American Art Online Videos

a catalogue of online lectures and conversations with artists, scholars and others

with content focusing on representational art presented free of charge

Earl Erik Heikka, Sculptor of the American West is a documentary presented in two parts on the sculptor's life and art produced by the Heikka Art Foundry in 1978. Filmed and directed by Dan Agulian, written and narrated by Mike C. Heikka, shot on locations in California, Colorado, Montana and New York [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Earthflix is an online network based on the Monterey Peninsula in California. Small standard definition movies -- such as those below -- are from Endorphin Productions. Endorphin Productions merged with Earth Flix Inc. and now Earthflix.com represents all the media from both sites.

• Curator Deborah Epstein Solon narrates a video on the exhibition "In and Out of California, Travels of American Impressionists" held at the Monterey Museum of Art and the Laguna Art Museum. [4 minutes, 41 seconds]
• In another video, artist David Ligare speaks about his exhibit, "Viewpoint: The Pastures of Heaven," held at the Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California. In this 2-part video Ligare explains how his works are inspired by Steinbeck's books. [part 1: 3 minutes, 26 seconds; part 2: 3 minutes, 22 seconds]
• A 2-part video covers the art of Wah Chang during his animation career in Hollywood. [part 1: 3 minutes, 18 seconds; part 2: 4 minutes, 54 seconds]
• A 3-part video covers the art of Cartoonists of Carmel. Dennis Renault, retired Sacramento Bee political cartoonist, Robert Blaisdell, retired filmmaker, Eldon Dedini, a cartoonist who's work has been in The New Yorker and Playboy, Roy Gillian, mystery writer, Gus Arriola, creator of the strip "Gordo", and Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace, sat down for coffee and conversation. [part 1: 3 minutes, 50 seconds; part 2: 2 minutes, 22 seconds; 2 minutes, 1 second]
• In a 4-part video Grace Slick talks with Bill Phillips about various aspects of her art; how she begins a piece, how she arrives at a particular style, and her choice of materials. [part 1: 4 minutes, 5 seconds; part 2: 4 minutes, 23 seconds; part 3: 3 minutes, 42 seconds; part 4: 4 minutes, 10 seconds]
• A 2-part video taped at a Carmel, CA art gallery reviews the art of Grace Slick, the lead singer with Jefferson Airplane. [part 1: 3 minutes, 38 seconds; part 2: 2 minutes, 16 seconds]

Accessed May, 2015.

The Eiteljorg Museum Exhibitions page contained a brief video introducing visitors to the museum. The Eiteljorg Museum is the only museum in the Midwest to combine Western art and Native American art and artifacts. Also see Seth Hancock's Doing Indy Episode 38 filmed November 22, 2006, which is a 5 minute tour of the Eiteljorg Museum from indy.org shown on YouTube. [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

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• American Representational Art links to dozens of topics in American Representational Art
• Audio Online a catalogue of online streaming audio recordings
• Collections of Historic American Art notable private collections
• Distinguished Artists a national registry of historic artists
• Geographic Tour of American Representational Art History a catalogue of articles and essays that describe the evolution of American art from the inception of the United States to WWII.
• Illustrated Audio Online streaming online narrated slide shows
• Articles and Essays Online substantive texts published outside of Resource Library
• Videos Online a comprehensive catalogue of online full motion videos streamed free to viewers
• Videos an authoritative guide to videos in VHS and DVD format
• Books sampler of general reference books published on paper
• Interactive media media in CD-ROM format
• Magazines a comprehensive list of paper-published magazines and journals

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