Art reveals the world to us in new ways. David and Art is KWBU's weekly feature focusing on art.
The module is hosted by David Smith, an American historian with broad interests in his field. He’s been at Baylor University since 2002 teaching classes in American history, military history, and cultural history. For eight years he wrote an arts and culture column for the Waco Tribune-Herald, and his writings on history, art, and culture have appeared in other newspapers from the Wall Street Journal to the Dallas Morning News.
The very first record he remembers listening to when he was little was Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic’s recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and that set him on a lifelong path of loving music and the arts. He’s loved history for almost as long, and finally saw them come together in his career. He believes that history illuminates the arts and the arts illuminate history—that they co-exist and are best understood together.
Follow David on Twitter @DavidASmith12
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Today on David and Art, a look at why artists might deserve a plac ein our pockets right alongside presidents. -
A World Cup jersey turned heads this summer—not just for the play on the field, but for the art it carried. Today, we take a look at René Magritte, the Belgian surrealist whose imagination made that moment possible.
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Some of the most familiar images in American history were created by an artist most people have never heard of. On today's David and Art, host David Smith introduces us to that artist.
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Long before people could share photos with a tap of a screen, printed artwork helped shape how people saw the world. Today on David and Art, host David Smith looks at one company that did exactly that.
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In today’s edition of David and Art on KWBU, host David Smith revisits the recent passing of a jazz great.
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With the Fourth of July just days away, today's encore presentation of David and Art considers how artistic freedom has shaped American culture, and why that artistic freedom is something that's worth remembering this time of year.
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What does American music sound like? On today's David and Art, host David Smith explores that question through the work of one remarkable composer.
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Our culture has never had more music at its fingertips, but does that make it harder to agree on who truly stands above the rest? Host David Smith explores that question on today's edition of David and Art.
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Why do the arts matter? On today's David and Art, host David Smith explores a question that's been part of American life since the nations earliest days.
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Today on David and Art, host David Smith shares the story of a musician many critics consider one of jazz’s greatest improvisers
