This week on Artworks:
A conversation with a photographer who documented the explosion of public art in Cairo after the popular uprising last spring.
Also on the program,
A new book explores in words and images the mystical appeal of New Harmony, Indiana.
Performance Today recognizes the talent of a Jacobs School cellist.
And we’ll explore how the Do-It-Yourself movement born in the 1970s is being realized today.
That’s all just ahead on Artworks.
Stories On This Episode
Nothing Says Freedom Like Marks On A Wall: Cairo Street Art
By Yaël Ksander - Dec 6, 2011
There was no street art in Cairo before January 25th. But afterwards, "they painted tree-trunks, they painted cars, they painted furniture in public."
Jacobs Student To Be Featured On ‘Performance Today’
By David Wood - Dec 2, 2011
Cellist Cicely Parnas was selected as one of a handful of Young Artists in Residence and will appear on the national program December 5-9.
The Bloomington Symphony Heads ‘To Infinity And Beyond’
By George Walker - Dec 2, 2011
And before that downbeat a chance for kids to get their hands on the instruments.
The Indiana Town ‘Where Heaven and Earth Are Close’
By Adam Schwartz - Dec 7, 2011
New book tells in words and images the story of an Indiana town whose utopian past is a palpable presence.
Do-It-Together Artists: Bloomington Print Collective
By Annie Corrigan - Dec 7, 2011
The Bloomington Print Collective is a group of artists who pools finances and equipment to create a public art space.
Do-It-Together Artists: Movable Type Truck
By Annie Corrigan - Dec 7, 2011
Kyle Durie needed to recharge her creative battery. She left her business printing wedding invitations to embark on a cross-country letterpress adventure.
