and the number of painters in dhaka is on the decline. one reason is the shrinking fleet of rikshahs. the pedal powered vehicles have been banned from the main roads. as a result, side streets are now clogged with the three wheelers all going nowhere fast. >> translator: in addition to traffic jams, they started licensing rickshaw businesses. that's why the number of rickshaws continue to decline >> reporter: what's worse for painters is the emergence of mass production. this handles printed plates, not handmade ones. >> translator: printed plates have become mainstream because hand painted ones cannot be mass produced. printed plates can be made cheaply and on a large scale. >> reporter: fewer orders are not the only problem. this is a.k. das. the most respected rickshaw painter in bangladesh. his favorite subject is rural scenery. however, das says he can no longer paint the types of pictures he likes. tastes have changed in modernizing dhaka. movie stars are in. >> translator: rickshaw owners prefer movie scenes. i have no choice but t

and the number of painters in dhaka is on the decline. one reason is the shrinking fleet of rikshahs. the pedal powered vehicles have been banned from the main roads. as a result, side streets are now clogged with the three wheelers all going nowhere fast. >> translator: in addition to traffic jams, they started licensing rickshaw businesses. that's why the number of rickshaws continue to decline >> reporter: what's worse for painters is the emergence of mass production. this handles printed plates, not handmade ones. >> translator: printed plates have become mainstream because hand painted ones cannot be mass produced. printed plates can be made cheaply and on a large scale. >> reporter: fewer orders are not the only problem. this is a.k. das. the most respected rickshaw painter in bangladesh. his favorite subject is rural scenery. however, das says he can no longer paint the types of pictures he likes. tastes have changed in modernizing dhaka. movie stars are in. >> translator: rickshaw owners prefer movie scenes. i have no choice but t

das, the most respected rickshaw painter in bangladesh.is favorite subject is rural scene scenery. however, das says he can no longer paint the types of pictures he likes. tastes have changed in fast modernizing dhaka. pastoral scenes are out. movie stars are in. >> translator: rickshaw owners prefer movie scenes. i have no choice but to paint such pictures to make a living. >> reporter: with orders vanishing and no creative incentive, some painters have given up. ahmed hossain is one artist who hung up his rickshaw brush. he now does suf nair plates for tourists. copying photos, he paints tourists against a background of scenery. business is picking up thanks to word of mouth. ahmed is making a comfortable living but he can't forget his old calling. >> translator: these are rough sketches from my previous work. i made copies and have kept them. if i receive an order again, i'll be able to trace them. they're like photographic negatives. this one was very popular, a rickshaw shop in a town of animals. >> reporter: ahmed was a special passi

and the number of painters in dhaka is on the decline. one reason is the shrinking fleet of rickshaws. in an effort to ease traffic congestion, the vehicles have been banned from the main roads. as a result side streets are now clogged with the three wheelers all going nowhere fast. >> translator: in addition to traffic jams, the authorities stopped licensing rickshaw businesses. that's why the number of rickshaws continues to decline. >> reporter: what's worse for painters is the emergence of mass production. this rickshaw goods shop features printed plates, not handmade ones. >> translator: hand painted ones cannot be mass produced. printed can be made on a large scale. >> reporter: fewer orders are not the only problem. this is r.k. das. his favorite subject is rural scenery. however, das says he can no longer paint the types of pictures he likes. tastes have changed in modernizing dhaka. movie stars are in. >> translator: rickshaw owners prefer movie scenes. i have no choice but to paint such pictures to make a living. >> reporter: wi

force for we have to remember we are not painters we abate graffiti. we are abaters not painters. get that out of the way and keep moving. >> how many of these do you do a day? how many poles we do a day? >> yeah. >> depends on the location. may be 20. >> do you like working with the team? >> yes because i'm a people person. i like being outside and interacting with the public and i like the response we get especially from the good job we do in the community. >> goodbye. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is done in a hospital setting. >> replacement program generated approximately $3.9 million in art enrichment funds for a comprehensive art program that

