1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:01,500 (driving music) 2 00:00:03,292 --> 00:00:04,475 - [Narrator] This special presentation 3 00:00:04,499 --> 00:00:07,232 was produced in high definition by WEDU, 4 00:00:07,499 --> 00:00:09,632 Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota. 5 00:00:11,042 --> 00:00:13,643 - [Gabe] Major funding for WEDU Arts Plus 6 00:00:13,667 --> 00:00:16,185 is provided through The Greater Cincinnati Foundation 7 00:00:16,209 --> 00:00:18,975 by an arts-loving donor who encourages others 8 00:00:18,999 --> 00:00:21,266 to support your PBS station WEDU. 9 00:00:22,999 --> 00:00:25,332 In this edition of WEDU Arts Plus, 10 00:00:26,250 --> 00:00:29,050 a fiery local blues musician makes waves. 11 00:00:29,918 --> 00:00:30,810 - [Selwyn] This is our passion, 12 00:00:30,834 --> 00:00:32,226 this is our love, this is our joy, 13 00:00:32,250 --> 00:00:33,852 and whenever we get on the stage, 14 00:00:33,876 --> 00:00:35,975 that's what we wanna share with everybody. 15 00:00:35,999 --> 00:00:38,810 - [Gabe] A bronze sculptor takes command of her work. 16 00:00:38,834 --> 00:00:41,768 - [Heidi] With my method, when you open a mold, 17 00:00:41,792 --> 00:00:43,392 it's always a curiosity. 18 00:00:44,083 --> 00:00:46,518 - [Gabe] A watercolor exhibit turns 50. 19 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:48,975 - [Lena] You have rather traditional subjects, 20 00:00:48,999 --> 00:00:52,599 landscapes, water, and seascapes, floral still lives, 21 00:00:55,083 --> 00:00:57,018 but then you also have things that are abstracted 22 00:00:57,042 --> 00:00:58,175 based on pattern. 23 00:00:58,209 --> 00:01:00,477 - [Gabe] And the perfection of confection. 24 00:01:00,501 --> 00:01:01,975 - [Michelle] Part of the research that I've done 25 00:01:01,999 --> 00:01:04,059 in food is really trying to make sure 26 00:01:04,083 --> 00:01:07,016 that my team really understand why you make 27 00:01:07,501 --> 00:01:08,976 the ingredient choice that you make, 28 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,933 and how that interacts with the human body. 29 00:01:12,626 --> 00:01:15,626 - It's all coming up next on WEDU Arts Plus. 30 00:01:20,792 --> 00:01:21,792 (bluesy music) 31 00:01:32,417 --> 00:01:35,750 Hello, I'm Gabe Ortiz and this is WEDU Arts Plus. 32 00:01:37,376 --> 00:01:39,568 Selwyn Birchwood has been drawn to the blues 33 00:01:39,592 --> 00:01:42,125 since childhood, learning to play guitar 34 00:01:42,209 --> 00:01:43,643 by listening to the greats. 35 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:47,143 The music he writes now shows his reverence for the genre, 36 00:01:47,167 --> 00:01:49,500 but has its own distinctive sound. 37 00:01:50,250 --> 00:01:52,935 His first album, Don't Call No Ambulance, 38 00:01:52,959 --> 00:01:55,768 earned him a Blues Award for Best Debut Album. 39 00:01:55,792 --> 00:01:57,477 We recently sat down with Selwyn, 40 00:01:57,501 --> 00:02:01,034 who is touring with his new album, Pick Your Poison. 41 00:02:03,417 --> 00:02:04,684 (blues guitar riff) 42 00:02:08,999 --> 00:02:10,643 - I get a feeling off of blues music 43 00:02:10,667 --> 00:02:14,018 that I really don't feel that I get from any other 44 00:02:14,042 --> 00:02:15,042 style of music. 45 00:02:19,375 --> 00:02:22,842 People tell their story, sometimes say their prayer 46 00:02:23,542 --> 00:02:24,542 in their song. 47 00:02:27,292 --> 00:02:29,685 Such an emotional music and so relatable 48 00:02:29,709 --> 00:02:31,810 that I think that's what really has drawn me to it, 49 00:02:31,834 --> 00:02:35,034 and I think that's why people enjoy it so much. 50 00:02:37,751 --> 00:02:38,751 (blues guitar) 51 00:02:48,999 --> 00:02:51,332 ♪ You took up all my money, babe ♪ 52 00:02:52,999 --> 00:02:54,866 ♪ And you do my woman, too ♪ 53 00:02:55,876 --> 00:02:58,351 - I started playing music when I was about 12 years old. 54 00:02:58,375 --> 00:03:00,310 I learned just listening to records and stuff, 55 00:03:00,334 --> 00:03:02,101 so I had a lot of teachers, I guess. 56 00:03:02,125 --> 00:03:04,992 Muddy Waters and BB King, John Lee Hooker, 57 00:03:05,209 --> 00:03:08,602 and all those people that I just fell in love with music 58 00:03:08,626 --> 00:03:11,293 and wanted to keep it going ever since. 59 00:03:13,042 --> 00:03:15,975 Wanna hear what this lap steel sounds like? 60 00:03:16,125 --> 00:03:17,325 - [Audience] Yeah! 61 00:03:17,959 --> 00:03:18,959 - Too bad. 62 00:03:18,999 --> 00:03:20,266 (audience laughter) 63 00:03:24,292 --> 00:03:25,359 This is the one. 64 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:28,842 (sliding guitar music) 65 00:03:29,999 --> 00:03:32,999 I actually got into playing lap steel guitar 66 00:03:33,375 --> 00:03:35,477 through a mentor of mine named Sunny Rhodes. 