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, October 12, 2006

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This edition of Applause presents a tribute to recently deceased "outsider" artist Reverend Albert Wagner who was known as "The Black Moses" of the art world. A selection of this acclaimed artist's work is reviewed and highlights from an archived Applause interview with Wagner are also featured. In another Applause segment, Cleveland Heights artist Cathy Bleck joins program host Perry for an in-studio interview discussing her work and her new book, "Open Spaces". The program concludes with a tour of Cleveland State University's newly restored Fenn Tower with CSU President Dr. Michael Schwartz showcasing the building's rich history and the story behind the restoration to its 1929 grandeur.

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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

United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, Inc.

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