Amy Kimberly

This week on Express Yourself we start with a live performance from Sweet Jessup and the Dirty Buckets as they prepare for their Mountain Fair performance, we catch up with ceramic artists Louise Deroualle and Molly Frantz whose 2-person show at Carbondale Arts runs through August 8 and Miguel Avina from the Denver based band Izcalli calls in.

This week on Express Yourself we get a visit from SoL Theater Director, Jennifer Johnson and Thespian Blake Novy who is performing in the premier of SoL Theaters Summer Stock production of Spring Awakening, Louise Deroualle talks about her exhibition (RE) Location, Perspectives of Two, opening at the Carbondale Arts gallery Friday night and we launch a new section, Walking the Talk, Creatives in Motion with an interview with writer Tucker Farris.

This week on Express Yourself, Natalie Spears stops by with students from her Youth Songwriting camp, and sings a few songs herself in celebration of her record release; And Fourth of July celebrations are discussed with Redstone and Carbondale.

This week on Express Yourself, Thunder River Theatre Company's Artistic Director Missy Moore is joined by some of the cast of their current production of "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive"; and Sarah Roy, Executive Director of the Red Brick Center for the Arts in Aspen, celebrates 30 years of the organization with a group exhibition "Fortune Teller"; and an interview with Widespread Panic.

This week on Express Yourself we talk with artist Stanley Bell on his new body of work showing at the Sheridan Saloon on First Fridays, The Clay Center folks stop by to talk about Pairings, tonight t the Clay Center, as well as an update on their capital campaign and Adam AGEALA from Yonder Mountain String Band talks about their appearance at the Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival.

This week on Express Yourself, we chat with Wilderness Workshop about their Community Party celebration taking place on First Friday; artist and illustrator Lindsay Jones talks about her solo exhibition at Carbondale Arts called "Xerocks & Potholes"; and Michael Stout of the Carbondale Creative District gives us an update on the Gateway Public Art Project murals, the newly opened Youth Art Park, plus the upcoming Art Around Town sculpture walk with the Carbondale Public Arts Commission.

This week on Express Yourself, Brian Colley talks to artists Robert Burch and Robert Borchardt about their exhibition, showing now, at the Launchpad called Analog Nature, Mountain Pearl editor Kathryn Camp stops by to talk about the latest edition of the magazine and we catch up with banjo virtuoso, Tony Trischka who is performing at the upcoming Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival in June.

This week on Express Yourself we delve into Youth Summer Camps with Carbondale Arts, The Clay Center and the Artbase, Stephanie Soldner fills us in on all the summer classes and events at the Soldner Center and Nancy Lovendahl stops by to chat about her open studio this weekend and her Denver exhibition called Listen or Your Tongue Will Make You Deaf.

This week on Express Yourself we talk with Rob Miller and Pickin Productions about all the music he is bringing to the Western Slope, Missy Moore and Dani Taylor stop by to talk about all the exciting news coming out of Thunder River Theatre and we go live to the Family Block Party and Pride Parade.

This week on Express Yourself , a check in with Barbara Dills and Deeann Kessler about the Aspen Indigenous Foundation and Shining Mountains Film Festival's event (April 3) at TACAW: Amy speaks with Jason Anderson, the Aspen Film Shortsfest program director and we end with insights, line-ups and local secrets regarding the Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival.