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
Dec 1, 2011 • 29min
Brenda Wineapple
Literary biographer Brenda Wineapple discusses her book, White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. [28:47]
Nov 17, 2011 • 26min
Keri Putnam
Keri Putnam discusses Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Now in its second year, the program aims to enhance cross-cultural understanding, collaboration and dialogue through film. [25:49]
Nov 9, 2011 • 30min
Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien, who served in Vietnam, talks about his novel (and Big Read selection) The Things They Carried and how fiction can often tell a deeper truth about war. [29:34]
Nov 3, 2011 • 33min
Jimmy Heath
Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Heath talks about his storied career and some of the jazz greats he’s played with.
Oct 27, 2011 • 31min
Marc Scorca
Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees.
Oct 20, 2011 • 25min
Kerry Henderson
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 and neighbors.
Oct 13, 2011 • 30min
John Conklin
Stage Designer John Conklin discusses opera as a collaborative event.
Oct 6, 2011 • 27min
Billy Luther
Billy Luther explores different facets of his heritage in his documentaries. His latest looks at a little known celebration of the Laguna Pueblo, Grab Day.
Sep 29, 2011 • 27min
Morris Robinson
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 throughout the country.
Sep 22, 2011 • 27min
Simon Shaheen
The 1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow, violinist, and oud player discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.
