The Enduring Art of 'Gaman' on Display January 21, 2007 • An exhibit in San Francisco features folk art created from scraps and odds and ends by Japanese-Americans held in World War II internment camps. The art is known as "Gaman," synonymous with "patience and endurance." The Enduring Art of 'Gaman' on Display Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6933763/6933764" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Lights, Camera, Action on a Museum Wall January 20, 2007 • 'Sleepwalkers' is a new film that projects moving images onto the outdoor walls of New York's Museum of Modern Art. The interweaving narratives follow the lives of five characters as they awaken and make their way to work. Lights, Camera, Action on a Museum Wall Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6919950/6919962" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Prized Sculptures Survive Katrina, Stolen by Thieves December 29, 2006 • Thieves recently broke into an art studio in New Orleans, dismantling and stealing several bronze sculptures created by artist John T. Scott. His world-renowned artwork normally commands thousands of dollars per piece, but the sculptures likely were sold as scrap metal for a few hundred dollars. Prized Sculptures Survive Katrina, Stolen by Thieves Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6692039/6692042" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Long View Life Is a Collage for Artist Betye Saar December 28, 2006 • "The Liberation of Aunt Jemima" -- a broom-toting, gun-wielding African-American woman -- established the reputation of artist Betye Saar. That was in 1972. At age 80, she's still combining scraps and souvenirs of the past into provocative works of art. Life Is a Collage for Artist Betye Saar Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6688207/6688688" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture African Artists Display Continent in Comic Strips December 28, 2006 • The Studio Museum in Harlem is showing a first-ever U.S. exhibit of comic strips from Africa. Three dozen artists deal with postmodern daily life and the problems facing 20 African countries: war, corruption, poverty, sexism and child slavery. African Artists Display Continent in Comic Strips Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6690603/6690604" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A President's Legacy Gerald Ford the First Pop-Culture President December 28, 2006 • The death of former President Gerald Ford brings back memories of his most-famous moments. The accidental president prone to accidents was often lampooned, nowhere more famously than on Saturday Night Live. He was the first president to truly pervade pop culture. Gerald Ford the First Pop-Culture President Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6690621/6690622" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Residents Unite to Save Concrete Animal Park December 28, 2006 • Two generations of children in the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel have played in a park featuring concrete structures built to look like animals. As the city remodels, some locals are organizing to save Ozzie the Octopus, Stella the Starfish and others. Residents Unite to Save Concrete Animal Park Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6683512/6688763" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Long View Stan Lee on Realism in the World of Comic Heroes December 27, 2006 • Stan Lee reflects on a lifetime of creating comics, including some imperfect superheroes. Spiderman, one of Lee's best known characters, was human first and super second. Lee tells Renee Montagne how he brought realism to a fantasy world. Stan Lee on Realism in the World of Comic Heroes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6684820/6684821" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National The Accidental Historian of Laporte, Indiana December 26, 2006 • For more than 25 years, Frank Pease was the primary portrait photographer in LaPorte, Ind., — a town of about 20,000. Now his photos of everyday Midwesterners have been compiled into a book called LaPorte, Indiana. The Accidental Historian of Laporte, Indiana Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6628242/6648379" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Comics' Exhibit Gathers a Africa's Cartoonists December 26, 2006 • "Africa Comics" is a new exhibition featuring the comic art of more than 30 African cartoonists from across the continent and Europe. The show runs through the spring at the Studio Museum in Harlem. 'Comics' Exhibit Gathers a Africa's Cartoonists Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6677035/6677036" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Found Art of Joseph Cornell December 23, 2006 • Artist Joseph Cornell created works out of framed boxes filled with found objects. His work is on display now at an exhibit called "Navigating the Imagination," hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The Found Art of Joseph Cornell Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6668536/6668537" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Italy, Getty Museum at Odds over Disputed Art December 20, 2006 • The Italian government threatens to break off relations with the Getty museum in Los Angeles in a dispute over a number of Italian antiquities. The Italians are demanding the return of 48 pieces in the museum that they say were taken out of Italy illegally. Italy, Getty Museum at Odds over Disputed Art Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6654604/6654605" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Simon Schama on the Unsettling 'Power of Art' December 20, 2006 • We usually look at art in the hushed, reverential surroundings of museums and galleries — and that, argues writer and art historian Simon Schama, can fool us into believing that great works of art are polite. In fact, he says, they are thugs that force us to see the world in new ways. Simon Schama on the Unsettling 'Power of Art' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6653433/6653456" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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How Painting Advanced with Tin Paint Tubes December 18, 2006 • Art and technology have always advanced together. Painting made one its great leaps forward in France when paint became available in collapsible tin tubes. How Painting Advanced with Tin Paint Tubes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6640315/6640316" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Jackson Pollock Fractals December 15, 2006 • A discussion on fractal expressionism, where cutting-edge physics meets 20th century painting. Geometry, nature and the paintings of Jackson Pollock all come together. Jackson Pollock Fractals Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6631149/6631150" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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