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  This Week on Autism Weekly: Transforming Workplaces for Neurodivergent Individuals with Dave Caudel In this episode, we are thrilled to welcome Dave Caudel, Executive Director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation. With a passion for understanding how things work and a personal diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, Dave brings a unique perspective to the conversation. As a father of three children on the spectrum, his mission is to create a better world for neurodivergent individuals. Tune in as we discuss how the Frist Center, housed at Vanderbilt's School of Engineering, is using cutting-edge technology to transform workplaces by harnessing the unique skills and talents of people with autism. Download latest episode to learn more! Resources Website: vu.edu/autismandinnovation ............................................................... Autism weekly is now found on all of the major listening apps including apple podcasts, google podcasts, stitcher, Spotify, amazon music, and more. Subscribe to be notified when we post a new podcast. Autism weekly is produced by ABS Kids. ABS Kids is proud to provide diagnostic assessments and ABA therapy to children with developmental delays like Autism Spectrum Disorder. You can learn more about ABS Kids and the Autism Weekly podcast by visiting abskids.com.

When it comes to such simple things as communication, networking, and even relationships, there are three basic skills you need to remember. You need to build upon the relationship. You also need to maintain them, and work towards them growing. Joining us in the studio is music industry veteran Lyn Stevens who is an award winning photographer, who combines her love of photography with her passion for music. From that, she has learned the ability to network among industry peers, and shares her insight with our listeners. While on the subject, we also discuss documenting your career with photography, and how important it is in the bigger picture. Since her days as a producer at WIBA-FM and Morning DJ & Country Music Director WDUX in Wisconsin, Lyn has always had the bug to work in the music industry. Working in radio provided Lyn the opportunity to meet and interview legendary performers such as Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Charlie Daniels, Loretta Lynn, and The Kentucky Headhunters among many others. After moving to Nashville in 2009, her photography "hobby" started catching the eye of local performers. In 2012, the door was opened as Lyn was honored to have 3 of her photos on display as part of the Cameras and Community in Action Project at The Frist Center for The Visual Arts. Her work went on to be featured in Country Weekly, Billboard Magazine and the Nashville Music Guide. In late 2014, she was asked by country legends, Little Texas, to shoot the photos for their album, "Young for A Long Time," which garnered her the award for "Best Visual Art" at the 2015 Nashville Independent Music Awards. She added the title, “International Photographer” to her resume, after documenting a Blues/Rock tour to Australia in 2016 and another tour to Iceland in 2018. Her work has since been seen on television in Australia and in newspapers and magazines throughout Europe. She approaches photography as a documentarian, based off the strong belief that she is documenting future history, in the present-day moment. Creator and Executive Producer Emeritus: Tom Sabella Showrunner and Host (the guy who has a face for podcasting): Bob Bender Management Representation: Chuck Thompson for Thompson Entertainment Group, LLC Co-Producer - Audio/Video Editor (the man behind the curtain): Mark Sabella Director of Video and Continuity (the brains of the entire operation): Deborah Halle Marketing and Social Media (all knowing): Sarah Fleshner for 362 Entertainment All Around Problem Solver (and Mental Health Therapist for us): Connie Ribas Recorded inside what could be an old beat up Airstream Trailer located somewhere on what's left of Music Row in Nashville TN (Man we sure do miss Noshville, and the Longhorn Steakhouse) Mixed and Mastered at Music Dog Studios in Nashville, TN Editing and Post at Midnight Express Studio located in Olian, NY Production Sound Design: Keith Stark Voice Over and Promo: Lisa Fuson Special Thanks to the creator and founder of the podcast, Tom Sabella, along with Traci Snow for producing and hosting over 100 episodes of the original "Business Side of Music" podcast and trusting us to carry on their legacy. Website: If you would like to be a guest on the show, please submit a request to: bob@businesssideofmusic.com If you're interested in becoming a sponsor for the show, let us know and we'll send you a media / sponsorship kit to you. Contact us at bob@businesssideofmusic.com The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed on this show provided by the guest(s), are those of the guest(s) own, and do not necessarily represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the host or producers of this podcast. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only. The Business Side of Music's name and all forms and abbreviations are the property of its owner (Lotta Dogs Productions LLC), and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organization, product, or service. Copyright © 2024 Lotta Dogs Productions, LLC, All rights reserved.

This week I talk with Ben Venom, textile artist and studio manager at The Space Program. We recorded our conversation in July 2023 at The Space Program's recording studio. About Ben Venom Ben Venom graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007 with a Master of Fine Arts degree. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally including the Levi Strauss Museum (Germany), National Folk Museum of Korea, HPGRP Gallery (Tokyo), Fort Wayne Museum, Charlotte Fogh Gallery (Denmark), Taubman Museum of Art, Gregg Museum of Art and Design, and the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles. He has been interviewed by NPR: All Things Considered, Playboy, Juxtapoz Magazine, KQED, Maxim, and CBS Sunday Morning. Venom has lectured at the California College of Arts, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Midlands Art Centre, Humboldt State University, Oregon College of Art and Craft, and Adidas. Recently, he was the artist in residence at MASS MoCA and the de Young Museum. Ben Venom is currently Visiting Faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute. Show Notes https://www.benvenom.com/bio https://www.instagram.com/benvenom Problematic review of problematic Jason Rhoades' show in 2017 at Hauser & Wirth http://artobserved.com/2017/05/los-angeles-jason-rhoades-installations-1994-2006-at-hauser-wirth-los-angeles-through-may-21st-2017/ Art Date Substack: https://artdate.substack.com/ Art Date Social Club - Eventbrite page https://www.eventbrite.com/o/sarah-thibault-18411193477 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message

Come and listen while Host Candace Gish interviews a variety of extraordinary women, whom are working to make the world a better place! #DivasThatCare A Nashville raised realtor offering the ultimate real estate experience, powered by Compass. She is a full time affiliate Broker with Compass Nashville, Tennessee.  Cindy is a full time residential real estate agent licensed in 2005. Her passion for people and her values for treating others exceptionally is the basis for her business.  Cindy is an avid listener and an expert negotiator who holds a strong record in finding off-market properties and winning bids in multiple offer situations. She maintains a boutique client list based on personal referrals. Relationships with clients and placing their needs first along, with providing first-class service, is of utmost importance. Cindy maintains a one-to-one level of communication with clients and their representatives throughout and well after each transaction. Clients appreciate her down-to earth-yet professional manner.  Nashville - raised, Cindy brushes shoulders everyday in both personal and professional relationships within a variety of industries. She has assisted clients in buying and selling off market in the most seamless and at times discretionary of ways. She works diligently to provide a high-class experience. Cindy has a wealth of contacts at her disposal to help clients assimilate to the area and truly find "home" in Nashville. Giving back to the city is an important part of Cindy's business, and she's an active member and supporter of local schools, Friends of Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Iroquois Steeplechase, Homes 4 Homes, 100 Women Who Care, Elijah's Heart, Danita's Children, The Frist Center and The Jimmy Pilkerton Foundation and Tennessee Alliance for Kids.  https://www.compass.com/agents/cindy-wallace/

Grace Graupe-Pillard speaks with us about ambition, showing work in the internet era, activism in art, body acceptance in your 70s, and windows as vaginas. Bio: Grace Graupe-Pillard has exhibited her artwork throughout the USA with one-person exhibitions in Hartford, CT., Jackson MS., Chicago Ill., Newark, NJ, in addition in NYC at The Untitled Space,The Proposition, Bernice Steinbaum, Donahue/Sosinski, Hal Bromm, The Frist Center in Nashville, TN, The NJ State Museum, NJ Center for Visual Arts, Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago, Payne Gallery at Moravian College, PA., Aljira Gallery, Newark, NJ., Rupert Ravens Contemporary in Newark, NJ, and Rider University, NJ, and Bernard Heller Museum, NYC. She will be having a solo show at David Richard Gallery, Chelsea, NYC in the Fall of 2023. Grace Graupe Pillard has participated in Group Exhibitions at Arsenal Gallery, NYC, Cheim & Read Gallery, NYC., Ringling Gallery of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fla., Hebrew Union College Museum, NYC., Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC., P.S. 1, NYC., Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Fl., Indianapolis Museum, Indianapolis, Ind., The Maier Museum, Lynchburg, VA., The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield Ct., The Drawing Center, NYC., The Hunterdon Art Museum, Hunterdon, NJ., The National Academy Museum NYC., Editions/Artists' Book Fair, NYC., Puffin Cultural Forum, NJ., Project for Empty Spaces, Newark, NJ, Art Chicago, Scope London, Carl Hammer, Chicago, ILL., The Untitled Space, NYC, and Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark, Museum of Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Westphalia, Germany. Graupe-Pillard has also been the recipient of many grants including four from The NJ State Council on the Arts, and one from The National Endowment for the Arts. She has received Public Art commissions from Shearson Lehman /American Express, AT&T, KPMG, Wonder Woman Wall at The Port Authority Bus Terminal, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ and the City of Orange, NJ. Commissions from NJ Transit for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System at Garfield Station in Jersey City, and 2nd Street Station in Hoboken, and Aberdeen-Matawan Station in Aberdeen, NJ. Her work has been written about in The Village Voice, The NY Times, Art News, The StarLedger, Newsday, Flash Art, ArtForum, Art in America, Arts, and Tema Celeste. On-line publications include Women's Voices for Change, Hyperallergic, Daily Beast, Vice Creator's Project, Paste Magazine, Persimmons, Yahoo Voices, and Huffington Post. Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Graupe-Pillard

Our good friends at Tech and Learning have revived EdNet, and so we are here to talk about their EdExec Summit with Dr. Kecia Ray. EdExec Summit Agenda  Early bird deadline: May 31 PRP is delighted to sponsor Tech & Learning's EdExec Summit, the new event for K12 executives that focuses solely on the business of education. The conference takes place at the Chateau Elan Resort in Atlanta on September 6-8. EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: May 31. To find out more visit https://www.techlearningevents.com/edexecsummit/home?ref=sPRP  About Dr. Ray After publishing an assessment to measure technology literacy in 1999, Dr. Ray conducted research in the US, Canada, and South Africa on the use of technology in the K-12 classroom. Dr. Ray's career includes designing technology within the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and directing technology research through Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Science Outreach programs. As a district administrator for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, she led the award-winning design, implementation, and evaluation of instructional technology programs, including instructional design for online and blended learning environments, redesigning physical learning environments, redefining school libraries, and establishing the first virtual high school to award the diploma in the state of TN. She was invited to develop graduate courses for the University of Maryland on teaching and leading K12 virtual schools and a course focused on evaluating technology for K12 learners for Johns Hopkins University. She is published in the areas of online learning and education transformation in K12 and higher education. She contributes regularly to Fast Company and Tech&Learning. She is a five-time recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award and has earned the ISTE Lifetime Achievement'Making IT Happen' Award. Dr. Ray was named '20 to Watch' by the National School Board Association, Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women, one of the top 10 EdTech Leaders by Tech and Learning magazine, and most recently named a Top 100 EdTech Influencer by EdTech Digest. She leads K20Connect, a network of female thought leaders in education, along with other passion projects supporting K20 education around the world! Meet Dr. Ray > About the Summit The EdExec Summit is a new event from Tech & Learning that brings together senior executives from companies serving the K-12 industry for a 3-day networking conference dedicated to the business of education. Whether you're a publisher, software developer, hardware manufacturer, investor, industry analyst, or provider of any service to schools, the EdExec Summit's robust agenda and networking opportunities are designed to help your company succeed in the education market.  The EdExec Summit provides business leaders with the perfect combination of insightful sessions and plenty of networking opportunities. The robust agenda is divided into four tracks to serve education companies at all stages. In addition to offering business executives the opportunity to learn from top experts in the education industry, the EdExec Summit includes plenty of networking opportunities to help you develop new business relationships and find strategic partners. ⁠Learn more or RSVP here >⁠ About PRP Group PRP Group, formerly PR with Panache! is an award-winning education PR and Marketing Intelligence firm serving the preK—12 and higher ed community. Learn more >

Classic Rewind: Increasing Opportunities for People on the Autism Spectrum Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Tim Vogus, Deputy Director, Business Innovations for the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University This episode of At Work in America is sponsored by Paychex, one of the leading providers of HR, payroll, retirement, and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. As the workplace continues to evolve, businesses are being forced to adapt and innovate to meet the challenge. Our fifth annual workforce trend study will help you understand this year's top business challenges — and set your strategic priorities. Get the report, 2023 Priorities for Business Leaders: Trends, Insights, and Ideas for an Evolving Workplace to learn the challenges facing businesses like yours and how you don't have to go it alone. Visit paychex.com/awia to check it out, today. On this classic rewind episode from 2020, we discussed how employers and HR leaders can better understand the needs of employees and candidates who are on the autism spectrum, how HR and talent management processes can be made more open to and inclusive for people on the spectrum, and how HR leaders can begin to think more openly and expansively about this deep pool of talented people. Learn more about the Frist Center at https://my.vanderbilt.edu/autismandinnovation/ This was a really interesting show, thanks to Tim for joining us! Remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Kate Clark is a sculptor who lives in Brooklyn, NY. Her first solo exhibit was at Claire Oliver Gallery in New York in 2008. Since then she has exhibited in museum shows at the Aldrich Museum, Islip Art Museum, Bellevue Arts Museum, MobileMuseum, MOFA: Florida State, Cranbrook Art Museum, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Winnepeg Art Gallery, GlenbowMuseum, Musée de la Halle Saint Pierre, Cleveland State University, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Nevada Museum of Art, Brown University, Newcomb Museum, Hilliard Museum, Bemis Center, Biggs Museum, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the J. Paul Getty Museum.    Kate's work is collected internationally and she has collaborated with Claudia Rankine for Claudia's book Citizen, and Kanye West and Desiigner for the video Panda. Kate attended Cornell University and Cranbrook Academy of Art, and received fellowships and grants from the Jentel Artists Residency, The Fine Arts Work Center, Marie Walsh Sharpe, The Virginia Groot Foundation and NYFA.   Clark's sculptures have been featured in the NYTs, New York Magazine, Art21, Village Voice, PAPERmag, The Atlantic, NYArts, BBC, Time Out, ID Paris, Cool Hunting, Wallpaper, Huffington Post, and the WSJ. National Geographic did a documentary on Kate's work in 2015.

Claire Barnett is a 2019 cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt’s Peabody School, with a Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development. She now works as the Communications Coordinator at Vanderbilt’s Frist Center for Autism and Innovation. Claire is an autism self-advocate and proponent of the neurodiversity movement. She founded the Vanderbilt Autism & Neurodiversity Alliance (VANA) and wrote a disability advocacy column for the Vanderbilt Hustler. She is also a passionate photojournalist and spent two of her three years as an undergraduate student as the Photography Director of the Hustler.In addition to neurodiversity advocacy and photography, Claire is also fascinated by politics and has completed two internships for Senator Lamar Alexander and two internships through the White House Internship Program. She hopes to spend her career doing some combination of photography and writing, autism advocacy, and government service. You can hear Claire's Tedx talk here: https://youtu.be/FVZu557_k04You can read Claire's Huffington Post article here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/autism-awareness-service-dog-ski-resort_n_603e75f5c5b601179ec0e5a7Follow Claire on Instagram @autistic.chick and follow Maeve @maevemakeswaves.To follow What’s Your Story on Instagram visit http://www.instagram.com/whatsyourstory.podcastTo connect with Hannah visit http://www.hannahrconway.comTo connect with Stephani visit http://www.stephanicook.orgTo help support the WYS podcast visit http://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyspodcastCover photo by Alison Weakley PhotographyBackground music by Scott Holmes

This week we welcome Dr. Keivan Stassun to the podcast to discuss Autism and Employment and the value of neurodiversity in hiring. This is an important subject as many adults on the spectrum struggle to find fulfilling jobs or careers.  Dr. Stassun serves as Director of the Frist Center for Autism & Innovation where they work to understand, maximize, and promote neurodiverse talent. The Frist Center represents a collaboration of Vanderbilt engineers, scientists, disabilities researchers, and business scholars, together with major employers in Nashville and leading autism-related organizations nationally. The Frist Center's ultimate purpose is to advance workforce innovation through the employment of autistic adults. Dr. Stassun also shares the parent perspective as the father of an autistic individual. Download the podcast today to learn more!   

Doctor Dave Caudel the Associate Director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation and is on the Advisory Board of Jobs for Humanity.  Dave has both a Master's degree and Ph.D. in Physics. In this episode, Voices of Diversity host Rocki Howard speaks to Dave as he helps us understand the instead of getting help and support, individuals who are on the autism spectrum are often greeted with shame and aggression due to lack of understanding. Dave said "It was easier for me to get my Ph.D. in Physics than to learn how to have a conversation with a stranger" As a father of three and an autism advocate, stay tuned for an episode full of insights as Dave is a voice for invisible disabilities. ResourcesThe Frist Center for Autism and InnovationConnect with UsLinkedInTwitterInstagramRocki Howard

Courtney Adair Johnson is an artist and curator based in Nashville, TN. Her art practice works to create sustainable community through reuse awareness. She is interested in creating new ideas with art to generate awareness of our waste and consumption habits. Courtney has led reuse projects with Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Tennessee Craft, and Springboard for the Arts (Fergus Falls). She is presently Gallery Director of Tennessee State University Art Department and Co-Builder of McGruder Social Practice Artist Residency (M-SPAR) . Website: www.courtneyadairjohnson.com Music Credit: Eyaz Yosif Follow us on our Socials! instagram: @newavepodcast  @paellos @fufucreations @nuveenbarwari Twitter: @nuveenbarwari @paellos96 @newavepodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newave/support

Dr. Dave Caudel. Executive Director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University, joins the program to discuss his diversity story, and reveal the importance of integrating neurodiverse talent into the workplace. Discover how to bring out the strengths of all employees and why work and education need to be tailored to various learning and communication styles.

HR Happy Hour 421 - Increasing Opportunities for People on the Autism Spectrum Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guests: Tim Vogus, Deputy Director, Business Innovations for the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University The HR Happy Hour show is sponsored by Paychex. Paychex makes it simple for businesses of all sizes to pay and manage their employees. They make payroll easy and automatic and they handle benefits programs. Learn more at paychex.com. This episode of Happy Hour is also made possible by Workhuman®. When colleagues are empowered to recognize and reward each other for a job well done, it’s more than just a thank you. It’s a human moment. To learn more, visit www.workhuman.com This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish were joined by Tim Vogus, Deputy Director, Business Innovations for the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University. On the show we talked about how employers and HR leaders can better understand the needs of employees and candidates who are on the autism spectrum, how HR and talent management processes can be made more open to and inclusive for people on the spectrum, and how HR leaders can begin to think more openly and expansively about this deep pool of talented people. We also discussed our favorite time passers during the time of self isolation which included Atypical, Giri/Haji, @DNice, and Sterling K. Brown’s workouts. This was a really interesting show, thanks to Tim for joining us! Learn more about the Frist Center at https://my.vanderbilt.edu/autismandinnovation/ Remember to subscribe to the HR Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts

This is the third and final segment of a good long chat Dr Dave and I had.Dr Dave has a unique perspective on Autism in the Workplace. Dr Dave, like myself, was not diagnosed until later in adult life. This gave him the aspie experience of lots of jobs and careers and how thinking differently is frequently not accepted. Dr Dave is also the parent of autistic children, giving him hands on experience with the childhood side of autism. Finally, Dr Dave is the Executive Director of Vanderbilt's Frist Center on Autism and Innovations, where he gets to talk with people on all side of the employment challenge.The Frist Center is a multi-discipline approach with a mission of: Engineering technologies and transforming the workplace – inspired by neurodiversity, at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering brings engineers, business scholars, and disabilities researchers together with experts in neuroscience and education to understand, maximize, and promote neurodiverse talent.Details to reach the Frist Center or Dr Dave directly.Vanderbilt's Frist Center for Autism and InnovationDr Dave: david.d.caudel@vanderbilt.edu

This is the second segment of a good long chat Dr Dave and I had.Dr Dave has a unique perspective on Autism in the Workplace. Dr Dave, like myself, was not diagnosed until later in adult life. This gave him the aspie experience of lots of jobs and careers and how thinking differently is frequently not accepted. Dr Dave is also the parent of autistic children, giving him hands on experience with the childhood side of autism. Finally, Dr Dave is the Executive Director of Vanderbilt's Frist Center on Autism and Innovations, where he gets to talk with people on all side of the employment challenge.The Frist Center is a multi-discipline approach with a mission of: Engineering technologies and transforming the workplace – inspired by neurodiversity, at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering brings engineers, business scholars, and disabilities researchers together with experts in neuroscience and education to understand, maximize, and promote neurodiverse talent.Details to reach the Frist Center or Dr Dave directly.Vanderbilt's Frist Center for Autism and InnovationDr Dave: david.d.caudel@vanderbilt.edu

Dr Dave has a unique perspective on Autism in the Workplace. Dr Dave, like myself, was not diagnosed until later in adult life. This gave him the aspie experience of lots of jobs and careers and how thinking differently is frequently not accepted. Dr Dave is also the parent of autistic children, giving him hands on experience with the childhood side of autism. Finally, Dr Dave is the Executive Director of Vanderbilt's Frist Center on Autism and Innovations, where he gets to talk with people on all side of the employment challenge.The Frist Center is a multi-discipline approach with a mission of: Engineering technologies and transforming the workplace – inspired by neurodiversity, at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering brings engineers, business scholars, and disabilities researchers together with experts in neuroscience and education to understand, maximize, and promote neurodiverse talent.Details to reach the Frist Center or Dr Dave directly.Vanderbilt's Frist Center for Autism and InnovationDr Dave: david.d.caudel@vanderbilt.edu

Image Courtesy of Ka-Man Tse for @TSqArts Saya Woolfalk has exhibited at PS1/MoMA; Deitch Projects; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; the Brooklyn Museum; Asian Art Museum, CA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Studio Museum in Harlem; the Frist Center for the Visual Arts; The Yerba Buena Center; The Newark Museum; Third Streaming; MCA San Diego; MoCA Taipei; and Performa 09; has been written about in the New Yorker, Sculpture Magazine, Artforum, Artforum.com, ARTNews, The New York Times, Huffington Post and on Art21’s blog; and has also worked with Facebook and WeTransfer.   Her first solo museum show The Empathics was on view at the Montclair Art Museum in the Fall of 2012.  Her second solo museum exhibition ChimaTEK Life Products was on view at the Chrysler Museum of Art in the fall 2014.  She recently completed a video installation commission for the Seattle Art Museum, and is a recipient of a NYFA grant in Digital/Electronic Arts.  She is currently working on a solo museum exhibition commission for the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City, MO and is represented by  Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, NYC and teaches in the BFA and MFA programs at Parsons: The New School for Design. 

Watie White joins me on today’s show. This is part 2 of my interview with Watie White. Working as a painter, printmaker and public artist, Watie has been based in Omaha since 2006. Watie’s work has been shown nationally and internationally including at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Telfair Museums, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Frist Center for the Arts, The Mint Museum, and Joslyn Art Museum. Watie White’s site-specific social practice has led to large-scale public art projects with Omaha area nonprofits: Habitat For Humanity-Omaha, InCOMMON Community Development, Justice For Our Neighbors-NE, Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance and Omaha Public Schools. Watie has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the Puffin Foundation, Nebraska Arts Council, Humanities Nebraska, and the Mid-America Arts Alliance. In this part of the interview, Watie and I talk about his 100 People project. Part 1 Interview - Episode 003 100 People Project GalleriesProject Project Gallery 72 Benson Petshop Gallery Darger HQ Gallery   OrganizationsBenson Theatre Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Omaha Creative Institute Omaha Creative Institute - Artist INC Artists Jave Yoshimoto Angie Seykora - Website Angie Seykora - Instagram William Kentridge Kerry James Marshall Andy Goldsworthy Follow Watie WhiteWebsite Facebook Instagram Follow Amanda StevensonAmanda on Instagram Amanda on Twitter Voices Creating Change on Facebook Voices Creating Change on Twitter Support the show on Patreon

Watie White joins me on today’s show. This is part 1 of a 2 part series with Watie White. Working as a painter, printmaker and public artist, Watie has been based in Omaha since 2006. Watie’s work has been shown nationally and internationally including at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Telfair Museums, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Frist Center for the Arts, The Mint Museum, and Joslyn Art Museum.   Watie White’s site-specific social practice has led to large-scale public art projects with Omaha area nonprofits: Habitat For Humanity-Omaha, InCOMMON Community Development, Justice For Our Neighbors-NE, Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance and Omaha Public Schools. Watie has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the Puffin Foundation, Nebraska Arts Council, Humanities Nebraska, and the Mid-America Arts Alliance.   In this first part of the interview, Watie and I talk about his background and about his Lead Stories project with Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance.   Stockyard Institute Jim Duignan Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance   Follow Watie White Website Facebook Instagram   Follow Amanda Stevenson Amanda on Instagram Amanda on Twitter Voices Creating Change on Facebook Voices Creating Change on Twitter   Support the show on Patreon

Highlights 1917 key events in review |@ 01:30 Wilson’s 14 points |@ 07:50 Crisis for the allies - Mike Shuster |@ 11:45 A Century in the Making - Sabin Howard |@ 16:45 Speaking WW1 - Tank |@ 25:00 The Education Program - Dr. Libby O’Connell |@ 26:30 100 Cities / 100 Memorials Round #2 deadline |@ 32:40 The Chaplains Corps in WW1 - Dr. John Boyd |@ 33:15 American Women Physicians in WW1 |@ 39:10 PAFA at Frist |@ 40:30 The Buzz - Katherine Akey |@ 41:15----more---- Opening Welcome to World War 1 centennial News episode #54 - It’s about WW1 THEN - what was happening 100 years ago this week  - and it’s about WW1 NOW - news and updates about the centennial and the commemoration. Today is January 12th, 2018 and our guests this week include: Mike Shuster discussing the situation facing Allied forces at the outset of 1918 Master sculptor Sabin Howard telling us about how, meeting a man named Richard Taylor is transforming his approach to creating the sculpture for the National World War One Memorial in Pershing Park Dr. Libby O’Connell speaking with us about the commission’s Education program Dr John Boyd with the history of chaplains in the Armed Forces during WWI And Katherine Akey, with the Buzz - with some great selections from the centennial of WWI in social media WW1 Centennial News is brought to you by the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. I’m Theo Mayer - the Chief Technologist for the Commission and your host. Welcome to the show. [MUSIC] Preface You know---- Our way-back machine not only travels in time, but also in space so as we roll back 100 years, but are also going up to 10 thousand feet to get a high level view of what happened in 1917 and a glance into the future for what to expect for this upcoming year ---  in the war the changed the world! [SOUND EFFECT] World War One THEN 100 Year Ago This Week [MUSIC TRANSITION] Looking back across 1917 from way up here,  we can see: Wilson being sworn in as the President who promises to keep us out of the war, but events early in the year, pressure from the allies, aggressive and presumptuous actions by Germany, builds up by spring to a declaration of war. We see a massive rush to mobilize for war. We see our allies struggling with ever more massive and devastating loss of treasure and men - standing on the brink of devastation - and we see the eastern allie - Russia - go through two revolutions in one year - the first - which collapses the Tsarist government - the second - late in the year -- when Lenin and the bolsheviks take over and effectively drop Russia out of the war, This is to Germany’s great delight, anticipating the freeing up of massive resources -- with which Germany can deal the allies - a knock-out punch - in an upcoming spring.   Let’s zoom down for a bit closer look at 1917   In late January, early February Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare - reneging on promises made to Wilson after the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania. The US severs diplomatic ties with Germany.   In an attempt to draw the US into the fight, Britain passes along a secret telegram showing an offer by Germany to Mexico promising great rewards including Texas and New Mexico - if Mexico will toss in with Germany - and help take down the US. This does not sit well. By March with Germany attacking shipping everywhere - the Wilson asks congress to put Navy armaments and sailors aboard US merchant ships. Congress doesn’t go for it - so he issues an executive order to the same effect. While over in Russia - Revolution #1 - and Tsar Nicholas II abdicates.. By the end of march, Germany’s blatant aggression against the US gets Wilson’s cabinet to vote unanimously in favor of declaring war. April is big… On the 2nd Wilson delivers a war address to congress, and four days later -  on April 6th -- congress votes to go to war. Over in Europe - French Commander in Chief General Robert Nivelle cranks up a strategic plan that is so flawed and costly in french soldiers lives --- it sets up a French army mutiny ----  NIvelle gets the boot - and the French forces come back online. In May America cranks up the war machine in a big way! Wilson appoints George Creel to head the Committee on Public Information.. Creating a historic government propaganda machine. Congress also passes the selective service act and all men between 18 and 32 have to register. Meanwhile - John J. Pershing is appointed to head of the American Expeditionary Force and goes over to France to assess the situation. June - To deal with strong war opposition at home -  congress passes the US Espionage Act - A massive attacks on “freedom of speech” that makes {QUOTE) all false statements intended to interfere with the military forces of the country or to promote the success of its enemies (UNQUOTE)  illegal. In other words - if you speak up against the draft or the war - you are going to prison. And people do. Same month, the first US troop arrive in France - but not yet to fight - they are there to prepare the way for our army. In July Pershing makes a request for an army of a million men - then just a few weeks later --- revises his request upwards to 3 million. On the fighting front, July, August and september see the first use of Mustard Gas on the battlefield --- and campaigns in the Belgic regions of Ypres and Passchendaele. America is busy building and equipping the largest fighting force of its young history. Money is raised, Industries are nationalized, units are mobilized, the population is galvanized by Mr. Creel and his minions. October marks a disastrous war effort for the italians at the battle of Caporetto --- and in November -  Revolution #2 - the bolsheviks take over  under Lenin and end the battle on the Eastern Front. November also sees the expanded use of a new war machine in the battlefield - the Tank! And at the end of the year - the Brits bring home a little holiday surprise as they finally turn around their struggle with the ottoman empire and defeat the Turks, taking Jerusalem in December. Wow -   Ok… now we’re gonna  zoom back up and look forward at 1918 from overview. Germany’s kaiserslacht, is their big offensive - hoping to deal the allies a death blow… it includes five major offensives over the spring and early summer; The allies lose ground - then gain it back with help of Americans who are coming online Things turn around --- and over the fall, the central powers admit defeat -- one by one so that in November, an armistice is declared… The fighting stops and now some of WWI’s most fascinating stories emerge - as the aftermath of the war, the negotiations, and America’s war cranked economy try to settle on and into a new world order. Wilson’s fourteen points It all actually starts this week. On January 8, 1918 President Woodrow Wilson addresses the U.S. Congress with what would later become known as his "Fourteen Points" the fundamental to America's War Aims.   Inconceivably … up until now, there has been no explicit statement of war aims by any of the nation’s who engaged in this mad destruction.   