A Brush With Life
Casual conversations with artists, musicians, farmers and so many other creative, fascinating folks from southeast Minnesota. Let's find out how they got here, what inspires them, what challenges them and how they work.
A Brush With Life is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Podcasting since 2025 • 21 episodes
A Brush With Life
Latest Episodes
Happy Holidays, Dear Listeners!
It has been so much fun creating these podcasts, interviewing so many fascinating folks, and sharing the conversations with you! I appreciate you, all of the guests, and the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council, who awarded me a grant to laun...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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0:34
#20 - The Road to Crossings at Carnegie - with Marie Marvin
With plenty of guts and gusto, Marie Marvin turned an old Carnegie Library in Zumbrota, MN, into a hub of creativity. The building was bursting with art, whimsy, artists working, children learning, sometimes even people doing yoga. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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35:27
#19 Siren Songs - Of Trombones & Mermaids, with John Sievers
John Sievers is not one to toot his own horn, but he does let it slide. John is a trombonist who plays in many bands, a poet who writes a haiku a day, an English professor, and Rochester's most enthusiastic music booster. In this ep...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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32:21
#18 Enamored by Enamel, with Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson is an enamel artist who creates copper and silver jewelry with gorgeous, colorful glass designs fused to the surface. Amy tells us how she discovered this art form, her process, and how making art helped her survive and heal f...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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39:51
#17 - Little Homestead in the City - with Heidi Kern
As a young girl, Heidi Kern was inspired by "Little House on the Prairie" and dreamed of creating a self-sufficient life where she grew all her own food and sewed her own clothing. As an adult, she wound up living in the city but sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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39:30
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