

and the Holocaust, a new three-part, six-hour series directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, explores America’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the 20th century. (full series premiered Septemstreaming on PBS.org) Nell's interview for this Ken Burns series is featured in a 10-minute-plus excerpt (hosted on Nell's page on UTA Speakers). mark in this episode Nell explains why she’s thinking about the local and the global, not the national. This podcast series looks at nationalism in its different forms around the world, and alternative approaches to creating a sense of nationhood. (NovemNell's segment starts at 19:00 min. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. "The US: Whose country, 'tis of thee? – Nationalism Reimagined." Nell is interviewed in a podcast by World Review from the New Statesman. MacDowell artists, like all artists, remain part of this story.” Art will play its part in this process, for art’s reach is not so easily censored. “Here we are again,” she writes, “ace to face with powerful attempts to push Black Americans – our experiences, our struggles, and our thoughts – out of the American consciousness.”īut, she continues, “the struggle to be heard and seen will also continue. Nell Painter: Art Can Prevail Over DeSantis’s Campaign Against History. “DeSantis’ Dearth of Understanding of America’s Past Fails Everyone in the Present.” Madam Chairman of the MacDowell Board, Fellow, and author Nell Painter identifies the recent efforts to censor history as a repetition of the past in a new essay for Why MacDowell Now? series on. Nell Irvin Painter ( photo by Dwight Carter, 2019)
