Biologist & Artist Brandon Ballengee (2019)
Art Rocks!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Art
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2019-05-24
Duration: 00:10:06
Subjects: Ballengee, Brandon | Arts | Louisiana Art & Science Museum | Museum exhibits | Extinct animals | Nature
Contributors:
- Fox-Smith, James Host
- Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
- Ballengee, Brandon Interviewee
- Weinstein, Elizabeth Interviewee
Description
This segment from the May 24, 2019, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features producer Dorothy Kendrick’s profile of Brandon Ballengee, a biologist and artist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He discusses “Frameworks of Absence,” his collection of work depicting species that have gone extinct. Kendrick also interviews Elizabeth Weinstein, the assistant director for interpretation and chief curator at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum in Baton Rouge, who discusses the museum’s exhibit of Ballengee’s work. Host: James Fox-Smith