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BBC presents Master Photographers: Andre Kertesz (1983) BBC series; part 1 9:54; part 2 10:20; part 3 7:32; part 4 3:52 Accessed May, 2015.

BBC News offers Diane Arbus exhibition opens at V&A The Victoria and Albert Museum is holding a major exhibition of the work of New York photographer Diane Arbus. Martin Barnes, curator of photography at the V&A Museum, described her contribution to the art of photography. Accessed May, 2015.

BBC Television presented American Vision: The History of American Art and Architecture produced by Planet 24 in association with BBC Television; a Time Inc.-BBC co-production; produced in association with Thirteen/WNET. Clips from epispdes are via YouTube. (Links found expired as of 7/6/09 audit. Videos were removed due to terms of use violation. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.)

• The Republic of Virtue "Demonstrates how the new republic adopts and transforms the classical style to serve a new, democratic ideal. Examples range from heroic statues of George Washington to the architecture of Thomas Jefferson." Episode one titled "The Republic of Virtue" part 1 of 5 10:48; part 2 of 5 10:54; part 3 of 5 10:57; part 4 of 5 10:58; part 5 of 5 10:57
• The Promised Land "Explores ways that religion had a fundamental impact on the shaping of American culture. From the Spanish missions in New Mexico to the Puritan churches of New England, a new American culture emerges through architecture and portraiture." Episode two titled "The Promised Land" part 1 of 6 10:41; part 2 of 6 8:37; part 3 of 6 8:59; part 4 of 6 10:42; part 5 of 6 9:31; part 6 of 6 6:35
• The Wilderness and the West "Travels from Yellowstone to the Hudson Valley via works of artists Albert Bierstadt (1830--1902), John James Audubon (1785--1851), Frederic Church (1826--1900), Frederic Remington (1861--1909), and Thomas Cole (1801--1848)." Episode three titled "The Wilderness and the West" covering The US West, Manifest Destiny, and national identity part 1 of 6 10:46; part 2 of 6 10:37; part 3 of 6 9:36; part 4 of 6 9:09; part 5 of 6 7:29; part 6 of 6 7:25
• The Gilded Age "Reveals widely different experiences of the American Dream through images of the Brooklyn Bridge, photographs of the Civil War, portraiture, and impressionist and realist paintings." Episode four titled "The Gilded Age" part 1 of 5 10:57; part 2 of 5 10:57; part 3 of 5 10:55; part 4 of 5 10:57; part 5 of 5 10:58
• A Wave from the Atlantic "Describes the impact of the waves of immigrants in the early-20th century. Follows the development of the socially conscious art circle called the Ashcan School, the historic 1913 Armory Show, and the artists who forged a modernism that is uniquely American" Episode five titled "A Wave from the Atlantic" part 1 of 5; 10:54; part 2 of 5 9:40 part 3 of 5 10:58; part 4 of 5 10:58; part 5 of 5 10:57
• Streamlines and Breadlines "Compares the mythic images of the 1920s and 30s, as urban as the skyscrapers rising up in New York and as rural as the heartland realized by regionalist painters like Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)." Episode six titled "Streamlines and Breadlines" part 1 of 5 10:57; part 2 of 5 10:58; part 3 of 5 10:57; part 4 of 5 10:58; part 5 of 5 10:58
• The Empire of Signs "Details how America's power becomes unrivaled in the post-war era, and how artists of the period make an explosive break with the past. Considers the impact of Hiroshima on art, traces the development of abstract expressionism and the life of Jackson Pollock, and explores how artists as different as James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, and Jasper Johns reacted to the new consumer culture." Episode seven titled "The Empire of Signs" part 1 of 5 10:57; part 2 of 5 10:57; part 3 of 5 10:58; part 4 of 5 10:58; part 5 of 5 10:58
• The Age of Anxiety" "Explores how American art reflects the upheavals of the last twenty-five years, from the evolution of abstract art to minimalism. The program also considers the spiritual richness of earth works, in which nature is the artist's medium." Description source: Amon Carter Museum Teacher Resource Center. Episode eight titled "The Age of Anxiety" part 1 of 5 10:55; part 2 of 5 10:52; part 3 of 5 10:50; part 4 of 5 10:55; part 5 of 5 10:57

Behindtheglass.org presents Behind the Glass: The Cincinnati Art Museum with several video clips featuring members of the staff of the Cincinnati Art Museum explaining their positions, including Glenn Markoe, Curator of Classical and Near Eastern Art, Jay Brennan Pattison, Associate Registrar, and Fred Wallace, Associate Conservator. Accessed May, 2015.

