THE ELIZABETH HUTH COATES
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
>> ARTS IS PRESENTED BY THE
TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORM
ING ARTS.
PROVIDING THE BEST PLACE
ANYWHERE TO SEE AND HEAR A
LIVE PERFORMANCE.
TRANSFORMING THE PERFORMING
ARTS IN SAN ANTONIO'S DECADE
OF DOWNTOWN.
THE TOBIN CENTER.
>> ON THIS EDITION OF ARTS,
LARGE SCALE TAPESTRIES OF
SOME OF PICASSO'S MOST
ICONIC WORK CONTINUE TO
CAPTIVATE AUDIENCES AT THE
MUSEUM OF ART.
JANUARY MAY BE WINDING DOWN
BUT LOCAL ARTS WRITER TAMI
KEGLEY STOPS BY LETTING US
KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF
EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND TOWN
DONNA SIMON HAS INTROWS
INTRODUCED AUDIENCES TO TOP
ARTISTS AND EMERGING ARTISTS
THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO.
WE'LL INTRODUCE TO YOU THE
ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS LATER
IN THE SHOW.
THIS AND MORE ON THIS
EDITION OF ARTS.
>>.
>> HI, I'M ASIA CIARAVINO.
TODAY WE'RE AT THE SAN
ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART, I'M
SURROUNDED BY TAPESTRIES
INSPIRED BY PICASSO'S ICONIC
WORK.
RUDOLPH INVITED US TO SEE
THESE MASTERPIECES ON
DISPLAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
>> THIS EXHIBITION IS REALLY
THE FIRST TIME THAT A SUITE
OF TAPESTRIES THAT WERE
DESIGNED BY PABLO PICASSO
AND CAN COMMISSIONED BY
NELSON ROCKEFELLER HAVE BEEN
SEEN BY A WIDE PUBLIC.
OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS,
THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK WHO
WAS A GREAT LOVER OF PICASSO
AND GREAT ART PATRON
COMMISSIONED INTERPRETATIONS
OF SOME OF PICASSO'S MOST
ICONIC WORKS, TO BE MADE,
WOVEN BY A TEAM OF MASTER
WEAVEERS IN FRANCE, WITH THE
GOAL OF SHARING WITH THE
PUBLIC.
AND THIS EXHIBITION REALIZES
THAT DREAM THAT GOVERNOR
ROCKEFELLER HAD.
ALL OF THE TAPESTRIES YOU'LL
SEE HERE LIVE AT THE
ROCKEFELLER FAMILY HOME THAT
IS NOW A NATIONAL TRUST
PROPERTY IN NEW YORK ABOUT
AN HOUR NORTH OF NEW YORK
CITY.
AND THEY CAN BE SEEN THERE
ALONG WITH MANY OF THE REST
OF THE ROCKEFELLER FAMILY
COLLECTIONS, BUT THEY'VE
NEVER BEEN SEEN ON THIS SORT
OF SCALE IN A GRAND MUSEUM
SETTING LIKE SAN ANTONIO
MUSEUM OF ART WHERE YOU
REALLY GET THE CHANCE TO
APPRECIATE THEIR MON
MENTALITY AND VITALITY AND
IT'S BEEN QUITE EXCITING FOR
US AND FOR THE STAFF TO SEE
THESE TAPESTRIES IN NEW WAYS
.
THE EGGS BIGS IS ON VIEW
UNTIL MARCH 8, 2015.
WE HAVE A VARIETY OF GREAT
PROGRAMS FROM LECTURES,
FAMILY DAYS, ART MAKING
ACTIVITIES, WEAVING
DEMONSTRATIONS, ALL OF THIS
IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE,
AND WE OPEN YOU'LL COME IN
TO -- WE HOPE YOU'LL COME IN
TO LEARN ABOUT TAPESTRY AND
PICASSO AND GOVERNOR ROCK
FELLER AND PICASSO ON VIEW
HERE.
>> WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
DO YOU KNOW OF A GOOD STORY
YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AIRED ON
ARTS?
LET US KNOW BY E-MAILING US
AT ARTS AT KLRN.ORG.
