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Bringing a Harlem Renaissance Playwright to the Stage
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Timothy Johnson
Director Timothy Johnson talks about bringing the brilliant work of Harlem Renaissance playwright Eulalie Spence to the stage.

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 8
Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson reflects on her first year as Chair of National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson
Chair Maria Rosario Jackson looks back at her first year leading the Arts Endowment and shares her ideas, plans, and initiatives for the year ahead.

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Nicole Fleetwood discusses "Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Nicole Fleetwood, Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Art historian, curator, and 2021 MacArthur Fellow, Dr Fleetwood discusses the profound significance of the art created by incarcerated people.

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Carolyn Mazloomi Shines a Light on African American Quilts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Carolyn Mazloomi, Credit: GAle Zucker
Quilter, Curator, and 2014 Bess Lomax 2014 Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellow for Advocacy in the Folk and Traditional Arts, Dr. Carolyn Maz...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Musician's Spotlight - Big Sky City Lights - 831
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter collaborators Nick Spear and Susan O'Dea, together known as Big Sky City Lights join host John Floridis to discuss the origins of...

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
2019 National Heritage Fellow Folklorist and Naturalist Bobby Fulcher
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bobby Fulcher, Credit: Sarah Terpstra Hanson
State Park Manager Bobby Fulcher has spent 40 years uncovering the local culture of the Tennessee Cumberlands.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
Musician's Spotlight - Seamus Egan 2022 - 828
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Acclaimed Irish American multi instrumentalist and composer Seamus Egan returns to Musician's Spotlight to talk about his most recent recording pro...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
A Lesson in Hill Country Blues with Cedric Burnside
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cedric Burnside, Credit: Stephen Payne
Hill Country Blues Musician, Songwriter and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Cedric Burnside talks about bringing his musical roots to the 21st century.

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
A Look at Leonard Bernstein's Broadway Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Leonard Bernstein at the Opening of West Side Story, Washington DC, Aug. 1957, Credit: Library of Congress Archives
Composer, conductor, and commentator Rob Kapilow takes us on a musical journey through Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway career.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
Musician's Spotlight - Antonio Sanchez - 827
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award winner, the composer of the soundtrack for the Oscar winning film "Birdman" and one of the most respected drummers in any gen...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 2
Prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson talks writing for young people.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Renee Watson, Credit: NAACPO
What goes into writing for young adults? In this 2019 interview, prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson shares a few ideas!

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:02
Navajo/ Diné Weaving: Art that is a Way of Life
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
Caption: TahNibaa Naataanii,
Navajo/Diné Textile Artist and Weaver and 2022 National Heritage Fellow TahNibaa Naataanii talks about the way of life that is Navajo/Diné weaving

  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
The Ties That Bind: A Conversation with Novelist Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelli Jo Ford, Credit: Val Ford Hancock
Kelli Jo Ford (Cherokee) discusses her novel Crooked Hallelujah which gives us the stories of four generations of Cherokee women and the love, supp...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
Meet Penobscot Basketmaker Theresa Secord
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Theresa Secord, Credit: Steve Wewerka
We are celebrating Native American Heritage Month and National Heritage Award by revisiting Penobscot Nation Ash/Sweetgrass Basketmaker and 2016 Na...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Remembering Lakota Tradition-Bearer Kevin Locke
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kevin Locke, Credit: Courtesy of Kevin Locke
The late Kevin Locke talks about learning, performing, and teaching Lakota culture and traditions around the world.

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Art at the Intersection: Saving a Community Legacy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed, Credit: Naima Wolfe
Director of Communications for the Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society in Athens Ohio Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed talks about repurposing a vacan...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
Revisiting Educator, advocate and pioneer in audio description, Dr Joel Snyder
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Joel Snyder
Dr. Joel Snyder talks about putting visual images into words for blind people.

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: A conversation with Novelist Marisel Vera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Marisel Vera , Credit: Wes Carrasquillo
In this 2021 interview, Marisel Vera talks about unpacking the history of late 19th century Puerto Rico for her novel “The Taste of Sugar.”

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Performance Poet and Educator Amalia Ortiz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Amalia Ortiz , Credit: Ned Meneses
Performance poet and theater arts director Amalia Ortiz discusses her work at SAY Sí, her own award-wining art, and the intersection between the two.

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
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...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 5
David Serkin Ludwig: Expanding the Language of Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: David Serkin Ludwig
David Serkin Ludwig talks about his life in music both as a composer and as an educator dedicated to new music and expanding the music community

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 3
Musician's Spotlight - Mary Scholz - 823
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Los Angeles based singer songwriter Mary Scholz makes her debut appearance on Musician's Spotlight with host John Floridis. Mary discusses her upb...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:16
  • Purchases: 2
Art at the Intersection: Carlton Turner on Cultivating Community in Mississippi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Community Farm, Credit: Courtesy of Sipp Culture
Carlton Turner talks about the work of Sipp Culture which uses story to uncover and support cultural and economic development in Utica, Mississippi.

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 3
Revisiting A Conversation with Author Vanessa Hua
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Vanessa Hua, Credit: Andria Lo
Author Vanessa Hua discusses her fiction and her determination to shine a light on the multiplicity of voices within the Chinese-American diaspora

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Revisiting A Conversation with Filmmaker CJ Hunt
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: CJ Hunt, Credit: Paavo Hannien
We’re revisiting this 2021 interview with filmmaker CJ Hunt who discusses his Emmy Award nominated documentary The Neutral Ground which explores t...

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 5