>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY -- THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL, CELEBRATING EXPRESSION, FOSTERING TALENT, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO COLUMBUS ARTISTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS AND PUBLIC ART AND MORE AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.

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>>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH," WE ARE WELCOME INTO THE A COMMUNITY WHO IS CREATING CONNECTIONS THROUGH DANCE, MEET THE OWNER OF THE TROLL HOLE MUSEUM, WHICH HOLDS THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF TROLLS.

EXPERIENCE THE WORK OF AN ARTIST WHO STRIVES TO HEAL THE WOUNDS FROM RACISM AND SEGREGATION, AND HEAR THE NEW SOUNDS OF A LOCAL BAND THAT ALSO HAS A NEW NAME.

THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON "BROAD & HIGH."

>>> WELCOME TO "BROAD & HIGH."

I'M YOUR HOST KATE QUICKEL.

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF LATIN DANCES SUCH AS SALSA, MAMBO, AND MAYBE EVEN MERENGUE, BUT HAVE YOU HEARD OF ZOUK?

IT'S A BRAZILIAN DANCE THAT HAS A COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE IN COLUMBUS.

WE MET UP WITH SOME OF ITS MEMBERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS MOVEMENT THAT DATES BACK JUST A FEW DECADES.

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>> THERE'S A FEELING THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU JUST CONNECT WITH SOMEONE ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

MEETING A DANCE CONNECTION, IT SOUNDS ROMANTIC, BUT IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL.

IT'S JUST MEETING SOMEONE THAT YOU BOTH VIBE TO THE SAME MUSIC, YOU HAVE TO SAME STYLE, AND YOU JUST UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.

>> BRAZILIAN ZOUK IS A PARTNER DANCE THAT ORIGINATED FROM LAMBADA.

>> THAT WAS ACTUALLY CALLED THE FORBIDDEN DANCE.

IT WAS TABOO TO DO.

WHEN THEY STARTED HEARING CARIBBEAN ZOUK MUSIC, THEY MIXED WITH ZOUK TO GET WHAT WE KNOW AS ZOUK TODAY.

>> IT'S A SMOOTH, FLOWING DANCE THAT'S A LOT OF FUN.

I DISCOVERED SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT COLUMBUS HAD QUITE THE HAT.

DANCE SCENE.

WHEN YOU GET INTRODUCED TO LATIN DANCING, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT SALSA IS, AND SOME PEOPLE KNOW WHAT -- IS, AND THEN THERE'S THESE OTHER REALLY BEAUTIFUL DANCES AS WELL, AND BRAZILIAN ZOUK IS ONE OF THOSE DANCE.

AND AS SOON AS I STARTED TRYING THAT, I KNEW, THIS IS THE ONE FOR ME.

THIS MATCHES MY STYLE, MY PERSONALITY, AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN THAT IT WAS CONTAGIOUS.

>> AT THE TIME SEAN HAD JUST BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR.

I KNEW HIM PREVIOUSLY.

HE INVITED ME TO COME OUT.

I BROUGHT MY BEST FRIEND, AND WE TRIED IT AND ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE.

SO HE AND I IMMEDIATELY WENT STRAIGHT INTO IT AND DROVE IN, AND NOW WE'VE BOTH ACTUALLY INSTRUCTORS FOR COLUMBUS ZOUK.

>> ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT IT IS PEOPLE DANCE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE MUSIC.

SOME PEOPLE IT'S THEIR SOCIAL OUTLET, BUT THE REALITY IS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR REASON IS, THERE'S LOTS OF FUN REASONS TO GO.

>> COLUMBUS ZOUK IS REALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A COMPANY WHERE SEAN AND I TEACH YOU HOW TO DANCE BRAZILIAN ZOUK.

IT'S ACTUALLY MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO IT'S MADE UP OF, THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES TOGETHER, AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO CULTIVATE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL ACCEPTED AND WELCOMED AND SAFE TO DANCE THIS AND TO DO WHAT THEY LOVE AND TO FOLLOW THEIR POSITIONS AND TO CONTINUE TO JUST GROW AND LEARN NO MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE, WHAT BACKGROUND YOU HAVE, OR HOW GOOD OF A DANCER YOU ARE, AND THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S HARD TO FIND.

