one, two, 34.

Get my shoes on at the door.

I'm Lapchick.

seven They feel great.

I'm gonna shine after I do it, I'm gonna do it.

But do they get a look at this guy with the beautiful color about the weather?

Just for me to not share it with another?

I got to show to give that out.

Singing show, I'll take a look at a beautiful for That's Earth, your beautiful.

The to make beautiful life.

And if you want to see that come along with me, that's right.

Hey, I'm Irish Dave, and I'm excited for this week's show on experience Moceanu.

I'm here at Church Community Services in Elkhart to learn about their seed, to feed community programs.

And you can get involved.

Can't wait to show you that.

We're also going to learn about the next concert from the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.

We've got an art show that's happening at Hammer and Quill.

But first, we're going to catch up with Courtney.

She is at the South Bend Museum of Art.

one of our favorite art shows here in the community is happening right now at the South, the Museum of Art.

I have with us, Casey.

And this is just an amazing program that you guys have, and this has been going on for decades.

Let's glasstic art awards.

It's happening now.

Absolutely.

It is one of our favorite exhibitions of the year every year and showcases students from seventh grade to 12th grade throughout 18 counties and two states.

Absolutely.

And people are submitting it here locally.

This is our regional awards program, but this is a national program that's been around for decades.

Almost 100 years.

Yes.

99 years so far.

Yeah, it's huge.

So, yeah, it's split up into the national awards are split up all over the US.

And we have, like I said, 18 counties once students come through basically our adjudication.

So we put together some jurors that are professionals in the community that look at the work digitally and sort of from those 3000 entries choose the ones, which is a very hard decision.

I can't imagine I would want to be the right person for that right.

But they'll choose those works and then we end up having them here.

When they're choosing those works, they're awarding honorable mention silver and gold key awards.

And so those are all of the pieces that you see here.

₩1 an award for the for the show this year, and the gold key winners actually go on to national adjudication, which they're in right now.

OK, yeah, that's nationwide, nationwide.

So all the gold keys nationwide are being looked at by the National Committee in New York under the same sort of guidelines that they're looking at here.

And those that are selected will go on to get honorable mention again Gold Medal and Silver Medal and be able to go to the ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York .

That's amazing.

Yeah, that's amazing.

And these are two of the gold key awards here show of the Gold Q Awards.

Yes, to and we were actually really excited to meet both artists this year as they brought their families through during our open house.

But these two will be are currently being adjudicated as well.

And this one actually won the Visual Voice Award, which was one of our regional awards.

We have some organizations who sponsor awards for these for this show specifically.

So those representatives come in, they look at all of the work in person and they select awards.

So this is by the University of Notre Dame and one of their big awards that they that they give to the students.

How many pieces are there displayed for us to see right now?

Eleven hundred and 24?

Oh my gosh, that's amazing.

Yeah.

Well, let's check out some of the art talent is the new director here at the South, the Museum of Art.

Thank you for having us today.

Yeah, thanks for joining us.

This is your first time experiencing the Scholastic Art Award.

It's my first time experiencing Scholastic Art Award, so I've been with the museum for a couple of months now.

But when I arrived, the supporters from the museum and our staff and visitors to the museum and our teachers all said, What do we do best?

And we do scholastic art awards.

This is the one.

This is the one.

This is the biggest exhibition that we that we do every year and how exciting to see the community come out in force to support our student artists.

I didn't know what to expect.

Quite honestly, when I hear there's eleven hundred artworks going up on a wall.

I just kind of pop out a little bit.

But we had an amazing opening on February fifth and open house to welcome the student artists and their families safely into the galleries to experience the exhibition, over 600 people came through to see to see that exhibition, opening their experience, the museum and all that we have to offer .

But it really just shows the impact that Scholastic Art Awards has across the region and the importance of art education in our communities and the support of student artists.

Absolutely.

You know, what does it mean for a student to have their artwork up on these walls?

You wouldn't.

You wouldn't believe it.

I mean, I wish that we had all the students here right now, but you walk in and you get to talk to the students as they see it and their eyes pop open and their jaws drop.

And it's an amazing experience.

And for many of our artists we've heard who have exhibited over the years that this was a landmark moment for them as a student, as an artist, that it continued their careers and it continued their interest and hobby in art making.

And for some, it became a professional, professional kind of launch point for them.

So it's an amazing experience to see the excitement in a students eyes.

And there are so many different kinds of artwork, not just on the walls.

We've seen some sculptures, there's textiles.

