900Views: Recent Episodes
Pat Boddy
An exploration of arts and community with Host Pat Boddy. Based out of Mainframe Studios in downtown Des Moines, 900Views provides a platform for glimpsing the creative work and lives of the Midwest's cultural producers and influencers.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Ames Artist and Mainframe Creative Incubator Fellow Cameron Gray
Welcome to Artist Antonio “Tone” Roddy’s vision of a hip-hop community and discover Litty City. Can you relate?
Preview of our upcoming interview with artist and Iowa Creative Incubator Fellow Cameron Gray
Preview of our upcoming discussion with Creative Entrepreneur and Floral Artist Deshara Bohanna
Art Conservator Sara Jo Boesen reflects on the shift in challenges she faces as a sole proprietor in the art world during these pandemic times in this 900Views preview.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Mainframe Studio’s multi-disciplinary artist Amy O’Brien
Second of two back-to-back interviews with Mainframe Studios Executive Director and Covid-19 survivor Siobhan Spain.
First of two back-to-back interviews with Mainframe Studios Executive Director and Covid-19 survivor Siobhan Spain.
Developer and Mainframe Founder Justin Mandelbaum (recorded prior to Covid-19 slowdown)
Preview of our upcoming interview with developer and Mainframe Founder Justin Mandelbaum (recorded prior to Covid-19 slowdown)
Preview of our upcoming interview with John Busbee, Culture Buzz Founder and Des Moines area theater critic.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Tobi Parks, founder of the non-profit Station 1 Records Label.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Gretchen Bohling, Mainframe Studios-based sustainable fashion designer.
Central Iowa's Olson-Larsen Galleries Owner Susan Watts and Gallery Manager Alyss Vernon
Preview of our upcoming interview with Olson-Larsen Galleries Owner Susan Watts and Gallery Manager Alyss Vernon
Ryan Pierce, visual artist of Portland, Oregon and Co-founder of Signal Fire Arts, a residency program providing artists with deep wilderness immersion experiences.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Ryan Pierce, co-founder of Portland, Oregon’s Signal Fire Arts
Urbandale High School Choir Director Ted Brimeyer connects inclusivity and community, introducing us and his students to a dramatic Latvian work - with powerful results.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Urbandale High School Director of Choirs Ted Brimeyer
Visual Artist and Grinnell Professor Lee Running adopts the prairie landscape, creating a community of place through nature and old, magnificent bones.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Grinnell College Studio Art Professor and Chair Lee Running
Los Angeles-based sculptor and public artist Nate Page delivers his watershed-inspired “Holes” to Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District - coming to a public event near you soon - if you live in the Des Moines Metro.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Nate Page, Los Angeles-based sculptor and public artist. Catch the full interview Friday, August 16.
Jared Ledesma, art historian, Assistant Curator of the Des Moines Art Center and curator of the award-winning exhibit Queer Abstraction.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Jared Ledesma, assistant curator at the Des Moines Art Center.
Julia Franklin, Iowa Arts Fellow, Graceland University Arts Professor and Mainframe Studio Mixed Media Artist
Poet and Professor Emeritus Steve Rose reads from his published and new work, and speaks to the lack of cultural tentacles connecting urban and rural communities.
As part of Art Week, visual and performance artist Larassa Kabel launches a new website to connect the arts community across the state.
Sören Albaugh, aka DJ Rock Paper Scissors, is co-founder of Limited Space - a dance and visual arts party set to kick-off this year's Art Week in Des Moines.
A preview of our upcoming interview with Soren Albaugh, aka DJ RockPaperScissors. Check in for the full interview on Friday, May 31st!
Entrepreneur and Restorationist Dimitri Makedonsky, owner of Caucus Bistro in Ladora, Iowa.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Dimitri Makedonsky, owner of the newly opened Caucus Bistro in Ladora, Iowa. Stay tuned for the full interview coming Friday, May 17.
Christina Smith, founder of Momentum Arts and President of Community Support Advocates in Des Moines.
Preview of our upcoming interview with Christina Smith, founder of the Mainframe-based Momentum Arts program. Catch the full interview on Friday, May 3.
Gallerist Emily Susanin Kessinger, co-founder of Des Moines’ Yellow Door Gallery and its ongoing series of multi-disciplinary arts salons.
Live Sundown Sessions interview with multi-disciplinary Artist-Activist Jordan Weber of Des Moines.
Our guest is multi-talented singer-songwriter Abbie Sawyer of Abbie and the Sawyers, Nola and Diplomats of Solid Sound.
Drake University Associate Art Professor and Baker Benjamin Gardner on art, food and community.
Linda Lewis has acquired a national reputation for excellence through her work with clay figures.