Art & Culture
Spirit of Brown County (DVD)
Brown County is a popular tourist destination known for its beautiful vistas and colorful autumn foliage. It’s also been home to a number of notable artists. TC Steele’s presence marked the beginning of an arts movement that continues to the present day.
Musicians, artists, tourists and scholars – Brown County hosts an eclectic cast of characters. What brings them together is a love and appreciation of the land, offering an endless palette of light and color.
Spirit of Brown County (Blu-ray)
Brown County is a popular tourist destination known for its beautiful vistas and colorful autumn foliage. It’s also been home to a number of notable artists. TC Steele’s presence marked the beginning of an arts movement that continues to the present day.
Musicians, artists, tourists and scholars – Brown County hosts an eclectic cast of characters. What brings them together is a love and appreciation of the land, offering an endless palette of light and color.
Focus on Flowers ((DVD)
In WTIU’s Focus on Flowers television special, master gardener Moya Andrews invites colleagues to share tips to help local gardeners, from the novice to the veteran. Together, they share their fervor for the esthetics of gardening.
Focus on Flowers (Blu-ray)
In WTIU’s Focus on Flowers television special, master gardener Moya Andrews invites colleagues to share tips to help local gardeners, from the novice to the veteran. Together, they share their fervor for the esthetics of gardening.
Hoosier Hospitality: Wine (DVD)
Did you know that Indiana can claim to be the birthplace of the American commercial wine industry?
WTIU, the PBS station in Bloomington, Indiana, has created this hour-long television special that takes you on a journey into the world of Indiana wine.
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Travel through Indiana’s rich wine history.
Follow the annual timeline found in a winery.
Talk with experts from the Indiana Wine Grape Council.
Visit two of the states largest wine festivals.
Go behind-the-scenes at the Indy International Wine Competition.
Explore Indiana's wineries from its northern border to the banks of the Ohio river.
Hoosier Hospitality: Wine (Blu-ray)
Did you know that Indiana can claim to be the birthplace of the American commercial wine industry?
WTIU, the PBS station in Bloomington, Indiana, has created this hour-long television special that takes you on a journey into the world of Indiana wine.
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Travel through Indiana’s rich wine history.
Follow the annual timeline found in a winery.
Talk with experts from the Indiana Wine Grape Council.
Visit two of the states largest wine festivals.
Go behind-the-scenes at the Indy International Wine Competition.
Explore Indiana's wineries from its northern border to the banks of the Ohio river.
Hoosier Hospitality: Craft Beer (DVD)
WTIU’s Hoosier Hospitality: Craft Beer is an hour-long travelogue and informative television documentary that takes you on an arm-chair journey into the world of craft beer and micro-brewing in Indiana.
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Meet unique individuals and hear their stories about craft beer and the art of brewing. We’ll take you to unique micro-breweries, clubs, festivals and gatherings of craft beer enthusiasts.
Viewers will get a unique behind-the-scenes tour of three of the larger breweries in Indiana: Broad Ripple Brewpub, Three Floyds Brewing Company, and Upland Brewing Company. Plus, viewers receive a brief look at the history of beer in Indiana, as well as lessons on basic craft beer ingredients, pairing foods and cooking with craft beer, and how to get started making your own craft beer.
Hoosier Hospitality: Craft Beer (Blu-ray)
WTIU’s Hoosier Hospitality: Craft Beer is an hour-long travelogue and informative television documentary that takes you on an arm-chair journey into the world of craft beer and micro-brewing in Indiana.
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Meet unique individuals and hear their stories about craft beer and the art of brewing. We’ll take you to unique micro-breweries, clubs, festivals and gatherings of craft beer enthusiasts.
Viewers will get a unique behind-the-scenes tour of three of the larger breweries in Indiana: Broad Ripple Brewpub, Three Floyds Brewing Company, and Upland Brewing Company. Plus, viewers receive a brief look at the history of beer in Indiana, as well as lessons on basic craft beer ingredients, pairing foods and cooking with craft beer, and how to get started making your own craft beer.
No Compromise: Lessons in Feminist Art with Judy Chicago (2002)
DVD; approx. 57 minutes
Artist and writer Judy Chicago works with a group of women students as they struggle with the artistic process, from conception to public presentation.
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Artist and writer Judy Chicago—who coined the terms feminist art and feminist pedagogy—had not taught for 25 years when she returned to the classroom at Indiana University as a visiting professor. This program shows her work with a group of women students as they struggle with the artistic process, from conception to public presentation. Along with the students, the filmmaker explores the nature of artistic expression, the character of feminist art, and the commitment needed to forge an independent artistic identity.
Dalai Lama Interfaith Service (2007)
DVD; 90 minutes
Interfaith prayer service held October 23rd, 2007 in Bloomington with His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama.
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WTIU presents a special airing of the interfaith prayer service held October 23rd, 2007 in Bloomington with His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama. Prayers from various faith traditions—Native American, Sikh, Bahá'i, Unitarian Universalist, Islam, Christian, Hindu, and Jewish—as well as musical selections, are performed. Remarks from His Holiness complete the program.
Brown County Artists: Expanding the Legacy (2002)
DVD; approx. 62 minutes
Brown County, Indiana has a reputation as an artistic refuge and subject matter dating from the early 1900s. That early artist colony included T.C. Steele, Adolph and Ada Walter Shulz, Will Vawter, Gustave Baumann, and many others.
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Brown County Artists: Expanding the Legacy documents the legacy left by these early artists and then visits the studios of several current Brown County artists who are still drawn to the area. These artists demonstrate their skills, share their work and relate their vision and philosophy of art. In the process, they reveal why they, like so many artists before them, are attracted to this hilly woodland of Indiana.
The present-day artists include Fred Rigley, landscape artist; Larry Spears, potter; Charlene Marsh, fiber artist; William Root, sculptor; and William Zimmerman, wildlife artist.
