Opb's State Of Wonder

We check out Portland's inagural Stumptown Improv Festival with PDX's The Liberators. Plus: comedians remember Robin Williams, and muralist Gwenn Seemel memorializes "Working" Kirk Reeves

We recap this year's Pickathon action, and meet one of the artists at a show in the Gorge, marking the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act: all it's meant to Oregon's wild places and artists inspired by them.

Lucinda Parker shows us around Non Finito, a show she's curated featuring four artists she loves. Also, we listen to a bit of an opbmusic session with Niger's TisDass.

We sit down with David Shafer to talk about his breakout debut novel, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Also, Trygve Faste talks about the intersection of studio art and design.

Karl Davis starts at Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts the week of Aug 3rd.

Portland conceptual artist Victor Maldonado is our guest curator this week. He walks us through some of what he's been working on, and some artists he's paying attention to.

How one recent art school grad found her place in a setting that wasn't instantly welcoming.

Sean Joseph Patrick Carney talks talk pop songs, parodies, and his conflicted relationship with social practice art.

Victor Maldonado and a few other Portland artists explain the idea of an invisible college that exists in the creative community.

Guest curator Victor Maldonado explores stereotypes and the ideas of belonging and borders with his art. He fills us in on his latest work.

July 26 Segment 3: Cheryl Strayed, Laura Gibson by OPB's State of Wonder

July 26 Segment 2: Courtenay Hameister, Swan Sovereign by OPB's State of Wonder

July 26 Segment 1: Matt Sheehy, Arthur Bradford by OPB's State of Wonder

July 19 Segment 3: Jitney, Farnell Newton by OPB's State of Wonder

July 19 Segment 2: Sahel Sounds, Cash Music, Farnell Newton by OPB's State of Wonder

July 19 Segment 1: Farnell Newton, Liv Warfield by OPB's State of Wonder

0:15: Luke And Rachel Price perform as DEAN! 2:45: The Portland Mavericks baseball team3:45: The Movies that made Wes Anderson

1:35: Art at the waste transfer station.4:45: YIX and the art of the competitive gif12:30: Kill Rock Stars Records adds comedians to roster

0:15: Run On Suntence's new music1:15: Star Anna's broken heart on "Go To Hell"7:00: Matika Wilbur's project to photograph every Indian tribe

00:00 PDA: A work of social practice re-interpreting family04:45 Modern Kin at opbmusic's Stagepass series10:45 Sara Swink on Oregon Art Beat