IF WE USE YOUR IDEA, YOU'LL
GET A SCREEN CREDIT ON OUR
PROGRAM.
NEXT A LITTLE ITALIAN
GLAMOUR.
MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE.
THEY CELEBRATED 130 YEARS OF
BOLD DESIGN BY FAMED JEWELRY
HOUSE BVLGARI.
>>.
>> I THINK THE STYLE OF
BVLGARI IS UNIQUE.
IT'S BOLD, IT'S POWERFUL, IT
HAS STYLE, AND YET IT'S VERY
WEARABLE.
>> THE EXHIBITION IS CALLED
BVLGARI, 130 YEARS OF
MASTERPIECES, BECAUSE IT'S
KIND OF A RETROSPECTIVE OF
THE HOUSE AND ALL THE
MAGNIFICENT PIECES THEY'VE
CREATED.
REALLY OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST 3 CENTURIES.
>> MAGAZINE ANY EXPENT
ITALIAN JEWELRY,.
>> REALLY BULL GAIR, IT WAS
FOUNDED IN 1884, BY BVLGARI,
A GREEK ESTABLISHED IN ROAMA
, FEELING IT WOULD BACK
MAJOR CITY AND IMMEDIATELY
SET UP HIS STORE.
HE FOUNDED THE FIRST STORE
AND STARTED TO SELL HIS OWN
CRAFTS.
AND THEN THE SECOND GEP
RATION, REAL JEWELRY
PRECIOUS MATERIALS, GOLD,
PLATINUM.
MIXING THEM WITH PRECIOUS
STONES, A LOT OF DIAMONDS,
RUBY AND SAPPHIRES.
EVENTUALLY, 16 70S WITH
STONES WITH YELLOW GOLD,
COMBINATION OF SEMI PRECIOUS
STONES, ALL THE THINGS THAT
IS BVLGARI.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF CRAFORTS
MANSHIP.
MANUAL TALENT.
START OBVIOUSLY WITH PUTTING
STONES TOGETHER AND TRYING
TO FIND A BEAUTIFUL UNIQUE
COMBINATION, AND THEN WHEN
YOU ARE CLEAR ON THE STONES
YOU WANT TO PUT TOGETHER,
YOU HAVE TO DESIGN A SETTING
AND THEN THE DESIGN IS
COMING TO THE PLACE AND THEN
AFTER YOU HAVE TO PRODUCE IT
.
FUSE GOLD, PLATINUM WHICH IS
VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO GO -- AND THEN
SETTING WHICH IS ONE OF THE
MOST -- BECAUSE ACCORDING
THE SETTING ABILITIES, THE
STONE WILL BE MORE GLORIFIED
.
JEWELRY OF THE STARS.
AND THE FACT IS THAT NO
OTHERS -- THE BVLGARI, WORN
BY STARS, THE VERY BEGINNING
, OFF MOVIES.
A LOT OF THE -- WITH MOVIES
OF THE 50S AND 60S.
MOST OF THEM, HOLLYWOOD COME
TO ROAMA, IN BETWEEN TWO
SHOOTINGS, WALKING THE
STREETS.
AND THEY'RE DISCOVERING A
BRAND WHICH AT THIS TIME WAS
NOT AS GLOBAL AND FAMOUS AS
NOWADAYS, FELL IN LOVE AND
WORD OF MOUTH SOON BECAME --.
>> OUR STYLE, I MEAN, FRENCH
SCHOOL OF JEWELRY, IS MUCH
BOLDER, MUCH STRONGER
BECAUSE ROAMA BIGGER.
WASN'T FULLY ROAMA LIKE I
THINK THERE'S A GREAT
SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TWO.
AND SCIENCES, DOWNSTAIRS,
THE ROAMA COLLECTION OF
MANUAL CRYSTALS, PUT
TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS, AND
IT'S A WAY FOR US ALSO TO
PAY TRIBUTE TO WHAT IS
PROVIDING US, WE TRY TO
GLORIFY AND GLORIFYING THEM
IN A WAY THAT THEY ARE NOT
SOLELY BUT AS WE CAN SEE ALL
AROUND.
>> WHAT I LOVE, A LOT OF
THEIR ICONIC DESIGNS START
WITH THE STONES FIRST.