67 00:03:35,501 --> 00:03:39,101 When I was 19 years old, he picked me up in his band. 68 00:03:39,334 --> 00:03:41,801 I went over to meet him and I played 69 00:03:41,876 --> 00:03:43,101 about a half a song for him. 70 00:03:43,125 --> 00:03:44,768 You know, he just looked at his bass player 71 00:03:44,792 --> 00:03:48,259 and smiled and said, "Son, do you have a passport?" 72 00:03:48,334 --> 00:03:49,601 And I said, "Yeah." 73 00:03:53,626 --> 00:03:55,477 ♪ He might trot over and to my surprise ♪ 74 00:03:55,501 --> 00:03:58,310 ♪ He grinned from ear to ear with that alligator smile ♪ 75 00:03:58,334 --> 00:04:00,059 ♪ And said I'll spare your life, boy ♪ 76 00:04:00,083 --> 00:04:01,226 ♪ Let's see what you got ♪ 77 00:04:01,250 --> 00:04:02,435 ♪ There's only one thing there ♪ 78 00:04:02,459 --> 00:04:03,685 ♪ Go get me one of that pot ♪ 79 00:04:03,709 --> 00:04:07,242 - Well, I always wanted to kind of find my own voice 80 00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:11,101 and my own sound and, no matter what I was learning, 81 00:04:11,125 --> 00:04:14,725 I always tried to figure out a way to make it my own. 82 00:04:14,834 --> 00:04:16,602 And it came that way with writing. 83 00:04:16,626 --> 00:04:20,159 In high school, actually, I would do a lot of poetry 84 00:04:21,584 --> 00:04:24,251 and what would eventually become songs. 85 00:04:24,501 --> 00:04:27,518 And I used to do it just sort of as a relaxation, 86 00:04:27,542 --> 00:04:31,009 meditation, and sometimes even get frustrations out 87 00:04:31,626 --> 00:04:34,810 sort of thing and it was just good outlet for me. 88 00:04:34,834 --> 00:04:38,034 So eventually it turned into more song writing. 89 00:04:39,792 --> 00:04:42,477 I don't have a specific process every time. 90 00:04:42,501 --> 00:04:43,226 It's always different. 91 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:46,393 Sometimes I'll find a sound when I'm playing guitar 92 00:04:46,417 --> 00:04:48,976 or a chord that I think might make a good song 93 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,393 or I'll hear someone telling a story 94 00:04:51,417 --> 00:04:53,727 and I'll think that a word sounds cool 95 00:04:53,751 --> 00:04:54,643 and I'll try to work around that 96 00:04:54,667 --> 00:04:58,400 or a saying that someone has and it's always different. 97 00:04:59,250 --> 00:05:02,117 So I just try to always keep my ears open. 98 00:05:02,709 --> 00:05:03,709 You know what? 99 00:05:04,626 --> 00:05:05,759 (audience cheers) 100 00:05:05,999 --> 00:05:06,935 You know what? 101 00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:07,975 - [Audience] What? 102 00:05:07,999 --> 00:05:11,332 ♪ I don't like no whisky, I just like the taste ♪ 103 00:05:12,792 --> 00:05:16,059 ♪ I don't like no reefer, rolls them every day ♪ 104 00:05:17,667 --> 00:05:20,667 ♪ I don't like a game, I just like to play ♪ 105 00:05:23,876 --> 00:05:27,476 ♪ I don't care for strangers, but I dig the strange ♪ 106 00:05:28,876 --> 00:05:31,676 ♪ And I don't know what else to tell ya ♪ 107 00:05:36,709 --> 00:05:38,976 ♪ They're just guilty pleasures ♪ 108 00:05:41,626 --> 00:05:43,893 ♪ They're just guilty pleasures ♪ 109 00:05:45,959 --> 00:05:46,976 Touring is pretty much life. 110 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,685 We spend the winter time, for the most part, 111 00:05:49,709 --> 00:05:52,442 around Florida, just kinda dodging snow. 112 00:05:53,375 --> 00:05:54,508 ♪ All by myself ♪ 113 00:05:56,083 --> 00:05:57,310 ♪ Talkin' to myself ♪ 114 00:05:57,334 --> 00:06:00,810 ♪ They're the only ones that know the shape of bein' ♪ 115 00:06:00,834 --> 00:06:03,434 I did two tours in the snow and I said 116 00:06:03,501 --> 00:06:05,568 that I would never do it again. 117 00:06:09,292 --> 00:06:11,559 ♪ It's ringin' in my head again ♪ 118 00:06:12,042 --> 00:06:13,709 ♪ Are we crazy, ya know ♪ 119 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:18,725 My touring band is the same band that's on my record. 120 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,727 - We're like brothers, you know. 121 00:06:20,751 --> 00:06:21,975 We joke with each other. 122 00:06:21,999 --> 00:06:22,975 We all got thick skin. 123 00:06:22,999 --> 00:06:26,599 So we, we're rough but we're gentle at the same time. 124 00:06:27,542 --> 00:06:29,942 We love to have fun, love to laugh. 125 00:06:30,083 --> 00:06:32,310 Saxophonist Reggie Oliver, he's a graduate 126 00:06:32,334 --> 00:06:36,401 of Berkeley College of Music, so he brings a jazz influence. 