Charlie Stagg: Artist and Visionary Architect

For this episode, we’re sharing a conversation between guest contributor Will Stark and artist and visionary architect Charlie Stagg. Best known for his 'Glass Bottle House' in Vidor, Texas, a domed cathedral built from repurposed bottles, cans, and cement, Stagg was also a drawer, painter, and sculptor who's spiraling DNA-Helix-like works have been displayed in museums and art installations all over the world. This interview was conducted in 2009 prior to Charlie Stagg’s death in 2012 and aired for the first time, anywhere, on Bayoulands in 2016.  Following the interview with Charlie Stagg, is a short interview Jason M. Miller did with Lynn Castle, Director of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, which was also featured in the Charlie Stagg segment of Bayoulands in 2016. Bayoulands TALKS is produced in the studios of 91.3 KVLU Public Radio in Beaumont, Texas by Shannon Harris and Jason M. Miller. For more information and to stream KVLU online visit: kvlu.org. Our thanks to Lynn Castle and Will Stark for their contributions to this episode. For more information about the Art Museum of Southeast Texas visit amset.org. You can listen to past episodes of the Bayoulands radio series at:   https://www.lamar.edu/kvlu/programming/local-programs/bayoulands.html. Photo credit: Jason M. Miller