RHEA: COMING UP:

AN ARTWORKS SPECIAL...

THE 2016 BAKER ARTIST AWARDS!

FIND OUT WHO WON.

NEXT.

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RHEA: WELCOME TO THE 2016 BAKER

ARTIST AWARDS.

NOW THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION

OF ARTWORKS AND IT'S AN MPT

EXCLUSIVE!

I'M YOUR HOST,

RHEA FEIKIN.

EVERY YEAR WE ANNOUNCE THE

WINNERS OF THE PRESTIGIOUS

BAKER ARTIST AWARDS

AND TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!

THE AWARD WINNERS ARE CHOSEN BY

AN INDEPENDENT JURY FROM

HUNDREDS OF AREA ARTISTS WHO

POST THEIR WORK AT THE BAKER

ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE.

THIS ONLINE GALLERY OF AREA

TALENT IS VISITED BY HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF VIEWERS AROUND

THE WHOLE WORLD.

AND THIS YEAR,

FIVE OUTSTANDING ARTISTS WERE

SELECTED TO RECEIVE A TOTAL OF

$85,000 IN BAKER ARTIST PRIZES.

BUT, BEFORE WE REVEAL THEIR

IDENTITIES,

LET'S JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK

AT LAST YEAR'S THREE MARY

SAWYERS BAKER PRIZE WINNERS.

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REALLY EVERYTHING I DO

STEMS FROM CURIOSITY.

EITHER SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN

INTERESTED IN TRYING,

AND THEN I TRY IT AND WANT TO

LEARN AS MUCH ABOUT THE

INTRICACIES OF IT AS POSSIBLE.

OR JUST,

I THINK MAYBE DIVE IN A LITTLE

BIT DEEPER INTO THINGS THAT I

ALREADY DO,

ALREADY KNOW VERY WELL.

WINNING THE BAKER AWARD WAS

REALLY HUGE FOR ME.

IT'S ALLOWED ME TO SHARE MY WORK

WITH A WHOLE NEW AUDIENCE.

FINANCIALLY IT'S ALLOWED ME TO

INVEST IN MYSELF AS AN ARTIST.

I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME NEW

EQUIPMENT FOR MY STUDIO.

SO ULTIMATELY THE BAKER AWARD

HAS IN MANY RESPECTS SET ME UP

FOR THE NEXT STAGE OF MY CAREER.

ERIC DYER: I'M ERIC DYER AND

I'M AN ARTIST, FILMMAKER,

ANIMATOR, AND I TEACH ANIMATION

AT UMBC.

I THINK I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN

INNOVATION AND FINDING NEW

DEFINITIONS OF ANIMATION.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IMMERSIVE

ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE PUBLIC

FINDS THEMSELVES WITHIN THE

SPACE OF THE ANIMATION.

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK

AT THIS LARGER SCALE,

THAT MEANS MORE MONEY,

MORE RESOURCES, MORE EXPENSE.

AND THE BAKER AWARD HAS MEANT

FREEDOM IN TRYING TO CREATE SOME

OF THESE LARGER WORKS.

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PAUL RUCKER: I THINK MY ROLE AS

AN ARTIST IS TO MAKE THE UNSEEN

SEEN.

OR AT LEAST BE VISIBLE IN A

DIFFERENT WAY.

BEING SOME KIND OF CATALYST FOR

CONVERSATION.

WHEN I WALKED INTO THE BALTIMORE

MUSEUM OF ART FOR THE BAKER SHOW

I FELT REALLY PROUD THAT THE

WORK WAS IN AN INSTITUTION SUCH

AS THIS MAJOR MUSEUM.

I THINK IT WAS A GREAT

OPPORTUNITY FOR AUDIENCES TO SEE

A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ART THAN

THEY WOULD NORMALLY SEE YOU KNOW

WHEN THEY WENT TO THE MUSEUM.

SO I WAS VERY PROUD THAT IT WAS

IN AN INSTITUTION WHERE IT WAS

GOING TO BE SEEN BY MORE FOLKS

THAN NORMAL.

RHEA: CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN

TO THESE REMARKABLE ARTISTS!

WITH ME NOW TO PROVIDE MORE

BACKGROUND ON THE BAKER ARTIST

AWARDS IS A MAJOR FORCE IN OUR

CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

THE BAKER ARTIST AWARDS AND THE

BAKER ARTIST PORTFOLIO SITE ARE

PROGRAMS OF THE GREATER

BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE.

