Sunday, April 6, 2008

Art:21 -2007 Peabody Award Winner

The Peabody Awards, are the oldest honor in electronic media. The Peabody recognizes distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals.
All entries become a permanent part of the Peabody Archive in the University of Georgia Libraries. The collection is one of the nation’s oldest, largest and most respected moving-image archives. For more information about the Peabody Archive or the Peabody Awards, visit www.peabody.uga.edu.

The “biennial of television,” Art in the Twenty-First Century premieres on PBS in the United States every two years. Each season, Art:21 — Art in the Twenty-First Century presents four hour-long programs profiling four to five diverse visual artists currently working in the United States. The programs are structured around themes like those used to organize art exhibitions, narrowing what Robert Rauschenberg called “the gap between art and life.” Each segment offers an intimate view of the artist’s creative process, by filming the artists at work, documenting their artworks, and providing thoughtful, in-depth interviews.









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