# Iowa painter wins international award for portrait Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/iowa-painter-wins-international-award-for-portrait Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/iowa-painter-wins-international-award-for-portrait.md Podcast: [Talk of Iowa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017) Published: 2026-07-29T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa/2026-07-29/maquoketa-artist-wins-international-recognition-from-the-portrait-society-of-america Audio file: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/3385bb4b-899e-431e-86a1-ad6b00d98a32/d5af9381-4674-4f87-bb91-b4950111470c/audio.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-of-iowa-414017/episodes/iowa-painter-wins-international-award-for-portrait Duration seconds: 2868 ## Resource Painter Rose Frantzen of Maquoketa recently won top honors at the prestigious Portrait Society of America's International Portrait Competition. Frantzen, co-founder of the Maquoketa Art Experience, discusses her career and why Iowa is where she makes her home. Then, Tamara Marcus, owner of Empowered Solutions Collective, discusses how a gardening and yoga class helps Cedar Rapids youth make sustainability a part of their everyday lives. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-of-iowa-414017/episodes/iowa-painter-wins-international-award-for-portrait/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/iowa-painter-wins-international-award-for-portrait.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.