SO THEIR COMMITMENT IS TO
THE QUALITY ANDRATOR OF THE
STONES.
>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO COME IN HERE AND NOT
GOING TO LEAVE.
IT'S JUST MIND BOGGLING THE
WAY IT'S DISPLAYED AND THE
AMOUNT OF JEWELS AND
EARRINGS AND BRACELETS.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO
LEAVE.
>> WE ARE BACK WITH TAMI
KEGLEY.
I'VE MISSED YOU.
>> I'VE MISSED YOU.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR.
TELL ME ABOUT ALL THINGS ART
IN JANUARY.
>> 2015.
WELL, ONE EXCITING THING
THAT'S GOING ON TONIGHT,
RIGHT NOW AT THE McNAY,
60TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY AFTER
DARK, 9:30 TO 1:00.
THEY ARE CELEBRATING WITH
THE WORK OF 6 SAN ANTONIO
ARTISTS.
SYLVIA B, DAVID ANTHONY
GARCIA, REX HOUSEMAN,
ELIZABETH CARRINGTON, ALISON
GREGORY, LEANN, YOU NAME IT,
THEY'VE GOT IT. THEY'VE
INVITED THESE, AND I LOVE IT
WHEN THE BIG GUYS INVITE
LOCAL ARTISTS AND SHINE THE
LIGHT ON OUR TALENTED LOCALS
BECAUSE IT'S WONDERFUL TO
CELEBRATE THE IMPRESSIONISTS
AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE
THOSE THINGS THAT OUR LOCAL
GUYS ARE GOLD.
THAT'S OUR PRESENT, OUR
FUTURE.
LONGER TERM, THERE'S GOING
TO BE SOME WORKS ON PAPER,
BY A DOZEN SAN ANTONIO
ARTISTS AND CALLED REGARD
REGARDING -- AND THESE ARE
TWHOORKS THEY'VE IN VIETD
THESE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
IN SAN ANTONIO TO DO.
THAT REFLECT ON THE WORK OF
ED.
THERE'S MAJOR PIECES IN THE
McNAY COLLECTION.
THE STANDARD STATION AND
THEN THE RECENTLY ACQUIRED
GO STATION.
THESE ARTISTS ARE DOING THAT
WORK.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
>> WHAT ELSE?
>> BEFORE THE END OF THE
MORKS GUADALUPE.
THE FIRST STAGE OF ARTIST
LAB.
THIS IS A TWO-YEAR PROJECT
THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE
FOUNDATION, THEY BROUGHT 6
ARTISTS.
AND THEY ARE COUNSELING THEM
ON WORKING WITH THEM TO
STRETCH THEIR HORIZONS AS
ARTISTS AND AS WELL AS THEIR
BUSINESS.
DIFFERENT MEDIUM, IT'S A TWO
-YEAR PROGRAM.
THE FIRST STAGE THROUGH THE
END OF THE MONTH, GO SEE IT,
GUADALUPE.
AWESOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> INCREDIBLE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME
AGAIN.
>> FOR FEBRUARY AND ALL
THINGS ART.
THANK YOU, TAMLY KEGLEY.
>> THANK YOU, ASIA.
>> YOU CAN READ MORE FROM
TAM -- TAMI KEGLEY OR IN THE
ARTS AND CULTURE SECTION.
>> .
>> TO ADD YOUR EVENT, VISIT
KLRN.ORG/ARTS.
NEXT WE VISIT JARED BOW EN
IN BOSTON WHERE HE SPOKE
WITH FORMER U.S. SECRETARY
OF STATE ABOUT THE ART OF
DIPLOMACY AND HER UNIQUE
COLLECTION OF PINS.
>> AS UN AMBASSADOR, SHE
WASN'T ABOUT TO LET THE
IRAQIS CALLING HER A SERPENT
SLIDE.
>> MY INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO
MAKE SURE THE SANCTIONS
STAYED ON.
WHICH 'MEANT THAT I HAD TO
KEEP REPEATING ALL THE
TERRIBLE THINGS SADDAM HUGH
HAD DONE AND I SAID TERRIBLE
THINGS ABOUT HIM WHICH HE
DESERVES.