127 00:06:36,626 --> 00:06:39,093 Our bass player, Donald Huff Wright, 128 00:06:39,167 --> 00:06:41,834 has been touring in the blues scene for 129 00:06:41,999 --> 00:06:43,466 I think over 20 years. 130 00:06:43,792 --> 00:06:47,392 And myself, I come from an R&B and church background, 131 00:06:48,375 --> 00:06:51,108 so I've toured with a lot of funk bands. 132 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,810 - My first record with Alligator 133 00:06:55,834 --> 00:06:59,310 that we released in 2014 was called Don't Call No Ambulance, 134 00:06:59,334 --> 00:07:01,768 and we actually ended up winning the Blues Music Award 135 00:07:01,792 --> 00:07:04,259 for Best New Artist Album that year. 136 00:07:05,584 --> 00:07:08,185 It was amazing, you know, it feels like you're 10 feet tall. 137 00:07:08,209 --> 00:07:11,685 You get up on the stage and they're playing your song 138 00:07:11,709 --> 00:07:13,435 while you're walking up to the stage, 139 00:07:13,459 --> 00:07:16,726 and it was really just sort of a surreal moment. 140 00:07:20,999 --> 00:07:23,226 When I'm on stage, that's the happiest 141 00:07:23,250 --> 00:07:25,050 you'll see me, pretty much. 142 00:07:25,459 --> 00:07:26,975 I don't do this because I'm trying 143 00:07:26,999 --> 00:07:30,399 to make a million dollars and get a hit somewhere. 144 00:07:30,999 --> 00:07:34,666 We get out and travel and go through all the hardships 145 00:07:34,792 --> 00:07:36,310 associated with this sometimes 146 00:07:36,334 --> 00:07:37,727 because this is what we want to do, 147 00:07:37,751 --> 00:07:39,894 this is our passion, this is our love, this is our joy, 148 00:07:39,918 --> 00:07:42,143 and whenever we get on the stage, 149 00:07:42,167 --> 00:07:45,034 that's what we wanna share with everybody. 150 00:07:47,584 --> 00:07:50,717 Well, you always hope for a positive reaction. 151 00:07:51,083 --> 00:07:52,643 It's sort of give and take, you know, 152 00:07:52,667 --> 00:07:54,435 we put the energy off of the stage 153 00:07:54,459 --> 00:07:56,393 and they give it right back and it's sort of 154 00:07:56,417 --> 00:08:00,350 a cool thing when it can be a shared experience like that. 155 00:08:01,999 --> 00:08:04,351 My mom and my sister used to always get on 156 00:08:04,375 --> 00:08:05,560 and yell at me all the time 157 00:08:05,584 --> 00:08:06,810 'cause I'd always be barefoot. 158 00:08:06,834 --> 00:08:09,643 People ask me if I can feel the vibrations 159 00:08:09,667 --> 00:08:12,867 of the music and be more attached to the energy 160 00:08:13,751 --> 00:08:16,018 of the music and that type of stuff, 161 00:08:16,042 --> 00:08:17,226 and I wish that was the answer. 162 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:19,560 I kind of wanna go with that instead of just 163 00:08:19,584 --> 00:08:21,451 I don't like shoes. (laughs) 164 00:08:22,999 --> 00:08:24,399 But that's the truth. 165 00:08:24,792 --> 00:08:27,852 I'm just trying to write the best music that I can, 166 00:08:27,876 --> 00:08:29,059 perform it the best way I can, 167 00:08:29,083 --> 00:08:32,683 and get it out as far and wide to everybody as I can. 168 00:08:32,999 --> 00:08:34,018 And I feel like if I do that 169 00:08:34,042 --> 00:08:36,909 that everything else will fall into place. 170 00:08:43,876 --> 00:08:46,743 - To hear more, go to selwynbirchwood.com. 171 00:08:49,950 --> 00:08:52,483 Heidi Hoy's expressive bronze sculptures 172 00:08:52,542 --> 00:08:56,142 render women with incredible strength and femininity. 173 00:08:56,418 --> 00:08:58,475 Hoy's work in a male-dominated field 174 00:08:58,499 --> 00:09:01,966 distinguishes itself not just in her final product, 175 00:09:02,167 --> 00:09:04,967 but in her command of the process itself. 176 00:09:10,126 --> 00:09:12,394 - We are at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts 177 00:09:12,418 --> 00:09:14,768 and we're gonna do a bronze pour today. 178 00:09:14,792 --> 00:09:17,475 We're the only community arts center facility 179 00:09:17,499 --> 00:09:21,299 that has a bronze-pouring facility in a five-state area. 180 00:09:23,167 --> 00:09:24,227 When we start up that furnace, 181 00:09:24,251 --> 00:09:27,184 we're gonna heat the metal to 2100 degrees. 182 00:09:31,418 --> 00:09:32,418 (folksy music) 183 00:09:42,499 --> 00:09:43,499 Flame on. 184 00:09:45,499 --> 00:09:46,566 (whirring sound) 185 00:09:51,499 --> 00:09:52,499 (folksy music) 186 00:10:01,042 --> 00:10:04,442 I don't think I'd be an artist if I had not landed 187 00:10:04,875 --> 00:10:07,475 at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts. 188 00:10:09,625 --> 00:10:11,726 I became a student there in 1988, 189 00:10:11,750 --> 00:10:15,350 and I started teaching there about three years later. 