1 00:00:04,538 --> 00:00:05,305 RHEA: COMING UP: 2 00:00:05,405 --> 00:00:06,907 AN ARTWORKS SPECIAL... 3 00:00:07,007 --> 00:00:10,277 THE 2016 BAKER ARTIST AWARDS! 4 00:00:10,377 --> 00:00:11,512 FIND OUT WHO WON. 5 00:00:12,379 --> 00:00:13,113 NEXT. 6 00:00:13,213 --> 00:00:17,885 * 7 00:00:17,985 --> 00:00:21,088 CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY, 8 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:23,790 EMPOWERING THOSE WHO WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING OR SPEECH 9 00:00:23,891 --> 00:00:27,294 DISABLED TO STAY CONNECTED BY PHONE. 10 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:34,101 RHEA: WELCOME TO THE 2016 BAKER 11 00:00:34,201 --> 00:00:35,202 ARTIST AWARDS. 12 00:00:35,302 --> 00:00:36,703 NOW THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION 13 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:39,039 OF ARTWORKS AND IT'S AN MPT 14 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:40,240 EXCLUSIVE! 15 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:41,308 I'M YOUR HOST, 16 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:42,175 RHEA FEIKIN. 17 00:00:42,276 --> 00:00:43,810 EVERY YEAR WE ANNOUNCE THE 18 00:00:43,911 --> 00:00:45,579 WINNERS OF THE PRESTIGIOUS 19 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:47,147 BAKER ARTIST AWARDS 20 00:00:47,247 --> 00:00:49,416 AND TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! 21 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:51,818 THE AWARD WINNERS ARE CHOSEN BY 22 00:00:51,919 --> 00:00:53,720 AN INDEPENDENT JURY FROM 23 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:55,889 HUNDREDS OF AREA ARTISTS WHO 24 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:57,991 POST THEIR WORK AT THE BAKER 25 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:00,694 ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE. 26 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:02,963 THIS ONLINE GALLERY OF AREA 27 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:06,166 TALENT IS VISITED BY HUNDREDS OF 28 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:08,502 THOUSANDS OF VIEWERS AROUND 29 00:01:08,602 --> 00:01:09,803 THE WHOLE WORLD. 30 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,071 AND THIS YEAR, 31 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:13,941 FIVE OUTSTANDING ARTISTS WERE 32 00:01:14,041 --> 00:01:17,010 SELECTED TO RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 33 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:21,181 $85,000 IN BAKER ARTIST PRIZES. 34 00:01:21,281 --> 00:01:23,350 BUT, BEFORE WE REVEAL THEIR 35 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:24,718 IDENTITIES, 36 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:27,487 LET'S JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK 37 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:29,990 AT LAST YEAR'S THREE MARY 38 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:32,793 SAWYERS BAKER PRIZE WINNERS. 39 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:37,264 * 40 00:01:37,364 --> 00:01:38,265 REALLY EVERYTHING I DO 41 00:01:38,365 --> 00:01:41,001 STEMS FROM CURIOSITY. 42 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:41,768 EITHER SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN 43 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:43,036 INTERESTED IN TRYING, 44 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:44,871 AND THEN I TRY IT AND WANT TO 45 00:01:44,972 --> 00:01:46,773 LEARN AS MUCH ABOUT THE 46 00:01:46,873 --> 00:01:48,842 INTRICACIES OF IT AS POSSIBLE. 47 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:49,710 OR JUST, 48 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:50,911 I THINK MAYBE DIVE IN A LITTLE 49 00:01:51,011 --> 00:01:52,245 BIT DEEPER INTO THINGS THAT I 50 00:01:52,346 --> 00:01:53,447 ALREADY DO, 51 00:01:53,547 --> 00:01:55,515 ALREADY KNOW VERY WELL. 52 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:57,084 WINNING THE BAKER AWARD WAS 53 00:01:57,184 --> 00:01:58,352 REALLY HUGE FOR ME. 54 00:01:58,452 --> 00:02:01,555 IT'S ALLOWED ME TO SHARE MY WORK 55 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:04,324 WITH A WHOLE NEW AUDIENCE. 56 00:02:04,424 --> 00:02:06,226 FINANCIALLY IT'S ALLOWED ME TO 57 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:09,262 INVEST IN MYSELF AS AN ARTIST. 58 00:02:09,363 --> 00:02:12,065 I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE SOME NEW 59 00:02:12,165 --> 00:02:13,166 EQUIPMENT FOR MY STUDIO. 60 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:15,068 SO ULTIMATELY THE BAKER AWARD 61 00:02:15,168 --> 00:02:16,970 HAS IN MANY RESPECTS SET ME UP 62 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:19,106 FOR THE NEXT STAGE OF MY CAREER. 63 00:02:29,349 --> 00:02:30,550 ERIC DYER: I'M ERIC DYER AND 64 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:32,419 I'M AN ARTIST, FILMMAKER, 65 00:02:32,519 --> 00:02:34,388 ANIMATOR, AND I TEACH ANIMATION 66 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:35,389 AT UMBC. 67 00:02:40,060 --> 00:02:41,628 I THINK I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN 68 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:44,297 INNOVATION AND FINDING NEW 69 00:02:44,398 --> 00:02:46,066 DEFINITIONS OF ANIMATION. 70 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,701 I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IMMERSIVE 71 00:02:47,801 --> 00:02:50,303 ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THE PUBLIC 72 00:02:50,404 --> 00:02:51,905 FINDS THEMSELVES WITHIN THE 73 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:53,040 SPACE OF THE ANIMATION. 74 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:55,776 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK 75 00:02:55,876 --> 00:02:57,944 AT THIS LARGER SCALE, 76 00:02:58,045 --> 00:02:58,879 THAT MEANS MORE MONEY, 77 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:00,847 MORE RESOURCES, MORE EXPENSE. 78 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:03,250 AND THE BAKER AWARD HAS MEANT 79 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:05,485 FREEDOM IN TRYING TO CREATE SOME 80 00:03:05,585 --> 00:03:06,953 OF THESE LARGER WORKS. 81 00:03:19,433 --> 00:03:21,368 * 82 00:03:21,468 --> 00:03:22,135 PAUL RUCKER: I THINK MY ROLE AS 83 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:24,504 AN ARTIST IS TO MAKE THE UNSEEN 84 00:03:24,604 --> 00:03:25,238 SEEN. 85 00:03:25,338 --> 00:03:27,174 OR AT LEAST BE VISIBLE IN A 86 00:03:27,274 --> 00:03:28,408 DIFFERENT WAY. 87 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:29,409 BEING SOME KIND OF CATALYST FOR 88 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:30,577 CONVERSATION. 89 00:03:32,846 --> 00:03:33,914 WHEN I WALKED INTO THE BALTIMORE 90 00:03:34,014 --> 00:03:35,515 MUSEUM OF ART FOR THE BAKER SHOW 91 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:37,918 I FELT REALLY PROUD THAT THE 92 00:03:38,018 --> 00:03:40,754 WORK WAS IN AN INSTITUTION SUCH 93 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:42,923 AS THIS MAJOR MUSEUM. 94 00:03:43,023 --> 00:03:44,257 I THINK IT WAS A GREAT 95 00:03:44,357 --> 00:03:47,094 OPPORTUNITY FOR AUDIENCES TO SEE 96 00:03:47,194 --> 00:03:49,563 A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ART THAN 97 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:50,964 THEY WOULD NORMALLY SEE YOU KNOW 98 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:52,332 WHEN THEY WENT TO THE MUSEUM. 