Bellevue Art Museum web site contained a Media Library page which, as of 11/15/10, contained a menu of audio and video presentations including material relating to past exhibitions. [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Blip.tv presents Ron Mueck, filmed during Ron Mueck's residency at The National Gallery, London. The exhibition Ron Mueck was on view at the Brooklyn Museum, November 3, 2006-February 4, 2007. Video courtesy of The National Gallery, London. (Link found expired as of 7/6/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL) Another video on sculpture is titled Community Artist: Dan Gerhart which was produced, from start to finish, within a 4-day workshop by new filmmakers at FilmTreks.com.

Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery presents:

• a YouTube online video (04:33) on the art of Alexander Dzigurski (1911 - 1995). The gallery states that "Originally produced in the 1970's as a 16 mm film, "Palette and Symphony" shows Alexander Dzigurski painting locales in the western U.S.."
• a YouTube online video (05:24) on the art of Benigino Yamero Ruiz (1880 - 1929). The gallery states that the video was "...posted on YouTube.com by CaliforniaPeruLive.com, an organization of the American Peruvian community. I was asked to make some impromptu comments about our Ruiz paintings." Accessed May, 2015.

Booth Western Art Museum presents Bonnie Adams interview with Seth Hopkins [7:20] Accessed Jiune, 2015.

The WGBH/Boston Forum Network is an audio and video streaming web site dedicated to curating and serving live and on-demand lectures, including a number of videos on Art and Architecture. Partners include a number of museums, colleges, universities and other cultural organizations. See listings of related videos in this catalogue indexed by partner name. Boston Athenaeum partnered with the WGBH Forum Network for a series of lectures on American art by David Dearinger, who is Susan Morse Hilles Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Boston Athenaeum. An art historian and curator, he received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, with a specialty in nineteenth-century American art. Titles include:

• Sculptors and Their Patrons at Mount Auburn, 1820-1870 (47 minutes). David Dearinger discusses the American NeoClassic sculptors and their patrons that are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. [March 1, 2007]
• Life Drawing in 19th Century America, (55 minutes) an illustrated lecture by Elliot Bostwick Davis, John Cabot Chair, Museum of Fine Arts, compares Darwin's evolutionary theory to the style of life drawing taught in Boston and New York by William Rimmer (1816-1879). [February 24, 2005]
• Hudson River School of American Landscape Painting, (1 hour, 11 minutes) a general introduction to the famous Hudson River School of American landscape painting. [March 29, 2005]
• The Academy and Art in America, (1 hour, 5 minutes) a lecture about the role of the formal art academy in the development of American art and art criticism. [March 24, 2005]
• Seen But Not Heard: Images of Children in American Art (1 hour, 27 minutes) uses nineteenth and early twentieth-century American art to illustrate perceptions of childhood. [November 30, 2004]
• Marmorean Affair: Neoclassic Sculptors and Boston (1 hour, 6 minutes) reveals the Bostonian obsession with neoclassical sculpture from the 1820s through the 1860s. [May 6, 2004]

and also from the Boston Athenaeum:

