William Mortensen at Buckland Museum

William Mortensen’s manipulated photographs are on exhibit at the Buckland Museum in Cleveland. The exhibition, titled “Witches” is just in time for Halloween. Mortensen began his career as a glamor and film still photographer in the 1920s. He soon turned to darker themes influenced by horror films. But it was his pictorialist compositing techniques that caused the photography-purist Ansel Adams to call him the Anti-christ.

The exhibition and venue are featured on WCPN Ideastream. The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick was founded in New York in 1966 and relocated to Cleveland in 2015. More about William Mortensen here. More details about the exhibition here.

Vivian Maier @ CLE Print Room on NPR

Cleveland’s NPR station WCPN’s arts program Sound of Applause  features the “Nanny Photographer” Vivian Maier whose work is on view now at The Cleveland Print Room. And Plus, they spotlight 1964 the new PBS documentary airing tonight on WVIZ/PBS ideastream with director Stephen Ives; and John Ewing shares what’s onscreen this month at The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque and The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Cleveland Arts on the Radio

Today WCPN, Cleveland’s NPR station, had two great programs on the Arts in Cleveland.

The Cleveland Museum of Art’s recently opened atrium.

The Sound of Ideas discussed the impact of the arts on the national and local economies:

Many of us recognize the value of the arts for entertainment and cultural fulfillment. Now, for the first time, the federal government says it can quantify the economic impact of the arts: $504 billion, or 3.2 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product. Now that’s a blockbuster. We’ll talk about how the number was derived with the lead analyst at the National Endowement for the Arts Wednesday at 9:00 on The Sound of Ideas, and examine the impact of the arts locally. Join host Mike McIntyre.

The Sound of Applause interviewed Cleveland Museum of Art Interim Director and Transformer Station cofounder, Fred Bidwell. It’s the second segment of the program.

Fred also discusses the future of the Cleveland Museum of Art in an interview on the CMA blog.

Hank Willis Thomas on WCPN’s Around Noon

''B®anded,'' 2003. Hank Willis Thomas, from the book ''Pitch Blackness'' (Aperture, 2008)

Dee Perry speaks with acclaimed and provocative photographer Hank Willis Thomas who spotlights his controversial images at The Cleveland Museum of Art this Saturday. We also take you behind the scenes of a dance described as part vaudeville and part toy store after midnight from The Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company performing this weekend at PlayhouseSquare. Plus, we meet Mato Nanji the Native American blues man who brings his band Indigenous back to the Beachland Ballroom tonight.  Listen to the interview with Hank Willis Thomas and Barbara Tannenbaum online now.

Three Photographers on WCPN’s Around Noon

On today’s Around Noon, WCPN host Dee Perry talked to three local photographers to discuss photography in the digital age.  Barry Underwood, Donald Black Jr. and Peggy Turbett participated in this call in show.  I was in a meeting so I haven’t heard the whole thing yet, but I caught the end.  The episode ended with a small shout out to CSU’s photo program.  You can hear it here.

Photography on WCPN’s Around Noon

Photography was the topic today on WCPN’s Around Noon. The show features photographers Ian Adams, Garie Waltzer and Herb Ascherman. Listen to the program and view the photographer’s images here.

 

 

 

iona rozeal brown on WCPN’s Around Noon

Dee Perry unveils the work of award-winning artist iona rozeal brown who challenges stereotypes of women in both Japanese and African-American culture on the walls of MOCA Cleveland with her new solo exhibition all falls down.

“These paintings are amazing.” -M

Live on WCPN at noon, or as a podcast after that: iona rozeal brown, Garrison Keillor & Apollo’s Fire / WCPN.org.