ARTe covers the vital and versatile arts scene in the Tucson area and Southern Arizona and is produced by Emmy award-winning producer Sooyeon Lee, who profiles some of the most talented visual and performing artists in the region for the journal. The five artists profiled in this installment of ARTe, called “Art and Inspirations,” include:
R. Carlos Nakai, flutist. The premier performer of Native American flute who has helped inspire and increase the awareness and popularity of Native American music around the world. He has more than 40 albums and eight Grammy nominations.
Mark Klett, photographer, who photographs the intersection of cultures, landscapes and time. His background includes working as a geologist before turning to photography, where he establishes his artistic perspective on the Western American landscape, connecting periods of time with one another.
Rick DeMont, painter, who --as an Olympic swimmer-- won gold in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, only to have the medal retracted after testing positive for a banned substance contained in his asthma medication. Now an established artist, DeMont talks about how painting helped him deal with distressful events and finding serenity in life.
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, performance artist, uses visual art to explore cross-cultural issues and North-South relations, including the using the exotic and folkloric stereotypes of Mexico and the cultural nationalism often associated with politically charged Chicano art.
Carolyn Anderson, painter and paralysis victim who was joined on her path of health and healing by Tyler J. Worthington -- her black Labrador Retriever service dog -- and together have used art to capture the amazing love from dogs on canvas.
See previews and find out more at ARTe online.
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