Established in 2001, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Lucelia Award — a cash prize of $25,000 — recognizes an American artist younger than 50 who has produced a significant body of work and consistently demonstrates exceptional creativity. Here are the 2008 nominees.
This September, in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Thirteen/WNET CANTOS LATINOS airs Tuesday, September 2 through Sunday, September 28. The annual on-air festival offers an in-depth look at Latino contributions to our culture and shared national identity.
Susan Haskins & Michael Riedel interview Bartlett Sher, director of the Tony Award-winning revival. Plus: encore of 1999 celebration of “South Pacific’s 50th Anniversary”, with Don Fellows and Ted Chapin; Features clips from both the 1949 and 2008 productions. Watch now.
Most of us don’t have the opportunity to be in Beijing for the Olympics, but Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s new work – The Copier, by Jill Johnson – might satisfy the interests of at least a few fans. The company’s dancers are essentially world-class athletes, capable of doing things most of us can’t even dream of. Read more…
This week’s Reel 13 shorts capture distinct senses of time and place:
* A woman returns to the former Yugoslavia
* Living and dying in New York City
* A documentary about NYC’s “Little Haiti”
Watch now. Then vote for your favorite.
Animation reigns this week at Reel 13. You voted for your favorite, now find out which film won.
Walking over to the shimmering New Museum to see the exhibition After Nature, SundayArts blogger Susan Yung stepped over a dead baby bird on Prince Street, and then some oily treacle running down the Bowery. It was a suitable overture to the show, which “surveys a landscape… darkened by uncertain catastrophe.” Read more…
This film profiles political painter Leon Golub, whose massive canvases depict startling tragedies. His artistic journey was shared with his wife and studio partner of 50 years, the prominent anti-war and feminist artist, Nancy Spero. Originally aired as just ‘Golub’ in 1990, the film was updated and lengthened in 2004. Watch now.
As cross-cultural borders get fuzzier, we are seeing so-called “uptown” performers — musicians you’d have expected in the past to see only at places like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center — now appearing in club settings. One of them is violinist Eugene Drucker. Read an interview with SundayArts blog writer Jennifer Melick.
What’s real minimalism? It’s not there at all. And that’s exactly what happened to Rhys Chatham’s eagerly awaited piece for 200 electric guitars, A Crimson Grail, on Friday night. But what about the other two performers — Beata Viscera and Manuel Göttsching? Read more…