190 00:10:15,917 --> 00:10:17,984 So I've been there a long time. 191 00:10:21,583 --> 00:10:24,516 The artist community there is so supportive 192 00:10:25,499 --> 00:10:28,032 and when I was first getting started, 193 00:10:28,167 --> 00:10:29,935 I was able to start selling work, 194 00:10:29,959 --> 00:10:33,102 start getting encouragement right out of the gate 195 00:10:33,126 --> 00:10:36,059 from accomplished people that collected art 196 00:10:36,750 --> 00:10:39,483 and I had the resources accessible to me 197 00:10:40,542 --> 00:10:42,075 through the art center. 198 00:10:42,834 --> 00:10:45,901 - [Roxanne] Heidi Hoy is one of the mainstays 199 00:10:46,334 --> 00:10:46,935 in our program. 200 00:10:46,959 --> 00:10:50,060 She works in a discipline where there aren't a lot of women. 201 00:10:50,084 --> 00:10:53,084 Because it's largely a male-dominated field, 202 00:10:53,499 --> 00:10:57,366 and she brings this wonderful feminine perspective to it, 203 00:10:58,001 --> 00:10:59,801 her work is just so unique. 204 00:11:00,499 --> 00:11:02,766 She has a way of portraying women 205 00:11:04,499 --> 00:11:07,699 with such incredible strength and determination 206 00:11:10,792 --> 00:11:13,525 and yet, her sculptures have a very soft 207 00:11:14,292 --> 00:11:15,959 and lovely feminine side. 208 00:11:18,334 --> 00:11:19,768 (bright, cheery music) 209 00:11:19,792 --> 00:11:23,792 - To become a bronze caster, it's just putting in the time. 210 00:11:26,251 --> 00:11:27,227 There's so many phases to it, 211 00:11:27,251 --> 00:11:30,384 and each phase is difficult and time consuming 212 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,167 and needs to be mastered. 213 00:11:33,875 --> 00:11:37,608 I feel very lucky that I've had the time to explore it. 214 00:11:46,750 --> 00:11:49,018 We're gonna bring the crucible out and seat it 215 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:51,842 in the pouring shank and pour the bronze. 216 00:11:54,542 --> 00:11:55,809 - [Man] Good to go. 217 00:11:56,875 --> 00:11:57,942 (cranking sound) 218 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:00,143 - [Heidi] I don't know why I went into this profession. 219 00:12:00,167 --> 00:12:03,834 It's hot and it's sweaty and it's dangerous and heavy. 220 00:12:05,499 --> 00:12:06,268 - [Woman] You're out. 221 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:08,018 - [Heidi] But there's something about the physical-ness 222 00:12:08,042 --> 00:12:09,435 of it that really appeals to me. 223 00:12:09,459 --> 00:12:12,926 I like to work hard and I like to lift heavy things 224 00:12:13,042 --> 00:12:15,309 and I like to create beauty, too. 225 00:12:15,542 --> 00:12:18,142 So it's all there for me in sculpture. 226 00:12:19,251 --> 00:12:20,384 - [Man] I got it. 227 00:12:20,418 --> 00:12:20,810 - Okay. 228 00:12:20,834 --> 00:12:22,185 It's gotten hard enough within one minute 229 00:12:22,209 --> 00:12:25,876 to hold its form, but we wanna wait about five minutes 230 00:12:26,126 --> 00:12:29,643 to break it open, 'cause right now the metal's brittle. 231 00:12:29,667 --> 00:12:32,310 You can see it's starting to cool and darken. 232 00:12:32,334 --> 00:12:35,401 Once that gets darker, then we'll pull it out 233 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:37,400 of the pit and open it up. 234 00:12:38,126 --> 00:12:41,793 I love bronze, because it is malleable and soft enough 235 00:12:42,959 --> 00:12:46,159 to manipulate and hard enough and strong enough 236 00:12:47,001 --> 00:12:49,801 to last forever and still feel momentary. 237 00:12:53,167 --> 00:12:55,268 All right, so we'll crack it outside. 238 00:12:55,292 --> 00:12:59,025 We use a really old-fashioned method of pouring bronze. 239 00:12:59,334 --> 00:13:02,934 The commercial foundries have a much different method 240 00:13:04,459 --> 00:13:05,476 that's more predictable. 241 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:07,967 You know you're gonna get the piece. 242 00:13:08,126 --> 00:13:09,459 Now I get out my ax. 243 00:13:11,499 --> 00:13:14,032 With my method, when you open a mold, 244 00:13:14,499 --> 00:13:17,566 it's always a curiosity to see what you have. 245 00:13:17,792 --> 00:13:19,125 You don't even know. 246 00:13:21,459 --> 00:13:23,768 I feel very nervous, always nervous, 247 00:13:23,792 --> 00:13:27,392 because you don't know what has happened in the pour. 248 00:13:28,625 --> 00:13:30,227 Oh, it still weighs a ton. 249 00:13:30,251 --> 00:13:33,651 Okay, so here's his head, his neck, his shoulders. 250 00:13:34,376 --> 00:13:38,443 He's holding his guitar here and his legs are kinda crossed. 