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 author Pam Munoz Ryan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Pam Munoz Ryan
For award-winning author for young readers Pam Munoz Ryan multiculturalism comes naturally.

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Spiderwoman Theater and Muriel Miguel
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: The Miguel Sisters
Forty years ago, Muriel Miguel co-founded Spiderwoman Theater the first Native-American women’s theater. It's still going strong!

  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 27:59
The National Endowment for the Arts in conversation with Junot Diaz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Junot Diaz, Credit: Nina Subin
The National Book Award winner talks about author Julia Alvarez, Oscar Wao, and the wonder of reading.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:59
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the documentary Spettacolo!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen
Documentary filmmakers Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen look at a small Tuscan village where each year life is translated into art.

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Nashville's public art
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ghost Ballet; Artist: Alice Aycock, Credit: Gary Layda
Nashville creates places for art and for artists.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 25:12
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates folk art in America
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Thomas Maupin, Credit: Gary Hamilton
2017 National Heritage Fellow buck dancer Thomas Maupin lets his feet do the talking.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 26:29
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates jazz great Sonny Rollins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sonny Rollins, Credit: John Abbott
It's Sonny Rollins 87th birthday and he sat down with the NEA's Josephine Reed to talk about his life in music.

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  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates Circus Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus performing “A Cardboard & Duct Tape Spectacular", Credit: Maike Schulz
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founder,artistic director and performer Stephanie Monseu brings us circus arts by way of the East Village performance ...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 27:06
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts speaks with four time Tony Award winner Ron Simons
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ron Simons
Ron Simons became a producer to shine a light on untold stories.

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Big Apple Circus!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Big Apple Circus
Big Apple Circus founder Paul Binder took the circus to a human scale and found its artistry.

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Capital Fringe Festival
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Julianne brienza, Credit: Joe Flood
Julianne Brienza, Founder, CEO and President of the Capital Fringe Festival, makes theater happen for everyone in DC.

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 26:01
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates food in American History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Award-winning author and cook Rae Eighmey marries food with history to create culinary biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin.

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts in conversation with author T. Geronimo Johnson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: T. Geronimo Johnson, Credit: Elizabeth R. Cowan
Johnson's novel Welcome to Braggsville puts four kids from Berkeley in Georgia to protest a Civil War reenactment with a pretend lynching. What co...

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  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: 26:31
  • Purchases: 2
Celebrate the blues with musician Phil Wiggins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis
We're revisiting 2017 National Heritage Fellow and Blues Harmonica Player Phil Wiggins who brings it all home in this music-rich conversation.

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates Jazz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ira Gitler, Credit: Frances McLaughlin-Gill
Meet Ira Gitler: Jazz writer, historian, critic and 2017 NEA Jazz Master

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Renée Fleming: Music's Ability to Heal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Renee Fleming with Hartmut Hoell, Credit: Bob Millard
Renée Fleming along with other musicians and scientists look at the remarkable ability of music to make us whole.

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates a new exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The new exhibit at NMAAH&C illuminate history, community and culture. Co-curator Aaron Bryant walks us through it.

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  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 4
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Credit: Thomas Wolf
Dana Tai Soon Burgess choreographs the American Experience.

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  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 1
Ballerinas Who Are Mothers: It's a Balancing Act
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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With her book, Balancing Acts,photographer Lucy Gray takes us backstage with dancers who are mothers.

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  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts speaks with Cory Doctorow
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cory Doctorow, Credit: Joi Ito
The award-winning novelist, blogger, and advocate talks about science fiction and technology.

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  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 2

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