AND SO I AM REALLY DELIGHTED TO

WELCOME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

JEANNIE HOWE.

JEANNIE HOWE: THANK YOU, RHEA.

ARTIST AWARDS ARE REALLY A MAJOR

CATALYST IN OUR WHOLE AREA'S

CULTURAL MAKEUP,

BUT THE AWARDS THIS YEAR HAVE A

SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION

DON'T THEY?

JEANNIE: THEY DO, THEY DO.

UM WHAT HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR

WAS AN EFFORT TO THINK ABOUT

WHAT MIGHT BE GOSH THEY'VE BEEN

REALLY IMPORTANT AWARDS,

BUT WHAT MIGHT REALLY BE

TRANSFORMATIONAL.

SO THE AWARDS STRUCTURE CHANGED.

SO WE HAVE ONE $50,000 AWARD.

WE HAVE A $20,000 AWARD

AND WE HAVE THREE $5,000.

SO THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.

AND WHAT HASN'T CHANGED IS THAT

WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS FROM

ALL OVER THE THE REGION WHO ARE

PUTTING THEIR WORK UP ON THE

SITE.

IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM

TO BE SEEN BY FOLKS ALL OVER THE

WORLD AS YOU SAID.

RHEA: IT'S REALLY MAJOR.

OBVIOUSLY THE MONETARY AWARDS

ARE REALLY WONDERFUL AND

BENEFICIAL,

BUT THERE'RE REALLY ARE OTHER

BENEFITS FOR THE ARTISTS, RIGHT?

JEANNIE: OH MY GOSH, YES.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE WONDERFUL

OPPORTUNITIES LIKE BEING ON

MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION,

AND UH THERE IS AN EXHIBITION AT

THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART.

THE SITE IS ALSO USED BY

CURATORS AND THEY LOOK AT THE

SITE TO CURATE SHOWS.

ARTISTS GET INTRODUCED TO OTHER

ARTISTS THROUGH THE SITE AND

FORM COLLABORATIONS.

WE SEE THIS HAPPENING QUITE A

BIT.

AND UM THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM

MAJOR INSTITUTIONS AND

BUSINESSES FROM AROUND THE

COUNTRY WHO ARE ALSO LOOKING AT

THE SITE, LOOKING FOR TALENT,

AND REALLY GETTING A SENSE OF

WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS AREA.

RHEA: JEANNIE ART IS ALWAYS

IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY,

BUT PROBABLY NOW IT'S SO

IMPORTANT TO THE BALTIMORE AREA,

DON'T YOU THINK?

JEANNIE: IT REALLY IS.

IT'S ONE OF OUR STRONGEST

ASSETS.

IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE

SHINE IN THE GREATER,

ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

BUT ALSO IN A MOMENT WHEN WE'RE

REALLY NEEDING TO THINK DEEPLY

ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE

RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER IT CREATES

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCOURSE

THAT'S REALLY REALLY DESPERATELY

NEEDED IN THESE TIMES.

RHEA: WELL JEANNIE THANK YOU

SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

YOU DO JUST A MAGNIFICENT JOB.

JEANNIE: THANK YOU RHEA.

RHEA: AND NOW IT'S TIME TO

ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE

$5,000 BAKER ARTIST AWARDS.

AND THERE ARE THREE:

FIRST,

THE SEMMES G. WALSH AWARD,

WHICH GOES TO VISUAL ARTIST AND

MUSICIAN BILL SCHMIDT.

HE'S AS GIFTED WITH A PAINTBRUSH

AS HE IS WITH THE BANJO.

NEXT, THE NANCY HARAGAN AWARD,

WHICH GOES TO INDEPENDENT

FILMMAKER MATTHEW PORTERFIELD,

WRITER, DIRECTOR OF THREE

ACCLAIMED FEATURE FILMS ALL SET

IN BALTIMORE.

AND MATT'S FOURTH SHORT FILM,

"TAKE WHAT YOU CAN CARRY,

" RECENTLY PREMIERED AT THE

BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM

FESTIVAL.

AND FINALLY,

THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD,

WHICH GOES TO

DANCER/CHOREOGRAPHER

NAOKO MAESHIBA HER WORK IS

INTENSELY PERSONAL...

