will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/segment/pf1997-10-09-a WILL Public Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Segment Arts/Culture, Folklore, Illinois Culture/History, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings Each summer when Glen Davies’ family made a pilgrimage to Chicago’s Riverview Park, he enjoyed the rides at the now defunct amusement mecca. But his fondest memories are of the sideshow where he caught his first glimpses of the Alligator Skinned Girl, Human Pincushion, and Rubber-Skinned Man. Davies, a University of Illinois assistant professor of art and design, became a devoted sideshow fan. Now he studies sideshow banners, the colorful canvas signs that beckoned passersby to give themselves over to the exotic, the strange and the unknown. Prairie Fire looks at sideshow art through Davies’ eyes. “The sideshow banners became an inspiration for his own art,” said Prairie Fire host Alison Davis. The program also features an interview with Champaign magician Andy Dallas, who talks about how Davies is helping keep sideshow art alive today by painting banners for acts like Dallas’ magic show. Abstract Magazine PBCore Genre Picklist Is Part Of http://will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf1997-10-09 Illinois, Indiana Spatial Intermediate (grades 7-9)|High School (grades 10-12)|Primary (grades 1-6)|College|Post Graduate|General Education|General TV-G Alison Davis Producer WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher © 2008 University of Illinois 1997-10-09T10:28:00-06:00 1997-10-09T10:28:00-06:00 video/x-pn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf1997-10-09-a.rv Moving Image RealSystems Real Media 9 44438 00:08:37 eng pf1997-10-09-a.rv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 1997-10-09T10:28:00-06:00 1997-10-09T10:28:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf1997-10-09-a.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 00:08:37 eng pf1997-10-09-a.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 1997-10-09T10:28:00-06:00 1997-10-09T10:28:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf1997-10-09-a.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 00:08:37 eng pf1997-10-09-a.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois