NORTHWEST. FROM THE TRIPLE A TRAVEL
ALCOVE.
ALCOVE.
ALCOVE. >>> FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, ART
ZONE WITH NANCY HAS BEEN
FEATURING ARTISTS OF DIFFERENT
MEDIUMS FROM THE NORTHWEST AND
BEYOND.
BEYOND.
BEYOND. ENCOURAGING ARTISTS TO FIND NEW
FAVORITES IN THE CHANGING ART
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST
DECADE.
DECADE.
DECADE. WE'VE SAVED THESE COCKTAILS.
BECAUSE TEN YEARS THAT'S
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
AMAZING. WE HAVE TO SIP, BECAUSE WE SAID
CHEERS.
CHEERS.
CHEERS. >> THAT'S DELICIOUS.
>> AND TEN YEARS IS A REALLY
BIG DEAL.
BIG DEAL.
BIG DEAL. >> IT'S A DARN BIG DEAL.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE
BEEN ON THAT LONG.
>> HOW DID ART ZONE COME ABOUT
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> IN THE EARLY 2000s I CAME UP
WITH AN IDEA OF DOING A TINY
SHOW CALLED CITY A GO GO.
SO I BORROWED THE MONEY FROM MY
DAD TO MAKE THE PILOT.
WHICH I PAID HIM BACK.
WE MADE THE PILOT.
AND THEN THAT KIND OF MORPHED
EVENTUALLY INTO ARTS
PROGRAMMING ON THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL.
CHANNEL.
CHANNEL. IT WAS INTERSTITIAL ON SEATTLE
CHANNEL AND PBS.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL WANTS TO DO MORE ARTS
PROGRAMMING.
PROGRAMMING. AND THEY SAID HEY, DO YOU WANT
TO DEVELOP ART ZONE, THAT'S HOW
IT HAPPENS.
IT HAPPENS. WE WENT ON THE AIR.
THERE I AM RIGHT THERE.
IN 2008.
IN 2008.
IN 2008. >> THE PEOPLE YOU'VE
INTERVIEWED OVER THE YEARS.
I DONE KNOW IF ANYONE IS IN THE
NORTHWEST WHO IS IN THE ART
SCENE THAT YOU HAVEN'T COVERED.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
SO NEAT IS HEARING THEIR
PERSPECTIVE ON YOU.
AND WHY THE SHOW IS SO AMAZING.
AND CHRIS BALU SAID IT'S YOUR
ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH THE
ARTISTS THAT YOU'RE
INTERVIEWING.
INTERVIEWING. HAS THAT BEEN YOUR TRUEST VOW
JOY IN THIS EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
>> BY FAR, WHAT DRIVES ME THE
MOST IN MY LIFE IS AUTHENTIC
CONNECTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE.
TO BE SEEN BY OTHER PEOPLE.
AND I THINK DOING ART ZONE AND
FOCUSING ON ARTISTS, IT'S SUPER
JOYFUL TO LOOK AT SOMEONE, A
PAINTER, DANCER, FILM MAKER,
WHATEVER, AND BASICALLY HI SAY,
I SEE YOU, WE SEE YOU, WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS IMPORTANT.
AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP
YOU GET THAT MESSAGE OUT.
MOST ARTISTS MAKE IT BIG QUOTE
UNQUOTE LIKE CHRIS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WHAT THEY
HAVE TO SAY ISN'T THE AS
IMPORTANT SO WE WANT THEIR
VOICES TO BE HEARD.
>> NOW IS LIKE MAYBE THE MOST
DIFFICULT QUESTION THAT'S EVER
BEEN POSED.
BEEN POSED. WHAT ARE A FEW OF YOUR MOST
MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN THE PAST
TEN YEARS.
TEN YEARS. I KNOW IT'S SO HARD TO NARROW
IT DOWN.
IT DOWN.
IT DOWN. >> WE WERE CHATTING BEFORE THE
SHOW THAT IT'S OFTEN ABOUT THE
CONNECTION WITH THE PEOPLE.
