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Living Creatures Savannah

19 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Living Creatures shares, stages and celebrates culture-making activities that express the sacred and manifest the Gospel in Savannah, Georgia. We share about those activities on this podcast.

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Illustrator Braelyn Snow Shares the Life and Message of Saint Faustina

January 14, 2023 13:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

Illustrator Braelyn Snow talks about her work and participation in a children's book project that shares the life of Saint Faustina through poetry and pictures.    The name of the book is "Faustina: A Saints Story for Children" by Kaitlyn C. Mason and Braelyn Snow.

The Art of Advent 2022

November 24, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Fr. Jonathan Jameson previews the "Art of Advent" series hosted by St. John's Episcopal Church (Savannah). 

Dreamhouse Studio's Allison Hall: Art and Community in the Starland District

July 06, 2022 21:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

Alison Hall is a resident artist with Starland’s Dreamhouse studio.  In this interview, Allison (aka "Small Creative") talks about her formative years in Texas, her experience as an illustration student at SCAD, her craft and hustle as a professional artist, and a calling to cultivate rich and welcoming hospitality for Savannah’s artistic community. Sign up for Allison's Newsletter Here: https://smallcreative.substack.com and if you want to be a big-time supporter there are opportunities ...

Local Author Lance Levens

June 01, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MB

Fiction writer Lance Levens discusses his latest novel entitled "Foul Purity" and the craft of conveying his Christian faith through the "who-done-it" genre.  

Carl Fougerousse: Creating Sacred Art and Fostering Vocational Community at Red Fern Studio

April 27, 2022 03:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB

Carl G. Fougerousse is the Owner and Lead Artist at Red Fern Studio in Savannah.    Carl founded Red Fern to execute ecclesiastical works steeped in the tradition of Catholic figurative and decorative art. The studio engages a community of artists and artisans to designs and produces stained glass, mosaics, murals, sculptures, and interiors for churches, healthcare facilities, universities, restaurants, and private residences throughout the United States and Europe. In this episode of the...

Carl Fougerousse: Creating Sacred Art and Fostering Vocational Community at Red Fern Studio

April 27, 2022 03:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB

Carl G. Fougerousse is the Owner and Lead Artist at Red Fern Studio in Savannah.    Carl founded Red Fern to execute ecclesiastical works steeped in the tradition of Catholic figurative and decorative art. The studio engages a community of artists and artisans to designs and produces stained glass, mosaics, murals, sculptures, and interiors for churches, healthcare facilities, universities, restaurants, and private residences throughout the United States and Europe. In this episode of the...

Fritz Rumpel, Playwriting as Avocation, and Bringing Suzy King Taylor's Story to the Stage

January 29, 2022 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

Lorrie and Fritz Rumpel have a dream for Savannah.  They have written a play about Suzy King Taylor and they are working to bring the play to life at the Savannah Cultural Center this May.   They need community support to make that happen and they are stepping out in faith that the resources will come.  Fritz sat down with me to talk about his life’s journey that brought him out of Savannah and back again.  Fritz and Lorrie now lead tours in Savannah that emphasize the story of the black ch...

Gene Pinion: Savannah's Ambassador of Sacred Harp Music

January 11, 2022 02:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

The Coastal Empire's Gene Pinion sits down with Brian Dennison to offer a brief introduction to the joys of "Shape Note" signing and how to join in this longstanding tradition in Savannah and our extended neck of the woods.   A slightly different "music and talk" podcast with some copyrighted material that is not on this version is available  through Spotify.  

Part 2: Interview with Aaron Belz, A Poet's Post-Savannah Dispatch

January 09, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

In this second half of my interview with poet Aaron Belz, we take a deeper dive into poetry.  Aaron offers his take on the poem read at the Biden Inauguration, discusses domestic poetry policy, makes poetry recommendations based on Amazon purchases and reads one of his favorite poems and one of his own.   We pick things in the midst of some technical difficulties in the wake of Aaron’s successful water break at the end of the first half of the interview. 

Part 2: Interview with Aaron Belz, A Poet's Post-Savannah Dispatch

January 09, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

In this second half of my interview with poet Aaron Belz, we take a deeper dive into poetry.  Aaron offers his take on the poem read at the Biden Inauguration, discusses domestic poetry policy, makes poetry recommendations based on Amazon purchases and reads one of his favorite poems and one of his own.   We pick things in the midst of some technical difficulties in the wake of Aaron’s successful water break at the end of the first half of the interview. 

