Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/fond-du-lac-arts Fond du Lac Arts is a series exploring the stories, creative expression, and craftsmanship of Fond du Lac artists from a range of disciplines. This project is produced by AMPERS, Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities in partnership with WGZS, the Radio Voice of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. © 2025 Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations. All rights reserved. 857f6092-7e68-5f45-84a5-417c97564eb1 no en Wed, 28 May 2025 14:51:24 -0500 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:53:10 -0600 http://www.wgzs89.net/ https://img.transistor.fm/yIZizyFvsYPhFIKNFkEgaLXNoDQdAMoxQA1x71jUZ0w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZTNm/MGViYWQ1OTU0MzVh/YTdlMGYwZjVjOGZj/NDZjNC5wbmc.jpg http://www.wgzs89.net/ serial WGZS Fond du Lac Arts is a series exploring the stories, creative expression, and craftsmanship of Fond du Lac artists from a range of disciplines. This project is produced by AMPERS, Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities in partnership with WGZS, the Radio Voice of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Fond du Lac Arts is a series exploring the stories, creative expression, and craftsmanship of Fond du Lac artists from a range of disciplines. Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts AMPERS emily@ampers.org No No 1 1 Jeff Savage full bc5eb710-2f3d-4402-9adc-4314a73dd6ef https://share.transistor.fm/s/406e4565 Jeff Savage shares his experience of quarrying pipestone and making pipes from the red stone that has been used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

]]> Jeff Savage shares his experience of quarrying pipestone and making pipes from the red stone that has been used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:27:10 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 Jeff Savage shares his experience of quarrying pipestone and making pipes from the red stone that has been used by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 2 2 Janis A. Fairbanks full 796ed913-999e-4457-bbf9-eaab7adf6342 https://share.transistor.fm/s/12a7dedf Janis Fairbanks talks about her new memoir Sugar Bush Babies: Stories of My Ojibwe Grandmother and the grandmother that inspired her love of storytelling.

]]> Janis Fairbanks talks about her new memoir Sugar Bush Babies: Stories of My Ojibwe Grandmother and the grandmother that inspired her love of storytelling.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:28:13 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 Janis Fairbanks talks about her new memoir Sugar Bush Babies: Stories of My Ojibwe Grandmother and the grandmother that inspired her love of storytelling.

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 3 3 Biidaasige Thomas Howes full b33ebcf4-8ea0-407e-be4f-c7008bec3ca7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b13f4d1c Biidaasige Thomas Howes is a cradleboard and lacrosse stick maker. He uses the craft of steam bending wood to create his work, a skill taught him years ago by a Red Cliff birch bark canoe maker.

]]> Biidaasige Thomas Howes is a cradleboard and lacrosse stick maker. He uses the craft of steam bending wood to create his work, a skill taught him years ago by a Red Cliff birch bark canoe maker.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:28:46 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 Biidaasige Thomas Howes is a cradleboard and lacrosse stick maker. He uses the craft of steam bending wood to create his work, a skill taught him years ago by a Red Cliff birch bark canoe maker.

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 4 4 Moira "Miri" Villiard full 180269da-e307-465f-926d-3327d7b80ac3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bf2149da Multidisciplinary artist Moira Villiard loves the image of the hand. In the fabric piece, "Resist and Reclaim," she embroidered hands on a denim jacket stitched together with handwork made by the women in her family, past and present, evoking the invisible labor of women across the centuries.

]]> Multidisciplinary artist Moira Villiard loves the image of the hand. In the fabric piece, "Resist and Reclaim," she embroidered hands on a denim jacket stitched together with handwork made by the women in her family, past and present, evoking the invisible labor of women across the centuries.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:29:24 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 Multidisciplinary artist Moira Villiard loves the image of the hand. In the fabric piece, "Resist and Reclaim," she embroidered hands on a denim jacket stitched together with handwork made by the women in her family, past and present, evoking the invisible labor of women across the centuries.

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 5 5 Karen Savage-Blue full be822095-bd9e-464e-9096-f4acc371d251 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4c60eb27 Karen Savage-Blue decided to challenge herself as an artist. For one year, she made a painting every day, even on way-too-busy days and days when everything seemed to go wrong.

