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Breaking
News:
There looks to be some very promising underwriting
prospects turning up at the eleventh hour. Hopefully
some very good news is on the horizon; stay posted.
Thanks to so many of you who put your money where
your mouths were recently and sent in a contribution
to WTVS, Channel 56, in support of ART
BEAT. So far they have recieved over $800
from DANG members, not including the membership contributions
many of you have earmarked for ART
BEAT over the past 2 years. The word from
the station is, while this amount is nothing to sneeze
at, it is short of the $20,000 needed to underwrite
another season. A number of you justifyably expressed
concern over this contingency. The good news: WTVS
will produce one final special installment
of ART BEAT, applying
the $400 + toward production costs. The bad news:
unless a major underwriter steps forward within the
next couple weeks, ART BEAT,
as an ongoing series, will become part of Detroit
history. Meanwhile, I want to thank each and every
one you who contributed with special thanks to
Victor
Pytko, who lead this valient, grass roots
effort. It is a powerful indicator of what is possible
when arts people get together.
with host Robert Maniscalco |
Art
Beat is hosted by Rob Maniscalco, a gallery
owner, portrait artist and art educator. Maniscalco
brings a unique point of view to his journeys
with the artists. He explores their creative minds,
cuts through the perceived pretensions, peels
back the layers to expose the artists as people,
follows them through the process of creating their
art and examines their motivations and methods.
Art Beat allows
the artists to express themselves not only through
their work but their words. Maniscalco takes
you along on the sometimes wild, always enlightening
ride for a 30-minute perspective of the artists
in their own personal space, not a gallery or
a museum.
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Art Beat is for everyone
from the seasoned collector to the uninitiated. It
is a truly fresh look at the artists' world. Maniscalco
is not afraid to ask the questions on all of our minds;
he's not afraid to have fun in the world of art. He
seeks to reveal the creative spirit, from a glass
blower to a kickboxing painter to a found-art fish
fanatic.
Fine Art is thriving in the
metro Detroit area. The area's artists represent a
wide range of media, work and notoriety. The creation
of art is second nature to some viewers while others
are mystified by the creative process. Art Beat takes
a fresh view of artists and their art. Each 30-minute
program focuses on one artist. Airing Saturdays at
5 p.m. ET, and any time for one week after broadcast
to Comcast Digital customers with ON DEMAND.
Season Two:
ARTBEAT #201: BASK
AIR DATE: 9-18-04
A thought crime is an idea or belief that defies the
norms of the status quo. George Orwell coined the
phrase in his book 1984. Czech born, Detroit artist,
Bask, considers himself a thought criminal. He believes
true freedom lies in the mind and cannot be censored
or imprisoned. This powerful world view was formed
by the Communist iconic propaganda he remembers from
his youth, which gave way to the onslaught of consumer
advertising he experienced in his teens when he moved
to America. In his view, these are two sides of the
same coin.
ARTBEAT #202: TOM THEWES
AIR DATE: 9-25-04
Tom Thewes expresses his childlike fascination with
the iconography of the machine age. While the rest
of America is living in a television/internet fairytale,
he's been painting the hidden physical machinery which
lies just beneath the surface of society. For him
Detroit is the read world where things get built and
people still work with their hands.
ARTBEAT #203: NIAGARA
AIR DATE: 10-2-04
Guns, booze, and fast women. Enter the world of pop
art sensation, Niagara. Once the punk rock diva for
the band Destroy All Monsters, Niagara ditched her
microphone for the paint brush and became a pop art
icon. Motorcity Queen, lowbrow artist, Niagara.
ARTBEAT #204: CAMILLO PARDO
AIR DATE: 10-9-04 & 10-13-04
Camillo Pardo has a need for speed. His design work
on the Ford GT made it a modern classic over night.
Pardo's fine art is equally expressive with fast lines
and explosive energy ripping across the figures and
automobiles that adorn his enlarged canvases. His
artwork hearkens back to classic European style with
American muscle to back it up. Artist, designer, fast
driver, Camillo Pardo.
ARTBEAT #205: KWAMIE AWUKU
AIR DATE: 10-16-04 & 10-20-04
Born in Accra West African Ghana, Kwamie Awuku is
one of the foremost West African artists residing
in the Detroit Metropolitan area. He learned traditional
carving techniques from members of his family and
developed arts programs for children and elders in
various villages throughout Ghana. Although Awuku
has now lived in the United States for many years,
he is rooted in his West African culture.
ARTBEAT #206: VICTOR PYTKO
AIR DATE: 10-23-04 & 10-27-04
What happens when two worlds collide, when traditional
techniques come up against abstract expressionism?
Victor Pytko strides both worlds. Technique battles
with impulse as he struggles with his vibrant canvases
"Au Plein Air," in the open air. Founder
of the Grand River Station, he is part of a band of
artists who are deconstructing the urban landscape
which, like his more traditional approach to painting,
have given way to something more immediate and vital.
ARTBEAT #207: TIM BURKE
AIR DATE: 10-30-04 & 11-3-04
Tim Burke has been haunted by a recurring nightmare
of an ironman chasing him through the dark. It has
taken him 30 years to transform this spectre into
a life's work, making art out of found objects. Tim
Burke excavates, scavenges, scours the city for his
materials. In this dream-like state, what has been
the castoffs of others comes to life as fanciful and
provocative works of art.