>> THE WAY THAT THE TEACHERS DO THE LESSONS, YOU DON'T NEED A PARTNER.

YOU SHOW UP AND THEY'LL TEACH YOU SOME BASICS, AND THEN YOU'LL BE PARTNERED WITH A RANDOM PERSON, AND THEN THEY'LL RETATE PARTNERS AROUND.

AND THAT'S THE BASIC STYLE OF A LESSON.

TYPICAL A CIRCLE OF LEADS, A CIRCLE OF FOLLOWS.

YOU GET THE MEET ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS.

PEOPLE WHO ARE MARRIED, SINGLE, ARE A TIRED PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO.

SO YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A PARTNER GOING IN.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET COMFORTABLE, YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE, AND THEN BY THE TIME -- ALMOST ALL THE LESSONS END WITH A SOCIAL.

YOU'LL FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT, READY TO GO TRYING SOME OF THE BASIC STEPS.

>> I ACTUALLY WAS VERY FEARFUL MYSELF OF PUTTING MYSELF OUT THERE.

LIKE, DANCING WITH A PARTNER YOU DON'T KNOW?

THAT SOUNDS REALLY SCARYING BUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE, EVERYONE IS SO KIND AND ACCEPTING, AND WE MAKE SURE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE THE ENTIRE TIME.

>> ZOUK DANCERS ACROSS THE WORLD, WE'RE NOT AS MUCH ABOUT THE FAST SALSA, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE CONNECTION, AND I THINK THE THING THAT APPEALS TO ME ABOUT ZOUK -- AND I THINK WOULD APPEAL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IS IT GIVES US A MOMENT TO SLOW DOWN AND CONNECT WITH OUR DANCE PARTNER, WHETHER WE'RE BEGINNERS, INTERMEDIATES, OR ADVANCED.

EVERY DANCE IS A NEW ADVENTURE.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY BEAUTIFUL THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DANCE ZOUK.

IT'S LIKE THAT FEELING WHEN YOU FEEL SO ENGROSSED IN MUSIC, WHEN THE MUSIC JUST MOVES YOU.

YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO THE MUSIC, CONNECTED TO YOUR PARTNER, AND YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO YOURSELF, JUST COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN.

WHEN YOU GET THOSE THREE THINGS COMING TOGETHER AT ONCE, IT CREATES THIS -- ALMOST LIKE A HIGH.

IT'S A RUNNER'S HIGH BUT WITH WAY LESS WORK.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE, BUT I WANT EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY THAT A WELL CONNECTED DANCE CAN BRING.

>> WHEN WE'RE BRINGING IN SPECIAL GUESTS, WHICH WE DO A FEW TIMES A YEAR, WE LOOK FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ONLY GREAT DANCERS BUT REALLY GREAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE FOCUSED ON BUILDING A COMMUNITY AND REALLY CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE, BECAUSE ZOUK IS AMAZING AND GOOD FOR DANCING BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU MAKE.

SO ONE THING THAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT COLUMBUS ZOUK IS WE WANT TO LOVE IT AND SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY, SO IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S NICE OUT, WE GO OUT AND DO ZOUK BY THE RIVER.

PEOPLE DANCE FOR AN HOUR AFTER THAT, AND IT'S REALLY JUST A FUN WAY TO SEE PEOPLE CONNECT, SPEND SOME TIME OUTSIDE, LEARN SOME DANCING, AND IT'S JUST A DONATION BASE EVENT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

JUST COME AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> I THINK LIKE SO MANY ADULT WES ISOLATE OURSELVES.

WE HAVE A FUND GROUP WE ESTABLISHED, FRIEND GROUPS, WE DON'T OFTEN LEARN NEW SKILLS AND STEP OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE, AND TRYING DANCE, WHETHER IT'S JUST FOR FUN WITH SOME FRIENDS OR WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LEARN TO ACTUALLY -- LIKE, I WANT TO LEARN THIS NEW SKILL, OR YOU JUST WANT TO MEET SOME NEW PEOPLE, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LATER 20s, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD INTEREST A LOT OF PEOPLE.

