Ruskin Today
"Ruskin Today" is a podcast sponsored by the Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles. We explore British art and social critic John Ruskin's insights as they impact 21st-century challenges in art, the sciences, ecology, and social reform.
For more information, check out the Ruskin Art Club website:
https://ruskinartclub.org/
For more information, check out the Ruskin Art Club website:
https://ruskinartclub.org/
Episodes
11 episodes
Episode #11: The Journey of the Historic California Art Club with Peter and Elaine Adams
Painter Peter Adams and California Art Cub Executive Director Elaine Adams trace the 115-year journey of the Ruskin Art Club's sister organization, the California Art Club, from its inception during the heyday of California Impressionism to its...
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Episode #10: The Denenbergs Discuss Ruskin, Art, and Heritage
Los Angeles gallery owners Stuart and Beverly Denenberg share life-journeys through the worlds of art and historic preservation and, along the way, the discovery of Ruskin.
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Episode #9: Roundtable on the Pre-Raphaelites with Karl Merrick, Sara Atwood, and Gabriel Meyer
John Ruskin was an early champion and mentor to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's poets and painters. The Ruskin Art Club's Sara Atwood and Gabriel Meyer lead a lively, wide-ranging discussion of the influential movement's intersections with Rus...
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Episode #8: Ruskin and Brazil with Prof. Claudio Silveira Amaral
Professor Claudio Silveira Amaral, with his background in architecture and urbanism, discusses John Ruskin's influence, through figures such as polymath Rui Barbosa and architect Sérgio Ferro, on Brazilian education, architecture, and culture. ...
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Episode #7: Ruskin on Education and Language with Sara Atwood
Prof. Sara Atwood teaches literature and writing at Portland State University and Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her academic work on Ruskin and Victorian literature has been widely published. She is a Companion of the Guild of St. George in...
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Episode #6: Ruskin and Stained Glass with David Judson
David Judson, president of Judson Studios and Ruskin Art Club board member, charts his family's historic engagement in architectural glass with insights drawn from Ruskin. For more information of Judson Studios, visit
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Episode #5: "Ruskin & Women" with Prof. Dinah Birch
Dinah Birch is a distinguished English literary critic and leading Ruskin scholar. Acclaimed for her ground-breaking work on the topic of Ruskin and gender, Prof. Birch delivered the Ruskin Art Club's 2023 "Ruskin" Lecture at USC, available on ...
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Episode #4: The Poet and the City with Lynne Thompson
Ruskin Today interviews LA City's Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson on the nexus of art and civic life. Interviewed by Ruskin Art Club Literary Programs Director, poet Elena Karina Byrne.
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Episode #3: Jim Spates: A Life in Ruskin
Veteran US Ruskin scholar Jim Spates discusses a lifelong fascination with the thought of John Ruskin -- "the sociologist I had been waiting for all my life." With Gabriel Meyer and Zach Bullock.
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