This week on Artworks, Yaël Ksander speaks with a Bloomington, Indiana artist whose works are currently on exhibit in New York City’s First Street Gallery. George Walker asks legendary singer-songwriter Joan Baez what she’s learned over 50 years of performing. And we’ll meet Daniel Stein, one of the winners of the first ever YouTube Symphony Contest.
Stories On This Episode
Painter Tim Kennedy Captures “Perry Four”
By Yaël Ksander - Mar 10, 2009
Painter Tim Kennedy is currently exhibiting his latest collection of paintings titled "Perry Four" at the First Street Gallery in New York. WFIU's Yaël Ksander spoke with Kennedy about his new works and the balance between abstraction and figuration.
Singer-Songwriter Joan Baez To Make Bloomington Visit
By George Walker - Mar 9, 2009
Joan Baez will make an appearance at Bloomington's Buskirk-Chumley Theater this Friday. Baez told WFIU's George Walker how she picks her songs, how she makes them her own and why she takes the bus...
Lotus Foundation Hosts Lakota Hoop Dancer
By Erica Hunter - Mar 10, 2009
Lakota hoop dancer, flutist and storyteller, Kevin Locke, will give an interactive performance on Thursday March 12th.
Watchmen
By Peter Noble Kuchera - Mar 10, 2009
The film version of the 1980s graphic novel "Watchmen" could not hope to be definitive; the source is uncommonly dense. Directors such as Terry Gilliam have thrown themselves at a treatment of the material for a decade, breaking, always, like angry surf against a cliff. There's that much going on in the book. Read on...
Local Music Student Wins Place In YouTube Symphony
By David Wood - Mar 12, 2009
For Jacobs School of Music doctoral student Daniel Stein, his latest audition was just a little different than the usual; just him, his computer, and a video of Tan Dun conducting. WFIU's David Wood talked to Stein about his successful audition for the YouTube Symphony.