AUTHENTIC...

AND IMPROVISATIONAL.

HERE'S A SHORT PROFILE OF EACH:

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BILL SCHMIDT: WHEN I'M OUT AND

ABOUT I NOTICE PATTERN,

I NOTICE STRUCTURE,

I NOTICE COLOR RELATIONSHIPS.

ALL THE LITTLE COMPONENTS OF

EACH PAINTING HAS THEIR OWN

INTERNAL LOGIC AND I REALIZE

THAT MY JOB IS TO GET THOSE

PLAYERS TOGETHER AND TO ACHIEVE

SOME KIND OF,

IF NOT EQUILIBRIUM,

A KIND OF STAND-OFF WHERE

THEY'RE SORT OF HELD IN PLACE

FOR A MOMENT.

THEY'RE MADE WITH GOUACHE WHICH

IS AN OPAQUE WATERCOLOR.

UH A VERY OLD TRADITIONAL

MEDIUM.

THE PAINTINGS WIND UP BEING VERY

DIFFERENT FROM WHERE THEY

STARTED OUT.

THEY CHANGE DRAMATICALLY -

RECTANGLE ARE ROTATED AND

INVERTED,

AND WHAT WAS THE TOP COULD BE

THE BOTTOM ULTIMATELY.

GETTING ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS

CAN BE,

IT CAN BE KIND OF MESMERIZING,

TRANCE INDUCING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF FORMAL

CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UH THE MUSIC

THAT I PLAY AND THE PAINTINGS

THAT I MAKE.

IF YOU HAVE A FIDDLE,

BANJO AND GUITAR THE MUSIC IS

VERY LAYERED, VERY INTRICATE.

AND I FEEL THAT MY PAINTINGS ARE

FULL OF ALL THOSE THINGS.

HOW DO I KNOW WHEN A PAINTING IS

FINISHED?

HOW DOES ANY ARTIST KNOW?

MATT PORTERFIELD: ON A THURSDAY

AFTERNOON,

I'M UH SCOUTING LOCATIONS FOR A

FILM I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THIS

SUMMER.

WE'RE SHOOTING IN DUNDALK.

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DUNDALK FOR ME IS A PLACE THAT

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO TELL A

STORY BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF

REMOVED FROM THE CITY PROPER

ANNEX IF YOU WILL.

ON THE EDGE OF THE LAND.

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BALTIMORE IS A CITY OF

NEIGHBORHOODS AND EACH

NEIGHBORHOOD IS A DISTINCT

CHARACTER.

IT'S ALSO A STRATIFIED CITY

ALONG LINES OF RACE AND CLASS.

AND PAINTING A PORTRAIT OF A

DISTINCT NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY

CRUCIAL TO ME.

"HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO

CALIFORNIA?

NO!

IT'S DIFFERENT!

PLACE CAN TELL US A LOT ABOUT

CHARACTER.

...I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY FAMILY.

I DON'T LIKE TRUST LANGUAGE SO

MUCH SO I'M ALWAYS THINKING OF

WAYS TO EXPLORE CHARACTER

THROUGH MEANS OTHER THAN WORDS

OR DIALOGUE;

HOW THEY CARRY THEMSELVES,

THE CHOICES THEY MAKE,

BUT ALSO THE THINGS THAT THEY

SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH THE

PHYSICAL OBJECTS.

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I'M AS INTERESTED, I THINK,

IN EVERYTHING INSIDE THE FRAME

AS EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE

FRAME.

YOU KNOW YOU SET YOUR FRAME IT

LIMITS THE WORLD.

I HOPE MY AUDIENCES ARE THINKING

ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEYOND

THOSE BORDERS.

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NAOKO MAESHIBA: YES,

THE CREATIVE PROCESS IS I'M

ALWAYS IN PROCESS.

PERFORMANCE IT HAS A SHAPE,

A CERTAIN CONTOUR.

IN THIS FORM,

I CAN LEARN HOW TO APPROACH

MYSELF.

I TEND TO RESEARCH EVERYDAY

LIFE, WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS,

OR WHAT I SAW,

AND THAT ALL BECOMES A PART OF

THE MATERIAL.

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I'M A VESSEL THAT'S ACTIVATING

ALL THESE THINGS THAT I COME IN

CONTACT WITH.

WHAT I'M AIMING FOR IS MY LIFE

AND ART THERE IS NO BOUNDARY.

