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COVER STORY
Can Art be Taught?
Violinist Itzhak Perlman and his wife, Toby Perlman,
join host Kurt Andersen to talk about teaching art.
  Perlman
Music Program
A visit with the virtuoso campers
at the Perlman summer camp on Shelter Island, New York. Produced by Trey
Kay.
 Go
to the official website for the Perlman Music Program
 Together
In Chen Kaige's new feature film,
a father brings his son from a provincial town to Beijing, determined
to find a music teacher who can grow the boy into a world-class violinist.
Kaige is best known for directing Farewell My Concubine, a sweeping historical
epic. In contrast, Together is set in the present and brings the subtle
complexity of contemporary Beijing to the screen. Produced by Michele
Siegel.
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to the official website for 'Together'
Read
Armond White's NY Press review of Together
 My
Mentor
Alec Wilkinson was just a young guy
when he decided that he could become a writer and maybe get rich. He found
the perfect teacher. After a career editing John Updike and Vladimir Nabokov,
William Maxwell took this clueless kid under his wing. Wilkinson is now
a writer for the New Yorker himself, and he recently published a book
about his 25-year relationship with Maxwell. Produced by David Krasnow.
Read
a short story by William Maxwell
 Bob
Ross
Painter Bob Ross died eight years ago. But many people
don't realize this, because his 403 episodes of "The Joy of Painting"
continue to air worldwide. Jad Abumrad discovered that Ross's legacy of
art-teaching has extended way beyond those television shows and into places
like the back of a pet store.
Go
to the official Bob Ross site
 SPECIAL
GUEST
Itzhak and Toby Perlman
Itzhak and Toby Perlman are both philanthropists and
violinists. They co-founded the Perlman Music Program, which provides
year-round lessons and an intensive summer camp on Shelter Island, New
York. Itzhak Perlman is widely acknowledged as the foremost living virtuoso
of the violin. He recently began conducting, and is today Principal Guest
Conductor for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Go
to Sony Classical's biography of Itzhak Perlman
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ArtBots
Can a hunk of metal and plastic learn to make
art? The Robot Talent Show that took place in New York City two weekends
ago featured several robots whose builders claim: they actually ...
create. Produced by Trent Wolbe.
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to the official ArtBots website
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