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ARTe: Digital and Art
New episode of the Southern Arizona arts journal from Arizona Public Media profiles how the digital age has affected the lives of five area artists and their mediums. Premieres Wednesday night October 14 at 9:30 p.m. with encore broadcasts on Sunday October 18 at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 25 at 10 p.m. on PBS-HD channel 6.

ARTe covers the vital and versatile arts scene in the Tucson area and Southern Arizona and is produced by Emmy award-winning producer Sooyeon Lee, who profiles some of the most talented visual and performing artists in the region for the journal.


ARTe: Digital and Art
Jack Dykinga

Film versus pixels
Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Jack Dykinga's work reflects the merging of a photojournalistic, documentary approach with large-format landscape photography. Dykinga says the divisive debate on film versus digital finally seems to be ending.

Michael Marcellin, JPEG2000 Team Leader

Compressing digital cinema
The next time you go into a movie theater and are dazzled by the pristine quality of the images, the lack of flicker and the amazing sound, you are likely viewing a new form of digital cinema developed by Dr. Michael Marcellin and his team based on a data compression technique named JPEG 2000.

Pearry Reginald Teo

All digital filmmaker
Pearry Reginald Teo is the youngest Asian-American director to come to Hollywood. His first short film was screened at The Cannes Film Festival. Teo says it would not have been possible without digital technology.

Paul Miroch, illustrator

Old school craft with new school tools
Illustrator Paul Mirocha is fascinated by the intricacies of the natural and human world, finding in his subjects both scientific interest and aesthetic appeal. Although Mirocha has a lifetime of experience with old-school drafting and drawing methods, he has now embraced digital tools.

Kindle Farenheit 451

Kindling by David Ray
Renowned poet David Ray presents a visual poem about digital technology and its affect on the publishing world. Traditional books are now being replaced by electronic books with devices such as Amazon's Kindle, that can hold thousands of books in memory. Kindling points out the dangers of such centralized control.



Art and Inspirations (Arte 201)
Mark Klett, photographer

Mark Klett, photographer
Explores the intersection of cultures, landscapes and time. His background includes working as a geologist before turning to photography, where he establishes his artistic perspective on the Western American landscape, connecting periods of time with one another.


Rick DeMont

Rick DeMont, painter
As an Olympic swimmerwon gold in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, only to have the medal retracted after testing positive for a banned substance contained in his asthma medication. Now an established artist, DeMont talks about how painting helped him deal with distressful events and finding serenity in life.

Guillermo Gómez-Peña

Guillermo Gómez-Peña, performance artist
Uses visual art to explore cross-cultural issues and North-South relations, including the using the exotic and folkloric stereotypes of Mexico and the cultural nationalism often associated with politically charged Chicano art.

R. Carlos Nakai

R. Carlos Nakai, flutist
The premier performer of Native American flute who has helped inspire and increase the awareness and popularity of Native American music around the world. He has more than 40 albums and eight Grammy nominations.

Carolyn Anderson

Carolyn Anderson, painter
Was joined on her path of health and healing by Tyler J. Worthington -- her black Labrador Retriever service dog -- and together have used art to capture the amazing love from dogs on canvas. Visit her portfolio online at muttbutt.com

when to watch
  • Oct. 14th 9:30 p.m. on PBS-HD
  • Oct. 15th 2:30 a.m. on PBS-HD
  • Oct. 18th 2:30 p.m. on PBS-HD
  • Oct. 25th 10:00 p.m. on PBS-HD
about the host Robert Knight

The second inspiring season of ARTe, the Southern Arizona arts journal, is hosted by Robert Knight, Executive Director of the Tucson Museum of Art. Knight has headed downtown Tucson’s largest art museum since 2005.

Visit the Tucson Museum of Art website.