07/14/2025
Mari Evans, “An Audio Family Album” is a three-part audio series airing on Big Car Collaborative’s art and community radio station, 99.1 WQRT on July 16 is and available on our website and other podcasting platforms. See link in bio. for more information.
The audio broadcast premieres on her birthday, July 16, on 99.1 WQRT. It focuses on what was most important to Evans, family — her family, the Black family, the American family.
Airing schedule
on 99.1 WQRT and streaming wqrt.org (noon each of the days below)
July 16 – “The Black Experience”
Encore July 19, 26, August 2 & 9
August 13 – “The Family Interview”
Encores August 16, 23, 30, September 6.
September 10 – “Family as Foundation”
Encores September 13, 20, 27 and October 4.
Visitors to SPARK on the Circle at Monument Circle in Indianapolis this summer will also be able to experience the project through an interactive exhibit in Big Car’s Wagon of Wonders mobile art museum.
About Mari Evans (1919–2017): One of the founders of the Black Arts Movement and a longtime Indianapolis resident, Mari Evans is best known for her poetry — with her work appearing in more than 100 anthologies. She published her first book, “Where Is All the Music?,” in 1968, followed by “I Am a Black Woman” in 1970. She went on to publish more than 10 books. Mari also worked in theatre and taught at Cornell, Northwestern, Washington University in St. Louis, and Spelman College. Big Car Collaborative commissioned a mural in partnership with Evans located at 448 Mass Ave.
Made possible by The Central Indiana Women’s Fund, The Efroymson Family Fund and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Special thanks to Chris, Eric, Matthew, Nevaeh and William Phemster.
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