Arts and culture

Art and Literature

Films on poets, painters, and photojournalism, as listed on the 2019 literature page.

5 programs

• William Blake: Inspiration and VisionAn introduction to the poet, painter, and mystic, built from Jack Ramey’s readings and Eric Marciano’s camera.
• Fanny Sanín: The Critic’s EyeListed on the 2019 literature page. A separate synopsis was not in this capture.
• Walt Whitman: Songs of MyselfJack Ramey reads Song of Myself while Eric Marciano sets the poem against photographs, Hudson River paintings, and landscape.
• Farewell to Bosnia, Part OneGilles Peress’s Sarajevo photographs, archival film, and American museum visitors speaking in a Reaction Room. 25 minutes.
• Latin American Women ArtistsA 25-minute history of women artists in Latin America from 1915 to 1995, commissioned by the Milwaukee Art Museum.