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, February 26, 2009

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Artist Edward Weston, who developed many photographic techniques that are still used today, began his career shooting beautiful portraits and evolved into a so-called modernist photographing stark images of factories, landscapes and even vegetables. We'll preview Edward Weston: Life Work on view now at the Akron Art Museum now through April 26th.

While Mifune's their roots are in the Cleveland area, their influences span the globe. Their arrangements are inspired by the British band Stereolab, their rhythms by Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, and their attitude by Japanese film actor Toshiro Mifune, after whom they named their band. We'll have a performance and interview with Mifune.

During the great depression, African-Americans were especially hard hit. But a group of Black artists in Cleveland were determined not to let anything stand in their way of achieving their dreams. Under the banner Karamu Artists Incorporated, these aspiring artists found strength in numbers honing their talents and skills under one roof at America's oldest African cultural art center, Karamu House.

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

The Cleveland 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.