mirror. Life reporter Chris Welles is seen on the left behind Streisand.
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Host Ray Hardman interviews Adrienne Aurichio at Still River Editions in Danbury for 'Where ART Thou?'. Aurichio, who was the wife and publishing collaborator of famed photojournalist Bill Eppridge, shows Ray some of Bill's work.
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The Beatles with Ed Sullivan, February 8, 1964 in New York City.
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Pictured is photojournalist Bill Eppridge as a young man.
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Jim Felice is a musician, sculptor, and curator of the Trailer Box Project. Ray visits Jim’s studio in Bethel to learn how he went from a career in auto body restoration to creating full-scale sculptures and helping to elevate local artists. We also get a peek at Jim’s process for sculpting a tree that will be installed in the children’s room at Ann’s Place, a facility that helps those living with cancer. Jim was recognized with a CT Arts Hero award from the Connecticut Office of the Arts in 2022.
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Sculptor Jim Felice is interviewed by host Ray Hardman at his studio in Bethel, Conn. for “Where ART Thou?” on April 2, 2024. As an auto-body worker, Felice found a bridge to sculpting. Jim is also a “go-to” individual for established artists and amateur, emerging and unknown artists and founded The Trailer Box Project to showcase the work of groundbreaking artists.
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Host Ray Hardman interviews artist Jim Felice as he works on a tree sculpture in his studio, commissioned by Ann’s Place of Danbury. Far left to right is Ayannah Brown, Glenn Goettler and Dave Wurtzel.
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Sculptor Jim Felice works on a tree sculpture at his studio in Bethel, Conn.
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Jim Felice, a musician and sculptor, performs at Muddy River Blues.
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Jim Felice's finished tree sculpture in his Bethel studio.
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