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00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9baa0000Ways of Life airs every second Monday at 8:40am and 5:45pm.Our series Ways of Life is A collection of stories about people who live down the street... our neighbors: Fishermen, scientists, craftspeople, recovering addicts, surgeons, dog rescuers, motorcycle gang members, nursing home residents, musicians, the homeless, kid athletes, social activists, and all the others who share this place.Each portrait becomes part of the surprising, interwoven tapestry of our lives together here on the Cape, Coast and Islands. Ways of Life is edited by Jay Allison and produced by our production partners at Atlantic Public Media Ways of Life is made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.

An Artist Pursues the Unimaginable

Photo by Rana Young.

For emerging writers & visual artists, acceptance into the program is a dream. Rosana Ybarra is one of the Center's recent fellows and while art was one of her earliest passions, pursuing it as a vocation wasn't only unlikely — it was unimaginable.

Credit Photo by Denis Mariano
Rosana Ybarra. June 2018. Lincoln, NE.

You can find out more about Rosey's work and upcoming shows here.

This piece came to us through our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop, in Woods Hole.  James is a recent graduate from the workshop — you can find out more about the program at Transom.org.

Ways of Life is edited by Jay Allison and made possible by the Circle of Ten - ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.