are not painters we abate graffiti. we are abaters not painters. get that out of the way and keep moving. >> how many of these do you do a day? how many poles we do a day? >> yeah. >> depends on the location. may be 20. >> do you like working with the team? >> yes because i'm a people person. i like being outside and interacting with the public and i like the response we get especially from the good job we do in the community. >> goodbye. >> welcome to the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. will the executive director please call the roll. if any of the commissioners have to leave, will not be able to act on the two items for permits. having said that, item number one is public comment. members of the public may address the commission on subjects that are within the jurisdiction of the commission. you may address the commission for up to three minutes. public comment? yes, sir. >> there was a great attendance and the police department and the industry representatives which is one more step which shows the communicati

we are painters, bridge painters, and glaciers, drywall finishers, and we even have hotel and employees. our apprentice program would be a good start for someone who has been unemployed. a program trains younger kids and even adults, older adults to join the building trades and to have a future, because it propels you directly into the center of the middle class, and the attacks on the union's is open. >> and the attacks on unions bring me back to k'd, with what has been going on in ohio but also in many other places, as well -- brings me back to key -- katy. with these budget cuts you have been talking about and that sort of thing. if you could wave a magic wand and begin to turn some of these things around, what are some specific things that you would like to see happen? is there or are there alternatives to the budget cuts, and we already know how you are fighting back, but talk about alternatives to these budget cuts. >> well, collective bargaining. recently, i was a collective bargaining chair for a contract. six months into the negotiations, they did not think we were going to bor

a legend the risk call to the artist in painter his explosive three has led him to become one of the most acclaimed contemporary russian artists worldwide. he was expelled from the art school for failing to. she was expelled from our school for failing to conform to socialist realist norms. worked with. was subjected to compulsory treatment at the mental institution which was the standard dealing with ideological dissidents at that time. she said. moved to new york in one thousand nine hundred nine the return of the work to russia began with the first exhibition there since he went into exile to continue to work in russian. political repressions and to the architects and builders of st petersburg to painting segues into national museums cultures and. today. mr xi thanks for coming to our program. let's walk down memory lane a bit we all know that you were expelled from the soviet union the nine hundred seventy one. of the citizenship. what was your fishel reason for expelling you from the country. since i was not one of the chosen people. was quite a complicated one. i was arrested a

painter he's explosive. one of the most acclaimed contemporary russian artists worldwide. he was expelled from the art school for failing to. she was expelled from school for failing to. work with him. he was subjected to. a logical time in. the return of work to russia the first to. continue to work in russia. political report. and to the architects and builders of st petersburg to painting segues a bit into national museums cultures and all the squares in venice in francisco new york in moscow. is our guest on spotlight today. this is mr chirac you know and thanks for coming to our program and the ignition let's walk down memory lane a bit as we all know that you were expelled from the soviet union the in one nine hundred seventy one i was also very stripped you off to citizenship so. what was an explanation of what was your fishel reason for expelling your from the country. since i was not one of the chosen people my expulsion was quite a complicated one. i was arrested and then taken to the kind of state security for a so-called chat. explained to me that i had three o

making is a legend to risk all to artist in painter his explosive career has led him to become one of the most acclaimed contemporary russian artists worldwide was born in moscow she was expelled from the art school feeling to. she was expelled from school for failing to conform to socialist realist norms for five years working with the maintenance crew at the hermitage museum she was subjected to compulsory treatment. which was the standard way of dealing with ideological dissidents at the time. she settled in france and. the return of work to russia began with the first exhibition there since he went into exile continue to shoot she's worked in russia. political repression and to. the architects and builders of st petersburg to be should make its paintings that exhibit international museums the peace cultures and all squares in venice in francisco new york in-laws mikail is our guest on spotlight today. this is essentially mr chirac in thanks for coming to our program michel let's walk down memory lane a bit as we all know that you were expelled from the soviet union in one thousand

we are painters, a bridge painters, drywall finisher is, we even have hotel employees. our printers program would be a good start for someone who has been unemployed. our an apprentice program c, training program, trains even older adults to join the building trades and have a future bid it propels you directly into the center of the middle-class. attacks on the unions isn't helping. >> the attacks on the union's bring me back to katie, with what has been going on in ohio, but many other places as well. we have the attacks on the unions. this coincides with the budget cuts you have been talking about and that sort of thing. if you could wave a magic wand and begin to turn some of these things are around, what are some specific things you would like to see happen? is there, or are there alternatives to these budget cuts? we already know how you are fighting back against the attacks on unions, but got a little bit about alternatives to these cuts. >> it is off the table of a collective bargaining. i was a collective bargaining share for the most recent contract in cincinn