99 00:03:52,432 --> 00:03:54,134 SO I WAS VERY PROUD THAT IT WAS 100 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:55,602 IN AN INSTITUTION WHERE IT WAS 101 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:58,939 GOING TO BE SEEN BY MORE FOLKS 102 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:00,173 THAN NORMAL. 103 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:03,710 RHEA: CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN 104 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:05,979 TO THESE REMARKABLE ARTISTS! 105 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:08,648 WITH ME NOW TO PROVIDE MORE 106 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:10,283 BACKGROUND ON THE BAKER ARTIST 107 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:13,186 AWARDS IS A MAJOR FORCE IN OUR 108 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:14,755 CREATIVE COMMUNITY. 109 00:04:14,855 --> 00:04:16,923 THE BAKER ARTIST AWARDS AND THE 110 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:19,960 BAKER ARTIST PORTFOLIO SITE ARE 111 00:04:20,060 --> 00:04:21,728 PROGRAMS OF THE GREATER 112 00:04:21,828 --> 00:04:24,097 BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE. 113 00:04:24,197 --> 00:04:25,932 AND SO I AM REALLY DELIGHTED TO 114 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:28,001 WELCOME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 115 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,870 JEANNIE HOWE. 116 00:04:29,970 --> 00:04:31,571 JEANNIE HOWE: THANK YOU, RHEA. 117 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:33,540 ARTIST AWARDS ARE REALLY A MAJOR 118 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,176 CATALYST IN OUR WHOLE AREA'S 119 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:37,144 CULTURAL MAKEUP, 120 00:04:37,244 --> 00:04:39,446 BUT THE AWARDS THIS YEAR HAVE A 121 00:04:39,546 --> 00:04:40,814 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION 122 00:04:40,914 --> 00:04:41,515 DON'T THEY? 123 00:04:41,615 --> 00:04:42,816 JEANNIE: THEY DO, THEY DO. 124 00:04:42,916 --> 00:04:45,018 UM WHAT HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR 125 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,120 WAS AN EFFORT TO THINK ABOUT 126 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:49,122 WHAT MIGHT BE GOSH THEY'VE BEEN 127 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:50,157 REALLY IMPORTANT AWARDS, 128 00:04:50,257 --> 00:04:51,158 BUT WHAT MIGHT REALLY BE 129 00:04:51,258 --> 00:04:52,192 TRANSFORMATIONAL. 130 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:53,393 SO THE AWARDS STRUCTURE CHANGED. 131 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:55,328 SO WE HAVE ONE $50,000 AWARD. 132 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:56,897 WE HAVE A $20,000 AWARD 133 00:04:56,997 --> 00:04:59,966 AND WE HAVE THREE $5,000. 134 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:01,768 SO THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE. 135 00:05:01,868 --> 00:05:03,603 AND WHAT HASN'T CHANGED IS THAT 136 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:05,238 WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS FROM 137 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:07,641 ALL OVER THE THE REGION WHO ARE 138 00:05:07,741 --> 00:05:08,375 PUTTING THEIR WORK UP ON THE 139 00:05:08,475 --> 00:05:09,376 SITE. 140 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:10,877 IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM 141 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:12,279 TO BE SEEN BY FOLKS ALL OVER THE 142 00:05:12,379 --> 00:05:13,380 WORLD AS YOU SAID. 143 00:05:14,181 --> 00:05:15,348 RHEA: IT'S REALLY MAJOR. 144 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:17,984 OBVIOUSLY THE MONETARY AWARDS 145 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:19,419 ARE REALLY WONDERFUL AND 146 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:20,253 BENEFICIAL, 147 00:05:20,353 --> 00:05:22,055 BUT THERE'RE REALLY ARE OTHER 148 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:23,757 BENEFITS FOR THE ARTISTS, RIGHT? 149 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:24,524 JEANNIE: OH MY GOSH, YES. 150 00:05:24,624 --> 00:05:25,792 SO IN ADDITION TO THE WONDERFUL 151 00:05:25,892 --> 00:05:26,927 OPPORTUNITIES LIKE BEING ON 152 00:05:27,027 --> 00:05:28,161 MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, 153 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:30,430 AND UH THERE IS AN EXHIBITION AT 154 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:31,832 THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. 155 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:33,800 THE SITE IS ALSO USED BY 156 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:35,468 CURATORS AND THEY LOOK AT THE 157 00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:37,137 SITE TO CURATE SHOWS. 158 00:05:37,237 --> 00:05:38,939 ARTISTS GET INTRODUCED TO OTHER 159 00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:40,273 ARTISTS THROUGH THE SITE AND 160 00:05:40,373 --> 00:05:41,675 FORM COLLABORATIONS. 161 00:05:41,775 --> 00:05:42,809 WE SEE THIS HAPPENING QUITE A 162 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:43,510 BIT. 163 00:05:43,610 --> 00:05:45,212 AND UM THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM 164 00:05:45,312 --> 00:05:46,213 MAJOR INSTITUTIONS AND 165 00:05:46,313 --> 00:05:47,447 BUSINESSES FROM AROUND THE 166 00:05:47,547 --> 00:05:48,849 COUNTRY WHO ARE ALSO LOOKING AT 167 00:05:48,949 --> 00:05:50,584 THE SITE, LOOKING FOR TALENT, 168 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:52,118 AND REALLY GETTING A SENSE OF 169 00:05:52,219 --> 00:05:54,554 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS AREA. 170 00:05:54,654 --> 00:05:56,022 RHEA: JEANNIE ART IS ALWAYS 171 00:05:56,122 --> 00:05:57,457 IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, 172 00:05:57,557 --> 00:05:59,960 BUT PROBABLY NOW IT'S SO 173 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:01,528 IMPORTANT TO THE BALTIMORE AREA, 174 00:06:01,628 --> 00:06:02,128 DON'T YOU THINK? 175 00:06:02,229 --> 00:06:02,796 JEANNIE: IT REALLY IS. 176 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:03,763 IT'S ONE OF OUR STRONGEST 177 00:06:03,864 --> 00:06:04,531 ASSETS. 178 00:06:04,631 --> 00:06:06,099 IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE 179 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,101 SHINE IN THE GREATER, 180 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:08,869 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 181 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:10,937 BUT ALSO IN A MOMENT WHEN WE'RE 182 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:12,906 REALLY NEEDING TO THINK DEEPLY 183 00:06:13,006 --> 00:06:14,107 ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE 184 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:16,276 RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER IT CREATES 185 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:18,044 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCOURSE 186 00:06:18,144 --> 00:06:19,546 THAT'S REALLY REALLY DESPERATELY 187 00:06:19,646 --> 00:06:21,081 NEEDED IN THESE TIMES. 188 00:06:21,181 --> 00:06:22,549 RHEA: WELL JEANNIE THANK YOU 189 00:06:22,649 --> 00:06:24,251 SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 190 00:06:24,351 --> 00:06:26,653 YOU DO JUST A MAGNIFICENT JOB. 191 00:06:26,753 --> 00:06:27,587 JEANNIE: THANK YOU RHEA. 192 00:06:28,688 --> 00:06:29,656 RHEA: AND NOW IT'S TIME TO 193 00:06:29,756 --> 00:06:31,391 ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 194 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:34,227 $5,000 BAKER ARTIST AWARDS. 195 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:35,428 AND THERE ARE THREE: 196 00:06:35,528 --> 00:06:36,263 FIRST, 197 00:06:36,363 --> 00:06:38,498 THE SEMMES G. WALSH AWARD, 198 00:06:38,598 --> 00:06:40,700 WHICH GOES TO VISUAL ARTIST AND 199 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,636 MUSICIAN BILL SCHMIDT. 200 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:45,005 HE'S AS GIFTED WITH A PAINTBRUSH 201 00:06:45,105 --> 00:06:46,406 AS HE IS WITH THE BANJO. 202 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:49,576 NEXT, THE NANCY HARAGAN AWARD, 203 00:06:49,676 --> 00:06:51,278 WHICH GOES TO INDEPENDENT 204 00:06:51,378 --> 00:06:53,947 FILMMAKER MATTHEW PORTERFIELD, 205 00:06:54,047 --> 00:06:55,916 WRITER, DIRECTOR OF THREE 206 00:06:56,016 --> 00:06:58,752 ACCLAIMED FEATURE FILMS ALL SET 207 00:06:58,852 --> 00:06:59,853 IN BALTIMORE. 208 00:06:59,953 --> 00:07:01,588 AND MATT'S FOURTH SHORT FILM, 209 00:07:01,688 --> 00:07:03,623 "TAKE WHAT YOU CAN CARRY, 210 00:07:03,723 --> 00:07:05,325 " RECENTLY PREMIERED AT THE 211 00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:06,860 BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM 212 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,228 FESTIVAL. 213 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:09,462 AND FINALLY, 214 00:07:09,562 --> 00:07:12,098 THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD, 215 00:07:12,198 --> 00:07:12,966 WHICH GOES TO 216 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:14,601 DANCER/CHOREOGRAPHER 217 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:17,904 NAOKO MAESHIBA HER WORK IS 218 00:07:18,004 --> 00:07:19,606 INTENSELY PERSONAL... 219 00:07:19,706 --> 00:07:20,840 AUTHENTIC... 220 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:22,309 AND IMPROVISATIONAL. 221 00:07:22,876 --> 00:07:24,444 HERE'S A SHORT PROFILE OF EACH: 222 00:07:31,551 --> 00:07:35,288 * 223 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:35,922 BILL SCHMIDT: WHEN I'M OUT AND 224 00:07:36,022 --> 00:07:38,458 ABOUT I NOTICE PATTERN, 225 00:07:38,558 --> 00:07:39,459 I NOTICE STRUCTURE, 226 00:07:39,559 --> 00:07:41,628 I NOTICE COLOR RELATIONSHIPS. 227 00:07:41,728 --> 00:07:43,697 ALL THE LITTLE COMPONENTS OF 228 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:44,864 EACH PAINTING HAS THEIR OWN 229 00:07:44,965 --> 00:07:46,700 INTERNAL LOGIC AND I REALIZE 230 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:47,901 THAT MY JOB IS TO GET THOSE 231 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:50,170 PLAYERS TOGETHER AND TO ACHIEVE 232 00:07:50,270 --> 00:07:51,438 SOME KIND OF, 233 00:07:51,538 --> 00:07:52,505 IF NOT EQUILIBRIUM, 234 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:53,907 A KIND OF STAND-OFF WHERE 235 00:07:54,007 --> 00:07:55,442 THEY'RE SORT OF HELD IN PLACE 236 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:56,710 FOR A MOMENT. 237 00:08:01,381 --> 00:08:02,682 THEY'RE MADE WITH GOUACHE WHICH 238 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:04,651 IS AN OPAQUE WATERCOLOR. 239 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:05,485 UH A VERY OLD TRADITIONAL 240 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:06,319 MEDIUM. 241 00:08:06,419 --> 00:08:08,922 THE PAINTINGS WIND UP BEING VERY 242 00:08:09,022 --> 00:08:10,590 DIFFERENT FROM WHERE THEY 243 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:11,791 STARTED OUT. 244 00:08:11,891 --> 00:08:13,360 THEY CHANGE DRAMATICALLY - 245 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:14,494 RECTANGLE ARE ROTATED AND 246 00:08:14,594 --> 00:08:15,695 INVERTED, 247 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:17,397 AND WHAT WAS THE TOP COULD BE 248 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:19,232 THE BOTTOM ULTIMATELY. 249 00:08:19,332 --> 00:08:20,367 GETTING ENGAGED IN THAT PROCESS 250 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:21,267 CAN BE, 251 00:08:21,368 --> 00:08:23,636 IT CAN BE KIND OF MESMERIZING, 252 00:08:23,737 --> 00:08:24,771 TRANCE INDUCING. 253 00:08:28,908 --> 00:08:29,642 THERE ARE A LOT OF FORMAL 254 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:32,212 CONNECTIONS BETWEEN UH THE MUSIC 255 00:08:32,312 --> 00:08:33,380 THAT I PLAY AND THE PAINTINGS 256 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:34,748 THAT I MAKE. 257 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:36,049 IF YOU HAVE A FIDDLE, 258 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:37,851 BANJO AND GUITAR THE MUSIC IS 259 00:08:37,951 --> 00:08:42,155 VERY LAYERED, VERY INTRICATE. 260 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:43,690 AND I FEEL THAT MY PAINTINGS ARE 261 00:08:43,790 --> 00:08:45,191 FULL OF ALL THOSE THINGS. 262 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:48,695 HOW DO I KNOW WHEN A PAINTING IS 263 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:49,462 FINISHED? 264 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:50,797 HOW DOES ANY ARTIST KNOW? 265 00:09:08,181 --> 00:09:11,084 MATT PORTERFIELD: ON A THURSDAY 266 00:09:11,184 --> 00:09:11,851 AFTERNOON, 267 00:09:11,951 --> 00:09:17,257 I'M UH SCOUTING LOCATIONS FOR A 268 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:18,224 FILM I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THIS 269 00:09:18,324 --> 00:09:20,527 SUMMER. 270 00:09:20,627 --> 00:09:21,394 WE'RE SHOOTING IN DUNDALK. 271 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:24,664 * 272 00:09:24,764 --> 00:09:27,867 DUNDALK FOR ME IS A PLACE THAT 273 00:09:27,967 --> 00:09:29,035 I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO TELL A 274 00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:29,903 STORY BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF 275 00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:31,771 REMOVED FROM THE CITY PROPER 276 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:33,973 ANNEX IF YOU WILL. 277 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:34,908 ON THE EDGE OF THE LAND. 278 00:09:35,008 --> 00:09:36,743 * 279 00:09:36,843 --> 00:09:37,544 BALTIMORE IS A CITY OF 280 00:09:37,644 --> 00:09:38,645 NEIGHBORHOODS AND EACH 281 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:39,546 NEIGHBORHOOD IS A DISTINCT 282 00:09:39,646 --> 00:09:40,980 CHARACTER. 283 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:42,148 IT'S ALSO A STRATIFIED CITY 284 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:43,850 ALONG LINES OF RACE AND CLASS. 285 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:45,251 AND PAINTING A PORTRAIT OF A 286 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:50,723 DISTINCT NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY 287 00:09:50,824 --> 00:09:51,858 CRUCIAL TO ME. 288 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:53,460 "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO 289 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:54,127 CALIFORNIA? 290 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:55,361 NO! 291 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:57,464 IT'S DIFFERENT! 292 00:09:57,564 --> 00:09:59,632 PLACE CAN TELL US A LOT ABOUT 293 00:09:59,732 --> 00:10:00,800 CHARACTER. 