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All Things Being Equal, Hank Willis Thomas at the Cincinnati Art Museum
From: Susan Byrnes
Caption: Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976), The Cotton Bowl, from the series Strange Fruit, 2011. Chromogenic print. , Credit: . Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Copyright Hank Willis Thomas
Artist Hank Willis Thomas’ first major retrospective, “All Things Being Equal” is open at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Thomas’s work addresses the on...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 05:29
Poets Laureate Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith in Conversation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith share a few things in common beyond the fact that they are African-American female artists. They are also professors a...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:16
251: Why Make Art? / 252: Gateway Moments (Live), 3/3/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Why Make Art?" - Most of us stop making art around middle school. What can we learn from the people who never stopped? HOUR TWO: "Gate...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Portrait of the artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji
From: KUT
Series: Portrait of an Artist-a semi-regular series
Caption: Wura-Natasah Ogunji
Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss her inspirations, goals and life as an artist.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 08:12
"Cropped" by Cydney Edwards
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Billie Holiday writing the song "Strange Friuit" - This poet is a student at Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL).

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:47