There's a lot of.

Storms, yeah, so yeah, it just shows the the dynamism that our dynamic, our students are in the region, that they're not just drawing and painting, but they're taking photography, digital and analog, and they're making and they're making garments and they're making textile work and they're making sculpture.

It's just amazing.

And I see a couple more gold key ones over here to look at these ones.

Yeah, this is a beautiful piece, too.

Oh, and this is another award winner for the Visual Voice Awards as well.

Yes, of course we our regional awards sponsorships are really important.

It's unique among the country and the affiliates that we have sponsorships for, for additional awards to give students.

So be able to walk into the gallery again as a student and see not just the golden key, but the fact that the University of Notre Dame is so that you have a great example of that.

Exactly.

Yeah, that's so powerful for the kids.

Absolutely.

And now when can come, when can people come and check this out?

Yeah.

So the exhibition is open until March 12th.

So there's a few more weeks, obviously, for everybody to come through and experience more open Wednesday through Sunday so we can find all the information on our website.

Well, thanks for showing us a little bit around, and I think I'm going to go take a little bit more browsing.

All right, thank you.

Hi, everybody.

I am here with you today on experience backhanded to show you a what I hope is a new and exciting way to experience sustainability in Michigan.

Usually, I'm showing you places and activities that equally address.

Economics, environment and social and cultural issues in this case, we have an unexpected but really delightful and important way to experience sustainability, and that is at the symphony.

So coming up in the Jack and Champagne Masterwork series at Salford Symphony Orchestra, which I know many of you are probably thinking, Oh, dead white guys playing music that doesn't speak to my modern taste.

So if you think this way or if you're a fan of the symphony, you are in for a unique and powerful performance from a modern living composer and a multimedia musical experience that truly is a call to action.

It's called Terra Nostra, and today I'm talking with the composer, Christophe Sanyal, so that we can learn more about the upcoming performance of terror in Austria by the Southend Symphony Orchestra.

So thanks for joining me, Christoph.

Thank you, Christiane, for havin So would you tell us a little bit about what inspired this, this composition and what you hope will be the reaction or maybe the reaction you've seen from audiences that they'll do after attending or watching?

Yeah, I have two great passions in life.

one is music, obviously, and the other one is the environment.

So back in 2014, I received a commission to write a piece about climate change.

And so, needless to say, this was an extraordinary opportunity to bring those two passions together.

So when I got that commission, it was both exhilarating and very humbling because of course, the subject matter is so monumental.

So I spent just about as much time researching for that piece as I did composing it, because how had you express this?

There are so many different approaches, so I had to think really hard on how to convey my feelings and my convictions and also as much data as I could.

I wanted the piece to be very much rooted in science.

As much as in convictions and emotions.

So it was an extraordinary journey.

I have to say the one in which I poured in everything I know about music and the results exceeded my expectations.

Certainly, the Premiere took place in June of 2015.

And then it has really taken off since.

And how do audiences usually react, I know this is designed to really be a call to action, so what have you seen from the audience?

What have you heard from people?

Yeah, what's very important to me is to to create an emotional connection.

You know, the often get the comment that, you know, try and Australia's a very beautiful piece of music.

And of course, I take the compliment.

But more importantly to me is that it has to be provoking.

I'm hoping that the audience will leave the whole feeling that they have been moved and feeling a sense of connection with our planet.

I chose the title Terra Nostra with a double entendre, if you will.

So in Latin, it means our Earth.

And of course, the reality of it is that it's not ours at all.

We are just tennis.

So why was it important to include those like that beauty element?

Was this a part of offering some hope for some action?

So I was really struck by that.

I thought, Oh yes, terrible, horrible ness.

And then so many little beautiful moments.

Well, I think it's very important to put everything in context.

But in other words, that if we if we're not fully aware of what is at stake, and I think it's very easy to take planet Earth for granted, so too to have those those very strong juxtapositions between between that miraculous beauty that is our Earth and seen is where where that he's really been being threatened or destroyed was essential.

But one thing that's really important to realize is about the creative process is that I compose the score first before anything else.

And it was very important for me that the score had a powerful narrative so that it did not need anything else.

In other words, you can't you can't attend a performance next week and close your eyes and let the music tell the story, and it will take you somewhere that I promise.

And for me, the end goal was again to foster awareness and dialog and to provoke.

I want I want to be a provocateur without peace.

So I thought, let's, let's add images.

And at the time, I did that myself.

Before we wrap up because.