294 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:02,435 ...I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY FAMILY. 295 00:10:02,535 --> 00:10:03,837 I DON'T LIKE TRUST LANGUAGE SO 296 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:05,605 MUCH SO I'M ALWAYS THINKING OF 297 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:10,643 WAYS TO EXPLORE CHARACTER 298 00:10:10,743 --> 00:10:12,479 THROUGH MEANS OTHER THAN WORDS 299 00:10:12,579 --> 00:10:13,980 OR DIALOGUE; 300 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:14,981 HOW THEY CARRY THEMSELVES, 301 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:16,249 THE CHOICES THEY MAKE, 302 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:17,217 BUT ALSO THE THINGS THAT THEY 303 00:10:17,317 --> 00:10:18,284 SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH THE 304 00:10:18,384 --> 00:10:18,952 PHYSICAL OBJECTS. 305 00:10:19,052 --> 00:10:26,860 * 306 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,696 I'M AS INTERESTED, I THINK, 307 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:32,031 IN EVERYTHING INSIDE THE FRAME 308 00:10:32,132 --> 00:10:32,932 AS EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE 309 00:10:33,032 --> 00:10:33,666 FRAME. 310 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:34,901 YOU KNOW YOU SET YOUR FRAME IT 311 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:36,369 LIMITS THE WORLD. 312 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:37,537 I HOPE MY AUDIENCES ARE THINKING 313 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:40,140 ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEYOND 314 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:40,940 THOSE BORDERS. 315 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:45,111 * 316 00:10:58,491 --> 00:10:59,092 NAOKO MAESHIBA: YES, 317 00:10:59,192 --> 00:11:01,027 THE CREATIVE PROCESS IS I'M 318 00:11:01,127 --> 00:11:02,662 ALWAYS IN PROCESS. 319 00:11:02,762 --> 00:11:04,097 PERFORMANCE IT HAS A SHAPE, 320 00:11:04,197 --> 00:11:05,465 A CERTAIN CONTOUR. 321 00:11:05,565 --> 00:11:09,469 IN THIS FORM, 322 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:14,374 I CAN LEARN HOW TO APPROACH 323 00:11:14,474 --> 00:11:15,475 MYSELF. 324 00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:24,117 I TEND TO RESEARCH EVERYDAY 325 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:27,187 LIFE, WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS, 326 00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:28,821 OR WHAT I SAW, 327 00:11:28,922 --> 00:11:30,557 AND THAT ALL BECOMES A PART OF 328 00:11:30,657 --> 00:11:31,991 THE MATERIAL. 329 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:37,297 * 330 00:11:37,397 --> 00:11:42,502 I'M A VESSEL THAT'S ACTIVATING 331 00:11:42,602 --> 00:11:44,003 ALL THESE THINGS THAT I COME IN 332 00:11:44,103 --> 00:11:46,206 CONTACT WITH. 333 00:11:46,306 --> 00:11:48,107 WHAT I'M AIMING FOR IS MY LIFE 334 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:49,776 AND ART THERE IS NO BOUNDARY. 335 00:11:49,876 --> 00:12:00,620 * 336 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,989 I'M IMPROVISING ALL THE TIME. 337 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:05,258 THERE'S NOTHING SET REALLY. 338 00:12:05,358 --> 00:12:09,963 * 339 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:11,197 IT'S NEVER FINISHED. 340 00:12:11,297 --> 00:12:12,799 IN FACT, WHEN YOU PRESENT IT, 341 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:13,833 IT'S A BEGINNING. 342 00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:15,401 SO THERE'S ALWAYS A BEGINNING. 343 00:12:15,501 --> 00:12:17,670 BEGINNING, GOING GOING AGAIN, 344 00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:18,972 THEN THERE'S A BEGINNING GOING 345 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:20,940 GOING, A BEGINNING. 346 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,009 THERE'S ALWAYS BEGINNING. 347 00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:27,714 RHEA: EACH OF THESE ARTISTS HAS 348 00:12:27,814 --> 00:12:29,382 SUCH A UNIQUE VISION, 349 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:31,217 CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 350 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:33,286 AND NOW I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 351 00:12:33,386 --> 00:12:35,722 THE WINNER OF THE $20,000 352 00:12:35,822 --> 00:12:38,558 MARY SAWYERS BAKER PRIZE. 353 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:41,527 WRITER JEN GROW IS FICTION 354 00:12:41,628 --> 00:12:43,129 EDITOR OF THE LITTLE PATUXENT 355 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:44,163 REVIEW. 356 00:12:44,264 --> 00:12:45,999 HER WORK HAS APPEARED IN DOZENS 357 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:48,668 OF PUBLICATIONS AND SHE'S THE 358 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:49,902 RECIPIENT OF MANY AWARDS, 359 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:52,305 INCLUDING A RUBY ARTIST PROJECT 360 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:54,674 GRANT AND THE DZANC AWARD FOR 361 00:12:54,774 --> 00:12:56,743 HER FIRST STORY COLLECTION. 362 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:57,543 WE'RE GONNA MEET JEN IN 363 00:12:57,644 --> 00:12:58,311 A MOMENT, 364 00:12:58,411 --> 00:12:59,145 BUT FIRST, 365 00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:00,847 HERE'S A PROFILE OF THIS 366 00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:02,515 PASSIONATE ARTIST. 367 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:15,862 JEN GROW: I LIKE TO THINK THAT 368 00:13:15,962 --> 00:13:18,164 SOME PART OF CHEKOV IS HELPING 369 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:19,165 ME OUT. 370 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:24,070 WRITING IS BOTH EASY AS 371 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:25,405 DIFFICULT FOR ME. 372 00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:28,341 WHEN IT'S FLOWING, I LOVE IT. 373 00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:29,342 IT'S JUST GOLDEN. 374 00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:32,245 IT ALL COMES OUT IN A PIECE. 375 00:13:32,345 --> 00:13:34,147 AND THEN WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT, 376 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:35,381 I JUST HAVE TO CHIP AWAY AT 377 00:13:35,481 --> 00:13:37,350 EVERY WORD, EVERY PARAGRAPH. 378 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:39,385 BUT I LIKE IT BOTH WHEN IT IS 379 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:40,653 EASY AND HARD. 380 00:13:44,023 --> 00:14:23,296 * 381 00:14:23,396 --> 00:14:25,531 THERE ARE PLOT-DRIVEN STORIES 382 00:14:25,631 --> 00:14:26,499 AND THERE ARE CHARACTER-DRIVEN 383 00:14:26,599 --> 00:14:27,233 STORIES, 384 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:29,302 AND I'M REALLY ALWAYS DRAWN TO 385 00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:30,636 CHARACTER DRIVEN STORIES OR 386 00:14:30,737 --> 00:14:32,472 THAT'S THE KIND I WRITE ANYWAY 387 00:14:32,572 --> 00:14:35,908 BECAUSE I'M REALLY... 388 00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:37,510 SOMEBODY SAID THIS THE 389 00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:38,244 OTHER NIGHT. 390 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:41,581 THEY SAID, "OH, YOU'RE AN 391 00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:42,949 INTROVERTED ACTRESS." 