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
Jenny Mendez talks about a holistic approach to arts programming
Jenny Mendez, director of the Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center in Kansas City, Missouri, discusses the center’s work in arts education and community programming. The Mattie Rhodes Center has been …
00:33:35 |
Tue 16 Aug 2022
Actor Jacob Ming-Trent talks about making a place for himself on the stage
Jacob Ming-Trent has been moving from strength to theatrical strength. He played Falstaff to rave reviews in the Public Theater’s 2021 production of “Merry Wives” the play that re-opened theater in N…
00:34:58 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
The Legendary Ingramettes--Six Decades of Women-Led Gospel
Almeta Ingram-Miller is the leader of the powerhouse gospel group and 2022 National Heritage Fellows the Legendary Ingramettes. The Legendary Ingramettes are a case in point. In this musical podcast,…
00:54:25 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
One Look at Class in Rural America
In today’s podcast, Sarah Smarsh discusses her book Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth which is a 2018 National Book Award finalist and a 2022-2023 NE…
00:39:04 |
Tue 26 Jul 2022
NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill--a master of improvised music
We’re celebrating the announcement of the 2023 NEA Jazz Masters by revisiting my interview with 2021 NEA Jazz Master and 2016 Pulitzer-Prize winner Henry Threadgill. Threadgill remains one of music’…
00:35:09 |
Tue 19 Jul 2022
Artful Lives: Louie Pérez and Los Lobos telling the stories of East LA
The 2022 National Heritage Fellows have been recently named and we’re celebrating that and kicking off our “Artful Lives” series by revisiting my interview with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist L…
00:36:46 |
Tue 12 Jul 2022
Lincoln Center's Shanta Thake: Bringing the Arts to NYC Streets
Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) Shanta Thake talks about programming at the intersection of art that speaks to the needs of New York City at this pivotal momen…
00:36:08 |
Tue 05 Jul 2022
How to Increase Access to Arts Education in Rural Areas
Dr. Lisa Donovan discusses her work at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) to increase access to arts education equitably in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Donovan talks about the succ…
00:31:59 |
Tue 28 Jun 2022
Director Saheem Ali centers communities of color in his productions of Shakespeare
Saheem Ali is Associate Artistic Director of The Public Theater as well as the director of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fat Ham.” In this podcast, Ali talks about working with Fat Ham playwright…
00:38:21 |
Tue 21 Jun 2022
Celebrate Black Music Appreciation Month with singer, composer, and artistic director of Silkroad Rhiannon Giddens
We’re celebrating Black Music Appreciation Month by revisiting my 2021 interview with MacArthur Fellow and artistic director of Silkroad Rhiannon Giddens. A classically-trained singer, banjo and fi…
00:31:03 |
Tue 14 Jun 2022
Leading an arts center into the future
Stella Abrera and Sonja Kostich share a background in dance, are Asian-American and now lead an important artistic center in the Hudson Valley Kaatsbaan Cultural Park. In this podcast, they talk abou…
00:34:00 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Just in time for the Tony Awards, Playwright Michael R. Jackson's "Strange Loop"
We’re celebrating Pride Month and the Tony Awards by revisiting my 2020 interview with playwright, composer, lyricist Michael R. Jackson. A Strange Loop, his play about a Black queer musical theater…
00:32:22 |
Tue 07 Jun 2022
US Army Veteran Jaymes Poling and Jazz Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci
Modern Warrior LIVE is a unique and moving theatrical experience that mixes first-person narrative with music and multimedia to chronicle U.S. Army veteran Jaymes Poling’s story of his three deployme…
00:35:00 |
Mon 23 May 2022
Daniel K. Isaac
You may know Daniel K. Isaac as Ben Kim from the television series “Billions,” but he’s also a committed and talented actor in theater and an accomplished playwright. In fact, his play “ONCE UPON A (…
00:35:54 |
Mon 16 May 2022
Peng Shepherd
Novelist and NEA Literature Fellow Peng Shepherd's latest book is the speculative mystery, The Cartographers. Those of us who love maps think they are magical; in Shepherd’s book, this magic isn’t me…
00:34:30 |
Wed 11 May 2022
Revisiting Taiko Leaders PJ and Roy Hirabayashi and Slack Key Guitarist Ledward Kaapana
We kicked off our celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by going into the archives for excerpts from two great podcasts with cultural powerhouses and 201…
00:38:13 |
Mon 02 May 2022
Huascar Medina
This week, we're speaking with the first Latino and non-academic Poet Laureate of Kansas Huascar Medina. Medina, who is a member of the National Council on the Arts, brings a strong and vibrant voice…
00:34:15 |
Mon 25 Apr 2022
Stanley Clarke
Bassist, composer, and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke discusses his long and storied career in this tuneful podcast. He had hoped to become a classical musician, but along the way discovered ja…
00:45:33 |
Mon 18 Apr 2022
Revisiting Tracy K. Smith and Melissa Range
This week, the podcast is divided into two parts with one subject—poetry. Part 1 is excerpts from my 2018 interview with poet Melissa Range. Her collection Scriptorium mingles history with the person…
00:38:01 |
Mon 11 Apr 2022
Terence Blanchard
We're celebrating Jazz Appreciation month with an in-depth conversation with composer and jazz musician Terence Blanchard. Terence Blanchard has a long list of exceptional jazz credentials, but mos…
00:43:05 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
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