{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Speaking of the Arts","title":"From stainless steel labradors to an epic tale in 1-minute episodes: Checking in with the Missouri Arts Council's featured March artists","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5921d014\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3600,"description":"Each month the Missouri Arts Council features four artists on its website from a variety of arts genres, and on this week's show Diana Moxon checks in with the March four: writer, storyteller and Classical Indian Dancer, Nartana Premachandra from St Louis; stainless steel sculptor Doug Cox from Republic (Springfield); realist with a hint of the surreal painter Natalie Wiseman from Joplin; and abstract geometric painter and ceramicist Kevin Umaña in Kansas City.  You can read more about the artists at https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/featured-artists/ as well as on their own websites: https://www.nartanapremachandra.com/;  https://jdcoxrocksmetalart.com/;  https://www.nataliewisemanartist.com/;  https://kevin-umana.com/. Thanks, as always, to guitarist Yasmin Williams (http://www.yasminwilliamsmusic.com/) for the show's opening and closing music, 'Restless Heart'. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/thzle3PpHdbCI93jUaF7bauA20rjUZ148dTf0OuNPAk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0OTAvMTY1ODI1/NDEzMC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}