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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563 Pieces

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A Conversation with David DiChiera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The only general director to found and lead two opera companies (Michigan Opera Theatre and Opera Pacific), David DiChiera talks about his career, ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 32:30
A Conversation with Shirley Sneve
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Shirley Sneve talks about the mission of the Native American Public Telecommunications organization, which shares stories of Native American people...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:33
A Conversation with Sound Artist, Jennie C. Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The winner of the 2012 Joyce Wein Artist Prize discusses the relationship in her work between visual art and sonic art. [26:26]

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 26:26
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Molly Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Artistic Director Molly Smith talks about American theater, including the often-overlooked musical, her commitment to new play development, and her...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Sebastian Ruth
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2010 MacArthur Fellow Sebastian Ruth talks about the community-based arts organization he founded, Community MusicWorks, which won a 2010 National ...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Heritage Fellow, Mike Rafferty
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Irish flutist Mike Rafferty talks about learning flute playing from his father, as well as coming to America and returning to Irish music in his 50...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:37
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Dan Morgenstern
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Dan Morgenstern, recipient of the 2007 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy, discusses the 2011 class of NEA Jazz Masters.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:27
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Richard Sherman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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A world without Mary Poppins? No way. The two-time Oscar winner and 2008 National Medal winner lets us in on how great show tunes get written.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:58
A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the inspiration for and writing of his novel Into the Beautiful North, which takes place from Sinaloa, Mexico...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Julia Alvarez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Writer Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigran...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Martina Arroyo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2010 NEA Opera Honoree and legendary soprano Martina Arroyo talks about her career in opera, including working with such luminaries as Leonard Bern...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Bert Crenca
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Bert Crenca talks about founding the community arts center AS220, its interaction with the city Providence, and its arts education offshoot AS220 Y...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 26:04
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Azar Nafisi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her li...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Isabel Wilkerson talks about her book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, focusing on the transfer of Southern ...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:33
  • Purchases: 16
A Conversation with Anna Deveare Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Playwright, actor, and activist Anna Deveare Smith talks about her extraordinary career and her current one-woman show, Let Me Down Easy.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 31:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Ron Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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NEA Jazz Master Ron Carter, bassist/cellist/educator extraordinaire, talks about his career playing jazz and classical music.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with NEA Heritage Fellow, Mary Jackson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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NEA National Heritage fellow Mary Jackson talks about the art and tradition of sweetgrass basketmaking.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:53
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with John Williams
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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45 Academy Award nominations, 5 Academy awards, 4 Golden Globe awards, 20 Grammy awards?! Does John Williams sleep? Hmmm.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:51
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Biographer Valerie Boyd talks about the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Linda Murray of Solas Nua
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Linda Murray talks about her organization Solas Nua, the only organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to contemporary Irish arts.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1

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