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I'M IMPROVISING ALL THE TIME.

THERE'S NOTHING SET REALLY.

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IT'S NEVER FINISHED.

IN FACT, WHEN YOU PRESENT IT,

IT'S A BEGINNING.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS A BEGINNING.

BEGINNING, GOING GOING AGAIN,

THEN THERE'S A BEGINNING GOING

GOING, A BEGINNING.

THERE'S ALWAYS BEGINNING.

RHEA: EACH OF THESE ARTISTS HAS

SUCH A UNIQUE VISION,

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

AND NOW I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE

THE WINNER OF THE $20,000

MARY SAWYERS BAKER PRIZE.

WRITER JEN GROW IS FICTION

EDITOR OF THE LITTLE PATUXENT

REVIEW.

HER WORK HAS APPEARED IN DOZENS

OF PUBLICATIONS AND SHE'S THE

RECIPIENT OF MANY AWARDS,

INCLUDING A RUBY ARTIST PROJECT

GRANT AND THE DZANC AWARD FOR

HER FIRST STORY COLLECTION.

WE'RE GONNA MEET JEN IN

A MOMENT,

BUT FIRST,

HERE'S A PROFILE OF THIS

PASSIONATE ARTIST.

JEN GROW: I LIKE TO THINK THAT

SOME PART OF CHEKOV IS HELPING

ME OUT.

WRITING IS BOTH EASY AS

DIFFICULT FOR ME.

WHEN IT'S FLOWING, I LOVE IT.

IT'S JUST GOLDEN.

IT ALL COMES OUT IN A PIECE.

AND THEN WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT,

I JUST HAVE TO CHIP AWAY AT

EVERY WORD, EVERY PARAGRAPH.

BUT I LIKE IT BOTH WHEN IT IS

EASY AND HARD.

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THERE ARE PLOT-DRIVEN STORIES

AND THERE ARE CHARACTER-DRIVEN

STORIES,

AND I'M REALLY ALWAYS DRAWN TO

CHARACTER DRIVEN STORIES OR

THAT'S THE KIND I WRITE ANYWAY

BECAUSE I'M REALLY...

SOMEBODY SAID THIS THE

OTHER NIGHT.

THEY SAID, "OH, YOU'RE AN

INTROVERTED ACTRESS."

[LAUGHS]

AND THAT SORT OF

WHAT WRITING IS FOR ME.

I INHABIT DIFFERENT CHARACTERS

AND I WANT TO FEEL WHAT THEY

FEEL.

I WANT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY

EXPERIENCE.

YOU KNOW,

I REALLY DROP INTO A STORY FROM

THE PLACE OF EMOTION.

I THINK THE STORY IS IN THE

MOMENT.

I THINK THAT I'M REALLY

INTERESTED IN THE VERY SMALL

MOMENTS THAT LIVES TURN ON.

THE SMALL INSTANCES THAT ARE

ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE.

I DO SURPRISE MYSELF WHEN I'M

WRITING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I

CAN'T KNOW ALL OF THE NUANCES OF

A STORY BEFORE I EVEN START.

THEY SORT OF REVEAL THEMSELVES

AS I'M GOING.

AND I MIGHT HAVE SENTENCE AND I

THINK, "OH, THAT SENTENCE ISN'T

QUITE COMPLETE."

SO I DIG DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND I

FIND THESE RUBIES UNDERNEATH

THAT, YOU KNOW,

I DIDN'T KNOW WERE THERE.

WRITING IS LIKE A CONSTANT STATE

OF REVELATION.

THINGS ARE ALWAYS BEING

REVEALED, AND IDEAS, METAPHORS,

IMAGES - THINGS THAT I CAN'T

INTELLECTUALLY KNOW BEFORE I

EVEN START.

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I WRITE FOR MY OWN PEACE OF

MIND.

I WRITE TO CONSTANTLY DISCOVER

NEW THINGS ABOUT MYSELF AND

ABOUT OTHERS.

BUT REALLY, IF I DON'T WRITE,

I'M VERY UNHAPPY.

IT IS,

IT HAS A DEFINITE EFFECT ON

MY MOOD AND MY OUTLOOK.

AND SO I NEED TO WRITE.

IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT I WRITE

JUST TO KIND OF GET ALONG IN THE

WORLD.

