A new online element of PBS' multiplatform offers launched today: the PBS Arts Web site at www.pbs.org/arts. Debuting with four "virtual exhibitions" curated as a museum curates its collection, the
site is anchored by "Ruin and Recovery," a new online-only exhibition from the producers of the PBS series "Craft In America." "Ruin and Recovery" follows New Orleans artist Thomas Mann and his moving
"Storm Cycle" series of sculptural assemblages that commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. PBS supplements that exhibition with additional stories and footage of Katrina-inspired art.
Funding for the launch of PBS Arts has been provided by Anne Ray Charitable Trust and the National Endowment for the Arts.
