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« Back to Is Contemporary Art, Art? main page   Related Programs for: Is Contemporary Art, Art?Here are some previous Think Tank programs that may be of interest.Ogden Nash Revealed (aired 2/2/2006) "Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker". You may have heard this before and laughed, but like so many other wonderful poems, it has become such a part of American culture that many cannot even remember the source. Well, the author was Ogden Nash. While his verse was often witty and humorous there was also a somber side to his story. Who was Ogden Nash? And why do we still read his work? Was Norman Rockwell A Great Artist? (aired 10/27/2005) Think Tank revisits the work of one of America’s best-loved illustrators, Norman Rockwell. Many of the 322 covers Rockwell painted for The Saturday Evening Post have left an indelible mark on our nation’s conscious. A major travelling retrospective of his work, “Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People” begins this week at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and will make stops at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and New York City’s Guggenheim. But does Rockwell transcend illustration? Is he a great artist? Books to Please, Part Two (aired 4/28/2005) In today’s fast, computerized environment, good books are sometimes forgotten. Not so for Michael Dirda, a lover of literature since his childhood in a working class town in the Midwest. A Pulitzer Prize winning book critic for the Washington Post, Dirda says that there are wonderful books that people from all walks of life can read and enjoy. Today, he will share some of those with us. What is the state of America’s great literature? Books to Please, Part One (aired 4/21/2005) In today’s fast, computerized environment, good books are sometimes forgotten. Not so for Michael Dirda, a lover of literature since his childhood in a working class town in the Midwest. A Pulitzer Prize winning book critic for the Washington Post, Dirda says that there are wonderful books that people from all walks of life can read and enjoy. Today, he will share some of those with us. What is the state of America’s great literature? Frederick Hart: Shaping the Culture (aired 8/23/2001) Through modern art’s many fads and phases, Frederick Hart has remained dedicated to sculpture that reflects what he terms the "nobility of the human spirit."  Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved. 
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