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 Nic Muni
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Innovative director Nic Muni talks about the challenges and rewards of producing opera.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 26:21
A Conversation with Roy and PJ Hirabayashi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2011 NEA Heritage Fellows and co-founders of San Jose Taiko, Roy and PJ Hirabayashi talk about the importance of this traditional art in the Asian ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:34
A Conversation with Sara Coffey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Co-Founder of the Vermont Performance Lab, Sara Coffey talks about creating spaces and community support for contemporary dance in rural Vermont.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 26:06
A Conversation with Wesley Stace / John Wesley Harding
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Wesley Stace, who performs under the stage name, John Wesley Harding, discusses his work.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Simon Shaheen
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow, violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 27:23
A Conversation with Ledward Kaapana
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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2011 National Heritage Fellow and slack key guitar master Led Kaapana talks about making music the Hawaiian way.

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Morris Robinson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Meet Morris Robinson, who was an All-American at The Citadel, started studying voice at the age of 30, and sings at the great opera houses througho...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 27:03
A Conversation with Billy Luther
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Billy Luther explores different facets of his heritage in his documentaries. His latest looks at a little known celebration of the Laguna Pueblo, G...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Kerry Henderson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Baritone Kerry Henderson talks about co-creating a festival from scratch in a small mountain town with little money and a lot of help from friends ...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 25:10
A Conversation with Marc Scorca
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Opera America President Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 31:03
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Jimmy Heath
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Heath talks about his storied career and some of the jazz greats he’s played with.

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 33:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Tim O'Brien
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Tim O'Brien, who served in Vietnam, talks his novel (and Big Read selection) The Things They Carried and how fiction can often tell a deeper trut...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Keri Putnam of the Sundance Institute
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Keri Putnam discusses Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Now in it...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Brenda Wineapple
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Literary biographer Brenda Wineapple discusses her book, White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Jazz Master, Jimmy Owens
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Trumpeter and flugelhorn player, composer, arranger, educator, and advocate Jimmy Owens talks about his life in jazz.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 34:25
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation about Ballet with Stephen Manes
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Stephen Manes discusses his book Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear, his inside look at a full season of Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet. [24:58]

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Pianist, Aaron Diehl
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The gifted 26-year-old pianist and Cole Porter Fellow talks about making a career in jazz.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with NEA Jazz Master, Jack DeJohnette - PART 1 of 2.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette talks about his early career.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, and KMUW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 31:53
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette, Part II
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The 2012 Jazz Master discusses his approach to music.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Harford Community Radio, and KMUW


  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Meejin Yoon.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Meejin Yoon talks about creating work at the intersection of art, architecture, landscape, and technology. [27:29]

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 27:29

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