Arts Apr 01 ‘I am not a virus.’ How this artist is illustrating coronavirus-fueled racism Inspired by recent events, Korean-Swedish artist Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom is addressing the hostility Asians increasingly are facing during the COVID-19 global pandemic. By Stephanie García
Arts Sep 08 Watch Forging art and business in Dale Chihuly’s workshop Artist Dale Chihuly has become synonymous with reimagining what glass can do. Having long ago stopped blowing glass himself, at 75, he heads an art world enterprise at his Seattle studio. But using a team of artists to create his… By PBS NewsHour
Arts Apr 26 American teenagers remain behind on music and visual arts, study says When asked to listen to George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," only about half of the students were able to identify that the opening solo is played on a clarinet. By Maria Danilova, Associated Press
Arts Mar 30 Few people can name five female artists — can you? Can you name five female artists? Most people can't. By Dayana Morales Gomez, Elizabeth Flock
Aug 02 Seattle artist takes viewers on a voyage to other worlds By Stephen Hegg, KCTS The boat is the emblem of Steve Jensen’s Norwegian soul. Boats carried his grandparents to America from Bergen, and boats are where he spent his young life as son and grandson of fishermen and boat builders. Boats are what he… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 6:02 Vestiges of an ancient Greek art form, preserved by catastrophe By PBS NewsHour Fewer than 200 bronze sculptures from the Hellenistic era -- a period that began more than 2,000 years ago -- survive today. About a quarter of those are gathered in an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art called "Power… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 3:02 What makes a photographer when everyone is taking pictures By PBS NewsHour When photographer Ken Van Sickle was 23 and living in Paris, he could barely afford rolls of film. One night, hearing that jazz great Chet Baker was playing, he went and took only two pictures, and one was blurry. So… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 3:08 How drawing opens up doors for this documentarian By PBS NewsHour Illustrative journalist Wendy MacNaughton offers her Brief but Spectacular take on telling undertold stories through drawing. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 6:38 MacArthur fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier captures the town that survived By PBS NewsHour, Frank Carlson Braddock, Pennsylvania, was once a thriving steel town before the town’s industry collapsed. It's where LaToya Ruby Frazier grew up, like her mother and grandmother before her, and it's where the visual artist and 2015 MacArthur fellow has returned to… Continue watching