Success in the arts

This program, which discusses skills needed to excel at art, includes panelists Francis Chapin, artist; Kenneth Shopen, art critic of Chicago Daily News and of University of Illinois Chicago; and Allen Weller, University of Illinois Urbana.

This episode discusses what it takes to successfully write poetry. The panel includes Roul Denny, poet and professor of social science, University of Chicago; Henry Rago, editor, Poetry Magazine; Dr. Elizabeth Wright, University of Illinois at Chicago

This program, which discusses skills needed to excel at theatrical production and direction, includes panelists Herman Shumlin, director and producer of such plays as "Inherit the Wind," "The Little Foxes," "Watch on the Rhine"; Roger Dettmer, play critic, Chicago American; and Frances M. Goulson, University of Illinois.

This program discusses what it takes to be a good television or radio commentator. The panel features Len O'Connor, a TV and radio commentator; and Janet Kern, radio and TV critic of the Chicago American and TV columnist for International News Service.

This program, which discusses skills needed to excel at the performance of classical music, includes panelists Leonard Sorkin, first violinist, Fine Arts Quartet; Nicholas Malko, conductor and director, Chicago Grant Park Symphony; and George Kuyper, Manager, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Ravinia Festival.

This program's panel includes George Balanchine, choreographer of the New York City Ballet; Ann Barzel, dance critic of the Chicago American; and Donna Claypoole, dance instructor, University of Illinois Chicago.