HE INVADED ANOTHER COUNTRY.
ULTIMATELY THERE WAS A POEM
THAT APPEARED IN THE PAPERS
IN BAGHDAD, COMPARING ME TO
MANY THINGS BUT AN UN
PARALLELED SERPENT.
AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE A SNAKE
PIN.
SO I WORE IT WHENEVER WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT IRAQ.
>> WITH ONE PIN, SHE BECAME
SECRETARY OF STATE,
DISCOVERED THE ACCESSORY
THAT WOULD HELP HER FASHION
A NEW ART OF DIPLOMACY.
SHE WORE FLOWERS,
BUTTERFLIES AND BALLOONS ON
THE GOOD DAYS SHE SAYS, AND
BUGS FOR THE BAD DAYS.
>> DID YOU FIND THAT IT WAS
CHANGING DYNAMICS AT ALL?
>> I THINK PART OF IT, AND I
THINK PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF
DIPLOMACY IS REALLY PERSONAL
.
AND IT'S KIND OF AN OPENING
IN SOME WAYS, AND SOME WAYS
A CLOSING. IF YOU HAVE SOME
MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE
DELIVERING.
>> MORE THAN 200 OF HER NOW
HISTORIC PINS ARE ON VIEW OF
THE DAVIS MUSEUM AT HER ALMA
MATTER.
THE SHOW IS TITLED READ MY
PINS.
THE SAME COUNSEL SHE OFFERED
PRESS AND COLLEAGUES TRYING
TO INTERPRET HER DIPLOMATIC
STANCES.
WHEN CUBAN FIGHTER PILOT
SHOT DOWN TWO UNARMED
CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT, SHE WORE
A BLUE BIRD SADLY SAILING
DOWNWARD ASTINGING BEE WHEN
MEETING YASSER ARAFAT AND
HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL,
SEE NO EVIL MONKEYS WITH
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> ONE OF THE TIMES IT
REALLY DID WORK WHEN I WORE
IT IN NORTH KOREA AND HAD MY
PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE
LEADER. AND STANDING NEXT
TO I'M WITH A HUGE AMERICAN
FLAG, I THINK IT WAS ITS OWN
MESSAGE.
>> AMONG HER MOST PRIZED
PINS, A SHATTERED GLASS
CEILING AND THIS FLOUR,
BELONGING TO A WOMAN WHO
PERISHED DURING HURRICANE
KATRINA.
IT WAS GIVEN TO HER BY THE
WOMAN'S SON.
HER FAVORITE IS THE CERAMIC
HEART, HER DAUGHTER MADE FOR
HER WHEN SHE WAS 5.
AND SHE'S ESPECIALLY FOND OF
THE EAGLE SHE PURCHASED AS
AN INDULGENCE FOR HER SWEAR
ING IN AS SECRETARY OF
STATE.
IT'S ONE OF FEW PIECES THAT
IS NOT COSTUME JEWELRY.
>> IT'S AN ANTIQUE PIN AND I
HADN'T NOTICED ABOUT HOW
DIFFICULT THE CLASP ON IT.
SO I'M THERE WITH ONE HAND
ON THE BIBLE AND ONE HAND
SWEARING ALLEGIANCE TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES AND I SEE THIS PIN
KIND OF FLAPPING AROUND.
AND I KNOW I SWORE
ALLEGIANCE BUT I WAS ALSO
WORRIED THAT IT WOULD FALL
ON THE BIBLE AND SCREW UP
THE WHOLE CEREMONY.
>> SHE SAYS SHE STRUGGLED
WITH THE ATTENTION HER PINS
ATTRACTED AND EVEN IN
ASSEMBLING THE EXHIBITION
AND ITS ACCOMPANYING BOOK.
AS THE FIRST FEMALE
SECRETARY OF STATE, SHE SAYS
, SHE WAS SELF-CONSCIOUS
ABOUT DISCUSSING HER JEWELRY
>> I DO THINK THERE ALWAYS
ARE QUESTIONS.
PEOPLE DON'T ASK BHEAN
THEY'RE WEARING.