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? THOSE ARE -- THAT'S THE REAL
JUICE FOR ME.
THAT SAID, I DIDN'T INTERVIEW
DANE EDNA WHICH IS BURY
HUMPHREYS.
HUMPHREYS. MAN IN DRAG.
BUT NOT REALLY IN DRAG
NECESSARILY.
NECESSARILY. IT'S AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.
HE WAS COMING THROUGH TOWN ON
HIS GLORIOUS LAST TOUR.
I GOT TO INTERVIEW HER AT THE
MOORE THEATER.
MOORE THEATER. I LITERALLY COULD NOT CONTROL
MYSELF.
MYSELF.
MYSELF. SHE HAD ME -- THERE SHE IS.
HAD ME ON THE FLOOR.
I WAS BARELY -- I WAS LAUGHING
SO HARD.
SO HARD.
SO HARD. THAT WAS A SUPER, WONDERFUL
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. I
MOMENT. I GOT TO -- I'VE INTERVIEWED A
FEW PEOPLE AT MY HOUSE.
WE DO A LONG FORM INTERVIEWS AT
MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE. I INTERVIEWED DUFF McCAGAN AT
MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE. HE KNOWS HE'S NOT ALL THAT.
HE'S AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW
BECAUSE OF THAT.
HE'S IN TOUCH WITH HIS HUMANITY
AND THE FACT THAT HE'S
SURVIVED.
SURVIVED.
SURVIVED. MCCREADY, MIKE MCCREADY ANOTHER
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. AND
ONE. AND I RECENTLY INTERVIEWS THE
FILM MAKER ABOUT THE STORY OF
SONYA, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.
THAT WAS A POWERFUL INTERVIEW T
WAY THEY MADE THE FILM AND I
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
SONYA.
SONYA.
SONYA. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
THAT WAS AMAZING.
THOSE ARE A FEW.
THOSE ARE JUST LIKE MOMENTS
THAT STAND OUT.
BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF THEM THAT
ARE OUT THERE.
>> I BET AFTER THIS TIME YOU
EVEN FORGET SOME THINGS UNTIL
YOU'RE REMINDED OF IT.
BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY
MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND SEEING
THEIR ART.
THEIR ART. >> TOTALLY.
>> TOTALLY. WE PUT TOGETHER A SEVEN MINUTE
HISTORY OF ART ZONE THAT'S
GOING TO BE IN OUR FIRST SHOW
THAT AIRS TOMORROW.
AND THERE ARE THINGS IN THAT --
TONS OF CLIPS AND I'M LOOKING
AT IT GOING THAT'S ME.
YEP, I WAS THERE.
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IT.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. MAYBE I HAD HAD TOO MANY OF
THESE OR SOMETHING.
BUT YEAH THERE'S SO MUCH.
YOU PROBABLY FIND THAT TOO.
IN ALL THE YEARS YOU'VE BEEN
DOING EVENING AND ALL THE
INTERVIEWS, YOU DO FORGET.
I DON'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
BUT SOMEWHERE IT'S TUCKED AWAY.
>> THIS IS A GREAT WALK DOWN
MEMORY LANE FOR YOU TOO.
>> WHAT COYOU THINK THE SUCCESS
OF YOUR SHOW SAYS ABOUT OUR
COMMUNITY AND HOW WE FEEL ABOUT
THE ARTS IN GENERAL.
>> I THINK SEATTLE IS AN ARTS
TOWN.
TOWN.
TOWN. STRONG IN DIFFERENT GENERAS.
OBVIOUSLY THEATER, MUSIC,
DANCE, AND FILM.
LITERATURE.
LITERATURE. SO IT SAYS THAT WE ARE A VERY
SOPHISTICATED TOWN IN THAT
REGARD.
REGARD.
REGARD. IT SAYS THAT THE ARTISTS ARE,
FOR THE MOST PART, TRYING TO
STAY HERE.
STAY HERE. AND PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THINGS
ABOUT ARTISTS.
