Art
Thomas Bewick
Author Rita Smith Air Date 8/23/2007 Thomas Bewick Transcript Thomas Bewick was the finest of all English practicioners of wood engraving and was the first person to make the work of the illustrator as important, in books for children, as the text. Born in 1735, in rural England, Bewick early on showed his skill in […]
Seeing Beyond Sight
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Seeing-Beyond-Sight.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/6/2007 Seeing Beyond Sight Transcript Since the early 1990s, there has been a growing interest — indeed, something of a movement — in teaching young people to use photography as an artistic means to express their unique perspectives, as well as to document their […]
Mohieddin Ellabbad’s Notebook
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mohieddin-Allabbads-Notebook.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 8/29/2006 Mohieddin Ellabbad’s Notebook Transcript When Mohieddin Ellabbad was a boy growing up in Cairo, he dreamed of becoming a streetcar conductor — driving his imposing, clattering machine down the center of the street. But what happened is that the boy became passionate about […]
The Beach
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Beach.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/11/2006 The Beach Transcript I’m thinking about what the beach meant to me as a kid. Let’s say the most important thing first. The beach is what a sand box wants to be when it grows up. And sandcastle builders obtain a sophisticated knowledge […]
Youth Art Month: Frank Remkiewicz Interview
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Youth-Art-Month-Frank-Remwicz.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 3/2/2006 Youth Art Month: Frank Remkiewicz Interview Transcript It’s Youth Art Month, and, while he was visiting schools in our area, we managed to find a quiet place to speak with Frank Remkiewicz, the well-known illustrator of the popular Froggy Books and the Early Readers about […]
Conversation with Adrienne Yorinks
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Adrienne-Yorinks-and-Her-Quilt-of-States.mp3 Author Susan Raab Air Date 9/22/2005 Conversation with Adrienne Yorinks Transcript The well-known quilt artist Adrienne Yorinks has a remarkable new book out called Quilt of States. Recess commentator Susan Raab spoke with Ms. Yorinks about the book and the creative process of her fabric art illustrations at this year’s […]
Sandcastles
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/The-Fine-Art-of-Sandcastles.mp3 Author Kachina Domenick Air Date 9/1/2005 Sandcastles Transcript A trip to the beach wouldn’t be the same without playing in the sand. Whether you want to build the perfect sand castle, make the highest drip-mountain, bury your best friend in sand and give them a mermaid’s tail, or try […]
Seen Art?
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Seen-Art_.mp3 Author Jaimy Mann Air Date 7/19/2005 Seen Art? Transcript Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s Seen Art? is one of the newest examples of what The New York Museum of Modern Art publishes for children. Seen Art? is, in part, like so many museum publications for children (particularly books put out by New York’s […]
Jacob Grimm Goes to Brooklyn
A fairy tale opened on Broadway in late October and you were just listening to the title character, "Brooklyn," inviting the audience into an urban fable performed by a homeless theater troupe.
Coloring Mandalas
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mandalas-The-Latest-and-Most-Ancient-Coloring-Books.mp3 Author James Royal Air Date 6/8/2004 Coloring Mandalas Transcript You or perhaps your children may have seen or heard of a mandala without quite knowing what the rich and vivid design is – and what it means for some of the world’s people. In the visually oriented West, the […]