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>> TO LEARN MORE, FIND THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA @COLUMBUS ZOUK.

>>> TROLLS HAVE DELIGHTED US FOR GENERATIONS, AND IN THE SMALL TOWN OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, THEY HAVE MUSEUM OF THEIR OWN.

COLLECTOR SHERRY GROOM OPENED THE TROLL HOLE TO ESTABLISH A HOME FOR HER COLLECTION, WHICH CONTINUES TO GROW.

LET'S STEP INSIDE FOR A LOOK AROUND.

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>> WHEN YOU COLLECT TROLLS?

LIKE WHY TROLLS.

ALL THE PEOPLE I POLLED, IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE EYES AND THE HAIR.

ME PERSONALLY I BELIEVE IT GOES MUCH DEEPER, THAT TROLL DOLLS REPRESENT SOME UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS OF KINDNESS, GOODNESS, AND COOPERATION.

>> THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE MADE WITH THEIR HANDS OUT LIKE THEY'RE HUGGING.

THAT'S A PRETTY POSITIVE MESSAGE TO PUT OUT THERE.

ESPECIALLY A LOT OF TOYS, YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MESSAGES GOING OUT.

THE TROLLS ARE ALL ABOUT HAPPINESS AND LOVING ONE ANOTHER.

>> IN THE 1950s, A FELLOW IN DENMARK WAS A WOOD HANDYMAN AND CRAFTED THIS TROLL DOLL.

THIS ICONIC IMAGE WENT VIRAL.

THOSE DOLLS COPIED IN MANY VARIATIONS WITH MORE POINTED EARS.

THEY HAVE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THEM BY.

THEY HAVE FOUR FINGERS, FOUR TOES, THEY HAVE OF COURSE THE BIG EARS AND BIG NOSES, AND THE ORIGINAL ONES HAD TAILS.

I DON'T HAVE ONE HERE.

BECAUSE THOSE ARE TOO EXPENSIVE AND I'M TOO CHEAP TO BUY THE REALLY EXPENSIVE ONES.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED I MANAGED TO AMASS 2,000 TROLLS.

THAT WAS BECAUSE I HAD A SIGNIFICANT OTHER WHO WENT OUT AND STARTED BUYING COLLECTIONS OF TROLLS, 300 OR 400 AT A TIME.

NOW I'VE AMASSED 40,000 PIECES, TROLLS, TROLL DOLLS, AND MEMORABILIA.

THE INTERESTING PHENOMENON IS THEY'VE CONTINUED TO ROLL IN ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.

A LADY IN SPAIN LIKES TO MAKE HER CUSTOM TROLLS.

SHE MADE THE TINIEST ONES.

LIKE AN INCH, HALF AN INCH.

A LOT OF FOLK ARTISTS GO OUT AND GET NATURAL MATERIALS.

THERE'S PINE CONE TROLLS, WOODEN TROLLS, WAX TROLLS.

THE SMOKEY MOUNTAIN TROLLS WERE CREATED BY -- HE IMMIGRATED HERE.

WENT OUT IN THE WOODS, TOOK A PIECE OF WOOD AND ROPE AND CREATED FOLK ART TROLLS WITH BIG NOSES, LONG TAILS.

MY FAVORITE TROLL IS ONE OF THE WHAT I CALL PRIMO TROLLS, ONE OF THE DOM TROLLS BUT IT'S A BIGGER SIZE.

THAT'S THE FIRST TROLL I GOT THAT WAS A MORE RARE AND UNUSUAL ONE MADE IN EUROPE.

>> WHAT I GREW UP AND GOT INTO WAS THE BATTLE TROLLS.

COMBINATION OF A GI JOE, A TROLL AND MAYBE A TURTLE.

>> ARE YOU READY TO MOVE ON TO THIS NEXT ROOM?

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>> AWESOME.

VERY NOSTALGIC IN SOME WAYS.

>> VERY COOL.

>> SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES AND DIFFERENT SETUPS AND A LOT OF THE, LIKE, DIE YO RAMAS UPSTAIRS ARE COOL TO LOOK AT.