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RHEA: JEN CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU KNOW WRITING SEEMS TO BE

SUCH A SOLO ENDEAVOR.

HOW DO YOU STAY FOCUSED?

JEN GROW: WHEN I SORT OF DROP

INTO THE WORLD OF OF THAT I'M

CREATING IT IS A LOT OF FUN.

IT JUST KINDA DRAWS ME IN.

IT MAKES THE SENTENCES,

THE IDEAS,

IT JUST I WANT TO KEEP DIGGING

UNTIL I CAN FIND WHAT IT IS I'M

AFTER.

RHEA: YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT

JUST OPENED UP MY EYES TO WHAT

BEING A WRITER IS ALL ABOUT.

YOU SAID YOU WERE AN

INTROVERTED ACTRESS.

JEN: YEAH.

RHEA: SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO

THINK THE THOUGHTS AND GET INTO

CHARACTER OF ALL THE PEOPLE

YOU'RE WRITING ABOUT.

JEN: I DO.

I INHABIT THEM.

UM, THEY, AN IDEA COMES TO ME,

AN EMOTION,

SOMETHING I WANT TO EXPLORE AND

I THINK WHAT CHARACTER WHAT

WOULD THEY BE THINKING,

WHAT WOULD THEY BE SAYING AND I

HAVE TO KIND OF DIVE INTO THEIR

THEIR MINDS.

YOU KNOW IF THEY WERE REAL.

AND SO I SORT OF ACT IT OUT ON

THE PAGE AS I'M WRITING.

RHEA: WELL THAT MAKES SO MUCH

SENSE TO ME.

AND I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU REALLY

ACT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

JEN: I'M NOT SURE.

RHEA: WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF

THIS AWARD, WHAT IS IT FOR YOU?

JEN: UH WELL FIRST AND

FOREMOST IT'S A LOT OF

VALIDATION.

UM BECAUSE WRITING IS SUCH A

SOLITARY PURSUIT.

SOMETIMES YOU'RE WRITING AND YOU

THINK IS ANYBODY GOING TO READ

THIS?

DO THEY WANT TO READ THIS?

AND SO IT REALLY IS A GREAT

VALIDATION.

BUT BESIDES THAT IT REALLY

ALLOWS ME THE TIME AND THE SPACE

TO TAKE ON MY OWN TAKE

SELF-DIRECTED RETREATS AND JUST

YOU KNOW DISAPPEAR IN A ROOM FOR

A WEEKEND,

FOR A WEEK AND JUST WRITE.

AND SO THAT IS REALLY A GREAT

BENEFIT OF THIS.

RHEA: AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS...

JEN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

RHEA: YOU ARE AN AMAZING ARTIST.

JEN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

RHEA: FINALLY, IT IS TIME TO

ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF THE

$50,000 MARY SAWYERS

IMBODEN PRIZE.

NOW THIS IS A MAJOR AWARD.

AND IT GOES TO A MAJOR ARTIST,

BORN IN BALTIMORE AND WHOSE

WHOLE LIFE IS A WORK OF ART.

HER CREATIVITY DEFIES ANY

SINGLE CLASSIFICATION:

PRINTMAKER,

FIBER ART,

SCULPTURE,

BEAD AND GLASSWORK,

PERFORMANCE ART.

AND WHATEVER THE MEDIUM,

HER WORK IS INFUSED WITH SHARP

WIT AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY.

IN A MOMENT,

YOU WILL MEET JOYCE J. SCOTT

BUT FIRST,

THIS INTRODUCTION:

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*"I'M NOT SURE I EVER REALLY
BREATHED BEFORE..."*

JOYCE J SCOTT: TO LIVE A

CREATIVE AND FULFILLED LIFE

MEANS THAT YOU ARE NOT THROTTLED

BY THE RULES THAT PEOPLE

PUT AROUND YOU.

IT REALLY MEANS THAT ARTISTS

HAVE THE ABILITY GENERALLY TO

INSINUATE THEMSELVES INTO

CIRCUMSTANCES,

AND MOLD IT AND MODEL IT AND

PLAY WITH IT,

IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY FREES AND

ENLIGHTENS THEMSELVES,

BUT EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND THEM.

FREEDOM IS AN AMAZING GIFT.

IN A WORLD SOMETIMES WHERE

FREEDOM IS A HARD THING TO HAVE.