BUT THERE REALLY WAS THIS
ISSUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW
LONG THE SKIRT, AND RICE HAD
BOOTS ON AND PEOPLE WONDER
WHAT HAD THAT MEANT.
THERE ALWAYS ARE QUESTIONS.
>> BUT IN THE YEARS HER PINS
HAVE THOUSAND BEEN TRAVELING
THE COUNTRY, SHE HAS BEEN
STRUCK BY HOW THEY'VE BECOME
GEMS FOR TEACHING DIPLOMACY.
SHE CONTINUES TO COLLECT.
THE ONES SHE WORE FOR OUR
INTERVIEW WERE FOR THE
COLLEGE AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS
INSTITUTE FOUNDED IN HER
NAME AND YES, SHE DOES MISS
THEM.
>> THEY'RE SPECIAL AND HAVE
GREAT FOREIGN POLICY STORIES
AND VERY GREAT MEMORIES WITH
THEM BUT I'M GLAD TO SHARE
THEM AND I OF COURSE HAVE
STARTED A NEW COLLECTION AND
PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN ME PINS
AND I CALL THEM MY PITY PINS
BECAUSE PEOPLE FEEL SORRY.
>> THEY SHOULDN'T.
BECAUSE SHE LEAVES US WITH A
MOST DECORATED HISTORY.
>> NEXT UP, WE VISIT A
UNIQUE GALLERY IN DAYTON,
OHIO USING UNIVERSAL
LANGUAGE OF ART TO PROMOTE
WORLD PEACE.
>> SHOAM WHERE YOU ARE.
SO MY HOME NOW IS HERE.
BUT I COME FROM RWANDA.
I CAME HERE BECAUSE OF THE
GENOCIDE AND MASSACRE.
SO I WAS LOOKING FOR A
PEACEFUL PLACE TO BE AND I
FOUND MY PEACE.
SO THIS IS MY HOME.
>> I AM STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW
AS A CAUCASIAN WOMAN WITH
WHITE PRIVILEGE.
AND I HAVE BECOME SO INVEST
ED IN THE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY SO WHEN I'M TREAT
ED DIFFERENTLY AS A
WHITE WOMAN, I FEEL SICK
INSIDE.
>> PEACE IS A STATE OF MIND.
SOMETIMES WE JUST CANNOT
CONTROL THE VIOLENCE AROUND
US, THE ANGER, THE UN
DESIRABLE THINGS.
BUT THE WAY WE REACT TO THEM
, THAT'S WHAT PEACE
COMES.
>> THREE WOMEN, THREE
CULTURES.
THREE VERY DIFFERENT LIFE
EXPERIENCES.
>> THERE IS BUT ONE GOAL.
TO EXPLORE ISSUES OF PEACE
THROUGH ART.
>> ART ALLOWS YOU TO BE A
CHANGE AGENT BECAUSE YOU'RE
PUTTING YOUR EMOTIONS INTO
TANGIBLE THINGS.
AND PUTTING IT INTO THE
WORLD.
I HAVE STARTED AN
ORGANIZATION CALLED THE
COMPASSION AREA, AND WE'RE
FOCUSED ON PROJECTS THAT
WILL BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
THE DIVERSITY OF OUR
COMMUNITY, AND THE NEEDS OF
OUR COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I'M ADAMANT ABOUT IS ART
SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP BREAK
THE PARTITIONS.
ONCE YOU PUT A BARRIER
BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES, OR
TWO CULTURES, WHETHER IT'S A
REAL BARRIER OR INVISIBLE
ONE, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT
TO BREAK IT.
SO THAT'S WHERE ART COMES.
IT REALLY HELPS IN WIFN
PICTURE TO DEPICT THE OTHER
SIDE.
IT MAKES US SEE WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING.
ONCE YOU SEE A PICTURE, THAT
IMAGE IS WITH YOU.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
WHAT IS PEACE, WHAT IS THAT
SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.
AND IT DEPENDS UPON ITS
ARTIST.
AND I'M VERY AGAINST TELLING
AN ARTIST, THIS IS A PEACE
GALLERY AND THIS IS WHAT
PEACE IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK
LIKE.
>> IN DAYTON, A LITTLE KNOWN
ART GALLERY, THE MISSING
PIECE ART SPACE.
