Oct 08 Conversation: Stone Carver Nicholas Benson, 2010 MacArthur Fellow By Tom LeGro Nicholas Benson is a stone carver from Newport, R.I., a third generation craftsman who runs the John Stevens Shop, a business that's been in operation since 1705. He was named as a 2010 MacArthur Fellow. Continue reading
Oct 08 Friday on the NewsHour: Composer Jennifer Higdon and Violinist Hilary Hahn By Tom LeGro, Anne Azzi Davenport Jeffrey Brown's extended interview with Jennifer Higdon and Hilary Hahn's performance of Bach's Sarabande in D minor. Continue reading
Oct 08 Coming Soon to PBS, the History of Art Across Time, Continents and Cultures Starting Sunday on PBS, a new 13-part educational series for high school and college students explores some of the most commonly recurring themes that come up again and again across the history (and contemporary practice) of art. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Onetime Teacher, Student Find Success as Composer, Violinist Hilary Hahn and Jennifer Higdon shared a love of 20th century music when Higdon was Hahn's professor at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Fifteen years later, this student-teacher relationship has transformed into a partnership at the top of… Continue watching
Oct 07 Conversation: The Life and Work of Nobel Prize Winner Mario Vargas Llosa By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Efrain Kristal, a UCLA professor of comparative literature and of Spanish and Portuguese, about the life and work of Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa. Continue reading
Oct 07 Around the Nation Roundup Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasting stations around the nation. Continue reading
Oct 07 Thursday’s Art Notes By Tom LeGro In today's arts and culture headlines, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa wins the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading
Oct 06 Sound Artist Christopher Janney Makes Music For the Public Arena Christopher Janney, a trained architect and a lifelong musician, creates public works of art that combine his two passions, bringing art to people in the places they make their everyday lives. Continue reading
Oct 06 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, flight attendants use the power of pop to keep their passengers' attention. Continue reading