See: An Art Road Trip
Artists Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby travel the country finding art in their surroundings before being unexpectedly forced to consider what it would mean to lose the ability to see.
Top billed cast
- Bo Bartlett
- Betsy Eby
- Andrew Wyeth
- Helga Testorf
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