392 00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:44,083 [LAUGHS] 393 00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:45,051 AND THAT SORT OF 394 00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:46,219 WHAT WRITING IS FOR ME. 395 00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:48,521 I INHABIT DIFFERENT CHARACTERS 396 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:50,923 AND I WANT TO FEEL WHAT THEY 397 00:14:51,023 --> 00:14:51,858 FEEL. 398 00:14:51,958 --> 00:14:52,759 I WANT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY 399 00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:53,693 EXPERIENCE. 400 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:54,494 YOU KNOW, 401 00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:55,828 I REALLY DROP INTO A STORY FROM 402 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:57,397 THE PLACE OF EMOTION. 403 00:15:20,353 --> 00:15:22,021 I THINK THE STORY IS IN THE 404 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:22,722 MOMENT. 405 00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:26,993 I THINK THAT I'M REALLY 406 00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:28,961 INTERESTED IN THE VERY SMALL 407 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:32,398 MOMENTS THAT LIVES TURN ON. 408 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:34,500 THE SMALL INSTANCES THAT ARE 409 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,035 ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE. 410 00:15:57,857 --> 00:15:59,492 I DO SURPRISE MYSELF WHEN I'M 411 00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:02,662 WRITING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I 412 00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:05,331 CAN'T KNOW ALL OF THE NUANCES OF 413 00:16:05,431 --> 00:16:08,267 A STORY BEFORE I EVEN START. 414 00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:09,602 THEY SORT OF REVEAL THEMSELVES 415 00:16:09,702 --> 00:16:10,703 AS I'M GOING. 416 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:12,572 AND I MIGHT HAVE SENTENCE AND I 417 00:16:12,672 --> 00:16:13,673 THINK, "OH, THAT SENTENCE ISN'T 418 00:16:13,773 --> 00:16:14,440 QUITE COMPLETE." 419 00:16:14,540 --> 00:16:16,008 SO I DIG DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND I 420 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:17,477 FIND THESE RUBIES UNDERNEATH 421 00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:18,878 THAT, YOU KNOW, 422 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:21,214 I DIDN'T KNOW WERE THERE. 423 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:23,483 WRITING IS LIKE A CONSTANT STATE 424 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:25,017 OF REVELATION. 425 00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:26,052 THINGS ARE ALWAYS BEING 426 00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:30,556 REVEALED, AND IDEAS, METAPHORS, 427 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:33,926 IMAGES - THINGS THAT I CAN'T 428 00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:35,328 INTELLECTUALLY KNOW BEFORE I 429 00:16:35,428 --> 00:16:36,195 EVEN START. 430 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:58,918 * 431 00:16:59,018 --> 00:16:59,719 I WRITE FOR MY OWN PEACE OF 432 00:16:59,819 --> 00:17:01,053 MIND. 433 00:17:01,153 --> 00:17:03,623 I WRITE TO CONSTANTLY DISCOVER 434 00:17:03,723 --> 00:17:05,858 NEW THINGS ABOUT MYSELF AND 435 00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:06,659 ABOUT OTHERS. 436 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:08,828 BUT REALLY, IF I DON'T WRITE, 437 00:17:08,928 --> 00:17:10,696 I'M VERY UNHAPPY. 438 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:11,864 IT IS, 439 00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:13,099 IT HAS A DEFINITE EFFECT ON 440 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:15,668 MY MOOD AND MY OUTLOOK. 441 00:17:15,768 --> 00:17:17,837 AND SO I NEED TO WRITE. 442 00:17:17,937 --> 00:17:20,006 IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT I WRITE 443 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:21,941 JUST TO KIND OF GET ALONG IN THE 444 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:22,742 WORLD. 445 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:25,778 * 446 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:28,648 RHEA: JEN CONGRATULATIONS. 447 00:17:28,748 --> 00:17:30,149 YOU KNOW WRITING SEEMS TO BE 448 00:17:30,249 --> 00:17:32,351 SUCH A SOLO ENDEAVOR. 449 00:17:32,451 --> 00:17:33,886 HOW DO YOU STAY FOCUSED? 450 00:17:33,986 --> 00:17:36,055 JEN GROW: WHEN I SORT OF DROP 451 00:17:36,155 --> 00:17:39,091 INTO THE WORLD OF OF THAT I'M 452 00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:41,093 CREATING IT IS A LOT OF FUN. 453 00:17:41,193 --> 00:17:42,895 IT JUST KINDA DRAWS ME IN. 454 00:17:42,995 --> 00:17:45,331 IT MAKES THE SENTENCES, 455 00:17:45,431 --> 00:17:46,198 THE IDEAS, 456 00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:47,767 IT JUST I WANT TO KEEP DIGGING 457 00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:49,635 UNTIL I CAN FIND WHAT IT IS I'M 458 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:50,736 AFTER. 459 00:17:50,836 --> 00:17:51,938 RHEA: YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT 460 00:17:52,038 --> 00:17:54,507 JUST OPENED UP MY EYES TO WHAT 461 00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:56,175 BEING A WRITER IS ALL ABOUT. 462 00:17:56,275 --> 00:17:57,310 YOU SAID YOU WERE AN 463 00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:58,978 INTROVERTED ACTRESS. 464 00:17:59,078 --> 00:17:59,679 JEN: YEAH. 465 00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:00,947 RHEA: SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO 466 00:18:01,047 --> 00:18:01,981 THINK THE THOUGHTS AND GET INTO 467 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,516 CHARACTER OF ALL THE PEOPLE 468 00:18:03,616 --> 00:18:04,417 YOU'RE WRITING ABOUT. 469 00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:05,251 JEN: I DO. 470 00:18:05,351 --> 00:18:06,485 I INHABIT THEM. 471 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:08,788 UM, THEY, AN IDEA COMES TO ME, 472 00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:09,555 AN EMOTION, 473 00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:10,523 SOMETHING I WANT TO EXPLORE AND 474 00:18:10,623 --> 00:18:12,258 I THINK WHAT CHARACTER WHAT 475 00:18:12,358 --> 00:18:13,492 WOULD THEY BE THINKING, 476 00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:14,493 WHAT WOULD THEY BE SAYING AND I 477 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:15,861 HAVE TO KIND OF DIVE INTO THEIR 478 00:18:15,962 --> 00:18:18,264 THEIR MINDS. 479 00:18:18,364 --> 00:18:19,966 YOU KNOW IF THEY WERE REAL. 480 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:21,434 AND SO I SORT OF ACT IT OUT ON 481 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:23,402 THE PAGE AS I'M WRITING. 482 00:18:23,502 --> 00:18:24,737 RHEA: WELL THAT MAKES SO MUCH 483 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:25,905 SENSE TO ME. 484 00:18:26,005 --> 00:18:27,173 AND I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU REALLY 485 00:18:27,273 --> 00:18:28,240 ACT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 486 00:18:28,341 --> 00:18:29,875 JEN: I'M NOT SURE. 487 00:18:29,976 --> 00:18:31,711 RHEA: WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF 488 00:18:31,811 --> 00:18:33,713 THIS AWARD, WHAT IS IT FOR YOU? 489 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:35,081 JEN: UH WELL FIRST AND 490 00:18:35,181 --> 00:18:36,148 FOREMOST IT'S A LOT OF 491 00:18:36,248 --> 00:18:37,450 VALIDATION. 