]]> Karen Savage-Blue decided to challenge herself as an artist. For one year, she made a painting every day, even on way-too-busy days and days when everything seemed to go wrong.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:29:45 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 Karen Savage-Blue decided to challenge herself as an artist. For one year, she made a painting every day, even on way-too-busy days and days when everything seemed to go wrong.

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 6 6 Chi Ma'iingan full f2544b1d-ebd8-479a-8bf2-7361db22a69b https://share.transistor.fm/s/5c5f32a4 In 2019, Chi Ma'iingan stepped away from his job as police chief to create Round Lake Traditions, contemporary apparel with traditional Ojibwe floral designs.

]]> In 2019, Chi Ma'iingan stepped away from his job as police chief to create Round Lake Traditions, contemporary apparel with traditional Ojibwe floral designs.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:30:24 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 In 2019, Chi Ma'iingan stepped away from his job as police chief to create Round Lake Traditions, contemporary apparel with traditional Ojibwe floral designs.

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 7 7 Allie Tibbetts full dceeb877-d6be-49d6-90ec-f4fa4e2472bd https://share.transistor.fm/s/655672ce Allie Tibbetts had already written two children's books drawn from Ojibwe culture and language. But now she wanted to write a story to remind her daughter and other Ojibwe children where they came from. That became her 2025 book Anangokaaning Wenjibaad: The One Who Comes from the Stars.

]]> Allie Tibbetts had already written two children's books drawn from Ojibwe culture and language. But now she wanted to write a story to remind her daughter and other Ojibwe children where they came from. That became her 2025 book Anangokaaning Wenjibaad: The One Who Comes from the Stars.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:30:54 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 Allie Tibbetts had already written two children's books drawn from Ojibwe culture and language. But now she wanted to write a story to remind her daughter and other Ojibwe children where they came from. That became her 2025 book Anangokaaning Wenjibaad: The One Who Comes from the Stars.

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 8 8 Thomas Peacock full ea8c7b4f-0a35-4574-a2de-cd891f9ddbba https://share.transistor.fm/s/3241ce66 Thomas Peacock was the kid with his ear to the door when older relatives were in the next room, talking family and Fond du Lac history. So, it was no surprise he grew up to be an author and historian. In 2018, together with wife Elizabeth Albert-Peacock, he started Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing, to promote Native authors and illustrators. 

]]> Thomas Peacock was the kid with his ear to the door when older relatives were in the next room, talking family and Fond du Lac history. So, it was no surprise he grew up to be an author and historian. In 2018, together with wife Elizabeth Albert-Peacock, he started Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing, to promote Native authors and illustrators. 

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:31:28 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 Thomas Peacock was the kid with his ear to the door when older relatives were in the next room, talking family and Fond du Lac history. So, it was no surprise he grew up to be an author and historian. In 2018, together with wife Elizabeth Albert-Peacock, he started Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing, to promote Native authors and illustrators. 

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 9 9 Joyce LaPorte full f160f846-14a6-4ce7-ab75-95b58708310f https://share.transistor.fm/s/c53a86f7 When Joyce LaPorte was five, her grandma showed her how to sew and to make her first No Face Doll. Joyce continues to make No Face Dolls, which are now in museum collections around the world, and to teach others to make them.

]]> When Joyce LaPorte was five, her grandma showed her how to sew and to make her first No Face Doll. Joyce continues to make No Face Dolls, which are now in museum collections around the world, and to teach others to make them.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:32:02 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 When Joyce LaPorte was five, her grandma showed her how to sew and to make her first No Face Doll. Joyce continues to make No Face Dolls, which are now in museum collections around the world, and to teach others to make them.

]]> Native American, Minnesota, Indigenous, Arts No Britt Aamodt 10 10 Maggie Thompson full 3ba6512f-3a4d-44e7-a49b-f2b5c3acfee4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4d845d92 Textile artist Maggie Thompson shares the story behind her latest work, "The Hospital Gown Project," and how art works as a kind of therapy to help us process emotions and experiences.

]]> Textile artist Maggie Thompson shares the story behind her latest work, "The Hospital Gown Project," and how art works as a kind of therapy to help us process emotions and experiences.

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 13:32:36 -0500 WGZS WGZS 120 Textile artist Maggie Thompson shares the story behind her latest work, "The Hospital Gown Project," and how art works as a kind of therapy to help us process emotions and experiences.

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