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Transforming Lives Through Art: A Conversation with Fabian Debora
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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We're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with 2024 National Heritage Fellow Fabian Debora, an acclaimed muralist and founder of the Homeboy Art Ac...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KECG


  • Added: Sep 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Meet Huascar Medina--the Poet Laureate of Kansas
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Huascar Medina, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
We're celebrating poetry in this week's podcast. The first Latino and non-academic Poet Laureate of Kansas (and National Council on the Arts member...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet Manuel Delgado, 3rd Generation Luthier
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Manuel Delgado, Credit: Delgado Guitars
Luthier and Community Activist Manuel Delgado talks about continuing his family’s tradition of hand-crafting stringed instruments while working to ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KFCF FM, KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Conversations with Wood: The Art of Luis Tapia
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Luis Tapia, Credit: Jack PArsons
Sculptor and 2023 National Heritage Fellow Luis Tapia discusses his career and his break with tradition.

Bought by PRX Remix, KMUN, WMPG, WSLR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:12
  • Purchases: 8
Eva Enciñias: The Artistry of Flamenco
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Eva Enciñias, Credit: Courtesy of NIF
Flamenco Artist and 2022 National Heritage Fellow Eva Enciñias has spent her life to elevating flamenco while weaving it into the fabric of communi...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 5
Back to School: with Jenny Mendez of The Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center in Kansas City, MO
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jenny Mendez
Jenny Mendez discusses the Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center’s work in arts education and community programming.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., PRX Remix, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 5
Meet Louie Pérez from Los Lobos
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louie Pérez, Credit: Hypothetical
Louie Pérez the co-founder, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for 2021 National Heritage Fellow Award-winning band Los Lobos talks about keepin...

Bought by WMPG and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Katie Bowler Young discusses her new biography Enrique Alférez: Sculptor
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Katie Bowler Young talks about the life and work of artist Enrique Alférez.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts in conversation with Junot Diaz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Junot Diaz, Credit: Nina Subin
The National Book Award winner talks about author Julia Alvarez, Oscar Wao, and the wonder of reading.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:59
Meet Dan Sheehy who has spent his life in folk and traditional arts.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dan Sheehy, Credit: Ashlee Duncan
He helped develop the Folk Arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts and he's been head of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Now, Dan Shee...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WABE, KPVL, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Poet Dan Vera translates the immigrant experience
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his recent book, Speaking Wiri Wiri, poet Dan Vera brings light and often laughter to the immigrant experience.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3

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