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Where's Art? with Annie Dugan: in a time of despair, making the impossible possible

The North 103.3 | By Lisa Johnson
Published June 1, 2020 at 3:22 PM CDT
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This week, Annie Dugan brings us stories about how public artis how we cope with - and grieve - the death of George Floyd.

Who knew there was such a thing as the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture - but that they're not "the government"?

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The Black Visions Collectiveis just one of the many places for people to look to Black leaders to show the way for potential allies.

One of the Prøve Gallery's directors is reinventing their voice as a teacher ...

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The artist Christo, who made the impossible possible, died over the weekend at 84 of natural causes ...

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And if you've resorted to covering your face with a sticky note on Zoom meetings, maybe it's time to try your hand at your own self-portraitand make your uneasiness into a creative endeavor.
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Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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