Colleen Cutschall - Painter Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1800 Date: February 12, 2009 Artist Colleen Cutschall is known for her epic paintings based on Lakota creation mythology. She uses a style with layered symbolism and meticulous...

Can You Learn To Be Creative? (211) Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1659 Date: February 12, 2009 For years we thought that in order to be creative you had to 'be born with it.' Now, new thinking on the subject reveals that e...

Building a Community-based Health Care Movement Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 The subject of Tracy Kidder’s book "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World," Farmer is a renowne...

Arts & Media Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 An exploration of the intersection between fine arts and technology through the work of two University of Kentucky art professors. From the Series:...

2004 National Book Festival - Carlos Eire Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 Religious scholar Carlos Eire fled to the United States from his homeland of Cuba in 1962 as one of 14,000 unaccompanied children airlifted out b...

2004 National Book Festival - Robert B. Parker Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1720 Date: February 12, 2009 Robert B. Parker began writing in 1971 while teaching at Boston’s Northeastern University. Now as the author of nearly 50 books, he is acknowledge...

A Rare Instrument Demonstration Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3448 Date: February 12, 2009 Musicians and rare instrument aficionados Curtis Berak and Bruce Teter discuss and demonstrate a range of unusual musical devices, including the b...

2004 National Book Festival - Richard Peck Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 Richard Peck speaks to a captivated audience at the 2004 National Book Festival. Peck, who has written more than 30 novels for age groups from mid...

2004 National Book Festival - Betsy Lewin Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 Noted children’s book illustrator Betsy Lewin entertains excited young readers with her drawing skills at the 2004 National Book Festival. Lewin ...

Art-Based Modeling for Computer Graphics Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3508 Date: February 12, 2009 We can apply techniques from art and illustration to increase the expressive power of 3D computer graphics. Markosian explains what we stand to gai...

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1775 Date: February 12, 2009 Take a tour of the new Clarice Smith Center, a state-of-the-art performance center at the University of Maryland. The center features six outstand...

Can Slaves Practice Politics? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3525 Date: February 12, 2009 In this lecture, presented as part of the University of Pennsylvania’s Provost Lecture Series, Dr. Steven Hahn, a professor of History and winner ...

A Poetry Reading Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 A poetry reading by U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall. Hall has received numerous awards for poetry including the Marshall/Nation Award in 1987 for &a...

Branda Miller - Video Artist Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2112 Date: February 12, 2009 Branda Miller’s video art works are recognized for their social themes embedded within experimental video forms.  She has worked wi...

Arnold Mesches - History Painter Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1679 Date: February 12, 2009 Artist Arnold Mesches is a history painter who blends realism with surrealism imagery and content. From the Series:What Follows

2004 National Book Festival - R. L. Stine Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1650 Date: February 12, 2009 Famed Goosebumps author R. L. Stine’s writing career began at the age of nine when he wrote stories and jokes on an old typewriter and handed them ...

2004 National Book Festival - Azar Nafisi Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1710 Date: February 12, 2009 Best-selling author Azar Nafisi, professor of international studies at Johns Hopkins University, not only won a fellowship from Oxford, but also t...