This week on ART ON THE AIR features Chicago-based jewelry artist, Bobbie Rafferty, Indiana Artisan Neelu Jain, Spotlight is on Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott

This week (10/18 & 10/20) on ART ON THE AIR features Chicago-based jewelry artist, Bobbie Rafferty, who for 25 years has created stunning one-of-a-kind pieces that are in juried shows throughout the Midwest and South. Next Indiana Artisan Neelu Jain shares her Japanese art forms of Ikebana and Temari that transforms simple spaces into eye catching, aesthetically pleasing creations. Our Spotlight is on Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott discussing his upcoming November 2nd concert at Memorial Opera House with his band The Arsonists. Spotlight Extra on "Millennia of Progress 1933 - 2023 The Chicago World's Fair-Y Tales: If Houses Could Talk" book launch on November 3rd at South Shore Arts Gallery Gift Shop. Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: [email protected] Send your questions about our show to [email protected] LIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR. https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air/2024-10-02/art-on-the-air-october-20-2024