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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565 Pieces

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Award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario and the images of war
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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With her memoir, It’s What I Do, Lynsey Addario explains how and why she covers war.

Bought by KUNM, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 4
Rohan Spong on his documentary Winter at Westbeth
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Rohan Spong's new film Winter at Westbeth shines a light on artists and aging.

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Actor Nicholas Rodriguez is right at home in musical theater.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nicholas Rodriguez
Nicholas Rodriguez brings classic American musical theater into the 21st century

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Author and National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick on reading Moby Dick
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In a slim, lucid and compulsively readable book, Nathaniel Philbrick makes an enthusiastic case for taking a look at Melville’s classic Moby-Dick.

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Novelist Vaddey Ratner writes her story of Cambodia
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Vaddey Ratner, Credit: Christina Sherk
Vaddey Ratner's novel, In the Shadow of the Banyan honors her lost family

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Voices from IMPArt (Injured Military Personnel + Art)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The Art League's program changes lives through art.

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 4
Looking for Inspiration? Listen to composer Ted Nash's Presidential Suite.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ted Nash
With Presidential Suite,Ted Nash transforms iconic political speeches into an inventive jazz composition.

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Author Kelly Link: startling readers in unexpected ways.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Kelly Link combines the ordinary and the magical—with flair.

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Master of Horror
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Edgar Allan Poe
Mystery Writer Laura Lippman talks about the terrifying brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe.

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Chef Marcus Samuelsson: building on tradition
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Chef, restaurateur, and author Marcus Samuelsson’s dazzlingly creative approach to food and to hospitality is rooted in a deep appreciation of food...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 2
Alex Lacamoire—orchestrator and music director
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Alex Lacamoire Hamilton rehearsal, Credit: Joan Marcus
Alex Lacamoire talks about bringing Hamilton and In the Heights to life on the stage.

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Adriana Sananes--acting in Spanish and in English
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Adriana Sananes
Actor Adriana Sananes moves between Spanish and English on stage and on the page as an audiobook narrator.

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2016
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 4
Award-winning Appalachian author Ron Rash and the roots of mountain culture
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ron Rash
Ron Rash: No one tells stories embedded in Southern Appalachia with more grit or more beauty.

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 6
There's an art to building wooden boats-just ask Mike Vlahovich
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mike Vlahovich, Credit: Tom Pich
Master Shipwright & 2016 National Heritage Fellow Mike Vlahovich builds and restores wooden fishing boats to keep alive the culture of the working ...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Earl Mosley: Dancing with Heart
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Earl Mosley, Credit: Courtesy: EMIA
The Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts uses dance to create a community of young men.

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Curator Leslie Umberger on artist Ralph Fasanella: An artist of, by, and for the people
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ralph Fasanella
Blue-collar worker and union organizer Ralph Fasanella would have been 100 this week. His paintings of urban working class people struggling and t...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Harold Kyle: Making art with found objects
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Exhibit of Harold Kyle's sculpture
Auto Mechanic Harold Kyle plays with movement, balance, and shadows in his sculpture.

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Michael Berry and the art of translation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Yu Hua and Michael Berry Beijing August 2010 , Credit: courtesy of Michael Berry
Michael Berry reflects on the art of translating Yu Hua’s influential novel and new Big Read title To Live into English

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Photographer Joe Standart--bringing communities together through public art
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Opening Day of WE ARE-A Nation of Immigrants, Credit: Courtesy of INKCT.com
Joe Standart’s publically displayed photographs in New London’s city center shows the soul of a city.

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Mickela Malozzi sees the world through its dances.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mickela at the Asrlar Sadosi Festival in Navoi, Uzbekistan -, Credit: Madina Khusanova
As host of the Emmy Award-winning series Barefeet, Mickela Mallozzi travels the world learning the traditional dances and music of each place she v...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3

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