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Dmae Roberts named 1 of the 100 Passionate People

Jazz — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:16:31 +0000

Congratulations to producer Dmae Roberts for being named to the 100 Passionate People list!

About 100 Passionate People:

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and the 2nd week of the month is Taiwanese American Heritage Week. TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to present the profiles of a wide cross-section of everyday Taiwanese Americans who many of you have told us that you find personally inspiring or passionate about what they do. Each day this month, we’ll present about three people, of all ages, generations, and careers until we reach 100 people.

Outer Voices on Funding Your Bliss

Jazz — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:31:43 +0000

Stephanie Guyer-Stevens of Outer Voices (The Hula Lesson, Girls from Cambodia, The Story of Lata, Kawthoolei, The Price of Rice) talks about how she got funds for her international documentaries on Dmae Roberts blog.

Since 2003, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens has been the executive producer of Outer Voices, a radio documentary series about women leaders in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. She just wrapped up her fifth documentary called “The Price of Rice”—a profile of Vietnamese environmental leader, Tranh Thi Lanh. Stephanie talks about how she’s been able to fund her international projects.

Check out Stephanie’s funding story and other posts on Dmae’s FUNDING YOUR BLISS.

For 25 years, Dmae Roberts has made a living producing and writing award-winning radio programs and stage plays. She has successfully navigated the non-profit world to fund her artistic projects and created an independent business as a freelance writer and producer. Funding Your Bliss highlights some of her experiences and offers helpful hints and success stories from her own life as well as others in creative class professions.

Reviews of “Mothers and Sons

Jazz — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:13:22 +0000

“Marjorie Van Halteren is a true radio artist. Her sonic texturing and musicality makes her pieces rise above most audio work on public radio today. Nothing makes this clearer than Mothers and Sons. In this deeply poetic and gently moving artistic piece, Van Halteren proves again her unsung brilliance in the public radio world.
Mothers and Sons is one moving and remarkable work. There is no glitz, no boring narrative, no spelling it out for the audience. This is sound art that tells a carefully woven and intelligent story of two mothers grief over the loss of their sons who were tragically killed. One in WWI and the other in the tragedy of the 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland air disaster. This piece describes how it took 18 years for one woman and 14 years for another to create loving memorials for their sons. For those going through grief, this piece can speak to the transformative power of art to heal from and to come to terms with terrible loss.
Mothers and Sons would make a touching sonic memorial for Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day and Mother’s Day. I urge programmers to give a listen and find room in their schedules for this beautiful and moving work.
Dmae Roberts
Independent Producer
MediaRites Productions/CROSSING EAST

“…it was a pleasure hearing your stories…alongside the artists’…! I’ve talked with Suse before on my show. She’s fascinating. Brava to you both and hope to hear more from you in the future. As an NPR host and producer for these almost two decades, I appreciate your attention to detail and the beauty of sound…”
Bonnie Grice
Host/Producer “In the Morning” “The Song is You”
WLIU 88.3fm