Could you tell folks what else they could expect from the performance besides Terra Nostra?

Because it's not the only thing happening that night?

That's right.

Yeah, they'll be full works and they'll be a wonderful clarinet.

I don't want to call it concerto because it really transcends the concerto form.

And there is a piece by Nadia Baloji with a French composer who was very, very influential and who as an really nearly received the recognition she deserves.

No, she's a French composer.

She, in fact, taught many of the 20th century composers.

She has a very, very deep influence.

She was based in Paris, and so to hear her music would be a wonderful for lots of thrilling reasons to go see this performance.

Many beautiful pieces of music will be performed.

I hope folks go out and get a chance to experience this with you, and thank you so much for sharing your work with us.

We look forward to having you here and seeing the performance.

I am here with Gaby and Avi.

I love it.

They wrote together, Is that like a thing?

Here is everyone like it's Gaby Ravi?

It's very much you go together.

So we're here to talk about community garden classes, which I'm really excited about because I think this time of the year is the best time of the year to start focusing on that because my wife and I were actually talking about it, we're like, we finally have to start planting something this year.

Now I know we're going to have a couple of demonstrations, but what are the easiest things for people to plant?

That's what I want to know, because I'm a newbie, so I want to know.

I personally would answer root crops because they're low maintenance once you put the seed in the ground and they don't need too much sunlight, so they're kind of hard to mess up sometimes.

OK. What do you think?

I'll try my best, though.

Yeah, root crops are especially great once it gets warmer season after the last Frost Day.

Say inside lettuces, lettuces and greens are definitely the easiest thing to grow indoors.

And if you notice when you go to the store now, everything is getting so much more expensive, so it really is a great alternative.

Plus, you know exactly what you've put into it, which is what I love to write.

Yeah, definitely.

All right.

So what is this all about?

What are these community gardening classes all about?

Who are they for and what can you learn?

So CDC, it's community gardening classes came about because we were trying to build upon our educational outreach, and we do a lot with youth right now with our team growers internship, but wanted to provide an opportunity for adults, especially in the realm of gardening.

So they're free to all the public and they're built.

So anyone with any bag.

Brown can attend, whether you've never touched dirt or garden all the time, so.

So even some of my lack of skills could come along.

Exactly.

You're encouraged.

So what are we going to see here?

Because I know, Gabby, you're going to show me something like, What is this?

Is this going to be?

Will I be able to do this?

Yes, you'll be OK as well as anyone, no matter what experiences you've had.

OK, so we have actually a class that actually just happened today.

OK?

It's our hydroponics class, and we're basically showing anyone that has a like a house or even if you don't have a green thumb, even if you consider yourself a black thumb, you can actually grow lettuces hydroponically in your house without seed or soil based.

Hydroponic growing is growing a crop without soil.

OK. And so it's called water based growing.

There's a lot of different methods, but the one I'm going to show you today is called the cracking method.

And it's the easiest one, and it also has great results.

It's also called the static method.

So basically, as soon as what we do today is done, you just put it under a light source.

You leave it there and then you harvest it.

You don't need to water it or we change the nutrients or anything.

So first, you need some kind of container.

OK, so we just have some jars here.

You need what's called the net cup or is basically just a cup with holes in it or we actually made our own net cup here.

This is kind of a lettuce has been growing and you can see a little roots coming out in the bottom there, really.

But this is just a pudding cup.

OK, so and then we just cut holes in the bottom so you don't need to go out of your way to go to the grocery store just as long as it has some filtration in the bottom, basically in it and it fits your cup.

OK?

And then the next thing you'll need is some kind of growing medium.

So this is just a peat moss cup.

OK. And these you can get at almost any store.

You can get them at Meyer, Wal-Mart, Lowe's anywhere.

And this is just peat that is in here.

OK, so peat moss and this allows you to grow.

It doesn't actually have any soil in it.

OK?

Or you can use what's called Rockwall.

Oh, which is a great growing medium.

It is really specific, usually grown for hydroponics.

OK, and but this you also would have to go to grow store.

So there's two different options options.

You can use just stuff at Meyer and then you can also buy stuff on Amazon or a growth stock.

All right.

So yeah, let's see how this works.

So what we're going to do first is we are going to get your net cup.

OK, so this is your next.

Thank you.

And then these don't fit exactly the right size, so you just have to kind of press it down in there.

Okay, perfect, right?

Yeah.

Beautiful.

So then the next thing you need is an a nutrient solution.

OK.