251 00:13:39,499 --> 00:13:41,899 The bronze went in through the cup, 252 00:13:43,001 --> 00:13:45,268 and it went down the large spews. 253 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:47,559 This is called spewing and gating. 254 00:13:47,583 --> 00:13:50,893 I call 'em veins and arteries, so this would be the artery, 255 00:13:50,917 --> 00:13:51,643 these are the veins. 256 00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:53,518 Bronze only flows about a palm spread, 257 00:13:53,542 --> 00:13:57,475 so I have to feed fresh bronze to every part of the piece. 258 00:13:58,418 --> 00:13:59,475 I'm very happy with this pour, 259 00:13:59,499 --> 00:14:01,476 but right here, where it didn't pour, 260 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:03,643 you can see those edges are rounded? 261 00:14:03,667 --> 00:14:04,810 That's called cold shot. 262 00:14:04,834 --> 00:14:08,060 It means the metal got a little cool in that spot 263 00:14:08,084 --> 00:14:09,102 and just didn't flow. 264 00:14:09,126 --> 00:14:10,893 That's an easy area for me to fix 265 00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:12,935 and I'll just go in there and weld that. 266 00:14:12,959 --> 00:14:15,768 I'm gonna cut off all these spews and gates 267 00:14:15,792 --> 00:14:17,392 and chase the metal down 268 00:14:17,709 --> 00:14:19,709 and then I'll patina the piece 269 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:22,143 and kind of tortoiseshell the surface 270 00:14:22,167 --> 00:14:23,900 to give it more dimension. 271 00:14:27,376 --> 00:14:29,768 So when I'm finished working the bronze, 272 00:14:29,792 --> 00:14:31,792 it's raw bronze, so it's shiny 273 00:14:32,499 --> 00:14:33,601 and I can't keep them that way. 274 00:14:33,625 --> 00:14:35,893 Because they would tarnish over time anyway. 275 00:14:35,917 --> 00:14:39,917 Your fingerprints, the acids from your hands would etch it. 276 00:14:40,001 --> 00:14:42,268 To finish a piece and present it, 277 00:14:42,499 --> 00:14:45,768 I have to patina it and then wax it or lacquer it 278 00:14:45,792 --> 00:14:48,992 to give it color and warmth and depth and body. 279 00:14:52,126 --> 00:14:54,193 Patina is an art form in itself 280 00:14:54,499 --> 00:14:56,227 and I wish I knew more about them. 281 00:14:56,251 --> 00:14:59,718 I've experimented with patinas, with ammonia vapors 282 00:15:00,376 --> 00:15:03,109 and salts, and they can get very exotic, 283 00:15:03,292 --> 00:15:05,475 but they're very hard to control. 284 00:15:05,499 --> 00:15:08,475 So the patinas that I use are classic patinas. 285 00:15:08,499 --> 00:15:11,601 I make them out of nitric acid and through nails. 286 00:15:11,625 --> 00:15:15,092 In nitric acid, you see this big cloud of red stuff 287 00:15:16,292 --> 00:15:18,825 fuming out and it boils and heats up. 288 00:15:18,917 --> 00:15:22,184 Then you douse it with water and 24 hours later, 289 00:15:22,499 --> 00:15:23,699 you have a patina. 290 00:15:24,750 --> 00:15:25,750 (gentle music) 291 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:36,268 As I evolved as an artist, I realized that what 292 00:15:36,292 --> 00:15:39,825 I wanted to do was sculpt what moved me emotionally. 293 00:15:41,209 --> 00:15:43,742 So I started sculpting women, really, 294 00:15:45,542 --> 00:15:47,935 about the emotions that women experience. 295 00:15:47,959 --> 00:15:51,559 And I wanted them to be uplifting and somewhat noble. 296 00:15:53,001 --> 00:15:54,475 Bronze is called the noble metal, 297 00:15:54,499 --> 00:15:56,352 and I think there's a reason for that. 298 00:15:56,376 --> 00:15:59,776 There's just something, to me, that's very sensual 299 00:16:00,542 --> 00:16:02,342 and beautiful about bronze. 300 00:16:03,418 --> 00:16:06,551 I don't know, there's just something about it. 301 00:16:07,750 --> 00:16:10,750 - Find out more by visiting heidihoyart.com. 302 00:16:13,492 --> 00:16:15,560 The Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts 303 00:16:15,584 --> 00:16:18,602 in Racine, Wisconsin, celebrates the 50th anniversary 304 00:16:18,626 --> 00:16:22,393 of its longest-running exhibition, Watercolor Wisconsin. 305 00:16:22,417 --> 00:16:25,217 Here's a look at this diverse collection. 306 00:16:30,083 --> 00:16:32,750 - There was a great deal of respect for 307 00:16:32,959 --> 00:16:36,959 what people could produce with their minds and their hands. 308 00:16:38,667 --> 00:16:41,600 We're currently in the exhibition galleries 309 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:44,101 at the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts 310 00:16:44,125 --> 00:16:45,018 in Racine, Wisconsin, 311 00:16:45,042 --> 00:16:48,575 which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. 