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Composer Cal Scott
Cal Scott composed the Art Beat theme and he plays with the Oregon Trail Band. This versatile musician also composes theme music for many national TV programs. We'll watch him in the studio as he writes music to go with the pictures.
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Photographer and Painter Lonnie Alexander
An ethnic artist and a member of the Nez Perce tribe, Lonnie Alexander resides on the Umatilla Reservation near Pendleton. For 35 years she was a nurse but when her mother died she found she could fill the void with art. She now spends most of her time involved in photography and painting. Lonnie uses photography to record lives and customs of her people. She then chooses a few photographs to paint. Her goal is to document her tribe's elders.
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Wang Gongyi: Floating and Flowing
by Jule Gilfillan | 03/04/2010
The serenity of the watercolor-like washes and fluid gestures of Wang Gongyi’s prints give no indication of her turbulent past. Born in Tianjin, China in 1946, Wang was on a collision course with China’s Communist revolution. As a teen, she nearly starved to death during Mao’s disastrous Great Leap Forward, then later was “sent [...]
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