So what we have here is a cracking method has very you can do it a few different ways.

What we're doing is we're using a very specific amount of nutrients.

OK, so we're using what's called the master blend, which has a very specific what's called nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.

And then we're also using calcium nitrate, which is going to give you calcium as well as nitrogen.

And then we're using Epsom Salt, which is going to help with sulfur magnesium.

So this will give me all the nutrients essential and micro that I need to be able to grow a plant without soil.

You know, the Epsom salts is the only thing I'm used to because at my age, I to our feet all the time, so I'll put that in the bath.

So that's the only thing so far that I'm aware of this whole thing.

But I know that these nutrients, like I did, get these specific for this amount.

OK, use other like tomato fertilizers.

You just might have to change it out, OK?

Whereas what our goal is today is not to touch it.

OK, just do it.

OK?

Exactly.

But you can get these at your local grow store, or how do you know how much to put in?

So you are going to put in all the way up to the top until it's touching the bottom of the net?

OK, so I'm going to let you do the honors.

That's awesome.

Thank you.

So you fill it all the way up and and while he's pouring this, I'll tell you that usually to get a full head of lettuce, you actually want about a gallon of this nutrient solution per plant.

But since we're doing like leaf lettuce, we're just going to.

That's perfect.

So now you're going to take your peat moss cups and set it in there, OK?

And the next thing we're going to do is just make sure that the touch on the bottom is just so ever slightly touching.

So like, I think mine's touching because I can see some of the dropper here is perfect.

Well, you know, I'm just a natural.

So then the next thing what we would do is this is basically all set.

The only thing that we would do differently, the next step is you can either paint them and like, maybe paint them black or a dark color newspaper around them.

And this prevents algae from forming inside.

OK.

So that's the only other thing, and we just use some rubber bands to like, hold it on there.

So simple.

Once you finished reading the Elkhart Truth or South Bend Tribune, stick around there.

And so how long would it take before I actually have some letters that I can eat?

It's going to take like maybe 33 weeks.

Oh, that's actually not that long at all.

And these are leaf lettuce.

You can just keep harvesting them.

Let them grow again.

Harvest them again.

No.

Keep it happening.

All right.

There is one thing I wanted to show you.

What happens is that what will end up happening?

This is a sweet potato.

What will end up happening is that the roots will get super long.

OK. And as the roots get all the way, I start growing.

The water obviously will be taken off the plant.

And what will happen?

Those with this air gap where the roots will be on the bottom, but there'll also be a couple of inches where there's nothing but air for the roots.

And that's essential for the plant to be able to perform respiration and oxygen.

So for anyone watching this who like, Yes, I want to come out, I want to learn more, whether they're experienced or not.

How can they get more information about actually when your classes are on?

Yeah, so they can go to our website or Facebook page?

Our website is Church Community Services slash seed to feed, talk OK and go to classes, and then they'll list all the different classes that we have.

And then you just email us the emails on the website and say, Hey, I want to go.

All right.

Simple as that.

Simple as that.

All right.

Come on.

Well, normally you might think of an art show going to a museum or an art fair, but a unique way to experience an art show is actually in some of our local dining and restaurant locations.

And Patrick is one of the key partners here at the Hammer and Quill, which is downtown South Bend.

Thanks for having us today.

Yeah, appreciate you coming in.

This is a wonderful experience that you guys are adding in here, too.

This is the first time you're doing something like this.

Yes, this is our first 3-D show.

So with the installation, of course, we had to have some shelves of those involved.

Yeah, because usually it's flat painting art.

So our artist rail has been up pretty much since we opened.

And you guys have been open for a few years now, too.

Yeah, it'll be four years on the 16th of March.

That's awesome.

And I know obviously you guys are a local business.

Why is it so important to support our local artists as well?

Well, from the beginning, one of the partners in the building is a art teacher at Saint Joe High School.

Oh, so because of that, there's always been influence and a motivation to include artists in the space because with a changing space and different artists, it gives a whole different feel to the space and provides as well focus and outlook to the community at large.

Mm-Hmm.

Sure.

As you said, typically it would be in a gallery, perhaps or even in a museum.

Yeah, which we're fortunate to have those here in the area.

Absolutely, yeah.

And now which artists are featured here with this particular show?

It's two of these three dimensions.

Is the name of it.

Correct?

Yes.

We have Deborah Miller and bobbling Keith.

Well, everything looks beautiful.

I'd love to jump into it, and you actually have the artists here today that we can talk to and look forward to that.

