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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
Quaker minister guides second tiny house village for homeless young adults
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: The Age of Being Real
Caption: Brilliant colors create a vibrant community in the Youth Spirit Artworks Tiny House Empowerment Village in Oakland, California. It's the first tiny house village in the U.S. for homeless young adults ages 18-to-24., Credit: Sally Hindman
Sally Hindman grew up in a wealthy Chicago suburb and was expected to be a debutante. She nixed that idea when she was a junior in high school. He...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
Hidden in Plain Sight: The San Francisco Poet's Street-Corner Oasis
From: Samuel Robinson
Caption: Spiral design on the street
'Hidden in Plain Sight: The San Francisco Poet's Street-Corner Oasis’ (2017) documents the underground (yet overground) poetry happening ’The Corne...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 09:06
Arts Education: Helping Students Move Forward
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Space Messengers Project
Arts Education and its singular role as students begin another Covid-impacted school year with Ayanna Hudson, director of Arts Education at the Nat...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 4
Teen Abstract Painter Jackson Duin Wades Into Curation
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Jackson Duin at ArtReach, Credit: Sheila Regan
Jackson Duin, a high school student in Edina, Minnesota has been getting noticed in the past few years for his talented eye. Recently he has branch...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2021
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
“Being an artist is not a cakewalk.” Marlos E'van bridges art and community
From: Melissa Saenz Gordon
Caption: Marlos E'van standing in front of his North Nashville mural, "Fighters." , Credit: Photo by Melissa Saenz Gordon
A story about North Nashville contemporary artist Marlos E'van, who uses the social-practice art form to build community.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
At Home in Miami’s Little Haiti
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fall 2020 Student Edition
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In this episode of Fresh Art’s Fall 2020 Student Edition, University of Miami students Gretchell Cano and Luz Estrella Cruz explore the work of Hai...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 08:40
Nora's Irish Step Dancing
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Patton Elementary Stories
Caption: Nora Caselli wearing her Irish step dance shoes, Credit: Danielle Warner
Nora is a 5th grade student in Austin, Texas, and is continuing her grandmother's tradition of Irish step dancing.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:22
Matt Mendez: Barely Missing Everything
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Where can the youth of color find stories relevant to their lives in YA novels? This author has a book that captures the experiences of a Chicanx ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 12:18
Like Little Mice Mocking His Humiliation
From: Morgan Givens
Series: Flyest Fables
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In the premiere episode of the new audio drama Flyest Fables, we meet Antoine, a young boy bullied in school, who finds a magical book that transpo...

Bought by KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 22:26
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: CSSSA Film Students, Credit: Courtesy of CSSSA
Director Michael Fields explains how CSSSA helps new generations of artists to shine.

  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 21:23
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
Interview with Ryan Pennington
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Ryan Pennington is an incoming freshman at the University of New Mexico and has been acting for almost a decade. He shares acting stories and advic...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 10:20
Interview with Antonio Granillo and Michelle Perez
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Antonio Granillo and Michelle Perez have both participated in stage productions, workshops, and community events through Working Classroom. These c...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 14:14
Interview with Ebony Isis Booth
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Ebony Isis Booth is a poet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She currently works as the Programs and Commumications Coordinator at the Harwood Arts Cente...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 08:24
Amy Jordan: Making the impossible possible through dance.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "Alive" Victory Dance Project, Credit: Jordan Hiraldo
Founding her company after a near-fatal accident, Amy Jordan’s choreography is an exuberant affirmation of dance.

Bought by WNJR, WABE, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Michael Lyons: Cartoonist and Creator of "Ojiberish"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: From "Ojiberish" , Credit: Michael Lyons
Michael is a rockstar cartoonist who lives in Bemidji. He's written and drawn cartoons, underground comics, kids' books, and coloring books. His st...

Bought by WGZS


  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 17:39
  • Purchases: 1
Comic Book Artist and Writer Mike Mignola tells us how Hellboy came to be
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Mike Mignola's Hellboy
After all this time, Mike Mignola still loves drawing monsters

Bought by KZUM, WNJR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Life Of A Sneakerhead: One To Rock, One To Stock
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Hieu Phan wearing one of his 60 pairs of Nike's Jordan shoes., Credit: Credit Courtesy of Hieu Phan
Hieu Phan, 18, is a “sneakerhead” – he collects shoes that are rare and have trading value.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Poet Taylor Mali:poetry on stage and page
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Four-time National Poetry Slam champion Taylor Mali connects stage and page.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
#23 MIW Christian Calinsky - Body Piercer and Homeless Youth Advocate
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Christian Calinsky on MIWq, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, your show host, this episode of Making it Work, Christian will share his journey from being a homeless youth to becoming a ca...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Speaks Interview
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
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I sat down and talked with Angela Dy about Youth Speaks in Seattle.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:35
Pit Orchestra
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Fall 2013
Caption: Maeve McIver-Sheridan, Credit: Sophie Ding
Playing in a pit orchestra is often a forgotten and thankless task. So why would a talented musician spend time there instead of going for the glor...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:00
Arts in the Schools!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Multifacted, Credit: Nati Soti of Zero One Projects.
Diana Green and Cathy Gassenheimer have a mission: Arts Education for Every Alabama pre-k thru 12 Student!

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: :54
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Adam Sherlock, Radio Production Instructor
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Behind the scenes of “Sending Messages,” the award-winning monthly podcast produced by incarcerated youth.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1