ABOUT ARTISTS. THEY WANT TO REED THINGS ABOUT
ARTISTS.
ARTISTS.
ARTISTS. THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE
ARTISTS, THEIR WORK IN PERSON.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
THE TO THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
THIS SHOW WOULDN'T EXIST ANY
WHERE ELSE.
WHERE ELSE. NOWHERE ELSE IN OUR COMMUNITY
IS THERE A LOT OF LOCAL
PROGRAMMING.
PROGRAMMING. THERE'S THINGS AT KING.
BUT NOT A LOT GOING ON OTHER
THAN THAT.
THAN THAT. SO THE SEATTLE CHANNEL PUT
REALLY -- LAID IT DOWN FOR ART
ZONE AND REALLY HAS BEEN
SUPPORTIVE BUDGETARILY AND
PSYCHICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. I
WELL. I THINK THIS TOWN IS A RICH,
CULTURAL POT, YOU KNOW?
>> AND IT GIVES YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR OTHER
ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON YOUR
SHOW OVER THE YEARS.
>> YES, THE GODS THEMSELVES, A
GREAT BAND.
GREAT BAND. >> BUT YOU SAID ART IS NOT A
LUXURY.
LUXURY.
LUXURY. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> I THINK THERE'S AN IDEA THAT
ART IS NEAT.
OR THAT'S FUN.
BUT IT'S NOT NEEDED IT'S NOT
NECESSARY.
NECESSARY. AND ART IS NECESSARY BECAUSE
FIRST OF ALL, NO ONE WANTS TO
LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THERE
ISN'T A RICH ARTISTIC AND
CULTURAL SCENE.
CULTURAL SCENE. IT DRAWS PEOPLE HERE.
THAT'S AN ECONOMIC PIECE.
SO LET'S FOCUS ON THAT.
I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST.
BUT I UNDERSTAND ART BRINGS
PEOPLE HERE WHO SPEND MONEY.
BUT I THINK FOR OUR OWN
PERSONAL SELVES AND WHO WE ARE
AS PEOPLE.
AS PEOPLE. ART SPEAKS TO US IN A WAY
THAT'S BEYOND WORDS OFTEN.
AND IT CAN MAKE US SEE THINGS
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. BROADEN OUR HORIZONS.
MAYBE CHANGE OUR VIEW OF
SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING.
AND HOW THAT -- HOW DO YOU
MEASURE THAT IN TERMS OF A
QUALITY OF LIFE?
OR HOW A CHANGED PERSON THEN,
WHAT DO THEY THEN ADD INTO THE
CONVERSATION IN SOCIETY.
IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN'T MEASURE THAT.
BUT IT'S REALLY.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY REAL.
WE'RE BETTER PEOPLE.
WE'RE BETTER PEOPLE WITH
ARTISTS LIVING AND BREATHING
AROUND US AND YEAH.
THAT'S THE BEST I CAN SAY.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
THANK YOU FOR SHOWCASING THEM
ALL THESE YEARS.
>> I'M DELIGHTED TO DO IT.
ANYONE WHO HASN'T MET NANCY IN
PERSON NEED TO KNOW WHO SHE IS
ON TV IS WHO SHE IS IN PERSON.
WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.
YOU'RE A JOY, LIGHT, AND
TREASURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOW YOU CAN DRINK SOME MORE.
>> I'M GOING TO GUZZLE THIS
BABY DOWN, I MEAN IT IS 11:00.
>> CATCH ART ZONE WITH NANCY ON
FRIDAYS 8:00 P.M.
ON SEATTLE CHANNEL AND THE BIG
10th IS TOMORROW.
10th ON THE 20th.
THERE WE GO.
CHEERS.
CHEERS.
CHEERS. AND CHEERS TO THE VIEWERS AND
ALL THE GREAT ARTISTS OUT THERE
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. WHEN WE COME BACK, A LOOK AT
THE RECENT HEALTH CONCERNS
SURROUNDING VAPING.
SURROUNDING VAPING. WHAT