The Exchange 090623
Today on The Exchange we hear stories of the Midwest and speak with a visiting artist at ArtSplash over the weekend.
Amanda Browder began a project for next year’s festival - an art piece that will cover the Art Center in fabric. Community members came to her table of fabric and sewing machines, and Browder invited them to sew. Browder says everyone is welcome to take part in the project, and sewing experience appreciated but not required. She spoke with Siouxland Public Media's Mark Munger.
We hear the story of the short-lived Divorce Colony of Sioux Falls, where women from across the country would come to stay in order to end often disastrous marriages. We speak with author April White about The Divorce Colony.
We reflect on the life of Nebraska Pulitzer Prize winning author Willa Cather. A statue of Cather was dedicated in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capital building this summer on her 150th birthday. The sculptor was Creighton University Professor Littleton Alston, who is the first black American to create a sculpture for Statuary Hall. We talk with Ashley Olson, the Executive Director of The Willa Cather Foundation in Cather’s former home in Red Cloud, Nebraska.
And we hear the story of Abby Gardner, the Iowa girl who was taken in the Spriit Lake incident of 1962 and later returned to her home. In Moon of the Snowblind, Iowa author Gary Kelly tells the story of Abby and the struggles of her captors. Gary talks abou this inspiration for the book.
Also we talk with an Iowa native who has penned a new book with some advice for young people who are dealing with debt and trying to build a sound financial future. Chloe Elise is the author of Deeper Than Money.