>> I LIKE THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE FROM MY ERA.

THAT WAS COOL TO SEE.

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>> WE DISCOVERED HISTORIC EAST MAIN STREET IN ALLIANCE, OHIO, THE CHEAPEST COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

SO WE'RE ENTREPRENEURS AND WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

WE THOUGHT, AN ART DISTRICT.

WE DID A WILL THE OF RESEARCH AND GUINNESS RECORD IS A HOOK.

MY HUSBAND HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA TO SAY, WOW, YOU HAVE ENOUGH TROLL DOLLS.

WE COULD GET A GUINNESS RECORD FOR THE TROLL DOLLS.

WE STARTED WITH THE TROLL MUSEUM, THEN WISECRACKS, MAD DOGS CAT CAFE, AND THEN LAST YEAR'S WE LAUNCHED STICKS, STONES, BONES AND MAGIC, A MET PHYSICAL SHOP.

THEN WE HAVE TWO EVENT CENTERS.

SO PEOPLE COME TO VISIT UNUSUAL, QUIRKY THINGS.

THAT'S HOW THE TROLLS KIND OF TOOK OVER.

PART OF THE TOURISM IS THE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME AND THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME, BUT WE CREATED OUR OWN TROLL HOLE OF FAME WITH OUR WALL OF FAME OF CUSTOM TROLL DOLLS AND A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BENSON STADIUM.

BUT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF UNIQUE CUSTOM TROLL DOLLS AS WELL AS THE FRANCHISE TEAMS ALL HAD TROLL DOLLS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG SELLER IN THE '90s WAS GET A TROLL WITH YOUR TEAM SPIRIT ON IT.

THEN THE ROCK 'N' ROLL TROLL HOLE OF FAME, WHERE WE HAVE DOLL BY PARTON JUST INDUCTED.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND JIMMY FALLON BECAUSE THEY'RE TWO FRIENDS TO LAUGH AND JAKE, AND HAVE JIMMY FALLON INTRODUCE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE TO THE TROLL HOLE OF FAME.

IT'S INJOIBL TO WORK HERE AND SHARE MY PASSION WITH THE PEOPLE.

INSPIRES THEM TO BE CREATIVE AND DO THINGS OUTSIDE THE BOX.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE MAINSTREAM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING MAINSTREAM, AND TROLLS ARE CERTAINLY NOT VERY MAINSTREAM.

>> TO LEARN MORE, VISIT THETROLLHOLE.COM.

>>> NEXT, WE TRAVEL TO FLORIDA TO HEAR FROM ARTIST DEAN MITCHELL.

WHETHER IT BE A LANDSCAPE, STILL-LIFE, OR FIGURATIVE WORK, WHEN HE PAINTS, DEAN DRAWS FROM THE CHALLENGING EXPERIENCES OF HIS YOUTH AND EXAMINES THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

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>> WHEN I WAS A KID, I EXPERIENCED RACISM VERY EARLY ON, AND IT'S AN IRONY THAT I USED TO PRAY IF I COULD DO ANYTHING WITH MY WORK, IT WOULD HELP US HEAL THOSE WOUNDS OF RACISM AND SEGREGATION.

A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE SHAPED MY SENSIBILITY ABOUT WHAT I DO, SO A LOT OF IT IS NOT JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S INTERESTING IN TERMS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, WHICH DOES INTEREST ME, BUT THE MAIN OVERTURE ABOUT THE WORK IS ABOUT POVERTY AND THE MARGINALIZATION OF PEOPLE AND HOW THOSE SPACES AFFECT OUR WHOLE SENSE OF SELF IN A SPACE.

THAT'S BEEN JUST A PART OF WHO I AM.

THIS ART THING, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE IT, IS A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE.

AND I WANT IT TO MEAN SOMETHING.

IF I CAN CHANGE THE WORLD IN ANY WAY, IT WOULD BE TO HELP BREAK DOWN SEARCH SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS THAT I THINK ARE DETRIMENTAL TO US AS HUMAN BEINGS, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM.

>> MY NAME IS MATT CUTTER.

