The Heart of Art

This week on The Heart of Art I interview a multimedia artist and art teacher from IOLA ISD, Robyn Glass. We have a great conversation about why she challenges herself to learn as many mediums as she can, why art is so important for education, and why her inspiration can come at any moment.

This week on THOA we have the crossover episode that everyone has been waiting for! Hector sits with the host of Garden Success, Stephen Brueggerhoff. Apart from being a AgriLife Extension Horticulturalist, he is also a musician having 45 years of experience playing the bass guitar. We have a great conversation about his love for music and how it affects his gardening, as well as his new passion, mastering the Mbira, a traditional instrument from Zimbabwe.

This week on The Heart of Art we speak to Martha Wells '86, author of "The Murderbot Diaries" that recently was adapted for screen and streaming on Apple TV+. We speak about how her background in IT helped her receive the knowledge that would later contribute to creating Murderbot's world, the implications of artificial intelligence getting smarter, and what the process was for adapting the novella into a film series.

This week on The Heart of Art, we speak to Michael Gayk, an Instructional Associate Professor at the School of Performance Visualization & Fine Arts. We have a great conversation about how his metal work led to many opportunities such as brand character design for General Motors as well as creating 3D models to help people in the medical industry.

This week on The Heart of Art, we speak to Dr. David Wilborn, conductor, composer, trombonist, and Associate Professor at Texas A&M College of Performance, Visualization, & Fine Arts. We have a great conversation about where his love for music and low brass began, his method of composing music, and the creation of the new music performance degree that TAMU now offers.

This week on The Heart of Art we speak to Dustin Kempf '07, program coordinator for the Capstones and Honors Programs at Texas A&M, as well as vocalist and performer. His previous band, J. Greene & The Steady, was featured on hit shows such as "Nashville" & "The Fosters." We have a great conversation about music, why he performs, and we learn from his own mistakes balancing his passion for music and academia.

This week on The Heart of Art we speak to one of KAMU's very own, Zaria White. During the day, you can find Zaria producing and editing videos as a Program Coordinator at KAMU. However, on her off-time you can find her obsessively working on her newest crocheting project. We have a great conversation about why there a resurgence in crocheting interest, crocheting as a maximalist artistic form, and the importance of creating things that are truly tangible.

This week we speak to Penny Zent, a very decorated flutist as well as Artistic Director and Founder of the Brazos Breeze Flute Choir. We have a great conversation about the Halloween season opener of the Brazos Breeze Flute Choir, how her love for the flute instrument was love at first sight, and her time as Station Manager here at KAMU-FM.