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The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates 2018 NEA Jazz Master Todd Barkan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Todd Barkan, Credit: Shannon Finney
It's a jazzy show as impressario Todd Barkan remembers his life with the music and musicians.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 34:01
Meet Dria Brown: Bedlam's St. Joan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dria Brown in the title role of G.B. Shaw's St. Joan, Credit: Teresa Wood
Young actor Dria Brown talks with the National Endowment for the Arts about playing Joan of Arc at DC's Folger Theatre.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 25:10
How Burning Man came to Washington DC
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: HYBYCOZO, Credit: Photographer: Ron Blunt
Curator Nora Atkinson takes us behind the scenes of the wildly successful exhibit "No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man" in Washington DC.'s Renwi...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 1
Cartoonist and multi-media artist Liz Reed chats with the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Liz Reed, Credit: Laurie Kieth
Liz Reed guides us through the quirky multi-media world of Cuddles and Rage

  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:55
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates a muralist who paints bees around the country.2018 NEA Jazz Master pianist JoAnne Brackeen
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: JoAnne Brackeen, Credit: Carol Friedman
Pianist JoAnne Brackeen is a musician's musician uncovering new dimensions of music.

Bought by WMPG, KMUW, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 3
Who Gets To Tell Our Stories? Charles Burnett and the Responsibility of the Artist
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: A still from Killer of Sheep
"[Charles Burnett's] filmmaking is so quiet. It’s a deeply reflective cinema; it’s cinema that focuses on characterization, that really gives chara...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 59:02
Ballet can Save Lives and Enrich Community! Ballet Palm Beach Director Colleen Smith and Her Success Story Student Tyveze Littlejohn on Social and Cultural Healing through Dance.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Ballet can Save Lives and Enrich Community! Ballet Palm Beach Director Colleen Smith and Her Success Story Student Tyveze Littlejohn on Social and ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2018
  • Length: 27:32
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Indie Grits!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: “Future Perfect” project at Indie Grits Festival, art work by Sleeper, Credit: Sean Rayford
Indie grits: it evolved from a tiny film festival to a cultural touchstone

  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 26:52
The National Endowment for the Arts explores the world of comic books
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Steve Ellis and David Gallaher combined werewolves and westerns and created the cult classic, High Moon.

Bought by WCPN, KWMR, and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 31:05
  • Purchases: 3
Ep. 2: Barbara Kopple
From: Todd Melby
Series: The Drunk Projectionist
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Barbara Kopple, winner of two Academy Awards for Best Feature Documentary, discusses "Harlan County USA," her 1976 film about a Kentucky coal miner...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 18:58
  • Purchases: 1
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How the bicycle captivated America - A conversation with one of the animators behind The Simpsons and Spongebob Squarepants.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WUGA (part of GPB), WCQS and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
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 ...

Bought by KWMR


  • 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.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • 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.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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

Bought by RADIOLEX, WMPG, KREV-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the Frist Center
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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Art is alive at the Frist Center!

  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 26:00
Nerdette's Summer Homework Special
From: WBEZ
Series: Nerdette
Caption: Actor Tom Hanks on Nerdette
Guests on Nerdette always assign listeners homework, and we’ve compiled the BEST OF THE BEST into this hour-long Nerdette summer homework special. ...

Bought by KUNM, KZYX, WCNY, KOSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 30
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.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • 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.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
Bassist Dave Holland talks about his life in jazz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dave Holland, Credit: Ulli Gruber
The National Endowment for the Arts speak with bassist and NEA Jazz MAster Dave Hollnd

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Ethan Hawke / Richard Linklater
From: Colleen Nelson
Series: Overheard with Evan Smith
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On this episode of Overheard, two Hollywood icons talk movies, music and more. First Academy Award-nominator actor Ethan Hawke followed by directo...

Bought by KUT and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Actress Marsha Mason on life on and off the stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Marsha Mason
Actress Marsha Mason living a full life on and off the stage

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Kimmie Dobbs Chan--dancing for the 21st entury
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: DEVIATED THEATRE, Credit: ©2016 Enoch Chan
Kimmie Dobbs Chan on the joys and challenges of creating a new language for dance.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 27:29
  • Purchases: 3
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.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • 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

Bought by KZUM, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3