AN ARTIST DREAMED OF OWNING
HER OWN GALLERY AND STUDIO.
WHILE WORKING WITH
INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS IN
EUROPE, SHE WAS ASKED TO
ORGANIZE AN EXHIBITION TO
BENEFIT CHILDREN IN ESTONIA.
WITH ELBOW GREASE AND VISION
CREATED A SPACE FOR THE
EXHIBITION WHICH WENT ON TO
BECOME THE MISSING PIECE ART
SPACE.
>> ART IS A UNIVERSAL
LANGUAGE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW
EVERYBODY ELSE, WE JUST AS
LONG AS WE CAN DEPICT
EMOTIONS, IN A CANVAS.
BECAUSE IT CAN CREATE
EMPATHY.
AND TO ME THAT'S THE TRIGGER
THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE CAN
COMMUNICATE.
NOT TO MENTION THAT IT'S A
WAY TO EXPLORE OUR OWN
FEELINGS AND ISSUES THAT ARE
BOTHERING US SO THAT OTHER
PEOPLE CAN LEARN AND SEE
WHERE WE COME FROM.
>> GABRIELLA AND JEAN ARE
FOSTERING EMPATHY IN DAYTON
'S COMMUNITY, WHICH
INCLUDES A PARADE AND DIS
PLAY OF ALTARS AT MISSING
PIECE ART SPACE.
>> IT'S WHIMSICAL, JOYFUL,
IT ACTUALLY TAKES THE MOTHER
ED BY OUT OF DEATH.
AND MAKES IT STRANGELY
PALATABLE.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN EMBRACE
MEXICAN ART AND THE NOTION
OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD.
BECAUSE WE SEE DEATH AS A
CELL BRAIFTION LIFE.
>> WE ALL HAVE LOVED ONES,
WE'VE ALL HAD LOVED ONES
PASS.
AND WE ALL HAVE THAT MEMORY,
AND TO BE ABLE TO COME
TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE
THROUGH THIS TRADITION IS
MAGNIFICENT.
SO I CREATED A ALTAR FOR MY
DAD THIS LAST YEAR, AND IT
WAS ABOUT ART CREATING AND
IT WAS ABOUT FINDING WAYS
THAT I COULD SPEAK TO MY
MEMORY OF MY DAD, IN A
LOVING, HONEST WAY.
I RESOLVEED THINGS THROUGH
THAT PROCESS THAT I DIDN'T
KNOW I HAD UNRESOLVED.
>> IN ADDITION TO CURE
RATING THE MISSING PIECE ART
SPACE, AND ORGANIZING
DAYTON'S DAY OF THE DEAD
EVENT, GABRIELLA HAS BECOME
THE VOICE FOR IMMIGRANT
REFORM IN DAYTON.
IT BEGAN WITH A KNOCK ON THE
DOOR.
>> I STARTED WORKING WITH
REFUGEES FROM CENTRAL AFRICA
LITERALLY CAME TO THE
GALLERY ASKING FOR SUMMER
CAMPS FOR THE KIDS AND
THAT'S HOW I STARTED WORKING
WITH THEM.
JUST AMAZING PERSON.
INCIDENTALLY IN WHAT SHE'S
DOING AND THAT'S WHY WE
PARTNER WITH HER.
>> WE HAVE MANY -- MANY KIDS
WITHOUT PARENTS.
THEY NEED FOOD, CLOAGING.
SOME WE GIVE WE PAY FOR THE
MATERIALS, AND OTHERS WE PAY
FOR LIKE LUNCH FOR THE WHOLE
YEAR.
AND THEN THERE -- THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND
LEARN BECAUSE AS WE SAY,
HUNGRY SO MUCH DOESN'T HELP.
>> BECAUSE OF MISSING PIECE
ARTIST SPACE, SHE HAS
IMPROVED ART SKILLS AND
HELPED MORE CHILDREN.
IN ADDITION TO SELLING HER
OWN JEWELRY, SHE BUYS ITEMS
FROM ARTISANS AND ORPHANS
BACK HOME, SELLS THEM HERE,
AND SENDS THE MONEY BACK TO
PAY FOR THEIR SCHOOL FEES.
