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June
2000 LINCOLN ARTIST MARJORIE
MIKASEN WILL BE INTERVIEWED ON A VOICE OF AMERICA TELEVISION BROADCAST IN JUNE.
THE FIVE MINUTE INTERVIEW WILL BE TAPED IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND AIRED JUNE 16,
2000, TO A EUROPEAN AUDIENCE COMPRISING MILLIONS OF VIEWERS IN A GEOGRAPHIC
AREA FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO TURKEY. THE INTERVIEW,
CONDUCTED BY JOURNALIST / BROADCASTER BRANKO MIKASINOVICH, WILL INCLUDE
DISCUSSION OF HER ARTISTIC BACKGROUND, RECENT EXHIBITIONS, THE CONTENT AND
TECHNIQUE OF HER ART, CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS, AND WILL SHOW EXAMPLES OF HER
WORK. MARJORIE
MIKASEN'S ACRYLIC PAINTINGS ON CANVAS BUILD ON THE TRADITION OF GEOMETRIC
ABSTRACTION, EXPLORING COLOR AND FORM WITH A UNIQUE URGENCY. THE IMAGES FOR HER
ACRYLIC PAINTINGS ARE DERIVED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF TRADITIONAL SKETCHING
AND COMPUTER MODELING. THEY ARE HAND-FINISHED USING AN EXACTING HARD-EDGE
TECHNIQUE. MARJORIE MIKASEN HAS SHOWN HER WORK IN SOLO SHOWS IN NEBRASKA AND
HAS PARTICIPATED IN 70 GROUP EXHIBITIONS, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL,
IN 13 STATES AND THE UK. VOICE OF AMERICA
PROGRAMS ORIGINATE FROM ITS HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
LOCATED AT 330 INDEPENDENCE AVE, S.W., WHERE BROADCASTERS PRODUCE NEWSCASTS,
FEATURES, AMERICANA PROGRAMS, ENGLISH-TEACHING PROGRAMS, AND MUSIC SHOWS IN 53
LANGUAGES. THE VOA HAS BROADCAST UNITED STATES, REGIONAL AND WORLD NEWS TO LISTENERS
AROUND THE GLOBE FOR OVER 57 YEARS. |