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
Shailja Patel
With a trunk full of her mother’s saris, Kenyan author and performer Shaija Patel reclaims a lost history.
00:29:28 |
Fri 11 Apr 2014
Sherrie Maricle
Sherrie Maricle has played with jazz legends, leads an all-woman big band, and forges new roads for women in jazz.
00:29:28 |
Thu 03 Apr 2014
Verónica Castillo
In Translation: Verónica Castillo expands a traditional Mexican art form, the Tree of Life, to express the need for social justice in the 21st century.
00:26:04 |
Thu 27 Mar 2014
Carol Fran
Louisiana Swamp blues singer, composer and pianist Carol Fran looks back at her 60-year career.
00:29:30 |
Thu 20 Mar 2014
Morgan Neville
Meet some of the greatest back-up singers! It may be only Twenty Feet from Stardom but director Morgan Neville shows us just how long that walk can be.
00:29:30 |
Thu 13 Mar 2014
Brian Kisida
"Art Makes You Smart" and Brian Kisida co-published a study that proves it! [27:05]
00:27:05 |
Thu 06 Mar 2014
Allen Toussaint
It's a music-filled podcast with New Orleans composer, producer, and pianist Allen Toussaint who combines elegance with funk. [29:29]
00:29:28 |
Thu 27 Feb 2014
Pratibha Parmar
Pratibha Parmar discusses making the recent documentary about an iconic American writer, Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, which can be seen on the American Masters’ website.
00:27:59 |
Thu 20 Feb 2014
Daniel Beaty
Daniel Beaty's play and bravura performance in The Tallest Tree in the Forest shines a light on the artistry and activism of Paul Robeson.
00:31:48 |
Fri 14 Feb 2014
Tope Folarin
Tope Folarin becomes the first writer born outside of Africa to win the Caine Prize with his short story set in Texas in an evangelical Nigerian church.
00:28:24 |
Thu 06 Feb 2014
Jen Masengarb
Jen Masengarb explains Chicago's rich architectural legacy and CAF’s role in bringing it public awareness.
00:24:52 |
Thu 30 Jan 2014
Jeff Orlowski
Jeff Orlowski goes to the Arctic to film James Balog’s documentation of the rapidly disappearing glaciers. We hear all about it.
00:30:20 |
Thu 23 Jan 2014
Kathy Connell
Here’s a peak at the Screen Actors’ Guild or SAG Award--the show where actors honor actors.
00:27:57 |
Thu 16 Jan 2014
Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton may be considered avant garde but he embraces all musical traditions.
00:40:45 |
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Richard Davis, Part 2
Bassist Richard Davis talks about his musical life outside of jazz -- working with folks like Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Bernstein and Igor Stravinsky.
00:30:08 |
Thu 12 Dec 2013
Richard Davis, Part 1
One of the great bassists Richard Davis remembers a few of jazz musicians he's played with -- like Sun Ra, Ahmad Jamal, Sarah Vaughan, Elvin Jones, and Eric Dolphy.
00:31:07 |
Thu 05 Dec 2013
Jamey Aebersold
Musician and teacher Jamey Aebersold believes that anyone can improvise and he's developed the tools to show them how. [27:11]
00:27:11 |
Thu 21 Nov 2013
Kati Texas
Kati Texas takes us behind the scenes of the Kinetic Sculpture Race, Grand Championship, where art and science go to play. [28:10]
00:28:10 |
Thu 14 Nov 2013
Tarell McCraney
McCraney shares his exuberant passion for live performance and his determination to bring theater to underserved kids in Miami.
00:32:26 |
Thu 07 Nov 2013
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