Awesome.

Great.

Well, you are one of the artists that's featured here for this show, and your work is just beautiful.

Thank you.

And you have a variety of talents as far as artistry is concerned.

I like everything.

Just about pottery is very important in my life.

I was pleased that Deb needed a partner in this exhibit, and she asked me and I said, Oh, I don't know if I have any work.

So did you make some of this just specifically for this exhibit, the newer pieces.

But I call them weavings.

They're they're not woven.

I do a lot of woven clay, but this is just a new approach glazed slightly.

Not all.

Yeah, just more of a sculpture and especially something to go on the wall.

Absolutely.

In this piece you were telling you about, I know you were saying it's very sharp.

We were talking about, can you touch these things?

This is when you want to certainly be gentle.

Adobe Sure.

I think sometimes pottery needs a little respect, but it's meant to be felt.

Uh-Huh.

So I ripped the edges.

When I throw it, I ripped the edges, which gives the sawtooth effects.

Yeah.

And then this piece is raku fired.

And now what does that mean?

Tell us who is the parts?

Go into the kiln with glaze and we look into a hole in the piano and we see the glaze start to bubble.

OK, and then it starts to smooth out and we take it out of the kiln and put it in a garbage can with leaves and torn paper, which blackens any and glazed area.

And that's part of the beauty of the coup.

And see, here I have a little bit of square tape, right?

And put the glaze on, take the tape off.

So but adds another element to it.

Yes, that's again leaving some of the clay body available, as opposed to an all white interior with a little bit a touch of color on the edge.

It's beautiful.

Now all your pieces are a number of pieces are here and people can purchase them when they come visit.

I have been doing that throughout the show, so you're having to make more to fill the space debris, and I have had to bring in some because we don't want a blank space, but that has been wonderful.

That's great.

And what a wonderful opportunity that we're the first 3D artists from 3D Fire Arts and who knows where it's going from here, but we're really proud of that.

Yeah, we'll make sure you step in here regularly so you can see what there is and check get out.

Yes.

Yes.

More new stuff may be coming into, then that could be so.

All right.

Thanks, Bill.

Thank you very much.

Well, one of the other artists featured here is Deb, and you have some also beautiful sculpting here, too.

That's really kind of your sweet spot, isn't it?

Actually, I started about ten years ago in Goshen at the Art Guild and was only I only did function.

OK, bulls play things that you can buy, stacking exactly cups, you know, anything that was a very functional piece of pottery and then joining fire arts.

You're surrounded by so many other people who you just learn from and experience from.

And I've kind of jumped between not as functional.

I still make functioning pieces, but the pieces behind me on the wall, the hats.

These are so interesting.

I just kind of thought, you know, I don't know, like a summer hat and a cowboy hat.

And then the little fedora hat all hand-built, not thrown.

Oh, and more of a whimsy rather than all of my function.

So I kind of go between both just whatever inspires me that day or whatever I feel like doing.

Yeah.

All hand-built or all throw.

And these are manifold.

These are some of your off your plate.

Yes, these are three stacking plates, which I threw and then obviously glazed, OK, and you know, they just stack.

And of course, they're functional.

You can, you can use them.

You can actually eat off of them.

Certainly can always keep your oven proof dishwasher safe.

Oh yeah.

So it's I mean, it's definitely functioning where it is.

And so now you've been doing this for a while now.

What would you say is kind of your favorite part of being a potter?

It's it's something I enjoy, and it's just something to do.

You know, I'm retired, OK?

And so this gives me, you know, an object or a reason maybe to get up in the day and just go and do something and feels in my time and I thoroughly enjoy it.

Yeah, it's the longest.

I've stuck with any habit.

Good heavens, I have to.

And now people can come in.

They can purchase the art this year up and display correct.

And the show is open until March the 10th.

OK?

And I think Bo mentioned, too, but it is the first 3D art show they've had here at the hammer.

Well, and it's just so exciting and so fun to be a part of this.

And yeah, everything's for sale.

Come in and bye bye bye.

Well, thank you so much for sharing some of your pieces, and I think there's so many more to look at here.

I have a couple of favorite pieces as well, too.

So make sure that you stop in here at Hammer and Quill so you can find your favorite piece to take home as well.

So that's it for me.

I wish Dave this week on experiencing this, Gianna.

What a fun show it was.

Lots of art, lots of music and of course, getting our hands a little bit dirty here as well.

If you have something that you think we should experience.

Don't forget to use the hashtag experience missioner.

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