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Artists in nature: Bill Brody and Klara Maisch

Alaska Public Media | By Eric Bork
Published February 29, 2020 at 7:24 PM AKST
"Skull Peak". Photo by Klara Maisch.
"Skull Peak". Photo by Klara Maisch.

Alaska’s landscapes, wildlife, and people have inspired generations of artists. In the age of high-quality phone cameras, it takes but a second to take a photo and share it with the world, enabling us to quickly move on to the next photogenic moment. What happens when we stop and reflect on a place? Watch its moods? Listen to its sounds? Smell its fragrances? A few hardy artists do just that. They carry their brushes, easels, and canvass far from the comforts of a studio to draw and paint in nature. This Outdoor Explorer features two such artists. Bill Brody is a University of Alaska Fairbanks Professor of Emeritus of Art who started painting in Alaska in the 1960s. Klara Maisch is a landscape artist, guide and skier living in Fairbanks who graduated from UAF in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Print Making. Both spend time dedicated to observing and painting Alaska’s stupendous scenery.

HOST:  Paul Twardock

GUESTS:

  • Klara Maisch, a landscape artist, guide and skier living in Fairbanks
  • Bill Brody is a University of Alaska Fairbanks Professor of Emeritus of Art

LINKS:

BROADCAST: Thursday, March 5th, 2020. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT

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Eric Bork
Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs. After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
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