WELL I HAVE MANY GENERATIONS OF

CRAFT ARTISTS ON MY MOTHER'S

SIDE.

AND LOTS OF QUILTERS ON MY

FATHER'S SIDE.

AND PERFORMERS AS WELL.

I LIVED IN A HOUSE OF

CREATIVITY.

MY MOTHER ELIZABETH CALDWELL

TALFORD SCOTT IS A NATIONALLY

KNOWN QUILTER/FIBER ARTIST

ALTHOUGH SHE PASSED AWAY AT 95,

5 YEARS AGO.

SO I STARTED AS A FIBER ARTIST

AT MY MOTHER'S KNEE.

MEANING I MADE FIGURES AND OTHER

THINGS OUT OF FABRICS.

AND I WAS A WEAVER FOR YEARS.

I CHOOSE TO WORK IN A VARIETY OF

MEDIUMS 'CAUSE I'M ANTSY.

I GET BORED IF NOT BORED,

I DON'T LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT I

CAN AND CANNOT DO BECAUSE I'M

BLACK, OR I'M A WOMAN OR I'M

OLD OR I'M TOO SOMETHING.

GLASS BECAME WHAT I WANTED TO DO

AND THE WAY I DID IT WAS TO USE

MY OLD TIMEY TECHNIQUE WHICH WAS

BEADWORK.

OKAY, SO THE BIG QUESTION IS WHY

GLASS?

IT'S THAT ELECTRICITY,

IT'S THAT NEED,

IT'S THAT ENERGY,

IT'S THAT EXCITEMENT.

IT'S THE OLD, OLD, OLD MATERIAL.

I'M PLAYING WITH HISTORY AND I'M

HOPING TO INFUSE IT WITH SOME OF

ME.

I'M HOPING TO NOT CHANGE IT,

BUT JUST TO PUT A NEW TWIST ON

IT.

AND IT IS THAT TRANSLUCENCY.

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I'VE TRAVELED ALL AROUND

THE WORLD.

ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES

APPLYING MY TRADE AS AN ARTIST.

YOU KNOW I DON'T REALLY HAVE A

TRUE IDEA OF HOW MY ART'S GONNA

EVOLVE,

WHAT ROAD I'M GOING DOWN.

I'VE BEEN WRITING A LITTLE BIT

MORE, SINGING A LOT MORE.

BUT I'M BACK TO THE OLD WAYS OF

JUST NEEDLE,

THREAD AND BEADWORK AND BOY AM I

LOVING THAT.

SO IT MIGHT BE THAT KIND OF

CIRCLE THAT HAPPENS WHERE ALL

THE EXPERIMENTATION,

ALL THE ROADS YOU WALK DOWN,

ALL THE PEOPLE YOU MEET LEADS

YOU BACK TO THIS PURE ACT OF

JUST STITCHING.

SOMETIMES I PONDER ABOUT WHAT IT

IS TO BE AN ARTIST IN THIS

COMMUNITY AND IN THIS CITY THAT

CAN BE SO TROUBLED.

WELL, I'M ONE WHO BELIEVES YOU

HAVE TO STAY WHERE THE FIGHT IS.

I MEAN THAT I DON'T THINK THINGS

WILL GET BETTER IF I MOVE AWAY.

I THINK ONE OF THE STRONGEST

ENVIRONMENT,

ESPECIALLY FOR AFRICAN

AMERICANS,

EVEN THOUGH IT EXISTED BECAUSE

OF SEGREGATION,

WAS A REALLY FERTILE ENVIRONMENT

FILLED WITH PEOPLE OF ALL ILKS.

YOU ALL EXISTED AND KIDS COULD

ALL HAVE A HOPE.

THERE'S A REAL LOSS OF HOPE FOR

MANY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY

BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE OPTIONS.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT I'M HERE

BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO I LOVE MY

COMMUNITY,

I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THERE'S

SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BLOCK.

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ART IS POWERFUL.

IT'S EVEN HEALING FOR SOME.

PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT ART

IS EVERYTHING.

THE CLOTHING YOU WEAR,

THE SHOES,

THE CHAIRS YOU SIT ON,

THE UTENSILS,

THE COLOR OF YOUR ROOM,

IT'S EVERY DAY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USE.

IT IS PRACTICAL AND WHIMSICAL.

IT'S FUN AND SAD.

IT'S A LIE AND IT'S THE TRUTH.

IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING AND THAT'S

THE POWER OF IT.

THE POWER OF ART.

RHEA: JOYCE SCOTT YOU

ARE A ONE AND ONLY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

JOYCE SCOTT: THANK YOU RHEA,

RIGHT BACK AT YOU.

RHEA: SO IT'S CLEAR YOU REALLY

BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF ART.

JOYCE: YES.

I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE,

ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT'S

LASTED FROM THE BEGINNING OF

TIME SEEMINGLY.

PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING

EXPRESSIVE AND CREATIVE.

RHEA: SO YOU'VE GONE ALL

AROUND THE WORLD, UM,

HAVE YOU BEEN INFLUENCED IN YOUR

ART BY THESE OTHER CULTURES?

JOYCE: YES,

IT'S A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.

WE LIVE IN THE WEST,

HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO BUY PAINT

IN ANY HUE AND ANY KIND OF

MATERIALS,

BUT WHEN YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE WILL

TAKE A COAT HANGER,

AND SOME RUBBER AND PLASTIC AND

COME OUT WITH THIS MASTERPIECE

YOU REALLY REALIZE THE CREATIVE

FORCE AND HOW YOU CAN RETHINK

WHAT YOU DO.

RHEA: YOU ALSO ARE AN EDUCATOR.

SO IF WE HAVE SOME YOUNG ARTISTS

WHO ARE LISTENING,

WATCHING TODAY HOW CAN YOU HELP

THEM FIND THEIR VOICE?

JOYCE: THE THING THAT HAS HAS

ALWAYS KEPT ME VALIANT IS BEING

TRUE TO MYSELF.

AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IF I'M

LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE TO BE 75

YEARS,

I SHOULD FEEL THOSE 75 YEARS

WITH WHAT I FEEL IS THE BEST,

MOST BOMBASTIC,

DROP DEAD KICK BUTT ALIVE

EXISTENCE.

AND BEING TRUE TO MYSELF MEANS

THAT'S WHAT I'M RUNNING AFTER.

NOT WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE OKAY

LIFE TO LIVE.

BUT TO PUMP UP MY CREATIVITY SO

LOUDLY THAT I'M REINVIGORATED

EVERYDAY BY THAT AND THAT'S WHAT

I WOULD TELL ANY YOUNG PERSON TO

NOT BE DISSUADE BECAUSE IT'S NOT

EASY.

RHEA: VERY QUICKLY THE IMPACT

OF THIS AWARD FOR YOU?

JOYCE: IT'S GOING TO GIVE ME

THE ABILITY TO TAKE A TIME OUT

POSSIBLY.

TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME

BREATHING TIME AND TO TAKE CARE

OF THOSE THINGS THAT I HAVEN'T

DONE YET.

RHEA: JOYCE THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ENRICHING

ALL OF OUR LIVES.

JOYCE: THANK YOU AND THANKS TO

THE BAKER.

RHEA: ABSOLUTELY.

AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AND

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GIVE TO

THIS COMMUNITY.

JOYCE: THANK YOU RHEA.

RHEA: AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR

JOINING US FOR THE 2016 BAKER

ARTIST AWARDS.

WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE

WINNERS AND WE WANT TO URGE YOU

TO VISIT THE BAKER ARTIST

PORTFOLIO WEBSITE FOR MORE

BACKGROUND ON THESE AND HUNDREDS

OF OTHER ARTISTS.

WE THANK THE "WILLIAM G. BAKER,

JR. MEMORIAL FUND" AND THE

"GREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL

ALLIANCE" FOR THEIR GENEROUS

SUPPORT OF THE ARTS.

FOR MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION

AND "ARTWORKS",

I'M RHEA FEIKIN.

GOOD NIGHT!

WE'RE GONNA BE BACK NEXT WEEK.

CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE
POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY,

EMPOWERING THOSE WITH HEARING
AND SPEECH LOSE TO STAY

CONNECTED.

*I'M NOT SURE I EVER
REALLY BREATHED BEFORE.*

*LUNGS JUST FILLED WITH IT,
AIR JUST FULL OF IT.*

*IT CAN'T BE MUCH DIFFERENT
THAN IT WAS BEFORE.*

*AIRS JUST AIR,
I'M STILL ME.*

*BEFORE I DIDN'T BELIVE IN
LIFE...*