312 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:52,477 The Wustum's were a very interesting family. 313 00:16:52,501 --> 00:16:55,185 They were involved in a variety of businesses 314 00:16:55,209 --> 00:16:56,976 in the Dakotas, where they met, 315 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,733 moved back to the Racine community to run this property 316 00:17:00,999 --> 00:17:02,866 as a functioning dairy farm. 317 00:17:04,876 --> 00:17:08,101 Now, Charles was also involved in a meat-packing business 318 00:17:08,125 --> 00:17:10,226 in Chicago, and he would frequently travel 319 00:17:10,250 --> 00:17:12,643 from Racine to Chicago on business, 320 00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:15,800 and when he was traveling, Mrs. Wustum, Jenny, 321 00:17:16,709 --> 00:17:18,975 would run the farm in his absence. 322 00:17:18,999 --> 00:17:22,066 And she was really quite a take-charge woman. 323 00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:26,192 This couple who was not known to be art collectors 324 00:17:26,626 --> 00:17:29,693 ends up leaving their estate to the community 325 00:17:30,125 --> 00:17:31,975 to be turned into an art museum. 326 00:17:31,999 --> 00:17:34,399 Well, that museum opened up in 1941 327 00:17:35,334 --> 00:17:38,134 and was one of the few places to view art 328 00:17:38,167 --> 00:17:41,767 and to study art between the Art Institute of Chicago 329 00:17:42,209 --> 00:17:44,809 and the Layton Galleries in Milwaukee. 330 00:17:45,459 --> 00:17:48,143 And it became an outpost for creative people 331 00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:51,967 throughout northern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin. 332 00:17:51,999 --> 00:17:55,599 We now operate two campuses that are two miles apart, 333 00:17:58,459 --> 00:18:02,459 and we try to offer different experiences at both campuses. 334 00:18:02,918 --> 00:18:05,975 At RAM, in Racine's downtown, we offer exhibitions 335 00:18:05,999 --> 00:18:09,799 for artists with national and international reputations. 336 00:18:10,209 --> 00:18:12,435 At the Wustum campus, we operate that 337 00:18:12,459 --> 00:18:14,526 as our visual education center. 338 00:18:15,375 --> 00:18:18,375 The fact that it was a home sort of projects 339 00:18:18,626 --> 00:18:21,693 a homey nature, a sense of comfort to people, 340 00:18:22,292 --> 00:18:25,959 that I think made it very easy for blue collar workers 341 00:18:26,876 --> 00:18:29,543 in this community to embrace visual art 342 00:18:29,999 --> 00:18:32,066 and feel at home looking at it. 343 00:18:33,209 --> 00:18:36,560 One of the things that's a big part of the museum's history 344 00:18:36,584 --> 00:18:39,317 is the Watercolor Wisconsin competition. 345 00:18:40,417 --> 00:18:41,894 The people at the museum at the time 346 00:18:41,918 --> 00:18:44,518 believed that there was a great deal of wonderful work 347 00:18:44,542 --> 00:18:46,101 being done in the watercolor medium, 348 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:47,975 and that was something that was very specific 349 00:18:47,999 --> 00:18:51,999 to Wisconsin as a place, which I think is still true today. 350 00:18:53,918 --> 00:18:55,785 That show opened up in 1966, 351 00:18:55,959 --> 00:18:58,768 and we have run that as an annual competition 352 00:18:58,792 --> 00:18:59,925 every year since. 353 00:19:00,417 --> 00:19:03,550 So in the same year that Wustum is turning 75, 354 00:19:03,999 --> 00:19:07,399 the Watercolor Wisconsin exhibition is turning 50. 355 00:19:09,792 --> 00:19:13,592 It can be anything that employs water to move the paint. 356 00:19:14,417 --> 00:19:17,617 So it can be watercolor, acrylic, wash, or ink. 357 00:19:17,792 --> 00:19:20,518 It can be wet and dry together, but it has to be 358 00:19:20,542 --> 00:19:23,875 some kind of involvement of a water-based medium. 359 00:19:25,417 --> 00:19:27,768 - There are 98 works by 71 artists, 360 00:19:27,792 --> 00:19:30,185 and they are from across the state of Wisconsin. 361 00:19:30,209 --> 00:19:34,276 The jurors who pick the work do not know who the artists are 362 00:19:34,959 --> 00:19:36,435 or where they are from in the state. 363 00:19:36,459 --> 00:19:38,393 So this is really based on the quality of the work 364 00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:42,417 and on the jurors seeing something that they connect with. 365 00:19:43,626 --> 00:19:46,159 You have rather traditional subjects, 366 00:19:46,375 --> 00:19:47,976 some things that people would think of 367 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,143 when they think of watercolor: 368 00:19:49,167 --> 00:19:51,300 landscapes, water and seascapes, 369 00:19:52,999 --> 00:19:54,266 floral still lives. 