you're a painter that works in the construction industry in new york city, right?> right. >> construction workers have been particularly hard hit in this economic environment, so i want to give a sense of what the past two or three years have been like for you personally and for your colleagues. >> ok, well, for the past two years, well, let me go back to 2005, when i started as an apprentice, and there was an abundance of work. i was actually turning down work, but when the recession hit, i stayed home for several months, which was, believe it or not, was better compared to the men and women who have stayed home for over a year and who have never all of their unemployment benefits expire. .they cannot pay their mortgages. they have a hard time figuring how they will send their kids to school, is and it is hard out there for them. >> if i had it correct, your a member of district council 9 of the painters' union? how does it work? how do you get gigs? >> we go to our union hall, and we talked to the business reps, and the business reps speak to the contractors, and

it is looking at how she is portrayed in help artists, painters, and photographers presented her andow she thought about her own style and presentation. many people think she always had short hair. it was not until she was 52 that she cut off all of her hair. the second element is called "domestic stein." alice b. toklas was her lifelong partner. they had several different homes. we know about their home in paris, the famous salon. you get a taste of what their domestic life was like. >> one thing recreated is the fabulous wallpaper. the black-and-white photos do not convey the color. >> in doing a lot of research, you discover a little tidbits. with an exhibition, at the find ways to make it come together. we found beautiful photographs of the interior of their home. then we found a tiny scrap of the wallpaper. we saw how blue and vibrant it was. we had a designer recreate the image of the wallpaper. we had it made into wallpaper so we could all experience what it would have been like to be in their home. it is dynamic and fantastic. they seem very monochromatic because you only kno

writing today by saul painters and a crew out there, under the bridge, painting away. just a happy to incidents, i am sure. thank you for helping us to encourage this. supervisor wiener: thank you. public comment is closed. this is a really important area. not just for district 8, but for all of the surrounding neighborhoods is a regional destination in a lot of ways. i am optimistic and would continue this to the call of the chair. supervisor mar: please call item no. 3. >> item #3. resolution of the board of supervisors of the city and county of san francisco determining and making certain findings under the california environmental quality act relating to the construction and improvement of certain firehouses and determining other matters related thereto. supervisor mar: we have the new entertainment commissioner with us in the house, today, i would like to mention. >> good afternoon, supervisors. with me today to address this matter are two of my colleagues. sfgov.or[unintelligible] we are here today to request a consideration of the resolution before you related t

i guess he's a painter, also. >> he's a painter at the famous filoli house, and fight, love, live. that's what it stands for. >> yes. yes, that's right. the credo here of the filoli house which spans of 654 acres makes up the name filoli. you can see back here behind me a small sampling of the 16 acres of highly manicured garden. not to mention the mansion. you can't even see it because there is so much garden covering it on this 654-acres. it's nearly 100 years old, and it is something you can't miss. kathy joins us, you were talking with us earlier about the mansion and the gardens, and it's menestled right into the santa cruz mountains. it's open not only this week but through the fall? >> it's open through the end of october. we're open tuesday through sunday to the public, guided, self-guided tours, and the participants tonight are all participating in artist access, which we offer once a month from march through october. artists are allowed to come into the garden after hours, paint and photograph, and as you can see we have a well representation here of the different art. >>

. >> we are not painters we do our best. >> i'm assuming it has to do with gang activity. >> if it's territorial i mind. >> in case it's gang related and they are marking our territory i would like to paint it over. >> anything with numbers like x iv or x 13 west side mob and the bay view those are gang related. with gang related or profanity we will abait it as soon as possible. >> i consider it an art. there are circles of people that form around it whether or not they should ruin public property. >> this is art work i'm for it. unless it's on someone's property and they don't want it there. judge kids with silver paint expressing their ego needs doesn't belong on our property. >> graffiti is when you don't have permission to write anything on their property. >> eighth street is part of your regular rout? >> yes. >> everyday. >> eighth street. divisidero street. irving street. every block they going through they paint 3 or 4 streets in the block the poles the utility boxes, mailbox. >> thank you. >> okay. >> put the drop cloth. come on around. >> there you go. force for

