Jul 21 Watch Graffiti art gives abandoned Miami stadium a second life By PBS News Hour In the early 1960s, a Cuban architect who had fled to South Florida designed the Miami Marine Stadium, an ambitious structure that hosted concerts, boat races, religious services and political rallies. But the city decided to abandon the venue when… Continue watching
Jul 18 From painting overpasses to stadiums, a graffiti artist on his evolving art form By Frank Carlson For more than 30 years, Los Angeles-based artist RISK has been creating colorful murals on everything from highway overpasses -- known as “heavens” -- to dilapidated buildings, walls, trains and buses. He recently joined eight other graffiti artists to paint… Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch Young people learn trade of preservation with hands-on work at Shenandoah By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 19 Watch Former Burmese movie star finds leading role as activist By PBS News Hour In the 1980s and '90s, Kyaw Thu was one of Myanmar's leading film stars, appearing in more than 200 movies. He was so popular that the military government cast him in several propaganda films. But when he turned down a… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Preserving the cultural treasures of Los Angeles, one block at a time By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Egyptian scholar fights archaeological looting with exposure on social media By PBS News Hour In the aftermath of Egypt's 2011 revolution and resulting political turmoil, the nation's treasured antiquities have been increasingly under threat of looting, vandalism and violence. In our series Culture at Risk, Jeffrey Brown examines the emergency facing Egypt’s rich archaeological… Continue watching
Apr 17 In photos: Saving Timbuktu’s treasures from extinction By Larisa Epatko When Islamist militants took control of northern Mali in 2012, they left their mark by vandalizing the sacred sites of Timbuktu. Now, an international effort is underway to repair the damages. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch Will development overshadow Myanmar’s rich cultural history? By PBS News Hour There is no urban landscape like Yangon in the world. Largely isolated from the rest of the world for decades, Myanmar's capital city has been frozen in time, filled with temples and grand buildings from the colonial era. But as… Continue watching
Apr 15 What’s the future for Myanmar’s architectural past? By Mary Jo Brooks With political reforms underway in Myanmar, the once closed-off country is opening up to the world. That process is raising a new concern: How will economic development impact the country's architectural and archaeological past?… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch A tour of architecture in Myanmar’s capital city By Victoria Fleischer Continue watching