492 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:38,584 UM BECAUSE WRITING IS SUCH A 493 00:18:38,684 --> 00:18:39,919 SOLITARY PURSUIT. 494 00:18:40,019 --> 00:18:40,987 SOMETIMES YOU'RE WRITING AND YOU 495 00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:41,887 THINK IS ANYBODY GOING TO READ 496 00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:42,555 THIS? 497 00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:43,322 DO THEY WANT TO READ THIS? 498 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:45,157 AND SO IT REALLY IS A GREAT 499 00:18:45,257 --> 00:18:45,992 VALIDATION. 500 00:18:46,092 --> 00:18:47,927 BUT BESIDES THAT IT REALLY 501 00:18:48,027 --> 00:18:49,929 ALLOWS ME THE TIME AND THE SPACE 502 00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:52,832 TO TAKE ON MY OWN TAKE 503 00:18:52,932 --> 00:18:54,800 SELF-DIRECTED RETREATS AND JUST 504 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:57,603 YOU KNOW DISAPPEAR IN A ROOM FOR 505 00:18:57,703 --> 00:18:58,504 A WEEKEND, 506 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:00,306 FOR A WEEK AND JUST WRITE. 507 00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:02,041 AND SO THAT IS REALLY A GREAT 508 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,209 BENEFIT OF THIS. 509 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:04,577 RHEA: AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS... 510 00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:05,344 JEN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 511 00:19:05,444 --> 00:19:06,612 RHEA: YOU ARE AN AMAZING ARTIST. 512 00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:07,480 JEN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 513 00:19:08,447 --> 00:19:10,516 RHEA: FINALLY, IT IS TIME TO 514 00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:11,684 ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF THE 515 00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:14,754 $50,000 MARY SAWYERS 516 00:19:14,854 --> 00:19:16,422 IMBODEN PRIZE. 517 00:19:16,522 --> 00:19:18,424 NOW THIS IS A MAJOR AWARD. 518 00:19:18,524 --> 00:19:21,093 AND IT GOES TO A MAJOR ARTIST, 519 00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:24,096 BORN IN BALTIMORE AND WHOSE 520 00:19:24,196 --> 00:19:26,132 WHOLE LIFE IS A WORK OF ART. 521 00:19:26,232 --> 00:19:27,833 HER CREATIVITY DEFIES ANY 522 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,869 SINGLE CLASSIFICATION: 523 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:30,770 PRINTMAKER, 524 00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:31,737 FIBER ART, 525 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:33,005 SCULPTURE, 526 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:34,340 BEAD AND GLASSWORK, 527 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:35,675 PERFORMANCE ART. 528 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:37,677 AND WHATEVER THE MEDIUM, 529 00:19:37,777 --> 00:19:40,279 HER WORK IS INFUSED WITH SHARP 530 00:19:40,379 --> 00:19:42,782 WIT AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY. 531 00:19:42,882 --> 00:19:43,616 IN A MOMENT, 532 00:19:43,716 --> 00:19:47,019 YOU WILL MEET JOYCE J. SCOTT 533 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:48,054 BUT FIRST, 534 00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:49,255 THIS INTRODUCTION: 535 00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:01,801 * 536 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:13,145 *"I'M NOT SURE I EVER REALLY BREATHED BEFORE..."* 537 00:20:13,245 --> 00:20:13,846 JOYCE J SCOTT: TO LIVE A 538 00:20:13,946 --> 00:20:15,715 CREATIVE AND FULFILLED LIFE 539 00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:18,284 MEANS THAT YOU ARE NOT THROTTLED 540 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:20,920 BY THE RULES THAT PEOPLE 541 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:21,787 PUT AROUND YOU. 542 00:20:26,625 --> 00:20:29,829 IT REALLY MEANS THAT ARTISTS 543 00:20:29,929 --> 00:20:32,732 HAVE THE ABILITY GENERALLY TO 544 00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:34,233 INSINUATE THEMSELVES INTO 545 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,301 CIRCUMSTANCES, 546 00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,603 AND MOLD IT AND MODEL IT AND 547 00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:38,504 PLAY WITH IT, 548 00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:40,973 IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY FREES AND 549 00:20:41,073 --> 00:20:42,508 ENLIGHTENS THEMSELVES, 550 00:20:42,608 --> 00:20:44,110 BUT EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND THEM. 551 00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:46,579 FREEDOM IS AN AMAZING GIFT. 552 00:20:46,679 --> 00:20:48,047 IN A WORLD SOMETIMES WHERE 553 00:20:48,147 --> 00:20:50,316 FREEDOM IS A HARD THING TO HAVE. 554 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:53,953 WELL I HAVE MANY GENERATIONS OF 555 00:20:54,053 --> 00:20:55,488 CRAFT ARTISTS ON MY MOTHER'S 556 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:56,989 SIDE. 557 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,124 AND LOTS OF QUILTERS ON MY 558 00:20:58,224 --> 00:20:59,625 FATHER'S SIDE. 559 00:20:59,725 --> 00:21:01,360 AND PERFORMERS AS WELL. 560 00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:04,363 I LIVED IN A HOUSE OF 561 00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:06,665 CREATIVITY. 562 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,768 MY MOTHER ELIZABETH CALDWELL 563 00:21:08,868 --> 00:21:11,437 TALFORD SCOTT IS A NATIONALLY 564 00:21:11,537 --> 00:21:12,905 KNOWN QUILTER/FIBER ARTIST 565 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:15,708 ALTHOUGH SHE PASSED AWAY AT 95, 566 00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:18,210 5 YEARS AGO. 567 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:20,679 SO I STARTED AS A FIBER ARTIST 568 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:22,948 AT MY MOTHER'S KNEE. 569 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:24,917 MEANING I MADE FIGURES AND OTHER 570 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,118 THINGS OUT OF FABRICS. 571 00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:27,720 AND I WAS A WEAVER FOR YEARS. 572 00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:30,656 I CHOOSE TO WORK IN A VARIETY OF 573 00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:33,793 MEDIUMS 'CAUSE I'M ANTSY. 574 00:21:34,994 --> 00:21:37,129 I GET BORED IF NOT BORED, 575 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:38,497 I DON'T LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT I 576 00:21:38,597 --> 00:21:39,698 CAN AND CANNOT DO BECAUSE I'M 577 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:41,200 BLACK, OR I'M A WOMAN OR I'M 578 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,402 OLD OR I'M TOO SOMETHING. 579 00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:48,507 GLASS BECAME WHAT I WANTED TO DO 580 00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:50,643 AND THE WAY I DID IT WAS TO USE 581 00:21:50,743 --> 00:21:52,812 MY OLD TIMEY TECHNIQUE WHICH WAS 582 00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:53,646 BEADWORK. 