Magazine April 2014 A Magazine for the Supporters of the AETN Foundation Season three of “Call the Midwife” continues Sundays at 7 p.m. Arkansas Educational Television Network AETN Productions From the Director Dear AETN have some sort of learning disability. Supporter, Annually, a major project is to learn and “Paint With Kevin” recite from memory the Gettysburg AETN presents an all new series that will tap into To celebrate the Address. In the process they learn not your creative side and usher in a new appreciation for 150th anniversary only about Lincoln’s words, but also what painting that in some ways hearkens back to public of the Gettysburg they mean, and, maybe more importantly, television’s old friend, Bob Ross. Meet artist Kevin Address, they learn about themselves and that Hill who, through his calm and reassuring style, will take you step-by-step through one of his landscapes or documentarian Ken Burns has launched they can overcome obstacles to do some seascapes using an array of vibrant colors. Hill shares a national effort to encourage everyone special things. It is a documentary in the techniques that can be practiced to help you create a in America to video record themselves truest sense of the word and ultimately scene from a blank canvas to a completed painting. reading or reciting the speech. quite moving. The first four episodes will feature waves crashing on a rocky coastal shore, a lush waterfall, an open meadow The collection of recordings is housed at You can expand AETN’s collection surrounded by mountains and trees, and a simple but learntheaddress.org. All of us at AETN with your rendition, and inspire others detailed mountain scene. “Paint with Kevin” airs Satur- hope that you will add your Arkansas through the power of history with your days at 10 a.m. beginning April 5. voice to the many there now − political video at aetn.org/learntheaddress. leaders, athletes, celebrities, students and more. The collection will continue Please share your recitation through to grow as more and more people are social media, and invite your family, inspired by the power of history and take community and others to record their the challenge to “Learn the Address.” own rendition. My goal is to have our state submit the History is a living thing, and “The most videos of any state. I don’t know if Address” is a wonderful example of this that will happen, but whenever we can truth. AETN is so proud to serve our help citizens understand the power of state with this program and initiative, history – and especially this great speech as well as all the other ways we strive to – it is a most worthwhile endeavor. bring value to our citizens. We appreciate your great support of public television in “LOUPE Part 2” events around the state. Designed to highlight the This effort leads up to the premiere of Arkansas. Magnifying the Arts in Arkansas arts and artists throughout Arkansas, “LOUPE” is Burns’ PBS documentary “The Address,” supported in part by a Cultural Regional Art Grant AETN presents a new episode of “LOUPE” featur- from the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the airing Tuesday, April 15, on AETN. This ing artist LeeNora Parlor, a self-taught folk artist Department of Arkansas Heritage. is a different sort of film from Burns. from Camden. Her paintings are inspired by her Filmed in a school in Putney, Vt., it Allen Weatherly ancestors and reflect glimpses into their lives. “LOUPE, Part 2” airs Friday, April 11, at 9 p.m. follows a group of young men who all AETN Executive Director The program also features Little Rock artist Becky The quality programming on AETN is underwritten in part by... Witsell who has become an expert in historic restoration over the past 30 years. In this piece, “Arkansans Ask: Governor Mike Beebe” Witsell explains the process of restoring the horses on the historic carousel at the Little Rock Zoo to Exceptional Savings on Fine Home Decor Do you have a question for Gov. Mike Beebe? We their original colors and design. welcome them. Call, e-mail or tweet your questions In addition to the broadcast series, “LOUPE” to us during “Arkansans Ask: Governor Mike Beebe” curates a website (aetn.org/loupe) that features Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. Arkansas arts, shares resources and highlights Lake Village, AR • 800.732.3722 Live music events coming to your area! “My Bionic Pet” “Snow Monkeys” Wednesday, April 9, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m. The animals of the world may increasingly In the frigid valleys of Japan’s Shiga High- need our help with big issues like preserv- lands, a troop of snow monkeys functions ing habitat or species conservation. But, in a complex society of rank and privilege sometimes individual animals need our where each knows his and her place. Their help as well. Left disabled without fins, leader is still new to the job and something Brit Floyd flippers, beaks or tails because of disease, of a solitary grouch. 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