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 a muralist who paints bees around the country.2018 NEA Jazz Master pianist JoAnne Brackeen
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: JoAnne Brackeen, Credit: Carol Friedman
Pianist JoAnne Brackeen is a musician's musician uncovering new dimensions of music.

Bought by WMPG, KMUW, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Urban Arias
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: BLUE VIOLA with Alicia Olatuja as Viola , Credit: C Stanley Photography
Urban Arias creates and presents contemporary opera for contemporary audiences.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates singer Dianne Reeves--2018 NEA Jazz Master.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dianne Reeves, Credit: jerry Madison
Jazz singer Dianne Reeves believes in making music without boundaries.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts talks with rapper Dessa about the intersection of music and science
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dessa, Credit: Bill Phelps
Rapper Dessa explores her broken heart at the intersection of science and music

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 4
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates actor and voice artist Dion Graham
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dion Graham, Credit: JoAnne Perrin
Actor Dion has narrated hundreds of audio books and is an aural shape-shifter.

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates author Mat Johnson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Mat Johnson takes a satirical look at race and identity.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, and KVSC


  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates new film about Rosa Parks
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Meta Golding as Rosa Parks in Behind the Movement, Credit: Courtesy of TVOne
Actress Meta Golding takes on the role of a lifetime: Rosa Parks in Behind the Movement

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates independent film.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Rob Meyer
Director Rob Meyer talks about the making of the independent film, Little Boxes.

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates director Kyle Donnelly
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kyle Donnelly
Director Kyle Donnelly sees theater as interpretive history.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 26:59
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Indie Grits!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: “Future Perfect” project at Indie Grits Festival, art work by Sleeper, Credit: Sean Rayford
Indie grits: it evolved from a tiny film festival to a cultural touchstone

  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 26:52
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the Delta Blues Museum!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Delta Blues Museum
Executive Director of the Delta Blues Museum Shelley Ritter keeps the blues alive and honors its history.

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 22:42
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates a muralist who paints bees around the country.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Matthew Willey and Bees, Credit: The Good of the Hive
Matthew Willey's multi-year initiative The Good of the Hive is more than an art project.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WLRH, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Walter Ware III--The Art of the Casting Director
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Casting Director Walter Ware
Casting director Walter Ware brings the right people together.

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 21, 2017
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates singer and Musician Guy Mendilow
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Guy Mendilow , Credit: Photo by Gretjen Helene
Guy Mendilow embraces and reinterprets the traditional music of Sephardic Jews.

Bought by WCNY and KZUM


  • Added: Dec 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates actor Jake Gyllenhaal in Sunday in the Park with George
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jake Gyllenhaal as George in Sunday in the Park with George. , Credit: Photo by Mathew Murphy
Jake Gyllenhaal talks about his role in the iconic play Sunday in the Park with George

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates cartoonist Roz Chast
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Award-winning cartoonist Roz Chast draws the lines of absurdity

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Native American music.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bryan Akipa, Credit: Tom Pich
2016 National Heritage Fellow and Dakota flute player and maker Bryan Akipa is reinvigorating a First Nation musical tradition.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 21:41
  • Purchases: 1
Rethinking PTSD with journalist Sebastian Junger
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sebastian Junger, Credit: Tim Hetherington
With his book Tribe, author and filmmaker Sebastian Junger upends our ideas about PTSD.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts explores the world of comic books
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Steve Ellis and David Gallaher combined werewolves and westerns and created the cult classic, High Moon.

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 31:05
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts speaks with painter Kimberly Brooks
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kimberly Brooks
Kimberly Brooks talks about the language of painting

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 1

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