Ten Talents Network:Curious About Art? with Ena Nearon

03/28/2026

If you liked THIS you'll LOVE this https://youtu.be/mbtupk0efRcThese contestants took on Prince songs and somehow made them their own! From huge “Purple Rain...

11/20/2025

11/08/2025

On Shifting and Seeing Differently

Lately, I’ve been thinking about what it means to shift, not as a setback, but as a sign that growth is happening. The ground beneath us changes, and sometimes the most faithful thing we can do is move with it.

For a long time, I thought progress meant producing more… another exhibition, another proposal, another milestone to prove the work mattered. But I’m beginning to see it differently now. Sometimes the next step isn’t louder or bigger, it’s quieter, more rooted in purpose than performance.

I find myself drawn more toward connection, helping others find visibility, creating platforms for artists whose work has something to teach about resilience, healing, and truth. Yellow Springs artist Deborah Dixon's work is one of those examples. What she’s bringing forward through the Rooms of Grief exhibition isn’t just an exhibit, it’s a living conversation about how art helps us hold pain and transformation at the same time.

And through all of it, I keep noticing how the circle of support around the arts, collectors, advocates, curators, and friends, is part of the ecosystem too. People like Sara M. Vance Waddell remind me that behind every artist’s courage, there’s often someone quietly helping to make room for that expression to be seen.

Even with my Curious About Art? podcast, I feel that same pulse. It’s not just a podcast, it’s a bridge. A way to bring stories of creative work and emotional truth into the everyday world, where art can be understood as something we all participate in.

So yes, I’m shifting.
Not away from art, but toward what art does, how it heals, how it connects, how it transforms a moment into meaning.

Maybe the shift isn’t about reaching higher, but seeing wider.

Photograph by Jens G Rosenkrantz Jr.

10/24/2025

Rooms of Grief (Kennedy Heights Arts Center, opening Jan 17 2026) invites submissions from artists whose work explores transformation through loss.

Select artists and workshop voices will also be featured on the Curious About Art? podcast to share how art facilitates emotional and social change.

10/07/2025

07/30/2025

07/30/2025

Activist art can be a powerful tool for revealing the truth, as seen in this example.

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07/24/2025

WCSU-FM is proud to present a 30-minute interview with arts patron, collector, and philanthropist Sara Vance Waddell, hosted by Ena Nearon on Curious About Art? -in this intimate conversation, Sara reflects on the values she inherited, the artists she uplifts, and the power of collecting with purpos...

07/18/2025

With federal funding for public media on the chopping block, now more than ever we need community-powered storytelling. That’s why I’m producing short, bold episodes of Curious About Art? to keep the voices of artists and their supporters alive and accessible—even if the airwaves shrink.

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The House has approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.