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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562 Pieces

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The unique voice of bassist Reggie Workman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Reggie Workman , Credit: Richard Kohler
Bassist and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman talks about his storied career

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 1
A conversation with prize-winning cartoonist Nate Powell
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nate Powell
Nate Powell discusses the art of cartooning the National Book Award-winning trilogy March.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 27:59
Filmmaker Trey Ellis talks about his documentary True Justice
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Trey Ellis
Filmmaker Trey Ellis talks about bringing Bryan Stevenson’s work to the screen.

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Doc filmmaker Jenifer McShane takes us on a ride with Ernie and Joe
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ernie and Joe, Credit: Courtesy of Ernie and Joe
Interview with Jenifer McShane who directed Ernie and Joe a documentary follows two San Antonio Police Officers as they respond to mental health c...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
2019 National Heritage Fellow Folklorist and Naturalist Bobby Fulcher
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bobby Fulcher, Credit: Sarah Terpstra Hanson
State Park Manager Bobby Fulcher has spent 40 years uncovering the local culture of the Tennessee Cumberlands.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
Author R.O. Kwon's novel The Incendiaries has everyone talking and for good reason
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: R.O. Kwon, Credit: Smeeta Mahanti
Author R.O. Kwon's book The Incendiaries has been named a best book of the year by over forty publications. Not bad for a first book! But it's als...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Madeline Miller talks about her novel Circe
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Madeline Miller, Credit: Nina Subin
The ever-compelling Greek myths fuel Madeline Miller's imagination. Circe is the second novel she sets among the god and goddesses and she puts the...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
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Actor Ayana Workman keeps flexing her theatrical muscles
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ayana Workman
Actor Ayana Workman talks about working on Branden Jacobs Jenkins play, Everybody--an updated version of a 15th century morality play and a big ch...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Junious Brickhouse Urban Dancer and choreographer,
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Junious Brickhouse, Credit: Michael G. Stewart
According to Junious Brickhouse--Urban dance or Piedmont Blues—it’s all artistic legacy

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 28:56
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Here's singer/songwriter Crys Matthews
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Crys Matthews
Crys Matthews is a talent whose Americana, country soul, bluesy folk rock creates a style all her own.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Meet the folks behind Armed Services Arts Partnership
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Performance of ASAP's Comedy Boot Camp Graduate, Credit: Courtesy of ASAP
Creating community and building bridges: Veterans, Laughter and the Arts

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Old-time fiddle Eddie Bond part 2: where the music has taken him
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Eddie Bond, Credit: Pat Jarrett
Old-time fiddler and 2018 National heritage Fellow Eddie Bond talks about taking the music across the country and throughout the world

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 25:11
Old-time fiddler and National Heritage Fellow Eddie Bond Part 1
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Eddie Bond, Credit: Susi Lawson Photography
Old-time fiddler and National Heritage Fellow Eddie Bond talks about the music he plays and the folks who taught him.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 26:23
Voices of Native American Theater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: They Don’t Talk Back by Frank Henry Kaash , Credit: Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography © 2016
Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) founder and artistic director of Native Voices gives Native playwrights support and a platform.

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:59
  • Purchases: 4
Actor Jeffrey Wright and his work with veterans.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: We Are Not Done Yet, Credit: HBO
A talk with Jeffrey Wright about his documentary that looks at veterans writing and performing collective poems.

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:10
  • Purchases: 1
Just in time for Halloween---Kiersten White's The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author Kiersten White's retelling of the Mary Shelley's classic novel from the point of view of Mrs. Frankenstein.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:36
Celebrating 2018 NEA National Heritage Fellow and African American Quilter Marion Coleman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Marion Coleman, Credit: Tom Pich
2018 National Heritage Fellow Marion Coleman tells stories through her quilts.

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 27:33
  • Purchases: 2
Native-American Basketmaker Kelly Church--keeps tradition alive and vibrant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelly Church, Credit: Richard Church, Pottawatomi and Ottawa
2018 National Heritage Fellow Kelly Church is an Anishanabe basketmaker who combines a traditional craft with a contemporary eye.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:56
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

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