I'M WITH CUTTER AND CUTTER FINE ART IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, AND I'M ALSO A PAINTER.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD TRACK RECORD OVER TEN YEARS OF SELLING HUNDREDS OF PAINTINGS FROM DEAN, SO I THINK HE'S A VERY STRONG, WORTHY ARTIST, AND I DO THINK HE STOPS PEOPLE IN THEIR TRACKS, AND IT'S VERY CONTEMPLATIVE.

HE'S NOT GRABBING YOU WITH THE BRIGHTEST COLOR.

HE'S NOT GRABBING YOU WITH BELLS AND WHISTLES.

HE'S ASKING TO YOU COME IN VERY SLOWLY, EXAMINE WHAT'S GOING ON, FEEL THAT NUANCE, AND THAT'S WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE.

IF YOU'RE 30 FEET AWAY, YOU WOULD SAY THAT'S REALISM, AND IT IS.

IT CONVEYS THAT EMOTION.

WHEN YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY AT HOW HE'S LAID DOWN THE WATER COLOR LAYERS, THERE'S A LOT OF ABSTRACTION.

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THE DESIGN.

HE PLAYS WITH DARK AND LIGHT, AND EVERYTHING IN MY OPINION WITH DEAN'S WORK WAS KEYED IN ON A STRONG DESIGN THAT SETS UP EVERYTHING FOR THE PAINTING.

>> DEAN MITCHELL IS BEYOND THAT OF A MASTER.

IF YOU HAD ONE WHERE YOU SAID, THIS IS AN APPRENTICE AND THIS IS A MASTER, WELL, THE APPRENTICE LEARNS HOW TO DO THIS OR THAT, AND ONCE THEY'RE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT, THEN THEY SAY, OH, OKAY, NOW YOU'RE A MASTER.

DEAN MITCHELL IS AN ENIGMA.

DEAN MITCHELL WAS BORN TO DO WHAT HE DOES.

WHEN I LOOKED AT DEAN MITCHELL'S WORK, I DO SEE SCIENCE, I DO SEE PHILOSOPHY, I DO SEE RELIGION, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PIECES LIKE ROWENA, WHEN YOU SEE THAT PARTICULAR PIECE, THAT IS A RELIGIOUS PIECE.

THAT IS AN ICON, THAT IS AN ACTUAL MARY THAT YOU SAY, OH, MY GOD, SHE SPEAKS OF HUMANITY.

WHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD SOMEONE PAINTING LIKE AN ANDREW WISE -- IN SOME CASES BETTER THAN ANDREW WISE, COME FROM?

THEREIN LIES, I THINK, THE SPIRITUAL QUALITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT DEAN'S BACKGROUND, DEAN ACHIEVES NOT BECAUSE OF BUT IN SPITE OF.

IN SPITE OF IS WHEN GOD TAKES PLACE.

THEREIN LIES THE MIRACLE.

>> I WAS RAISED BY MY GRANDMOTHER FROM 11 MONTHS OLD, SO I WAS SORT OF A HIGHLY ACTIVE CHILD.

SO I WOULD OFTEN WALK TO TOWN WITH HER.

I GREW UP IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED QUINCY.

I HAD NO IDEA OF THE KIND OF WEALTH THAT WAS IN QUINCY, BECAUSE WE BASICALLY STAYED IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF US WHEN WE GOT OUR FIRST BIKES WE WOULD RIDE OVER IN THE AREA AND SEE THESE HUGE MANSIONS.

I BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE WEALTH DISCREPANCY.

HOW COULD SOMEBODY HAVE A HOUSE THAT BIG?

REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT I THINK THROUGH THE YEARS AS YOU BECOME MORE EDUCATED, MORE SOCIALIZED, YOU BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE HOW YOU FIT INTO THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OR SOCIAL ORDER OF THINGS.

AND THEN WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING STARTED EMERGING ON THE SCENES AND WE WOULD WATCH HIM ON TELEVISION, SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE SHAPED MY SANCTIONABILITY ABOUT WHAT I DO.

I DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS -- THE ENVIRONMENTS DOI HAVE A WINDOW INTO POVERTY AND THE SPACE I EMERGED OUT OF.