Part 2: Interview with Aaron Belz, A Poetic Post-Savannah Dispatch

January 09, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

In this second half of my interview with poet Aaron Belz, we take a deeper dive into poetry.  Aaron offers his take on the poem read at the Biden Inauguration, discusses domestic poetry policy, makes poetry recommendations based on Amazon purchases and reads one of his favorite poems and one of his own.   We pick things in the midst of some technical difficulties in the wake of Aaron’s successful water break at the end of the first half of the interview. 

Part 1: Interview with Aaron Belz, A Poet's Post-Savannah Dispatch

January 09, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

Wordsmith extraordinaire Aaron Belz is a punchy and pithy poet.  In books like “Soft Launch” and “Glitter Bomb,” Aaron supplies spoonfuls of guffaw-rendering humor that coats poignant moments of pathos and human-reckoning.   Although he was not in Savannah for long, we are counting him as one of our own.  Thus he joins the pantheon of other short-timer Savannahians of note like  John & Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sandra Bullock, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Greg...

Part 1: Interview with Aaron Belz, A Poetic Post-Savannah Dispatch

January 09, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

Wordsmith extraordinaire Aaron Belz is a punchy and pithy poet.  In books like “Soft Launch” and “Glitter Bomb,” Aaron supplies spoonfuls of guffaw-rendering humor that coats poignant moments of pathos and human-reckoning.   Although he was not in Savannah for long, we are counting him as one of our own.  Thus he joins the pantheon of other short-timer Savannahians of note like  John & Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sandra Bullock, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Greg...

Part 1: Interview with Aaron Belz, A Poet's Post-Savannah Dispatch

January 09, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

Wordsmith extraordinaire Aaron Belz is a punchy and pithy poet.  In books like “Soft Launch” and “Glitter Bomb,” Aaron supplies spoonfuls of guffaw-rendering humor that coats poignant moments of pathos and human-reckoning.   Although he was not in Savannah for long, we are counting him as one of our own.  Thus he joins the pantheon of other short-timer Savannahians of note like  John & Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sandra Bullock, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Greg...

Donkey Talk with Jon Dunham: Judas and "Au Hasard Balthazar"

June 26, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

An interview with Jon Dunham about the depiction of a donkey in Robert Bresson's 1966 film "Au Hasard Balthazar."   

Donkey Talk with Jon Dunham: Judas and "Au Hasard Balthazar"

June 26, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

An interview with Jon Dunham about the depiction of a donkey in Robert Bresson's 1966 film "Au Hasard Balthazar."   

Savannah Artists to the Helpscue!

April 10, 2020 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.53 MB

In this edition of the Living Creatures Podcast, Braelyn Snow shares about how Savannah artists who can sew are meeting critical health needs in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/kmkds4-masks-for-savannah-medical-workers to help support this initiative. Visit our blog for photos of the fabric and supplies used to create the masks.  https://www.creature.community/inhabit-blog/2020/4/2/living-creatures-podcast-savannah-artists-to-the-helpscue 

Savannah Artists to the Helpscue!

April 10, 2020 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.53 MB

In this edition of the Living Creatures Podcast, Braelyn Snow shares about how Savannah artists who can sew are meeting critical health needs in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/kmkds4-masks-for-savannah-medical-workers to help support this initiative. Visit our blog for photos of the fabric and supplies used to create the masks.  https://www.creature.community/inhabit-blog/2020/4/2/living-creatures-podcast-savannah-artists-to-the-helpscue 

Folk Artist Chris Roberts' "Peaceable Kingdom" Project: The Gospel is in the Details

April 02, 2020 19:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MB

Savannah artist and tour guide Christ Roberts shares about his "Peacable Kingdom" that brings our the Savannah's deep history and rich personalities through primitive and colorful portrayals of Savannah's squares.  Chris talks about how he got started as a folk artist, his influences and what he hopes to offer to Savannah through his paintings. Visit our blog to see work by the artist discussed during the podcast: https://www.creature.community/imago/2020/4/2/folk-artists-christ-roberts...