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
Matt Kaplan
Matt Kaplan takes a scientific look at the monsters that scare us…and why we love it.
00:32:53 |
Thu 31 Oct 2013
David Ivey
Sacred Harp singer David Ivey both preserves the tradition and widens the circle.
00:32:47 |
Thu 26 Sep 2013
Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker may have written three exuberant sex novels, but he turns to his other passion in his latest book, Traveling Sprinkler: the extraordinary details of the ordinary.
00:27:30 |
Thu 19 Sep 2013
Sheila Kay Adams
In the second part of a two-part interview, we hear Sheila as storyteller and learn about some of the folks who lived in Sodom, North Carolina.
00:29:49 |
Thu 12 Sep 2013
Sheila Kay Adams
Singer, musician and storyteller Sheila Kay Adams talks about (and sings) songs brought over from England, Scotland, and Ireland in the mid-17th century and kept alive by the people in the mountains …
00:32:38 |
Fri 06 Sep 2013
Benjamin Percy
In his current novel, Red Moon, Ben Percy serves up a hybrid of horror and literature to tell a story about our lives today. [35:10]
00:35:10 |
Thu 29 Aug 2013
Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, VA
The 78th Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Virginia. Where music happens on and off the stage. [32:13]
00:32:10 |
Thu 22 Aug 2013
Tony Kushner
In the second of our two-part interview, talk about his latest play and his screenplay for the movie, Lincoln.
00:26:26 |
Thu 08 Aug 2013
Tony Kushner
In part 1 of a two-part interview, Tony Kushner talks about his early attraction to theater and writing Angels in America. [28:50]
00:28:50 |
Thu 01 Aug 2013
Laurie Olin
Laurie Olin on the work of landscape architecture—balancing nature and cultivation. [32:45]
00:32:45 |
Thu 25 Jul 2013
Nancy Buirski
Nancy Buirski discusses her prize-winning documentary, The Loving Story, a look at a couple’s decision to remain a family and challenge Virginia’s miscegenation laws.
00:31:42 |
Thu 18 Jul 2013
Joan Myers Brown
Founder of Philadanco!, Joan Myers Brown reflects on what goes into building a leading African-American dance company and school. [27:29]
00:27:29 |
Thu 11 Jul 2013
Heather Wood
Heather Wood talks about the joys and challenges of performing Shakespeare.
00:27:31 |
Thu 20 Jun 2013
Andre Dubus III
Andre Dubus III's memoir Townie isn’t a literary coming of age story. It’s an exploration of violence and absence.
00:30:35 |
Thu 13 Jun 2013
Manil Suri
The City of Devi, an apocalyptic sex comedy and love story, is the third book in Manil Suri’s trilogy centered on Mumbai. [26:08]
00:26:07 |
Thu 06 Jun 2013
Marna Stalcup
Teaching Portland's children core curriculum through the arts. [30:06]
00:30:06 |
Thu 30 May 2013
Stephan Jost
Stephan Jost discusses how the Honolulu Museum of Art works to serve its military community.
00:26:56 |
Thu 23 May 2013
Robert Ward
Toward the end of his life, Robert Ward discussed his remarkable career in music.
00:29:17 |
Thu 16 May 2013
Terry Tempest Williams
In her latest book, When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams explores the legacy of her mother’s journals. [28:11]
00:28:11 |
Fri 10 May 2013
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