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It's human nature to use our imagination. From a very young age weBuild little worlds in sand on the beach, and put the staplers next to eachOther so they can go to sleep at night. We can pick...
View ArticleIt's A Bird, It's A Cloud....
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View ArticleChoreographer Elizabeth Streb
From crashing into mats to diving through glass, choreographer Elizabeth Streb aims to expose the body's vulnerability and its durability in her dances.
View ArticleTied
Two artists bind themselves together for a whole year, then spend the next twenty getting over it.
View ArticleDutch Still Life
To take another artist's masterpiece as your text ought to demand that you observe it closely and pick it apart. Suzanne Bocanegra has been doing that steadily for years now: the New York painter...
View ArticleTied
Two artists bind themselves together for a whole year, then spend the next twenty getting over it. Produced by Tara Geer.
View ArticleCutting Arts Education
Visual Thinking Strategies is an innovative method for teaching art that students and teachers love. It's designed to flourish in poorly funded schools, but it isn't immune to the cutbacks. Produced...
View ArticleCutting Arts Ed
Visual Thinking Strategies is an innovative method for teaching art that students and teachers love. It’s designed to flourish in poorly funded schools, but it isn’t immune to the cutbacks. Produced by...
View ArticleTied
Back in 1982, two artists: Teching Hsieh and Linda Montano bound themselves together — with a piece of rope — for a whole year. They were seasoned performance artists, but nothing could have prepared...
View ArticleDrawing and Doubting
A spell at the MacDowell Colony is one of the best perks an artist can get. Tara Geer, a visual artist, went twice to work on her drawings. She also interviewed a MacDowell legend, lunch delivery man...
View ArticleDrawing and Doubting
A spell at the MacDowell Colony is one of the best perks an artist can get. Tara Geer, a visual artist, went twice to work on her drawings. She also interviewed a MacDowell legend, lunch delivery man...
View ArticleHolocaust Remembrance Day
It is April 19th, 1944. Thousands of mourners silently march from a service at the Warsaw synagogue on Rivington Street to City Hall. A few carry signs: "Save Those Jews in Poland Who Can Yet Be...
View ArticleIn Wartime '40s, America's First Taste of Rationing
During World War II, rationing became not only accepted, but a symbol of patriotism for most Americans. Listen to Oscar Brand in this never-broadcast documentary on how the government —and WNYC— helped...
View ArticleThe day they dropped an A-bomb on the Bronx
We celebrate the end of the Cold War 25 years ago this year with Oscar Brand giving us a taste of 1950s civilian defense.This show, which never aired, was originally produced in the 2000s, using...
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