ARTBEAT #208: KAREN SEPANSKI
AIR DATE: 11-13-04 & 11-17-04
Artist Karen Sepanski explores the limits of kiln-formed
glass. Over thirty years, she has evolved a signature
style which combines geometric and organic forms with
glass panels, often collaborating with architects
and designers to create ever more inspiring environments.
ARTBEAT #209: ADNAN CHARARA
AIR DATE: 11-20-04
Originally from Lebanon, Adnan Charara spent his formative
years living in Sierra Leone and Boston. His colorful,
imaginative work can be found in galleries across
the country, but he calls Detroit his home. On the
surface, his works are attractive and playful. Yes,
on a deeper level his art is politically charged and
full of satire, commenting on the folly and foibles
of contemporary society.
ARTBEAT #210: MARY LARADO HERBECK
AIR DATE: 1-8-05 & 1-12-05
Born in Larado, Texas, artists Mary Herbeck knows
the art of survival and the healing power of art.
After beating breast cancer through an arsenal of
self-prescribed holistic treatments, Mary and her
art transformed. She began to combine her passion
for music, dance and the visual arts into a life dedicated
to inspiring others. Her tireless spirit can be felt
across Detroit's southwest Latina community through
her dedication of time, energy, and the vision of
a survivor.
ARTBEAT #211: GLENN BARR
AIR DATE: 1-15-05 & 1-19-05
Detroit based artist, Glenn Barr, finds himself painting
the footsteps of the forgotten into the muted loneliness
of abandoned warehouses, gated businesses and dilapidated
motels. His senses survey the sights, smells &
screams of the Detroit streets with a disorienting
haze and a deft palette. When the shadows grow tall
and the street lights flicker on, the questionable
characters that inhabit Glenn's darkly humorous world
come to life. (Program Club)
ARTBEAT #212: HECTOR PEREZ
AIR DATE: 1-22-05 & 1-26-05
Artist and educator Hector Perez has seen the allure
of gangs, drugs and crime ruin the lives of gifted
young people. He's been fighting this uphill battle
for thirty years, armed only with an underfunded arts
program and the keen ability to communicate with despondent
teens. Hector has been a driving force in Detroit's
southwest Latino community, inspiring children and
teens to create artwork instead of chaos.
ARTBEAT #213: THE ART OF COMICS
AIR DATE: 1-29-05 & 2-2-05
For over 100 years, comic books have permeated the
American lexicon with some of the most powerful icons
of the 20th century pop culture - names like Superman,
Batman, Charlie Brown and Popeye. However, comic art
has been dismissed by serious art circles - called
illegitimate. A comic store in Dearborn with a loyal
group of comic artists hopes to change that, one panel
at a time.
ARTBEAT #214: JANICE TRIMPE
AIR DATE: 2-5-05 & 2-9-05
Because the creation of monumental artwork depends
on monumental vision, emotion and energy, it is not
the work for the casual artist. Janice Trimpe is monumental
in her art and in her being. She directs her abundant
energies toward revealing truth in her work; it is
the truth of the common man.
ARTBEAT #215: ART IN PUBLIC
PLACES
AIR DATE: 2-12-05 & 2-16-05
For 300 years, Detroit has been an unappreciated Mecca
for public art, taking many forms of expression. With
the power to commemorate, inspire, and often aggravate,
the public art of Detroit documents Detroit's noblest
and sometimes most dubious achievements. In this unique
episode, Art Beat explores a few shining examples
of art's inherent ability to move, touch and provoke.
ARTBEAT #216: JACK JOHNSON
AIR DATE: 2-19-05 & 2-23-05
Pressing the psychological buttons that connect human
beings together, Jack Johnson pushes the envelope
of definition; for him, art has no limits. His works
bear the fingerprints of freedom. Fortunately for
us, he doesn't seek approval with his work. Fortunately
for him, in our country he doesn't need to. With love
and a well-intended desire to blow the roof off our
ideas about what art is "supposed" to be
is Jack Johnson.
ARTBEAT #217: ROB MANISCALCO
AIR DATE: 2-26-05 & 3-2-05
Is Rob Maniscalco a tireless advocate for the arts
or a tired self-promoter? In previous episodes of
this program, we've turned the camera on to some of
Detroit's most talented artists to gain insights into
their creative process. In this special episode, the
host of Art Beat is the subject under study - husband,
father, businessman, blogger, actor, musician, writer
and artist. Join us as we turn the camera inward,
in an unapologizing attempt to document a day in the
life, Rob's life, as a work of art in progress.
ARTBEAT #218: ED STROSS
AIR DATE: 3-26-05 & 3-30-05
Should art be seen but not heard? At what point can
it be said that an artist has gone too far? Artist
Ed Stross faces jail time for his mural interpretation
of Michaelangelo's "The Creation of Man."
Is it art or an unattractive nuisance? On this special
episode, Art Beat enters the fray between the city
of Roseville and an artist pushing the boundaries
of the First Amendment; begging the question, is Ed
Stross a self-expressed artist or a button pusher?
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