From the Newsroom: Rockford Register Star
Meet the Artist
Playlist by From the Newsroom: Rockford Register StarRockford Register Star multimedia journalist Scott P. Yates hosts an in-depth discussion with Rockford artists about their creative process to make the city a more beautiful place.Follow the podcast:
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Meet the Artist: Scott P. Yates (A year in review)
On this episode of “Meet The Artist,” we play a bit of musical chairs, and turn the microphone on the show’s usual host and resident photojournalist for the Rockford Register Star, Scott Yates. In his place, local artist, Xen Kingsley takes the reigns. Like every hero, an origin story must be tol…
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Meet the Artist: Sarah Stewart
Sarah Stewart opened the Rockford's newest tattoo shop, Six Finger Tattoo, in early December. She turned the vacant space on North First Street into an inviting storefront that adds to a downtown district growing with locally owned arts businesses. Stewart has been a neo-traditional tattoo artist…
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Meet the Artist: Sierra Goddard
Sierra Goddard’s latest challenge as an actress is to portray a man in the 1800s. Goddard, 23, of Freeport, is the latest guest on the Register Star’s “Meet the Artist” podcast where we meet the artists who make our community a more beautiful place. During the podcast discussion, Goddard explain…
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Meet the Artist: Buddah Barrios
The artist known as Buddah Barrios grew up on the city’s south side and became known for his style of urban boudoir and street photography and for producing art shows. Buddah is the latest guest on the Register Star’s “Meet the Artist” podcast where we meet the artists who make our community a mor…
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Meet the Artist: Manny "China Cat 663" Tang
Manny Tang will show you that “cuteness has a dark side, too.” Tang, a Taiwanese-American whose artist alias is China Cat 663, has lived and worked in Rockford since 2002. Her art is omnipresent in the city and around the Midwest. Merchandise of her designs are for sale in the gift shop of Rockfo…
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Meet the Artist: Tom Asher
Tom Asher’s wood craftsmanship is as beautiful as it is intricate. Asher is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from the Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Tom, a Rockford native since the mid-1980s, is retired from worki…
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Meet the Artist: Aaron Bolden
Aaron Bolden, 39, a long-time Rockford resident, is a world-traveling opera singer and stage performer who most recently sang the national anthem for the 2019 North American Olympic Table Tennis Trials in Rockford. Bolden is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from the Register Star …
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Meet the Artist: Jacob Polhill
Jacob Polhill is the latest guest on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from the Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Polhill, 23, is a Rockford native and Harlem High School graduate. He is currently living on the West side of Chicago while s…
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Meet the Artist: David Stocker
Street artist David Stocker includes everyone in his Global Climate Strike performance on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. As young people around the world organized their communities Friday for climate change awareness strikes, a couple dozen Rockfordians staged David Stocker’s public theater protest on S…
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Meet the Artist: Breanda Fedie
Breanda Elise Fedie is the latest guests on “Meet the Artist,” the podcast from Register Star newsroom where we meet the artist who makes our community a more beautiful place. Fedie is a Rockford-based photographer and illustrator whose work explores the human psyche through dreamscapes illustrate…
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