Give Now  »

Depression-Era Photographs, IU Costume Studio, Church Musicians 3

This week on Artworks, photos from the Farm Securities Administration of the '30s, a trip the IU Costume Studio, and a trip to the organ loft!

This week on Artworks,

Linda Pisano heads up the costume design program for Indiana University’s department of Theatre and Drama. She and the folks in the IU Costume Studio are always ready for the next challenge when a stage director wants to make a statement. We’ll step inside the costume shop and find how they do it all seamlessly.

Also on the program,

This year’s recession is unlike any the country has seen since the great depression, so it’s all that more natural for us to look at the 1930’s for inspiration. This week we’ll take a look at the IU Art Museum exhibition of Depression-era photographs.

And fire up the blower, pull out all the stops, and prepare to put those fingers to work, it’s the centuries old profession of church organist in part three of our Church Musicians’ series.

Stories On This Episode

Before and After: Photographs of Rural America in the Depression

In order to promote its programs designed to help impoverished rural citizens and restore the land, the FSA launched a massive propaganda machine.

The Seamless Talent Of Indiana University’s Costume Studio

WFIU's Megan Meyer stepped inside the Indiana University Costume Studio for a conversation with the shop's director, Linda Pisano.

The King of Instruments, Dissected

The organist at any given Sunday service is one busy person! Edwin Penhorwood talks about the role the organ plays in a service and gives a brief tutorial demonstrating the wide range of colors and sounds the organ can create.

Stay Connected

What is RSS? RSS makes it possible to subscribe to a website's updates instead of visiting it by delivering new posts to your RSS reader automatically. Choose to receive some or all of the updates from Artworks:

Support For Indiana Public Media Comes From

About Artworks

Search Artworks

WFIU Arts is on Twitter

π