The New American Art - NJN/State of the Arts

The New American Art looks at artists who bring a range of cultural backgrounds and experiences to their work transforming what American art looks like in the process. From the paintings of Jewish Indian artist Siona Benjamin, who puts ancient Hebrew figures into modern day situations, to the weavings of Armando Sosa, a Guatemalan artist who is taking his ancestral craft into the 21st century, New Jersey is host to artists who are reinventing American art by infusing it with traditions from around the world.
The New American Art features interviews with Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, an art historian and Rockefeller Foundation scholar, James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, and Isabel Nazario, director of the Transcultural NJ Arts and Education Initiative and associate vice president for Arts and Humanities at Rutgers. To see the entire program visit: http://www.njn.net/artsculture/starts/season04-05/2309.html
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