Art Works Podcast
National Endowment for the Arts
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jan 14, 2016 • 28min
Kasandra Ver Brugghen
Teaching the next generation of digital artists.
Jan 7, 2016 • 28min
Julianna Baggott
Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders took Julianna Baggott 18 years to write… Julianna discusses how writing 14 other novels in a variety of genres, three collections of poetry, and a children’s series helped her finish Harriet Wolf.
Dec 17, 2015 • 28min
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
A half-century of musical innovation and self-determination, told by AACM co-founder (currently AACM-New York president) and 2010 NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard Abrams, current AACM-Chicago chairman Ernest Dawkins, and AACM member and 2014 NEA Jazz Master Anthony Braxton.
Dec 10, 2015 • 28min
Dave Porter
Dave Porter’s iconic music is an essential part of the story: Think Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul.
Dec 3, 2015 • 29min
Wayne T. Carr
From Pericles to Tupac Shakur, Wayne Carr embodies fully-realized characters on the stage.
Nov 19, 2015 • 28min
Tazewell Thompson
Tazewell Thompson may be wowing critics and audiences with his direction of the opera Appomattox, but he’s an equally brilliant theater director and playwright.
Nov 13, 2015 • 28min
Joseph P. Riley
After 40 years, Joseph Riley steps down from being mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, leaving a legacy that demands art and beauty in the everyday.
Nov 5, 2015 • 28min
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander reflects on her time at the NEA, her life-long love affair with theater, and the centrality of art to the human experience.
Oct 29, 2015 • 28min
Mike Mignola
Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, still loves drawing monsters.
Oct 22, 2015 • 28min
Richard Hunt
Richard Hunt talks about creating large pieces of abstract art for public spaces and reflects on his time on the National Council of the Arts.
