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Art in the 48

A community needs art to truly feel alive. Join host Alberto Rios to meet Arizona artists and hear their stories firsthand. Trace the impact of living artists on their communities, and see how art is all around us. From across the art spectrum – painters and sculptors, musicians and dancers, museums and theaters and more – see where life meets art.

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Nov. 14, 2019
High school musicians use jazz to build self-esteem, trust and comradery
Nov. 14, 2019
Learn the connection between skateboarding and Apache warriors
Nov. 14, 2019
Learn what it takes to build a guitar with Roberto Venn

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Previous episodes

Nov. 14, 2019
Colleen Jennings Roggensack helps to put Arizona on the theater map
Nov. 7, 2019
Art helps veterans deal with PTSD
Nov. 7, 2019
The Black Theatre Troupe reflects the African-American experience
Nov. 7, 2019
First Friday offers community connections
Nov. 7, 2019
Circle 6 aims to ignite the artist inside each of us
Oct. 31, 2019
A couple uses music to help with Alzheimer's
Oct. 31, 2019
James White makes a lost art shine brightly
Oct. 31, 2019
Kids in Focus use photography to deal with difficult pasts
Oct. 31, 2019
Kirk O'Hara uses art as his "gateway to the world"
Oct. 24, 2019
Hat maker Eric Watson makes old methods new again
Oct. 24, 2019
Vinyl painter pays homage to musical greats
Oct. 24, 2019
Phoenix Art Museum curator wants to inspire emotion
Oct. 24, 2019
Muralist Tato Caraveo brings color to downtown Phoenix
Oct. 4, 2019
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