Arts Showcase
Season 2
KVIE is dedicated to exploring arts throughout northern California. KVIE Arts Showcase is a new weekly series that takes you across the nation to meet artists of all kinds. Come with us as we experience America's most interesting and talented artists.
Where to Watch Arts Showcase • Season 2
23 Episodes
- Episode 2E2
Episode 2Uncover the secret identity of the Captain America artist. A local sculptor whose clay became his expression of pride. Meet an artist whose love of nature and insects inspire her subject matter. Explore the artists of the Chicano movement at the Museo de las Americas, and visit Exxopolis-an inflatable walk-in sculpture by Artchitects of Air. - Episode 4E4
Episode 4Follow a Grammy-winning composer as she embarks on a new project and witness acting legend Olympia Dukakis' return to the stage. Meet a local artist who brings life to discarded items, and discover the new grassroots arts movement, Raw, and the woman behind the Las Vegas chapter. - Episode 5E5
Episode 5Meet Janie Hendrix and explore her relationship with her brother, Jimi. Discover a theatre with a storied history, as well as a set of airport mosaics created through a partnership with schools. Meet Sacramento artist Micah Crandall-Bear, as well as the owner of a successful sculpture company in Tampa. - Episode 6E6
Episode 6Witness the antique craft of wet plate photography, and meet a student artist making a name for herself. Explore the universal emotion of love through a transatlantic collaboration. Visit Roundups to Rockers, which features guitars from 1793 to present, and see how metal artists combine old and new techniques in Missouri. - Episode 7E7
Episode 7See how world-traveler Matthew Wilson creates complex works of art and explore the inspiration behind David Garrett's music. Meet surrealist painter Nicholas Harper as well as feminist painter Stephanie Rond. Then, meet milliner Stephen Jones, who has capped the world's most stylish women and has inspired a traveling show of hats. - Episode 11E11
Episode 11Witness how an 8th-generation photojournalist uses his talent to protect natural habitats and enjoy the storytelling of musician Yo-Yo Ma. Meet New York sculpture artist Albert Paley, as well as Phyllis Magidson, curator of costumes and textiles, at the Museum of the City of New York. - Episode 12E12
Episode 12Explore the Beauty Box, an art installation and performance space in an economically challenged area of Houston. Meet Sacramento artist Kim Squaglia and photographer Zeb Andrews. Get a backstage pass in a conversation with the stars of Wicked, and discover the opulence and pageantry of the gilded age. - Episode 14E14
Episode 14See how Colorado artist Don Mitchell uses bright colors and unique designs to create his sculptures. Witness the transformation of art inside Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum. Meet Graphic designer Michael Cina. Step inside the Schubert Club, which houses more than 100 letters from composers like Mozart. Meet abstract expressionist Orazio Salati. - Episode 16E16
Episode 16Meet an integral member of the downtown Las Vegas arts district, Joseph Watson, as well as photographer JW Johnston. Discover a Sacramento gallery giving artists a permanent home for their art, and the movie One Chance, which tells the story of Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts. - Episode 17E17
Episode 17Discover a dance company that uses the air as its stage and visit the home of longtime ceramicist Jason Wolff. Meet local musician Richard Glazier as well as a 96-year-old artist who works every day in her home studio. See why architects in Houston are designing posh pads for puppies. - Episode 19E19
Episode 19Discover how a metal sculptor makes beautiful works with fire. Learn about the evolution of Steve Martin's banjo career, and take a journey with a Sacramento multi-generational drum and dance company. Jonathan Wolfe shares his fascination with how fractals mirror patterns in nature, and a bestselling mystery writer provides a new take on Sherlock Holmes. - Episode 21E21
Episode 21Witness a playwright's fresh take on the age-old play Antony and Cleopatra and meet a local artist who infuses life into discarded items. Explore how a traveling photographic exhibit helps match children with adoptive parents and discover an artist-made world populated by endearing doll-sized creatures - Episode 22E22
Episode 22Tour an artist studio that encourages community involvement and explore the international quilt festival. Meet a local multimedia specialist who creates extraordinary views of the world through time lapses and an artist who turns tin cans into works of art. Witness the time-sensitive art of glassblowing. - Episode 23E23
Episode 23Explore how a Dumpster can become a work of art. Discover a dance company that incites candid explorations of the human experience. Meet an innovative artist who works in storyboarding, a native Las Vegas painter who uses the city for inspiration, and a man who combines love for his brother with engineering to create custom wheelchairs. - Episode 25E25
Episode 25Meet an artist featured in the KVIE Art Auction, as well as an artist who creates outdoor living structures. Witness a timed art creation event for students and discover a vehicle that explores new frontiers. Review works by Belgian surrealist René Magritte at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. - Episode 26E26
Episode 26Get the personal story of multi Grammy-winning Jazz pianist Billy Childs. Meet a KVIE Art Auction artist and a man who builds homes and sculptures from twigs in a city park. Discover the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum in New York, and the Billy Ireland Carton Library & Museum, which promotes cartoons as cultural artifacts.