At his request, a team, led by Walter Lippmann --- and longtime Wilson advisor Colonel House generate a memorandum called “The War Aims and the Peace Terms it Suggests.” from which Wilson crafts one of his most important and influential speeches of his administration - the Fourteen Points. The first six enumerate the causes of world war, and urge: The elimination of secret treaties in favor of open agreements Free navigation of the seas Removal of all economic barriers and established equal trade between nations The reduction of armaments The adjustment of colonial claims and the self-determination of colonized populations in regard to their own sovereignty The evacuation of all Russian territory by the German armies The next seven proceed to rearrange the map of Europe, effectively eradicating the old imperial borders of specific territories and creating independent states. This included: the evacuation of Belgium, the release of French territory, (particularly Alsace-Lorraine), the readjustment of the frontiers of Italy into “clearly recognizable lines of nationality,” the autonomy of Austria-Hungary, the release of occupied territories in the Balkan states, the establishment of political and economic independence along “historically established lines of allegiance,” as well as access to the sea -  for the Serbs Assured sovereignty of Turkey from the Ottoman empire, as well as the right of other nationalities to develop autonomy The establishment of an independent Polish state, with access to the sea And, finally, his fourteenth point -- the creation of a world organization that would provide a system of collective security for all nations - the foundations of the League of Nations. An auspicious beginning for 1918, establishing  a world changing doctrine in what TRULY IS the war that changed the world! [poignant audio hit]   All year, we will be bringing you with us,. on an incredible journey through these amazing times for our national and our global heritage. There are stories of suffering and heroism, humanity and technology, defeat and triumph, diplomacy ...and diplomatic failures. Introducing Dr. Edward Lengel So --- To help us understand all this, starting next week, we will be joined regularly by Dr. Edward Lengel. Dr. Lengel is an American military historian, Chief Historian of the White House Historical Association and sits on the US WWI Centennial Commission’s historical advisory board. Ed gives historians a good name! He is smart, well spoken, an author, and a devout storyteller. We look forward to his contributions to WW1 Centennial News THEN… State of the war front end of 1917: http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/169156769262/state-of-the-war-end-of-1917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_G._Lengel [SOUND EFFECT] Great War Project Back with us now is Mike Shuster - former NPR correspondent and curator for the Great War Project Blog. Mike - first of all - welcome back - we missed you over the Holidays -  so… your January post CRISIS FOR THE ALLIES is a great setup piece for 1918 - what are they facing as they roll into the new year? [Mike Shuster] Mike Shuster from the Great War Project blog. We also put some links in the Podcast notes to the articles we missed from Mike over the Holidays. LINK: http://greatwarproject.org/2018/01/07/american-force-resists-integration/ http://greatwarproject.org/2017/12/21/starvation/ http://greatwarproject.org/2017/12/18/the-grim-reality-facing-the-british/   [SOUND EFFECT]   The Great War Channel Over to the Great War Channel on Youtube - They have been producing videos about WW1 since 2014  from a european perspective. A bunch of new episodes were released over the last weeks, including: Transcaucasia in World War One The Sopwith Snipe - WW1 Pilot’s Gear Machinations in the British High Command Inside the Rolls Royce Armoured Car German Anti Tank Units And more. To see their videos about WWI Follow the link in the podcast notes or search for “the great war” on youtube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGreatWar World War One NOW It is time to fast forward into the present with  WW1 Centennial News NOW - [SOUND EFFECT] this section is not about history, but rather - it explores what is happening now to commemorate the centennial of the War that changed the world!   A century in the making For 2018 we are introducing a new segment - It’s called: A century in the making - America’s WW1 Memorial in Washington DC. As our regular listeners know, we are building a   national WWI Memorial at Pershing Park in the capitol. It’s a big project. It’s complicated. It’s hard. It’s been a long time coming. So over the coming weeks, we are going to be bringing you along on an insider’s journey that explores this grand undertaking and adventure. The centerpiece of the memorial -  located in this urban park -  just two blocks from the White House -  is planned as a massive bronze bas-relief sculpture that tells the story of both the human and the national experience of the war that changed the world. Joe Weishaar - our brilliant young visionary, who won the international design competition for this memorial -- brought in an incredibly talented artist and sculptor onto his team - Sabin Howard… a traditionally trained - modern classicist sculptor - Sabin has taken on the challenge of telling the American WWI story at scale, in bronze, and for posterity. Sabin Howard - Meeting Richard Taylor So we are going to kick off this series with an interesting story about how Sabin - the traditionalist - has gotten hooked up with Richard Taylor - a tech visionary who has helped Directors Peter Jackson and James Cameron manifest their visions for Lord of the Rings and Avatar…. Welcome, Sabin! Sabin, You are a traditionally trained sculptor - a Modern Classicist - you work with the human form - in a very traditional way - but for this project you are combining classic sculpture with some very high tech. How did that happen, and how are you using cutting edge technology in creating this master work for America? [SABIN INTERVIEW PART I] That was the first installment of “A century in the making - America’s WW1 Memorial in Washington DC” Next week, Sabin will tell us how he is integrating his traditional sketch and clay sculpture process with 3D imaging, programmable milling and additive manufacturing technologies to literally cut years into months for the test / iterate / and retest process in creating a maquette - a 9 foot manifestation of the sculpture. Only YOU can build this memorial “A century in the making” has another part to it that is unique for our weekly podcast. You are more involved in this project than you may realize. Congress - who authorized this memorial - made it the LAW that the National WWI memorial has to be built with individual and corporate funding - no government funding allowed!  Only you can build this memorial -- So I’m going to be asking you to go to WW1CC.org/memorial --- to help honor the memory of those who shaped the world we enjoy today -- with their honest and genuine commitment to our American ideals --- and their personal sacrifice of effort and blood - Now Wer’e not asking you to jump into a bunker with mud and lice ---- all we are asking you to do is to go to wwicc.org/memorial or just pick up your cell phone - heck- it’s probably in you hand right now! Go to your texting app and text the letters ww1 to the number 91999. You can give any amount - Give once or “subscribe to the project” with a monthly gift ===  because you see - this really IS America’s WWI Memorial. Thank you - link:http://www.sabinhoward.com/WW1cc/ https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-next-step-in-a-soldiers-journey_2397769.html https://fineartconnoisseur.com/ www.ww1cc.org/memorial Events As we enter 2018, many commemorations, both big and small, are coming up to remember and honor the service of America and Americans during WW1. You’ll find many of these in the U.S. National WW1 Centennial Events Register at ww1cc.org/events. There are events all across the US and we are now beginning to add key events from abroad as well. On any given day you’ll find literally dozens of WWI related events listed - small, local commemorations and large, international ones. The register is America’s official record of commemorations of the centennial of WWI And you can add your OWN WWI centennial event to the register - with the big red SUBMIT MY EVENT button on the page - even including livestream and social media events. And finally, we wanted to share with you that the American Battle Monuments Commission has published its upcoming commemorative events in France and Belgium. The link to that calendar is included in the podcast notes. Link: www.ww1cc.org/events https://www.abmc.gov/news-events/news/world-war-i-centennial-ceremonies-abmc-sites#.WkzlsdKnFlZ Speaking WW1 And now for our feature “Speaking World War 1” - Where we explore the words & phrases that are rooted in the war  --- One of most iconic new weapon technologies of WWI is the tank. “They rode into WWI on Horses and rode out on Tanks” is a popular phrase that describes the times. This is the grand evolution of the Armored car,  and every side in the conflict tried to create an effective machine. but the British beat everyone to the punch with their Landship, premiering the Mark I in September, 1916. Until then - this was a new secret weapon! The machines were called "tanks" in a ruse describing the big metal things as "water carriers," supposedly for use on the Mesopotamian Front. So in conversation --  the engineers referred to them as "water tanks" or, simply, "tanks." Interestingly, the British Landships Committee even decided to change its name for the same secretive reason, renaming itself the Tank Supply Committee. By the time the machines rolled over the fields of Cambrai in the winter of 1917, not only did the tanks get stuck - but so did the name… no one went for the name land ships - they were simply known then and are still today --- as Tanks -- this week’s word for Speaking WW1. See the podcast notes to learn more! link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_tank Education Interview with Dr. Libby O’Connell In our Education section  -- As we tell every week in our closing - bringing the lessons of WWI into the classroom is one of the Commission’s prime goals - and here to tell us more about the Commission’s education program is Commissioner Dr. Libby O’Connell. Welcome, Libby! [greetings] To start, could you tell us a bit about the education initiative at the commission?  What’s happening now and what are the goals for 2018? Libby - I understand you are now tying the education program to the Memorial program - how does that work? Thanks so much for being on the show again! Dr. Libby O’Connell, World War One Centennial Commissioner, historian and author. Learn more about the education program at ww1cc.org/edu or by following the link in the podcast notes. link:http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/educate-home.html 100 Cities/100 Memorials [SOUND EFFECT Moving on to our 100 Cities / 100 Memorials segment about the $200,000 matching grant challenge to rescue and focus on our local WWI memorials. This coming Monday - January 15, 2018 - the submission period for the second and final round of grant application-- closes. Then we will start the process of selecting the second 50 Awardees to round out the 100 awardees. Check the podcast notes for a link to the program or go to ww1cc.org/100memorials. Link: www.ww1cc.org/100memorials Remembering Veterans Chaplains in the War This week in our Remembering Veterans section -- we’re joined by Dr John "Jay" Boyd,  Historian for the United States Army Chaplain Corps. He is here to tell us more about the history of chaplains in the armed forces and their special role during World War One. Welcome, Dr. Boyd! Dr. Boyd, just to start us off -- What IS a chaplain and what is their role in the military? In WW1- we suddenly had an army - and it was made up of a very diverse group of soldiers -  Was any attention given to the increasing diversity of the troops? There are many stories about the chaplains of World War 1-- does any one in particular stand out to you? Do you have a favorite? Thank you so much for joining us. Dr. John Boyd is the Historian for the United States Army Chaplain Corps. Learn more about chaplains in the military by following the links in the podcast notes. Link: http://usachcs.tradoc.army.mil/ http://bpnews.net/48738/us-entry-to-wwi-remembered-as-chaplaincy-catalyst http://archnyarchives.org/2015/11/10/military-chaplains-in-world-war-i/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/29695/12-heroic-us-military-chaplains [SOUND EFFECT] Articles and Posts American Women Physicians Calling all women doctors - This story is for you!! In articles and posts-- from our rapidly growing website at ww1cc.org -this week, this week there is an article about the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) - Now they have created a remarkable new online exhibit, "American Women Physicians in World War I". When the United States entered the war in 1917, women physicians numbered less than 5% of all doctors. Many were eager for the chance to serve their country. But when the Army Surgeon General sent out a call for physicians to serve in the Medical Corps, the women who applied were rejected. Women physician leaders across the country protested this decision and petitioned the government, but the War Department didn’t budge. Despite the stance of the Government, women physicians found ways to participate. Some became civilian contract surgeons in the U.S. Army or served with the French Army. Others volunteered with humanitarian relief organizations. Learn about this amazing story and women physician’s contributions and legacy in WWI by reading the article or by visiting the online exhibit using the links in the podcast notes. Link: http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/3926-new-online-exhibit-explores-american-women-physicians-in-world-war-i.html https://www.amwa-doc.org/wwi-exhibition/   WW1 And American Art: Interview Also in Articles and posts this week, we recently interviewed the staff of the Frist Center in Nashville, Tennessee, to discuss the landmark exhibition World War One and American Art, which was organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The exhibition has been touring the country for the last year and is on view at the Frist through January 21st. The exhibit includes 140 works in all kinds of media, including the monumentally large John Singer Sargeant piece -- Gassed. Frist Center curators and directorial staff responded to our questions about the show, about the war, and about impact on the local region. Read the interview by following the link in the podcast notes. Link: http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/3923-last-chance-to-experience-world-war-i-and-american-art-exhibit-at-the-frist-center-in-nashville.html   The Buzz - WW1 in Social Media Posts And that brings us to the buzz - the centennial of WW1 this week in social media with Katherine Akey - Katherine, what did you pick to tell us about this week? [Katherine Akey] Hi Theo! Follow up to the Halifax Explosion Happy New Year, everyone! We’re glad to be back. Before we broke for the holidays in December, we talked a fair amount about the disastrous Halifax explosion of 1917. Recently, we shared an article on our Facebook page with some interesting contemporary news about that very incident. The article outlines the discovery by a Canadian arborist of some odd material lodged in a large pine tree near Halifax -- debris from the explosion 100 years ago. Shards of unidentified flying objects got lodged into the city’s canopy when the explosion occurred and to this day, lumber mills as far as the southern United States still don’t dare touch logs from Halifax, knowing some hidden metal artifact could wreck their machinery. Read more about the history hidden in the trees around Halifax by visiting the article at the link in the podcast notes. link:http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/a-century-after-the-halifax-explosion-grim-reminders-can-still-be-found-in-trees/ The Poilu Censorship Workaround Lastly this week, I wanted to share a really amazing article from the Centenaire website, the official national centennial organization in France. The story comes from the Municipal Archives of Marseille, where one archivist discovered a sneaky and smart strategy to get around the heavy censoring of wartime letters. Jean Bouyala, who went on after the war to become a prominent surgeon, was one of several Poilus who found a way to write secret messages on their letters. It sounds bizarre, but by writing first using their saliva, then having the letter’s recipient brush black ink over the page, the saliva stanzas become legible, a darker black writing in the midst of the ink wash on the page. This way, the Poilu were able to send home messages that would otherwise have been blocked by the censor. A link to the article is in the podcast notes along with photographs of the magic-ink letters. Saliva-- the key to clandestine correspondence! And that’s it this week for the Buzz! Llink:http://centenaire.org/fr/tresors-darchives/le-secret-des-poilus-pour-dejouer-la-censure Outro Thank you all for listening to another episode of WW1 Centennial News. We want to thank our guests... Mike Shuster from the Great War Project Blog Sabin Howard, master sculptor and artist Dr. Libby O’Connell, World War One Centennial Commissioner, author and Historian Dr John Boyd, Historian for the United States Army Chaplain Corps And Katherine Akey, the shows line producer and the commision’s social media director… And I am Theo Mayer - your host. The US World War One Centennial Commission was created by Congress to honor, commemorate and educate about WW1. Our programs are to-- inspire a national conversation and awareness about WW1; this podcast is a part of that…. Thank you! We are bringing the lessons of the 100 years ago into today's classrooms; We are helping to restore WW1 memorials in communities of all sizes across our country; and of course we are building America’s National WW1 Memorial in Washington DC. We want to thank commission’s founding sponsor the Pritzker Military Museum and Library for their support. The podcast can be found on our website at ww1cc.org/cn   on  iTunes and google play ww1 Centennial News, and on Amazon Echo or other Alexa enabled devices. Just say: Alexa: Play W W One Centennial News Podcast. Our twitter and instagram handles are both @ww1cc and we are on facebook @ww1centennial. Thank you for joining us. And don’t forget to share the stories you are hearing here today about the war that changed the world! [music] We’ll the only thing I can think to say is.. Tanks a lot... So long!