A TEACHER AT TOM HARRIS, THERE WERE FOUR OF US INTERESTED IN ART, AND HE INTRODUCED US TO LOCAL ART COMPETITIONS.

SO WE WERE OFTEN THE ONLY BLOCK PEOPLE AT THESE SHOWS WITH MR. HARRIS AND HIS WIFE.

>> I CALLED IT A CRUCIBLE OF COMPETITION, WHICH CAN BE GOOD OR BAD.

PUTS PRESSURE ON KIDS.

HE WAS EVEN AS FOCUSED THEN AS HE IS NOW, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY NEGATIVES.

A LOT OF IT WAS THE BLACK/WHITE THING.

HE PAINTS WHAT HE WANTS TO PAINT BECAUSE HE FEELS TO NEED IN HERE TO MAKE A VISUAL STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF DEAN MITCHELL'S PAINTING.

HALF OF HIS FOCUS AND INTENSITY IS BASED ON, THIS IS -- WHAT I'M DOING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, SO WHENEVER OR HOWEVER AND WHATEVER THE RECOGNITION IS, I HAVE TO DO IT MY WAY, WHICH TO ME IS ALMOST THE DEFINITION OF WHAT ART IS AND WHAT ART'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

>> I WILL BE GONE AT SOME POINT, BUT WHAT I LEAVE, WHEREL IT REALLY MAKE THE WORLD BETTER IN SOME WAYS AND MAKE US EXAMINE OUR OWN HUMAN BEHAVIOR TOWARD ONE ANOTHER?

>> HE DIDN'T PAINT TO SELL.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BECAUSE HE HAD TO MAKE A LIVING.

HE PAINTED BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING HE HAD TO DO, IT'S SOMETHING HE HAD TO SAY.

>> HE WANTS PEOPLE TO, LIKE, EXAMINE THIS WORK ON A DEEP LEVEL, SO I DO THINK HE'S VERY IMPORTANT NOW, AND I THINK HIS WORK WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT 100 YEARS FROM NOW.

>> I THINK ART HAS A WAY OF MIRRORING BACK TO US WHAT WE'VE BECOME.

AND IT ALSO PROVIDES US HISTORY.

WHICH WE CAN REFLECT BACK ON TO NOT KEEP REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES.

IT'S THAT KIND OF TROUBLING WORLD THAT FEEDS MY PASSION TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DERAIL SOME OF THE DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR.

>> SEE MORE OF HIS WORK AT DEANMITCHELLSTUDIO.COM.

>>> SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN ALEX MUSSAWIR DESCRIBES HIS BAND HEALING & PEACE AS PRIMARILY A RECORDING PROJECT WITH A ROTATING CAST OF MEMBERS AND COLLABORATORS.

THEY RECORD SONGS AT HOME USING A FOUR-TRACK CASSETTE TAPE MACHINE.

WE HOSTED THEM FOR A RECENT "BROAD & HIGH PRESENTS" SESSION AND WERE TREATED TO SOME OF THEIR LATEST RELEASES.

TAKE A LISTEN.

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A CONSTIPATING OTHER OF IDEAS THAT SATISFIES !

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BUT TRUTH IS NOT A CART THAT DRAGS BEHIND YOU !

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TRUTH IS NOT A CART THAT DRAGS BEHIND YOU !

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IS TRUTH IS NOT A CART THAT DRAGS BEHIND YOU, BEHIND YOU, BEHIND YOU !

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THE UNDERGROUND MAN LOOKS INTO THE MIRROR !

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GROWING STRONGER NOW !

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YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE NOW, YOU SEE IT ALL CLEARER !

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YOU TOUCH THE FAUCET AND ITS DRIPPING WILL CONTINUE FOR YEARS !

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>> TO HEAR MORE, CHECK THEM OUT AT HEALINGANDPEACE.BANDCAMP.COM.

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>>> WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I'M KATE QUICKEL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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I'M THE MEZZANINE MAN IN NEED OF CONSTANT ATTENTION !

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>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY -- THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL, CELEBRATING EXPRESSION, FOSTERING TALENT, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO COLUMBUS ARTISTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS, PUBLIC ART AND MORE AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.