• Familar Faces: Gilbert Stuart's George & Martha Washington (53 minutes) is an illustrated lecture by Ellen Miles, curator, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian in which she "... discusses Gilbert Stuart's creation in 1796 of his very familiar life portrait of George Washington, together with its companion portrait of Martha Washington, often known as the 'Athenaeum portraits' because they were owned by the Boston Athenaeum for more than 150 years. Ellen Miles describes the relationship between the Washingtons and the artist, the reason for the incomplete composition of the two portraits, and the immediate and lasting success of the portrait of the President, in contrast to the relative obscurity of the portrait of Martha Washington."
• The White House: A Pop-Up Book (38 minutes) is a lecture by Chuck Fischer, pop-up book artist. Chuck Fischer is one of the most talented and sought-after artists in America today and is the author and illustrator of the acclaimed Great American Houses and Gardens: A Pop-Up Book and Wallcoverings: Applying the Language of Color and Pattern, both published by Universe. His wallcovering and fabric designs are in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and he has recently been a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. [March 22, 2005]
• Life Drawing in 19th Century America, (55 minutes) an illustrated lecture by Elliot Bostwick Davis, John Cabot Chair, Museum of Fine Arts, compares Darwin's evolutionary theory to the style of life drawing taught in Boston and New York by William Rimmer (1816-1879). [February 24, 2005]

Banjo-Wielding Women (56 minutes) is a lecture by Leo G. Mazow, curator, American Art, Palmer Museum of Art, who discusses the many female banjoists that appear in myriad American paintings, photographs, illustrations, and advertisements through history. [September 19, 2006]

Accessed May, 2015.

The WGBH/Boston Forum Network is an audio and video streaming web site dedicated to curating and serving live and on-demand lectures, including a number of videos on Art and Architecture. Partners include a number of museums, colleges, universities and other cultural organizations. See listings of related videos in this catalogue indexed by partner name. Boston College partnered with the WGBH Forum Network for: Religious Imagery in Navajo Textiles (1 hour, 11 minutes) a lecture by Rebecca Valette, professor, french, Boston College, who explains that seemingly abstract Navajo designs are, in fact, religious symbols imbued with specific meanings. [November 7, 2002] Accessed May, 2015.

Boston University presented a 3-minute video "Musée des Beaux Arts" on June 14, 2000. Painter Susan Hambleton of New York, NY reads a poem by W. H. Auden in this video. Part of the Favorite Poem Archive recently presented by Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate and Professor of English at Boston University Accessed May, 2015.

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See artist-instructor John A. Parks' 3-part plein air demonstration from MyAmericanArtist.com. Part 1, (16:36) This installment focuses on the underpainting. Part 2 (17:08) Parks begins adding color to his painting in this installment. Part 3 (24:02) The final installment of artist-instructor John A. Parks' plein air demonstration. Posted Oct. 22, 2007.

In "Purchase Street, Rye, New York" posted Oct 24, 2007 (1:08) viewers see a plein air demonstration of Nestor Mandalengoitia painting on the streets of Rye, New York..

Also see a Jan 9, 2007 video tribute to Gordon Parks (5:45)

[Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Brooklyn Museum presents two videos in connection with John Singer Sargent Watercolors, held April 5 - July 28, 2013. Artist Monika de Vries Gohlke investigates Sargent's techniques. Conservator Toni Owen answers visitor questions about Sargent's technique. Information for some other past museums also include videos. Accessed May, 2015.

Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection, an exhibit held September 14, 2007 - January 17, 2008 at the Brooklyn Museum. From the Brooklyn Museum website which includes a video for which the museum says "Curator Terry Carbone and Paper Conservator Rachel Danzing discuss the process of conserving the works featured in the exhibition Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection. This tour took place at the Museum on November 18, 2007." Accessed August, 2015.

Charles Harold Davis (1856-1933): Mystic Impressionist, an exhibit held September 26, 2015 - January 3, 2016 at the Bruce Museum. The musuem created a website for the exhibit. The site includes several sections including a video of a 49-minute curator's talk by Dr. Valerie Anne Leeds and a 7-part audio tour by Mia Laufer. Accessed January, 2016.

An Interview with Wolf Kahn, Feb 17, 2011, from Burning Oak Studios. Accessed August, 2015.

The Butler Art Institute featured a video library page on its website. As of September, 2009 the page offers four videos of illustrator Bill Dotsun at work. [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

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