Art reveals the world to us in new ways. On KWBU, we have a new 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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A postponed exhibit gives us a chance to think about how a museum displays its art. -
When we talk about art that interests us, it becomes a more enriching part of our lives.
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Discovering something surprising about a favorite artist points to the infinite variety of the arts themselves.
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One of the most beloved pieces of orchestral music in the world came from Russia almost 90 years ago.
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Her voice was one of the dominant voices in American music in the 20th century, and today is her birthday.
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An art exhibit in Mississippi reflects one of the most significant events in twentieth century American history.
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All we are saying is give art from the past a chance.
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Sometimes discovering something worthwhile requires going against the grain of what’s popular right now
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If we’re open to it, one art form can often help us understand another.
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Whether the target is art or something else, censorship seems to always have a political audience.