370 00:19:55,209 --> 00:19:58,518 But then you also have things that are abstracted 371 00:19:58,542 --> 00:19:59,675 based on pattern, 372 00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:02,477 things that are figurative or narrative 373 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:04,434 so that they'll tell a story. 374 00:20:04,667 --> 00:20:06,935 And then they have things where the emphasis 375 00:20:06,959 --> 00:20:08,759 is more on the composition. 376 00:20:10,459 --> 00:20:13,792 - I use just the simplest of all aqueous mediums. 377 00:20:16,918 --> 00:20:20,251 I use pen and ink and watered down acrylic paint. 378 00:20:21,709 --> 00:20:25,376 The work has a tendency to be more like a sketch book. 379 00:20:25,501 --> 00:20:27,434 It has a sketch book quality. 380 00:20:27,959 --> 00:20:30,559 And this series of paintings is called 381 00:20:30,584 --> 00:20:32,117 Memorial Drive Journal. 382 00:20:32,751 --> 00:20:35,951 This painting has to do with white plastic bags 383 00:20:36,501 --> 00:20:39,518 that, in the mile and a half or two mile journey 384 00:20:39,542 --> 00:20:41,975 that I take down Memorial Drive every day, 385 00:20:41,999 --> 00:20:45,666 there are a lot of people carrying white plastic bags. 386 00:20:46,083 --> 00:20:47,975 I've done a lot of paintings on canvas, 387 00:20:47,999 --> 00:20:50,666 but I really do like painting on paper. 388 00:20:51,292 --> 00:20:54,759 There's a certain brightness and transparency to it 389 00:20:54,999 --> 00:20:56,266 that I really like. 390 00:20:58,042 --> 00:21:01,518 - [Lena] There is an immediacy in using water-based media 391 00:21:01,542 --> 00:21:04,675 that doesn't happen with using oil and canvas. 392 00:21:06,709 --> 00:21:08,975 - [Bruce] We do purchase a few paintings 393 00:21:08,999 --> 00:21:12,332 from each year's Watercolor Wisconsin competition 394 00:21:13,209 --> 00:21:15,676 so we have a very substantial record 395 00:21:15,999 --> 00:21:19,132 that we're growing at RAM of Wisconsin artists 396 00:21:21,999 --> 00:21:25,332 working in watercolor and aqueous media on paper. 397 00:21:26,042 --> 00:21:27,310 - [Lena] The works that are represented 398 00:21:27,334 --> 00:21:29,768 in this exhibition are really wonderful examples 399 00:21:29,792 --> 00:21:31,975 of the dynamic nature of Watercolor Wisconsin 400 00:21:31,999 --> 00:21:35,666 and a wonderful reflection of this state's willingness 401 00:21:36,999 --> 00:21:38,199 to pursue a media. 402 00:21:42,999 --> 00:21:46,732 - Learn more about the Wustum Art Museum at ramart.org. 403 00:21:49,709 --> 00:21:53,268 You can satisfy your sweet tooth with a visit to Mmelo 404 00:21:53,292 --> 00:21:56,310 in the art district of downtown Columbus, Ohio. 405 00:21:56,334 --> 00:21:59,534 In this segment, owner Michelle Allen shows off 406 00:21:59,834 --> 00:22:03,901 her tasty confections, including her signature marshmallows. 407 00:22:06,792 --> 00:22:07,792 (lilting music) 408 00:22:15,959 --> 00:22:19,092 - We are in my new cafe, my confectionary cafe 409 00:22:20,875 --> 00:22:23,475 Mmelo Boutique Confections, M-M-E-L-O, 410 00:22:24,251 --> 00:22:26,984 which funnily enough came out of a sound 411 00:22:27,084 --> 00:22:28,475 that my husband would hear, 412 00:22:28,499 --> 00:22:30,977 because I started kind of doing this in Spain. 413 00:22:31,001 --> 00:22:33,018 And my husband, people would try my food 414 00:22:33,042 --> 00:22:34,310 and people would go "mmmmmm" 415 00:22:34,334 --> 00:22:37,267 and it just kind of grew out of that sound. 416 00:22:37,334 --> 00:22:39,601 So that's where Mmelo comes from. 417 00:22:40,834 --> 00:22:44,143 You know, marshmallows have really fallen from grace. 418 00:22:44,167 --> 00:22:45,559 They were a confection for kings 419 00:22:45,583 --> 00:22:48,475 and the reason for that is you can do so many things 420 00:22:48,499 --> 00:22:51,475 with the flavor and the texture and the, you know, 421 00:22:51,499 --> 00:22:54,352 you raise it a few degrees and you get like this 422 00:22:54,376 --> 00:22:56,559 Swedish marshmallow, which is a bit rubbery, 423 00:22:56,583 --> 00:22:57,685 and that's how they like it. 424 00:22:57,709 --> 00:23:00,060 Or you add a bit of egg white to it 425 00:23:00,084 --> 00:23:02,475 and it's like, it's almost like a foam, 426 00:23:02,499 --> 00:23:04,018 the French call it a guimauve. 427 00:23:04,042 --> 00:23:06,851 So that's one of the reasons why I'm kind of pushing 428 00:23:06,875 --> 00:23:08,742 the virtues of marshmallows. 