Applause is an Emmy award-winning locally produced TV show that celebrates artists and cultural groups around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Each week this on-air arts magazine broadcasts a fresh half-hour of features, performances, on-location reports, and interviews from the studios of WVIZ/PBS ideastream. Special thanks to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College for the use of their Steinway Piano on Around Noon/Applause.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

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Wood carver Joe Frofnaphel didn't start off as an artist, but the calling that he received from a very unusual source, and at an early age wasn't to be denied. Here's the story of artist Joe Frofnaphel.

As anyone in the arts will tell you, life as an artist isn't an easy thing. So why in the world would a Blacksmith take on such a challenge? Here's the story from ideastream reporter, David C. Barnett.

If you've ever stopped to wonder why a product looks the way it does, you can probably thank -- or blame -- someone in the field of industrial design. Two of the best at blending art and technology into innovative and successful designs are located right here in Cleveland.

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Production of Applause on WVIZ/PBS is made possible by grants from:

The Cleveland Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
The John P. Murphy Foundation

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The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.