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KERA TV Interview with Ted Pillsbury from 1998

by Jerome Weeks 26 Mar 2010 3:11 PM

In 1998, for the show, On the Record, KERA’s Sam Baker interviewed Ken Kahn, then-president of the Fort Worth Arts Council, and the late Ted Pilllsbury — the week Pilllsbury announced his departure from the Kimbell after 18 years. Pillsbury reflects on how the Kimbell had changed since he began there as artistic director, how museums have become the “cultural hearth” for a community and what he’s most proud of. Pillsbury died yesterday at the age of 66.

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In 1998, for the show, On the Record, KERA’s Sam Baker interviewed Ken Kahn, then-president of the Fort Worth Arts Council, and the late Ted Pilllsbury — the week Pilllsbury announced his departure from the Kimbell after 18 years. Pillsbury reflects on how the Kimbell had changed since he began there as artistic director, how museums have become the “cultural hearth” for a community and what he’s most proud of.
Pillsbury died yesterday at the age of 66.

About Jerome Weeks

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.