429 00:23:15,334 --> 00:23:17,334 Okay, we are on the clock now. 430 00:23:17,418 --> 00:23:19,268 I grew up just off of Livingston Avenue, 431 00:23:19,292 --> 00:23:22,475 and the southeast side, and went to Ohio State, 432 00:23:22,499 --> 00:23:25,768 and was just chomping at the bit to get out of town. 433 00:23:25,792 --> 00:23:28,768 I travel all over the world and a lot of that travel 434 00:23:28,792 --> 00:23:32,392 actually ended up informing the recipes I design now. 435 00:23:36,499 --> 00:23:37,899 In September of 2015, 436 00:23:40,499 --> 00:23:42,810 I quickly came back to the United States, 437 00:23:42,834 --> 00:23:45,501 incorporated Mmelo, contacted a contact 438 00:23:47,418 --> 00:23:49,475 that I had over at Easton Autoship. 439 00:23:49,499 --> 00:23:53,232 They gave me this creme de la creme spot on the Strand. 440 00:23:53,499 --> 00:23:55,185 I had Louis Vuitton across the street 441 00:23:55,209 --> 00:23:58,676 and Apple on one side or Michael Kors on the other. 442 00:23:58,834 --> 00:24:01,475 It was mad, that would never in a million years 443 00:24:01,499 --> 00:24:02,632 happen in Europe. 444 00:24:03,499 --> 00:24:04,893 I was there for eight weeks. 445 00:24:04,917 --> 00:24:08,476 Based on the strength of that, I got corporate clients, 446 00:24:08,500 --> 00:24:11,433 I got, I found the funding for my business. 447 00:24:12,042 --> 00:24:15,442 I would never have gotten this far in Spain, ever. 448 00:24:18,709 --> 00:24:21,642 Part of the research that I've done in food 449 00:24:23,499 --> 00:24:26,143 is really trying to make sure I and my team 450 00:24:26,167 --> 00:24:29,700 really understand why you make the ingredient choice 451 00:24:30,499 --> 00:24:32,966 that you make and how that basically 452 00:24:34,376 --> 00:24:35,851 interacts with the human body. 453 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:39,542 That in addition to the commitment to using, designing 454 00:24:40,499 --> 00:24:44,143 all the recipes around real food, whole food ingredients. 455 00:24:44,167 --> 00:24:46,167 Not using uber-refined flours, 456 00:24:47,167 --> 00:24:49,167 not using uber-refined sugars, 457 00:24:49,499 --> 00:24:52,432 not using artificial flavors or sweeteners, 458 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:55,300 or all the sort of stuff that we now know 459 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:57,367 we shouldn't really consume. 460 00:24:58,583 --> 00:25:00,475 You know, people ask me all the time, 461 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,499 can you do a sugar-free treat? 462 00:25:04,001 --> 00:25:05,518 And my response to that is, I would love to, 463 00:25:05,542 --> 00:25:07,851 but there isn't a natural way to do that. 464 00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:11,342 We can do low glycemic, but we can't do sugar-free. 465 00:25:13,084 --> 00:25:15,810 I'm not trying to say that Mmelo is health food, 466 00:25:15,834 --> 00:25:17,893 but it is food, it is not junk. 467 00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:20,517 It is not made with junky ingredients. 468 00:25:21,709 --> 00:25:22,726 There's thought behind the way 469 00:25:22,750 --> 00:25:25,083 that it was built and constructed. 470 00:25:25,542 --> 00:25:26,851 And a lot of people here in Columbus 471 00:25:26,875 --> 00:25:28,893 have done some amazing work in terms of 472 00:25:28,917 --> 00:25:31,984 creating the food landscape here in Columbus. 473 00:25:32,959 --> 00:25:35,726 It's so impressive and I'm so proud of my hometown. 474 00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:39,143 And I really hope that Mmelo can contribute to that 475 00:25:39,167 --> 00:25:40,834 in a really positive way. 476 00:25:42,376 --> 00:25:45,776 - For more delectable confections, visit mmelo.co. 477 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,800 And that wraps it up for this edition of WEDU Arts Plus. 478 00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:54,567 For more arts and culture, visit wedu.org/artsplus 479 00:25:54,959 --> 00:25:58,159 where you'll find feature videos, local events, 480 00:25:58,959 --> 00:26:00,602 and arts and culture partners. 481 00:26:00,626 --> 00:26:02,759 Until next time, I'm Gabe Ortiz. 482 00:26:03,375 --> 00:26:04,708 Thanks for watching. 483 00:26:05,667 --> 00:26:06,734 (rhythmic music) 484 00:26:28,751 --> 00:26:30,884 Major funding for WEDU Arts Plus 485 00:26:31,501 --> 00:26:34,018 is provided through the Greater Cincinnati Foundation 486 00:26:34,042 --> 00:26:36,935 by an arts-loving donor who encourages others 487 00:26:36,959 --> 00:26:39,226 to support your PBS station WEDU.