KFAI

Host: Dixie Treichel

Guest:

The Honorable John Killacky, artist, arts administrator, Vermont state legislator and former Fresh Fruit host.
He’ll be talking about his new book because art: Commentary, Critique, & Conversation , Onion River Press @ Phoenix Books, a collection of essays and interviews with noted artists, perspectives on his decades of work in the performing arts and experiences with being queer and differently abled.

Highlights include:

· Cultural, social, and political commentary on leadership, disability, equines, Buddhism, AIDS, arts producing, philanthropy, and legislating.

· Critical analysis of such artists as Ron Athey, John Cage, Douglas Crimp, Keith Haring, Peter Hujar, Dona Ann McAdams, Kevin McKenzie, Eiko Otake, and Sarah Schulman.

· Interviews with such art luminaries as Alison Bechdel, Trisha Brown, Janis Ian, Bill T. Jones, Tony Kushner, and Meredith Monk.