Art Works

Series produced by National Endowment for the Arts

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Art Works is the weekly program produced by the National Endowment for the Arts. It goes behind the scenes with some of the nation's great artists to explore how art works. New shows are posted on Tuesdays. Find out more at arts.gov

Art Works is the weekly program produced by the National Endowment for the Arts. It goes behind the scenes with some of the nation's great artists to explore how art works. Guests have included the co-founder of Los Lobos Louie Pérez, National Medal of the Arts winner and the man behind Marvel comics, Stan Lee, Mohegan theater artist Madeline Sayet, National Book Award Winner Charles Yu, and NEA Jazz Master Grammy Award winning drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. You can find the current and archived programs at https://www.arts.gov/stories/podcast or by subscribing to Apple podcasts

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The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates artist Ofelia Esparza
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ofelia Esparza, Credit: Mark Markley for “Craft in America”
2018 National Heritage Fellow altarista Ofelia Esparza explains the true meaning of The Day of the Dead.

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Meet 2018 National Heritage Fellows musicians Don and Cindy Roy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Don and Cindy Roy, Credit: Molly Haley
French-American music is thriving in Maine and Don and Cindy Roy have a lot to do with that!

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Behind the Scenes with the documentary Personal Statement
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Christine Rodriguez celebrates with a student she is helping apply to college, Credit: Juliane Dressner
Personal Statement takes us into the lives of three public HS seniors who are determined to go to college and take their classmates with them.

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
The art of the documentary when the subject is guide dogs
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Pick of the Litter, Credit: KTF Films
The National Endowment for the Arts goes behind the scenes with a documentary about the care and training of guide dogs.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 24:54
Celebrating Leonard Bernstein on Broadway
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Leonard Bernstein, Credit: Al Ravenna, 1955, courtesy of the Library of Congress
After Leonard Bernstein, Broadway was not the same…. Composer and commentator Rob Kapilow shows us why.

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 43:29
  • Purchases: 1
Look for the clues in the art work!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: A design for a puzzle room at MIA
A talk with the folks who are turning the Minneapolis Institute for Art into a Puzzle Room

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 27:09
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Lotus 2015, tUnE-yArDs, , Credit: Steve Cox
The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival may be global but it has deep roots in Bloomington, Indiana.

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates singer and conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Malcolm J. Merriweather
Conductor and singer Malcolm J. Merriweather: a young maestro extends a classical tradition.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates 2018 NEA Jazz Master Todd Barkan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Todd Barkan, Credit: Shannon Finney
It's a jazzy show as impressario Todd Barkan remembers his life with the music and musicians.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 34:01
The National Endowment for the Arts talks to the Army's Artist in Residence, Sgt. Juan Munoz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "A Quick Call Home", Credit: SFC Juan C. Munoz, 2018
The Army's Artist in Residence, SFC Juan Munoz explains his process of documenting the lives of soldiers through art.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates musician Artemio Posadas
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Artemio Posadas, Credit: Maria Virginia Prieto Solis
National Heritage Fellow Artemio Posadas has devoted his life to keeping the Mexican musical tradition of son huasteco vibrant. We learn about Pos...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates storytelling with Kiran Singh Sirah
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kiran Singh Sirah
A conversation with Kiran Singh Sirah--head of the International Storytelling Center which builds community one story at a time.

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Dria Brown: Bedlam's St. Joan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dria Brown in the title role of G.B. Shaw's St. Joan, Credit: Teresa Wood
Young actor Dria Brown talks with the National Endowment for the Arts about playing Joan of Arc at DC's Folger Theatre.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 25:10
How Burning Man came to Washington DC
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: HYBYCOZO, Credit: Photographer: Ron Blunt
Curator Nora Atkinson takes us behind the scenes of the wildly successful exhibit "No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man" in Washington DC.'s Renwi...

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  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:58
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The military, art and healing:The power of Creative Forces
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Creative Forces and finding a tribe for veterans: Healing and building community through art.

  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:18
Cartoonist and multi-media artist Liz Reed chats with the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Liz Reed, Credit: Laurie Kieth
Liz Reed guides us through the quirky multi-media world of Cuddles and Rage

  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:55
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: CSSSA Film Students, Credit: Courtesy of CSSSA
Director Michael Fields explains how CSSSA helps new generations of artists to shine.

  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 21:23
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates novelist Jennifer Haigh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Jennifer Haigh's novel Heat and Light takes a hard look at fracking in an Appalchian town

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 28:18
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates National Poetry Month with Seema Reza
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Seema Reza, Credit: Nazia Abbas
Poet Seema Reza examines love and loss in her book When the World Breaks Open.

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Melissa Range speaks with the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Melissa Range's poetry collection Scriptorium illuminates her Appalachian Roots

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 2

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