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
Parker Esse
Choreographer Parker Esse talks about his experience creating new choreography for Arena Stage's revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma!.
00:26:29 |
Thu 02 Dec 2010
Jeffrey Sweet
Jeffrey Sweet talks about the revitalization of theater in Chicago through the Second City and other theater companies, as well as his own experience as a playwright and the art of theater and musica…
00:26:50 |
Thu 18 Nov 2010
Frank Stella
One of the most well-regarded postwar American artists still working, Frank Stella discusses his five-decade career in the visual arts, from paintings to sculptures to murals to architecture.
00:21:40 |
Thu 04 Nov 2010
Chuck Brown
Musician Chuck Brown talks about his career, from honing his chops in prison in Lorton, Virginia, to developing his own musical genre in DC: go-go music.
00:28:49 |
Thu 28 Oct 2010
David DiChiera
The only general director to found and lead two opera companies (Michigan Opera Theatre and Opera Pacific), David DiChiera talks about his career, bringing opera to Detroit audiences, and composing h…
00:32:30 |
Thu 21 Oct 2010
Martina Arroyo
Legendary soprano Martina Arroyo talks about her career in opera, including working with such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti.
00:27:17 |
Thu 14 Oct 2010
Natasha Wimmer
Natasha Wimmer was awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship in 2007 to translate Roberto Bolaño's epic novel 2666. In this interview, she discusses the complexities of translating Bolaño's work and other…
00:27:08 |
Thu 07 Oct 2010
Rudolfo Anaya
Rudolfo Anaya talks about the writing of his acclaimed novel Bless Me, Ultima as well as in the influence of the oral tradition and folk tales on his writing and his life growing up in New Mexico.
00:23:56 |
Thu 30 Sep 2010
Judy McCulloh
Awarded the 2010 Bess Lomax Hawes Award for the preservation of cultural heritage, Judith McCulloh talks about her extensive work as a folklorist and editor at the University of Illinois Press.
00:24:04 |
Thu 23 Sep 2010
Mike Rafferty
Mike Rafferty talks about growing up in East Galway, Ireland, and learning flute playing from his father, as well as coming to America and eventually returning to Irish music in his 50s as both a per…
00:26:37 |
Thu 16 Sep 2010
Del McCoury
Bluegrass legend Del McCoury discusses his 50-year career, from joining Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in the 1960s to multiple appearances at the Bonnaroo music and arts festival in the 2000s.
00:26:38 |
Thu 09 Sep 2010
Julia Alvarez
Writer Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigrant experience.
00:22:05 |
Thu 02 Sep 2010
Ed Herendeen
Ed Herendeen talks about founding and sustaining a theater festival committed to supporting bold, daring new works for the stage. [18:27]
00:18:27 |
Thu 26 Aug 2010
Unai Elorriaga
Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of translation and the Basque language. [25:50]
00:25:49 |
Thu 19 Aug 2010
Joel Nelson
Joel Nelson talks about how he grew to love poetry and how he writes and recites poetry, as well as growing up on a ranch and his love of horses, among other subjects. [27:00]
00:26:58 |
Thu 12 Aug 2010
Ken Burns
Ken Burns talks about his most recent documentary series on the National Park system, as well as his approach to filmmaking and his attraction to iconic American subjects. [22:24]
00:22:24 |
Thu 05 Aug 2010
Everett McCorvey
Operatic tenor Everett McCorvey talks about how he was drawn into the music, how he helped build the opera program at University of Kentucky, and the difference between spirituals and gospel, among o…
00:26:15 |
Thu 29 Jul 2010
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper discusses his efforts to use the arts to revitalize Denver and promote economic development and increased livability. [23:37]
00:23:35 |
Thu 22 Jul 2010
Duke Ellington
A look at the Washington, DC roots of Duke Ellington and their impact on his development as a musician and composer. [8:40]
00:08:40 |
Thu 15 Jul 2010
U Street NW
Josephine Reed talks with a collection of local experts about the history and revitalization of U Street, NW in Washington, DC. Once known as the "Black Broadway," U Street is again a vibrant cultura…
00:19:51 |
Thu 08 Jul 2010
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