583 00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:56,882 OKAY, SO THE BIG QUESTION IS WHY 584 00:21:56,982 --> 00:21:58,818 GLASS? 585 00:21:58,918 --> 00:22:00,352 IT'S THAT ELECTRICITY, 586 00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:01,754 IT'S THAT NEED, 587 00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:02,588 IT'S THAT ENERGY, 588 00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:04,523 IT'S THAT EXCITEMENT. 589 00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:07,827 IT'S THE OLD, OLD, OLD MATERIAL. 590 00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:10,596 I'M PLAYING WITH HISTORY AND I'M 591 00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:13,933 HOPING TO INFUSE IT WITH SOME OF 592 00:22:14,033 --> 00:22:14,633 ME. 593 00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:16,635 I'M HOPING TO NOT CHANGE IT, 594 00:22:16,735 --> 00:22:18,304 BUT JUST TO PUT A NEW TWIST ON 595 00:22:18,404 --> 00:22:19,238 IT. 596 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:21,540 AND IT IS THAT TRANSLUCENCY. 597 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:27,446 * 598 00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:28,047 I'VE TRAVELED ALL AROUND 599 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:29,014 THE WORLD. 600 00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:30,749 ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES 601 00:22:32,151 --> 00:22:34,820 APPLYING MY TRADE AS AN ARTIST. 602 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,822 YOU KNOW I DON'T REALLY HAVE A 603 00:22:36,922 --> 00:22:38,290 TRUE IDEA OF HOW MY ART'S GONNA 604 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:39,058 EVOLVE, 605 00:22:39,158 --> 00:22:40,759 WHAT ROAD I'M GOING DOWN. 606 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:42,661 I'VE BEEN WRITING A LITTLE BIT 607 00:22:42,761 --> 00:22:45,364 MORE, SINGING A LOT MORE. 608 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:51,770 BUT I'M BACK TO THE OLD WAYS OF 609 00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:52,938 JUST NEEDLE, 610 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:54,640 THREAD AND BEADWORK AND BOY AM I 611 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:55,674 LOVING THAT. 612 00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:57,910 SO IT MIGHT BE THAT KIND OF 613 00:22:58,010 --> 00:22:59,712 CIRCLE THAT HAPPENS WHERE ALL 614 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:00,946 THE EXPERIMENTATION, 615 00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:02,748 ALL THE ROADS YOU WALK DOWN, 616 00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:04,717 ALL THE PEOPLE YOU MEET LEADS 617 00:23:04,817 --> 00:23:06,685 YOU BACK TO THIS PURE ACT OF 618 00:23:06,785 --> 00:23:08,120 JUST STITCHING. 619 00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:18,030 SOMETIMES I PONDER ABOUT WHAT IT 620 00:23:18,130 --> 00:23:22,835 IS TO BE AN ARTIST IN THIS 621 00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:27,573 COMMUNITY AND IN THIS CITY THAT 622 00:23:27,673 --> 00:23:29,975 CAN BE SO TROUBLED. 623 00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:35,047 WELL, I'M ONE WHO BELIEVES YOU 624 00:23:35,147 --> 00:23:36,949 HAVE TO STAY WHERE THE FIGHT IS. 625 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:43,389 I MEAN THAT I DON'T THINK THINGS 626 00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:45,925 WILL GET BETTER IF I MOVE AWAY. 627 00:23:46,025 --> 00:23:47,426 I THINK ONE OF THE STRONGEST 628 00:23:47,526 --> 00:23:49,128 ENVIRONMENT, 629 00:23:49,228 --> 00:23:49,828 ESPECIALLY FOR AFRICAN 630 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,263 AMERICANS, 631 00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:54,033 EVEN THOUGH IT EXISTED BECAUSE 632 00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:55,334 OF SEGREGATION, 633 00:23:56,769 --> 00:23:59,204 WAS A REALLY FERTILE ENVIRONMENT 634 00:23:59,305 --> 00:24:01,607 FILLED WITH PEOPLE OF ALL ILKS. 635 00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:06,545 YOU ALL EXISTED AND KIDS COULD 636 00:24:06,645 --> 00:24:09,048 ALL HAVE A HOPE. 637 00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:11,784 THERE'S A REAL LOSS OF HOPE FOR 638 00:24:11,884 --> 00:24:14,286 MANY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY 639 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:16,422 BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE OPTIONS. 640 00:24:18,757 --> 00:24:20,159 I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT I'M HERE 641 00:24:20,259 --> 00:24:21,961 BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO I LOVE MY 642 00:24:22,061 --> 00:24:22,828 COMMUNITY, 643 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:26,098 I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THERE'S 644 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:28,500 SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BLOCK. 645 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,336 * 646 00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:31,870 ART IS POWERFUL. 647 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:33,472 IT'S EVEN HEALING FOR SOME. 648 00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:37,109 PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT ART 649 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:38,911 IS EVERYTHING. 650 00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:39,712 THE CLOTHING YOU WEAR, 651 00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:41,213 THE SHOES, 652 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,514 THE CHAIRS YOU SIT ON, 653 00:24:42,614 --> 00:24:44,049 THE UTENSILS, 654 00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:46,752 THE COLOR OF YOUR ROOM, 655 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:49,521 IT'S EVERY DAY. 656 00:24:49,621 --> 00:24:51,023 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USE. 657 00:24:51,123 --> 00:24:53,325 IT IS PRACTICAL AND WHIMSICAL. 658 00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:55,194 IT'S FUN AND SAD. 659 00:24:55,294 --> 00:24:57,663 IT'S A LIE AND IT'S THE TRUTH. 660 00:24:59,231 --> 00:25:00,899 IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING AND THAT'S 661 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,936 THE POWER OF IT. 662 00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:05,804 THE POWER OF ART. 663 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:09,875 RHEA: JOYCE SCOTT YOU 664 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:12,011 ARE A ONE AND ONLY. 665 00:25:12,111 --> 00:25:13,212 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. 666 00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:14,113 JOYCE SCOTT: THANK YOU RHEA, 667 00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:15,314 RIGHT BACK AT YOU. 668 00:25:15,414 --> 00:25:17,282 RHEA: SO IT'S CLEAR YOU REALLY 669 00:25:17,383 --> 00:25:19,018 BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF ART. 670 00:25:19,118 --> 00:25:20,419 JOYCE: YES. 671 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:21,987 I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE, 672 00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:23,055 ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT'S 673 00:25:23,155 --> 00:25:24,556 LASTED FROM THE BEGINNING OF 674 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:26,058 TIME SEEMINGLY. 675 00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:27,626 PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING 676 00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:29,928 EXPRESSIVE AND CREATIVE. 677 00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:31,330 RHEA: SO YOU'VE GONE ALL 678 00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:32,965 AROUND THE WORLD, UM, 679 00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:35,200 HAVE YOU BEEN INFLUENCED IN YOUR 680 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:36,969 ART BY THESE OTHER CULTURES? 681 00:25:37,069 --> 00:25:38,070 JOYCE: YES, 682 00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:40,439 IT'S A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE. 683 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:42,674 WE LIVE IN THE WEST, 684 00:25:42,775 --> 00:25:45,177 HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO BUY PAINT 685 00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:46,578 IN ANY HUE AND ANY KIND OF 686 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:47,346 MATERIALS, 687 00:25:47,446 --> 00:25:49,348 BUT WHEN YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE WILL 688 00:25:49,448 --> 00:25:51,850 TAKE A COAT HANGER, 689 00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:54,219 AND SOME RUBBER AND PLASTIC AND 690 00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:55,788 COME OUT WITH THIS MASTERPIECE 691 00:25:55,888 --> 00:25:58,057 YOU REALLY REALIZE THE CREATIVE 692 00:25:58,157 --> 00:26:00,125 FORCE AND HOW YOU CAN RETHINK 693 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:01,260 WHAT YOU DO. 694 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:05,164 RHEA: YOU ALSO ARE AN EDUCATOR. 695 00:26:05,264 --> 00:26:08,100 SO IF WE HAVE SOME YOUNG ARTISTS 696 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,002 WHO ARE LISTENING, 697 00:26:10,102 --> 00:26:12,438 WATCHING TODAY HOW CAN YOU HELP 698 00:26:12,538 --> 00:26:13,839 THEM FIND THEIR VOICE? 699 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:16,375 JOYCE: THE THING THAT HAS HAS 700 00:26:16,475 --> 00:26:19,845 ALWAYS KEPT ME VALIANT IS BEING 701 00:26:19,945 --> 00:26:20,813 TRUE TO MYSELF. 702 00:26:22,347 --> 00:26:23,515 AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IF I'M 703 00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:24,750 LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE TO BE 75 704 00:26:24,850 --> 00:26:26,552 YEARS, 705 00:26:26,652 --> 00:26:28,587 I SHOULD FEEL THOSE 75 YEARS 706 00:26:28,687 --> 00:26:31,824 WITH WHAT I FEEL IS THE BEST, 707 00:26:31,924 --> 00:26:33,292 MOST BOMBASTIC, 708 00:26:33,392 --> 00:26:36,161 DROP DEAD KICK BUTT ALIVE 709 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:37,963 EXISTENCE. 710 00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:39,364 AND BEING TRUE TO MYSELF MEANS 711 00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:41,300 THAT'S WHAT I'M RUNNING AFTER. 712 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,235 NOT WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE OKAY 713 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:44,670 LIFE TO LIVE. 714 00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:46,772 BUT TO PUMP UP MY CREATIVITY SO 715 00:26:46,872 --> 00:26:49,608 LOUDLY THAT I'M REINVIGORATED 716 00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:52,077 EVERYDAY BY THAT AND THAT'S WHAT 717 00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:53,745 I WOULD TELL ANY YOUNG PERSON TO 718 00:26:53,846 --> 00:26:56,748 NOT BE DISSUADE BECAUSE IT'S NOT 719 00:26:56,849 --> 00:26:58,050 EASY. 720 00:26:58,150 --> 00:26:59,051 RHEA: VERY QUICKLY THE IMPACT 721 00:26:59,151 --> 00:27:01,186 OF THIS AWARD FOR YOU? 722 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:02,621 JOYCE: IT'S GOING TO GIVE ME 723 00:27:02,721 --> 00:27:03,922 THE ABILITY TO TAKE A TIME OUT 724 00:27:04,022 --> 00:27:05,324 POSSIBLY. 725 00:27:05,424 --> 00:27:06,625 TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME 726 00:27:06,725 --> 00:27:09,061 BREATHING TIME AND TO TAKE CARE 727 00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:10,028 OF THOSE THINGS THAT I HAVEN'T 728 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:11,330 DONE YET. 729 00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:13,132 RHEA: JOYCE THANK YOU SO MUCH 730 00:27:13,232 --> 00:27:16,668 FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ENRICHING 731 00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:18,170 ALL OF OUR LIVES. 732 00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:19,304 JOYCE: THANK YOU AND THANKS TO 733 00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:20,439 THE BAKER. 734 00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:21,206 RHEA: ABSOLUTELY. 735 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:22,341 AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AND 736 00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:24,209 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GIVE TO 737 00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:25,277 THIS COMMUNITY. 738 00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:26,111 JOYCE: THANK YOU RHEA. 739 00:27:26,211 --> 00:27:27,412 RHEA: AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR 740 00:27:27,513 --> 00:27:30,616 JOINING US FOR THE 2016 BAKER 741 00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:31,950 ARTIST AWARDS. 742 00:27:32,050 --> 00:27:33,519 WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE 743 00:27:33,619 --> 00:27:35,854 WINNERS AND WE WANT TO URGE YOU 744 00:27:35,954 --> 00:27:37,422 TO VISIT THE BAKER ARTIST 745 00:27:37,523 --> 00:27:38,690 PORTFOLIO WEBSITE FOR MORE 746 00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:41,093 BACKGROUND ON THESE AND HUNDREDS 747 00:27:41,193 --> 00:27:42,461 OF OTHER ARTISTS. 748 00:27:42,561 --> 00:27:44,363 WE THANK THE "WILLIAM G. BAKER, 749 00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:46,298 JR. MEMORIAL FUND" AND THE 750 00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:47,699 "GREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL 751 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:49,468 ALLIANCE" FOR THEIR GENEROUS 752 00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:51,336 SUPPORT OF THE ARTS. 753 00:27:51,436 --> 00:27:52,804 FOR MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION 754 00:27:52,905 --> 00:27:53,906 AND "ARTWORKS", 755 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:54,973 I'M RHEA FEIKIN. 756 00:27:55,073 --> 00:27:55,841 GOOD NIGHT! 757 00:27:55,941 --> 00:27:57,476 WE'RE GONNA BE BACK NEXT WEEK. 758 00:27:57,576 --> 00:27:58,644 CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY, 759 00:27:58,744 --> 00:27:59,044 EMPOWERING THOSE WITH HEARING AND SPEECH LOSE TO STAY 760 00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:00,112 CONNECTED. 761 00:28:00,212 --> 00:28:10,088 *I'M NOT SURE I EVER REALLY BREATHED BEFORE.* 762 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:16,161 *LUNGS JUST FILLED WITH IT, AIR JUST FULL OF IT.* 763 00:28:16,261 --> 00:28:25,003 *IT CAN'T BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS BEFORE.* 764 00:28:25,103 --> 00:28:31,910 *AIRS JUST AIR, I'M STILL ME.* 765 00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:37,216 *BEFORE I DIDN'T BELIVE IN LIFE...*