Art_in_Action_(TV_series)

<i>Art in Action</i> (TV series)

Art in Action (TV series)

Canadian TV series or program

Art in Action was a Canadian arts television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1961.

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Premise

University of Manitoba School of Art professor George Swinton hosted this series from Winnipeg.[1] The first season described the history, techniques and materials involved in sculpting and painting. The second season focused on the history and techniques of landscape painting[2]

Scheduling

The half-hour series aired in the first season on Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 7 October 1959 to 11 May 1960. A second season aired on Sundays 10:30 p.m. from 2 July to 1 October 1961.

References

  1. [1]
    "TV Weekly". Ottawa Citizen. 30 June 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. [2]
    Corcelli, John (June 2005). "Art in Action". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2014.


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