Art Works Podcast
The National Endowment for the Arts podcast that goes behind the scenes with some of the nation’s great artists to explore how art works.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 696
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Julianna Baggott
Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders took Julianna Baggott 18 years to write… Julianna discusses how writing 14 other novels in a variety of genres, three collections of poetry, and a children’s se…
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Thu 07 Jan 2016
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
A half-century of musical innovation and self-determination, told by AACM co-founder (currently AACM-New York president) and 2010 NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard Abrams, current AACM-Chicago chairman E…
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Thu 17 Dec 2015
Dave Porter
Dave Porter’s iconic music is an essential part of the story: Think Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul.
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Thu 10 Dec 2015
Wayne T. Carr
From Pericles to Tupac Shakur, Wayne Carr embodies fully-realized characters on the stage.
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Thu 03 Dec 2015
Tazewell Thompson
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director and playwright.
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Thu 19 Nov 2015
Joseph P. Riley
After 40 years, Joseph Riley steps down from being mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, leaving a legacy that demands art and beauty in the everyday.
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Fri 13 Nov 2015
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander reflects on her time at the NEA, her life-long love affair with theater, and the centrality of art to the human experience.
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Thu 05 Nov 2015
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, still loves drawing monsters.
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Thu 29 Oct 2015
Richard Hunt
Richard Hunt talks about creating large pieces of abstract art for public spaces and reflects on his time on the National Council of the Arts.
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Thu 22 Oct 2015
Karen Zacarias
Karen Zacarias is the most produced Latina playwright in the nation. Now, she brings the telenovela to the stage with Destiny of Desire.
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Thu 15 Oct 2015
Kevin Locke
By performing and teaching Lakota flute and dance, Kevin Locke brings the past and the future together.
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Thu 08 Oct 2015
Dolly Jacobs
Most kids run away from home to join the circus. For Dolly Jacobs, it was a family affair.
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Thu 01 Oct 2015
Kevin McKenzie
They got the first grant from the NEA back in 1965 and are celebrating their own long history.
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Thu 24 Sep 2015
Juan Felipe Herrera
The new poet laureate of the United States and two-time NEA fellow calls for everyone's heart to speak out.
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Thu 17 Sep 2015
Sara Colangelo
Her debut feature film Little Accidents takes us into the heart of a coal-mining town.
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Thu 20 Aug 2015
Vicente Gutierrez
How a writer created the music magazine he wanted to read.
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Thu 13 Aug 2015
Squonk Opera Revealed
Find out about the artistic exuberance that is Squonk Opera.
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Fri 31 Jul 2015
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