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The National Endowment for the Arts podcast that goes behind the scenes with some of the nation’s great artists to explore how art works.
In the second part of our conversation with 2024 NEA Jazz Master trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard , we explore the emotional and cre...
In part one of this two-part interview, trumpeter, composer, and 2024 NEA Jazz Master Terence Blanchard speaks about his deep musical roots...
Koto musician and 2024 National Heritage Fellow June Kuramoto shares her remarkable journey from Japan to Los Angeles, recounting the challe...
A conversation with Hana S. Sharif , Artistic Director of Arena Stage since August 2023. Sharif discusses her transformative first year at t...
To mark the rare convergence of Christmas and Chanukah, we’re revisiting a conversation with one of the nation’s most extraordinary musician...
Opera is being transformed into a more inclusive and innovative art form, and Opera Praktikos (OPrak) is one of the companies leading this m...
Today we revisit our 2020 interview with Charles Yu , whose novel Interior Chinatown received the National Book Award for fiction and has be...
In this special Thanksgiving episode of Art Works , we’re revisiting our interview with Nick Spitzer, folklorist, radio host, and the 2023 B...
Last week, the music world lost two titans of jazz: drummer Roy Haynes and saxophonist Lou Donaldson , both NEA Jazz Masters who reshaped th...
In honor of Veterans’ Day, we’re revisiting an episode of Art Works that tells the origin story of the transformative project Theater of War...
We mark Native American Heritage Month with artist Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo) who discusses her work in large-scale public art, an...
In time for Halloween—a conversation with author Christina Henry who has written 19 books of horror. We discuss her latest book— The House T...
A conversation with Todd Goings , a 2024 National Heritage Fellow renowned for his work restoring and building carousels. Goings shares stor...
Today, we’re bringing Hispanic Heritage month to a resounding close and celebrating Juan Felipe Herrera’s recent MacArthur Fellowship by rev...
A conversation with Soo Hugh , showrunner and head writer of the critically acclaimed series Pachinko . Based on the bestselling novel by Mi...
In this episode of Art Works, a conversation with Jocelyn Bioh , the brilliant and funny mind behind Jaja's African Hair Braiding , a play s...
We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by revisiting my 2023 conversation with Meg Medina , author and the Library of Congress’s 2023-24...
Art Works is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and the National Heritage Awards with a conversation with Chicano muralist and 2024 Nationa...
We’re celebrating Arts Education week with James Rees , an accomplished visual artist and arts educator who has spent decades advocating for...
As students across the country head back to school, we have a conversation with Dr.Thalia Goldstein about the significant impact of theater...
A conversation with 2024 NEA Heritage Fellow Bril Barrett, a Chicago tap dancer and educator. Barrett discusses his early exposure to the ar...
Today, we revisit my 2023 conversation with Dr. David Fakunle, a storyteller, scholar, and public health expert whose work embodies the heal...
An interview with renowned jazz pianist, composer, innovator, and MacArthur Fellow Vijay Iyer. In this podcast, Vijay Iyer discusses his deb...
We’re marking Disability Pride Month by revisiting my 2022 interview with Dr. Joel Snyder, a pioneering force in the field of audio descript...
Bonnie Jo Campbell discusses her novel, "The Waters," its fictional setting in Southwest Michigan, and the focus on the intricate dynamics w...
A conversation with Lissa Frenkel, the CEO of the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Lissa shares the story of the Gaillard Cent...
An in-depth interview with 2021 National Heritage Fellow Joanie Madden , the legendary Irish musician and leader of Cherish the Ladies . In...
This July 4th, let's revisit Lin-Manuel Miranda and his revolutionary musical "Hamilton."
A conversation with Adriana Pierce, a trailblazing dancer, choreographer, and director, who is reshaping the ballet world through her initia...
Community Activist, Organizer and 2024 National Heritage Fellow Pat Johnson, a pillar of the Pocahontas, Arkansas community, shares her work...
Curator Tyler Blackwell Discusses the Innovative Initiatives that Make the Speed a Community Hub
This week's podcast is a heartfelt remembrance of blues harmonica master and 2017 National Heritage Fellow Phil Wiggins, who passed away las...
Director of Education and Violin/Viola Teaching Artist at the Paterson Music Project (PMP) Shanna Lin gives us the program's history: it’s a...
We’re celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month by revisiting my interview with LGBT and ethnic scholar and author Lillian Faderman who dis...
President of Actors' Equit y Kate Shindle and the NEA Director of Theater & Musical Theater Greg Reiner discuss the current challenges, stra...
Playwright and director Psalmayene 24 discusses his career trajectory from his unique approach to theater, his recent direction of the world...
We’re closing out Arab-American Heritage Month with author Diana Abu-Jaber who discusses growing up with an Irish-American mother and a Jord...
We’re celebrating National Poetry Month with 2021 NEA Literature Fellow, poet Leslie Sainz who discusses her debut poetry collection, "Have...
MacArthur Fellow and 2002 Pulitzer-Prize Winner in Drama for “Topdog/Underdog, ” Suzan-Lori Parks tells us about her current play ”Sally and...
As we’re gearing up for the 2024 NEA Jazz Masters’ tribute concert, we are revisiting my conversation with 2017 NEA Jazz Master Bassist Dave...
We’re taking a deep dive with Willard Jenkins into his life in jazz. Willard discusses his early exposure to jazz in Pittsburgh and Clevelan...
In this special edition of Art Works , Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson and U.S. Census Bureau Directo...
In this podcast, Amina Claudine Myers discusses her journey from the gospel choirs of Arkansas to becoming a 2024 NEA Jazz Master , highligh...
Co-founder Kirsten Cappy introduces us to I'm Your Neighbor Books —which aims to build communities where immigrants are welcomed and feel a...
2020 NEA Literature Fellow Danielle Evans is author of two collections of stories Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self and The Office of...
We’re revisiting my conversation with the 2021 National Heritage Fellow, Reginald “Reggio The Hoofer” McLaughlin, a master tap dancer whose...
In this tuneful podcast, 2024 NEA Jazz Master Saxophonist Gary Bartz talks about his life and career, touching on his roots, influences, col...
In honor of Black History month, we’re revisiting this 2011 conversation with author and 2015 National Humanities Medalist Isabel Wilkerson...
Screenwriter and Director Cord Jefferson discusses his critically acclaimed film, “American Fiction” which is a satirical exploration of pop...
Steve Zeitlin, founder and executive director of City Lore , and Phyllis Zimmer, founder and president of the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare...