Art Rocks!: (Per)Sister
This week on Art Rocks!: Exploring an exhibit on the lives of incarcerated women, the Cuban ballet dancer Cervilio Amador, & violin lessons from Colorado to Rwanda
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Statewide Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"The Life Quilt" featuring the names of 107 women serving life sentences in 2017 in Louisiana.
On Friday at 8:30 pm and Saturday at 5:30 pm on Art Rocks!, (episode #622), viewers visit Newcomb Museum in New Orleans to see an exhibition on the lives of incarcerated women. Cuban ballet dancer Cervilio Amador performed in the United States, and then never returned to his homeland. Hear his story. Plus, learn how a shipping container makes it possible for a Colorado violinist to teach a student half a world away, in Rwanda.
Hosted by James Fox-Smith of Country Roads Magazine, Art Rocks! is LPB’s weekly series that spotlights artists, performance, culture, literature, history and the impact of art in our world. It features Louisiana stories, as well as segments from across the country. Current and past episodes are here: www.lpb.org/artrocks.
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