Artists across Africa are using their imaginations and redefining the meaning of art, one piece at a time.

We discover three artistic pioneers, each with an intriguing double life that allowed them to break the mold and revolutionise the world of art.

From sketching street scenes and creating graffiti murals to capturing everyday life with a camera, artists are showing us their Africa.

In the vicinity of New York's Hudson River Valley, a group of American painters led by British born artist Thomas Cole forged an artistic vision of the wilderness. This was the first American school of landscape painting. Men with the names of Cole, Durand, Cropsey, Bierstadt, and Church would impress the world with their creative brilliance and wondrous vision. On canvas they would bring to life 19th century America.

Beginning with a visit to the Quartermaster Research and Development Center in Natick, Massachusetts, this classic pictorial report from the U.S. Army's The Big Picture series spotlights important aspects of America's modern Army. Footage from the National Archives and Records Administration includes volunteer subjects testing new clothing under extreme weather conditions and interviews with American artists whose posters have been selected to represent...

This episode features an artist getting global attention for her embroidery work, a woman who is able to get huge details into paintings smaller than a penny, and a makeup artist who has made the human face her canvas.

A painter of large, arresting canvases, Brian Clarke has also designed some of the most exciting stained glass to appear on the contemporary art scene. This visually striking documentary follows Clarke on a journey to Lancashire, in Great Britain, where he grew up as a prodigy in a working-class family. The film charts his artistic development during the heyday of punk and his eventual success as a stained glass artist working with some of the most...

Musicians are constantly striving to create sounds that entice and hook audiences. But for these African artists, there is a meaning to their melodies.

Professor Amanda Vickery journeys from Renaissance Italy to the Dutch Republic and discovers a hidden world of female artistry. By digging in storerooms, convents, and basements she rescues dazzling female artists from the shadows, and reveal stories of courage and determination in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Nigerian hip-life artist KCee shows us the slum that shaped who he is today; two MCs from Malawi and Senegal give us a glimpse into a day in the life of an African music star.