Art is alive at the Frist Center!  

Art is alive at the Frist Center!  

Art is alive at the Frist Center!  

Art is alive at the Frist Center!  

Paint Made Flesh examines the ways in which European and American painters have used oil paint and the human body to convey enduring human vulnerabilities, among them anxieties about desire, appearance, illness, aging, war, and death. In the tradition of great figure painting stretching back to Rembrandt and Titian, the 34 artists in the exhibition, working in the years since World War II, exploit oil paint's visual and tactile properties to mirror those of the body, while exploring the body's capacity to reflect the soul. Drawn from private and public collections and arranged by chronology and nationality, the 43 paintings in the exhibition reflect a wide range of styles. Strong colors and vigorous brushwork associated with German expressionism give crude life to figures by artists ranging from the San Francisco Bay area painters to a younger generation, including Markus Lüpertz and Susan Rothenberg. Candid depictions of flesh by British painters Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud suggest psychological pain at the margins of society, while paint as skin betrays the inner feelings of Jenny Saville's swollen females. Other artists represented include Karel Appel, Cecily Brown, Francesco Clemente, John Currin, Eric Fischl, Willem de Kooning Leon Kossoff, David Park, Julian Schnabel, and Pablo Picasso. Paint Made Flesh is organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.

Paint Made Flesh examines the ways in which European and American painters have used oil paint and the human body to convey enduring human vulnerabilities, among them anxieties about desire, appearance, illness, aging, war, and death. In the tradition of great figure painting stretching back to Rembrandt and Titian, the 34 artists in the exhibition, working in the years since World War II, exploit oil paint's visual and tactile properties to mirror those of the body, while exploring the body's capacity to reflect the soul. Drawn from private and public collections and arranged by chronology and nationality, the 43 paintings in the exhibition reflect a wide range of styles. Strong colors and vigorous brushwork associated with German expressionism give crude life to figures by artists ranging from the San Francisco Bay area painters to a younger generation, including Markus Lüpertz and Susan Rothenberg. Candid depictions of flesh by British painters Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud suggest psychological pain at the margins of society, while paint as skin betrays the inner feelings of Jenny Saville's swollen females. Other artists represented include Karel Appel, Cecily Brown, Francesco Clemente, John Currin, Eric Fischl, Willem de Kooning Leon Kossoff, David Park, Julian Schnabel, and Pablo Picasso. Paint Made Flesh is organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tennessee. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.