Wednesday, August 24, 2022: Mercedes Muñoz pottery show. Food Festival and Farmer’s Market. Cooperative Extension Service Southeast summer tour comes to a close.  

Mercedes Muñoz’ formula is simple: Function + Art = Joy (Photo courtesy of Mercedes Muñoz).

Mercedes Muñoz has had a lot of pottery shows, but this one is different, because it gives her a chance to connect to the legacy of her great grandmother, Rie Muñoz, one of Alaska’s most recognized painters.

This Sunday will be the first time Muñoz has exhibited her work at her grandmother’s gallery, now the new home for her pottery studio.

On Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Muñoz talks about this milestone in her artistic journey.

Also on this show:

  • Saturday’s Food Festival and Farmer’s Market, an extravaganza of home grown veggies and local food products.
  • The Cooperative Extension Service wraps up its summer tour.
  • Garden Talk: Bounty from the Greenhouse

Sheli DeLaney hosts Wednesday’s program.  You can catch Juneau Afternoon, Tuesday through Friday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3. The rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO. You can also listen online at ktoo.org.

For more information about Juneau Afternoon or to schedule time on the show, email juneauafternoon@ktoo.org. Please schedule early. The show is often booked one to two weeks in advance.

 

 

 

Part 1: Cups of comfort and beauty at Rie Muñoz Gallery.

Guests: Mercedes Muñoz, ceramic and illustration artist.
Art for Mercedes Munoz is a family affair, that includes the dogs (Photo courtesy of Mercedes Muñoz).

Mercedes Muñoz says the inspiration behind her latest collection of pottery is simple –vibrant colors, patterns and things that make her feel happy. This is also the first batch produced in her new studio, which doesn’t sound too exciting at first blush — a repurposed storage room. But then again, it’s a space carved out of her late grandmother’s storefront, the Rie Muñoz Gallery, a family business that her father ran, to showcase his mother’s art.

For Muñoz, the gallery will always be a place filled with childhood memories, but now it also holds her hopes for the future. In this conversation with Sheli DeLaney, Muñoz  talks about the intimate connection between her art and family life.

Part 2: Saturday, August 27th at the JACC: Homegrown Food and Fun.

Guests: Laura Mikko, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. Ed Buyarski, Master Gardener.
 

Even in the pounding rain, the Juneau Arts and Humanity Council’s annual Food Festival and Farmer’s Market will draw a crowd. Such is the hunger for homegrown food. Ed Buyarski — host of KTOO’s Garden Talk and also a vendor at the festival — can personally attest to that. But Laura Mikko, who helps to organize the event, says there are lots of other attractions, like the beer garden, which will feature “beer floats,” served up with a scoop of ice cream.

 

 

 

Part 3: Summer of 2022: Sarah Lewis 's Cooperative Extension maritime tour.

Guests: Sarah Lewis, UAF Cooperative Extension Service
The Pacific Sapphire is not only transportation for Sarah Lewis but hauls all the equipment she needs to teach classes in canning and food preservation (Photo courtesy of Sarah Lewis).

While some Cooperative Extension programs go on the road, Sarah Lewis takes hers on the water. Every summer she navigates the waters of Southeast Alaska in her family boat and pulls up  to remote communities to teach classes in food preservation and small business development.  While it’s an adventure, Lewis says her Maritime Extension program also helps to cut travel costs.

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