>> THAT LADY, THAT WOMAN,
CHILD IS DOING THE ARTS LIKE
MAYBE SOWING OR WEAVING.
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE SAME
CONDITIONS, THEY TALK, THEY
LIVE, THEY HAVE THAT SMILE.
SO ITS -- IT GETS THEM
LEAVE, POSITIVELY.
AS I SAID, PEACE, I
UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S
YOUR HEART, YOUR MIND.
SO IT GIVES THEM PEACE BY
SOWING, DOING THAT.
>> YOU CAN SIT WITH A PILE
OF MATERIALS AND BEGIN TO
USE YOUR OWN MEMORIES TO
CREATE SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE
ELSE TO SEE.
THERE'S A POWER IN THAT
EXPRESSION THAT IS BEYOND
WORDS.
I THINK ALSO IN A COMMUNITY
WHERE WE HAVE SO MANY
LANGUAGES, WHATEVER YOU
CHOOSE TO USE, TO CREATE
SOMETHING THAT SOMEHOW IS
GOING TO EXPRESS A DEEPER
SET OF FEELINGS, AND BELIEFS
AND EXPERIENCES, THEN WE CAN
BUILD EMPATHY BETWEEN EACH
OTHER BY SLAIRG THAT ART.
>> WHEN I HELP SOMEBODY PUT
A SMILE ON THEIR FACE, I'M
SO HAPPY.
THAT'S MY BIG JOY.
>> I DON'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO
COME IN HERE AND GO OUTSIDE
THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, WITH A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE, BUT I
WOULD LIKE TO JUST IN STILL
A LITTLE SEED, FOR THEM TO
QUESTION THEIR OWN PERSONAL
BELIEF.
WITH THE HOPE THAT MAYBE
WEIGH KNOW AS A NORM NOT
NECESSARILY TRUE.
>> ARE MY -- MY ART SEGMENT,
FOCUSES ON AN ARTIST WHOSE
JOB TO INTRODUCE AUDIENCES
TO TOP ARTISTS AND EMERGING
TALENT.
OFFERS STUDIO VISITS THAT
ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO MEET
WITH ARTISTS.
DONNA IS AN ACCOMPLISHED
ARTIST AND POSTED ON HER
WEBSITE. PAINTINGS INCLUDE
EARLY WORKS LIKE THIS ONE.
CREATED IN MEMORY OF HER
FATHER.
>> A 9/11 SERIES SHE CREATED
WHILE WATCHING THE EVENT
THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.
AND ASPEN SERIES PRESENT
VISION OF EVERYTHING FROM
PALM TREES TO ASPEN TREE
TRUNKS.
WE THANK YOU, DONNA SIMON
FOR SHARING YOUR WORK WITH
US.
YOU CAN SEE MORE BY GOING ON
TO YOUR WEBSITE AT SEEING
ARTISAN TONE.COM.
WE'D LIKE TO FEATURE YOUR
ART ON OUR SHOW OF THE JUST
E-MAIL US A PICTURE, VIDEO,
SOUND RECORDING, WHATEVER
ART WORK YOU HAVE CREATED TO
ARTS AT KLRN.ORG.
AND PUT THE WORDS MY ART IN
THE SUBJECT LINE.
EACH WEEK WE'LL SELECT A
PROJECT AND SHARE IT WITH
OUR VIEWERS.
>> AND THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR
THIS EDITION OF ARTS.
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS
EXHIBIT ONLY HERE AT THE
MUSEUM OF ART UNTIL MARCH 8.
UNTIL THEN I'M ASIA
CIARAVINO, WE'LL SEE YOU
NEXT WEEK.
>>.
>> ARTS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE KELSO FOUNDATION.
THE ELIZABETH HUTH COATES
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
>> ARTS, IS PRESENTED BY THE
TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORM
ING ARTS.
PROVIDING THE BEST PLACE
ANYWHERE TO SEE AND HEAR A
LIVE PERFORMANCE.
TRANSFORMING THE PERFORMING
ARTS IN SAN ANTONIO'S DECADE
OF DOWNTOWN.
THE TOBIN CENTER.