Program

We work alone : a panel of artists / moderated by Barbara Londin.

Host Barbara Londin talks with four of her fellow painters - Jack Tricarico, Ruth Roberts, Carol Stronghilos, and Paul Rodonno[sp?] - about their isolated working conditions they have in common, what it means to their work, their soul, their friends, and their families.

Leon Edel on writing and writers / interviewed by Charles Ruas.

Biographer and author discusses his work and writers he has known, including Edith Wharton, James Joyce, Edmund Wilson and Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Leon Edel on the art of biography / interviewed by Susan Howe and Charles Ruas.

Biographer and editor discusses his subjects, Henry James and Edmund Wilson, and his work.

What the woman lived : Louise Bogan in her letters and poems / produced by Rick Harris and Bill Kortum

A dramatization of poet Louise Bogan's (1897-1970) life recorded in May 1975 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Actors Marian Seldes and Kathryn Walker give a dramatic reading of Louise Bogan's letters and poems. Adapted for the stage by Janet Sternburg and Corinne Jacker. Directed by Corinne Jacker. Produced by Janet Sternburg.

A discussion of the work of designer and architect Eileen Gray / moderated by Judith Vivell.

Judith Vivell moderates a discussion of the work of designer/architect Eileen Grey (full name: Kathleen Eileen Moray Gray). Participating in the discussion are architect Susanna Torre and architectural historian Debby Nevins. Produced by Judith Nivell with engineering by David Rapkin.

Erotic art by women / produced by Judith Vivell.

Hannah Wilke, sculptor; Ann Sharp, collagist; Irene Stern, photographer; Judith Bernstein, artist (in paper and charcoal); and Louise Bougeois, sculptor, discuss women's erotic art and how they define "erotic art". Produced and hosted by Judith Vivell.

A conversation with Cindy Nemser, editor of the Feminist Art Journal / interviewed by Judith Vivell

Artist Judith Vivell talks with Cindy Nemser about the Feminist Art Journal, for which Nemser is the editor and publisher, her book "Art Talk," and women in art. Produced by Lin Harris.

The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters / by Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Theresa Horta, and Maria Fatima Velho Da Costa ; directed by Rena Down. (Part 2 only)

Reading of the book "The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters." The book is a collection of letters written by three Portuguese women authors about their lives, relationships, and about being women, which exposed the oppression of women in Portugal. Their work was seized by the government and banned, and the authors arrested.

The role of women in the arts / moderated by John Perreault.

Art critic and poet John Perreault holds a roundtable discussion on "The Role of Women in the Arts" and "Is There a Movement of Women's Art?" Participating in the discussion are art critic Cindy Nemser and artists Deborah Remington, Sylvia Sleigh, and Brenda Miller.

Sweetest smelling baby in New Orleans / Lillian Hellman ; interviewed by Jan Albert.

A documentary about the life and work of playwright and author Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984).

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