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
Snehal Desai
Snehal Desai is the producing artistic director of East West Players (EWP). One of the longest running theaters of color, EWP is now the nation’s leading Asian American theater company. For half a ce…
00:28:56 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Marisel Vera
With her second novel The Taste of Sugar, Marisel Vera has created an epic tale with an intimate heart. Her two protagonists Valentina and Vicente are small coffee farmers in late 19th century Puert…
00:28:55 |
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Kate DiCamillo
Two-time Newbery Award winner and the 2014-15 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Kate DiCamillo writes stories that matter. From the fantastical like The Miraculous Journey of Edward …
00:31:28 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
Elena Martínez
Folklorist Elena Martínez is a producer for the documentaries “From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale” and “We Like It Like That: The Story of Latin Boogaloo.” What makes these documentaries stand out i…
00:31:41 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
Angel Blue
September 27 will be an historic night for opera lovers: the Metropolitan Opera, the largest performing arts company in the nation, will open its season after the long pandemic shut-down with “Fire S…
00:33:57 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin
Tap Dancer and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Reginald “Reggio the Hoofer” McLaughlin has been motivated by one thing his entire life: his love of tap-dancing. He walked away from a successful R&B car…
00:37:59 |
Sun 12 Sep 2021
Come From Away
In Washington, DC, the evening of September 10 promises to be momentous: at 6 pm ET, Ford’s Theatre is presenting Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. It’s hard to think of a more appr…
00:31:51 |
Fri 03 Sep 2021
Revisiting Karen Ann Hoffman (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin)
2020 NEA National Heritage Fellow, teacher, and Haudenosaunee Raised Beadworker, Karen Ann Hoffman (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin) creates contemporary art that is deeply rooted in the past. Haudenosaun…
00:32:33 |
Tue 31 Aug 2021
Revisiting Terri Lyne Carrington
Drummer, producer, educator and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington is not only a virtuoso musician, she’s also a strong advocate for social justice and gender equity on the bandstand and in t…
00:38:10 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Arts Education: Helping Students Move Forward
With the new school year upon us, this week we’re turning our attention to arts education. First, Ayanna Hudson, director of Arts Education at the National Endowment for the Arts (and currently actin…
00:31:58 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Creativity, Culture & Capital
This week, we’re talking about investing in the creative economy from two perspectives. First, we get an overview of the issues from Laura Callanan. She’s the founding partner of Upstart Co-Lab, an …
00:32:13 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
David Henry Gerson
In his documentary The Story Won’t Die--an official selection of the AFI DOCS Film Festival-- director David Henry Gerson looks at the lives and work of eight Syrian artists in exile. Since the civil…
00:32:59 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Anita Fields (Osage/Muscogee)
Anita Fields, a citizen of Osage Nation, is a renowned textile and clay artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Her art reflects Osage philosophy with its connection to n…
00:33:02 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
CJ Hunt
In 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds. Death threats, protests, lawsuits, and rallies ensued, and writer and comedian CJ Hunt thought th…
00:32:47 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Katie Bowler Young
One of the most important public artists in New Orleans is Enrique Alférez who was born in rural Mexico of indigenous Nahua heritage. His life spanned the 20th century, and his distinctive vision he…
00:32:29 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Madeline Sayet
Mohegan theater artist Madeline Sayet believes that stories have power; they can do harm or they can heal. And her aim is to use story medicine: to serve people by sharing stories in ways that heal c…
00:33:17 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
Maestro William Henry Curry
Maestro William Henry Curry is a man of incredible talent, tenacity, and enthusiasm. His love of music is infectious and informs his rigorous approach to conducting as well as his ongoing outreach to…
00:42:07 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Kaitlyn Greenidge
Celebrate Juneteenth with this conversation with Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of the novel Libertie. An historical novel, Libertie was inspired in part by the true story of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney St…
00:33:45 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
Jericho Brown
We’re celebrating Pride month with a conversation with poet, 2011 NEA Literature Fellow, and 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown. Drawing on biography, history, and mythology, Brown’s acclaimed…
00:41:29 |
Thu 10 Jun 2021
Michael R. Jackson
We’re kicking off Pride Month by revisiting my interview with playwright, composer, lyricist Michael R. Jackson. A Strange Loop, his play about a Black queer musical theater writer, has wowed audien…
00:28:56 |
Thu 03 Jun 2021
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