painter. who's well known here has invited you and other talented youngsters to attend the master class today he's showing the children his own painting it's filled with bullet damage from august two thousand and eight. during the georgian invasion shells and shrapnel destroyed many paintings. several brilliant works were ruined. by witnesses every day and with submachine guns and just riddled the paintings with bullet holes. well today the artist wants his pupils to choose the peaceful same for their drawings. to have. the full girly oh that's a great idea where fill the picture with birds dulness at a rainbow use lots of bright colors. will still hold i don't want to remember bad things soft on the war. some of the tools i hope that everything will be brights and colorful. bright new rooms now dorm houses in post wall street involved. they have replaced the old homes that were damaged during the ball a little to still to be repaired almost every building carries a trace of the conflict. the

he hung out with frederic church, the great landscape painter. he was married to mary mcentee who was the sister of an esteemed painter. vox brought this hudson river school aesthetic with him. vox in traveling these circles have an idea he expressed very well in which he said it was for his private oh, nature first, second and third. architecture after a while. if you look at central park or prospect park a lot of people suggest those are hudson river school paintings slapped in the middle of the city. vox was the engine for that and also as a trained architect trained in england he created -- he was brilliant at creating structures in the parks. beautiful bridges in central park. a lot on the table especially for being 4 foot 10. >> olmstead teamed up with architect after the mid 70s when they split. they had ego problems that were fascinating. that was one of the more interesting parts of the book. talk about the reason they broke up. >> they really clashed on a lot of issues. one of the main issues was olmstead was a journalist by training. h

luckily some painters work on that home grabbed a garden hose then those painters helped remove the pilotrom the cockpit. the scene was captured on cell phone video. >> they are coming. they are coming. just rest. just lay down. just lay down. just lay down. don't worry. >> reporter: the pilot only suffered a broken leg. he was taken to a nearby hospital. one of the painters suffered kuts and bruises. the faa and ntsb are vest getting wehat. but this is -- they are investigating. but this is a miracle no one was killed. bill: david lee miller on that story. martha: it was remarkable. good job on their part. let's take a look at what's going on on wall street as the markets opened up -- there we go. up 43 points. possibly reacting to those housing numbers. the month to month number was higher. the overall year to year number is lower. yesterday a nice day. up 264 points yesterday. bill: a late summer rally. brand-new polling numbers on the new healthcare law. what americans are saying about it, and whether americans want the law to stand. that's next. [ grandma ] why do relationships matte

she is painter, poet and photographer. married and has 2 girls she is an event planner and art's fundraiser. her works have been exhibited in the bay area and international. she's working on poems entitled, from a fanatic heart. grace. written at a time when i'd say was my hungry period. the first is bones. my bones are bleached white under your stare while you warm your hands under my open wounds i swallow the air you exheal and pluck the bones from your rib cage and i will make a man out of you. my bones memorized the weight of your since. they are brittle with forgiveness. my thighs unfold as you press the palm of your hand against my curving spine and plant your bones inside my garden. this one is draft it's the one in thean tholology. he smoothed the wrinkles on my bell and he sucked my bitter fruit. we plowed an ocean in my navel and sowed mountains of regrets into fields. we allowed only the memory of water to sustain our thirst. we dreamt of rain and listened for our trees to bare fruit. >> the next is inspired by

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signs and made by people rather than contacted out to the sign paren paint are but it coue the sign painter. do these count as part of it? >> generally they're painted on the window like that and you can have them in the city and the temporary signs and painted on. >> fascinating. on 24th street a new store and unfortunately displacing one of the old kind serving stores and up scale women's lingerie shop and i think it's called "pink" and i maybe the text is in pink. >> there is no text. what you see is what you get. >> i wonder how you calculate them into the area of the sign do you think? >> seems to be a symbol representative of the use and we would consider that as well. >> so the sign and not the lerling of the sign. >> the emblem. >> excellent. and illuminated and do you have different regulations? >> yes this is a indirectly imlum naited signs and we have different regulations. >> right and we have special permit requirements for illuminated signs and non illuminated signs as well, and this is one -- we have two forms and form four and seven -- signed permit forms and basically the s

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i gained a friend, i gained an oppounity to talk to a great painter but did not get to do the interview. more a lucien freud at another time. thank you for joining us, see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications ptioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org