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Filmmaker David Henry Gerson talks about his documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Director David Henry Gerson talks about The Story Won’t Die—his documentary about Syrian artists in exile.

Bought by KZUM, WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 4
Meet 2021 National Heritage Fellow Osage Ribbon Worker Anita Fields
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Anita Fields, Credit: Tom Fields
Osage Ribbon worker, multi-media artists and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Anita Fields tells the stories of her nation through her art.

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
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
Mohegan theater artist Madeline Sayet talks about the power of story
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Madeline Sayet, Credit: Bret Hartman
Mohegan theater artist Madeline Sayet brings communities together through stories.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
Meet Maestro William Henry Curry
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Maestro W. H. Curry
Composer, Conductor, and Music Director of the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Curry has inspired generations of musicians and audiences with hi...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Jenny Koons--at the cutting edge of immersive theater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jenny Koons
Jenny Koons talks about making diverse site-specific immersive theater.

Bought by WDCB, WMPG, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Meet Heartbeat Opera and Its Artistic Director Ethan Heard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ethan Heard, Credit: Stanley Bohorek
Ethan Heard and Heartbeat Opera re-visions opera for the 21st Century.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 3
Here's 2021 NEA Jazz Master Phil Schaap!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Schaap, Credit: Jazz at Lincoln Center
For jazz radio host, educator, producer and archivist Phil Schaap, the music has been a life-long passion and joy.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:03
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett talks about OSF and 2020
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Nataki Garrett
Artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett speaks about theater’s year of reckoning.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KZUM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Randall Kline
A conversation with Randall Kline--founder and artistic director of SFJAZZ

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 1
A Talk with Playwright Lauren Gunderson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Lauren Gunderson, Credit: Kirsten Lara Getchell
Playwright Lauren Gunderson puts women’s stories at the center of the stage.

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Genuine Fakes
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Genuine Fakes, Credit: jacket cover by Rob Ehle
There are fakes all around us. No, this isn’t about “fake news.” In fact, the overuse of that term as given real fakes a bad name. That’s right. We...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Against Our Will: Sexual Truama in American Art Since 1970
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Vivian Green Fryd
In October 2017, the “Me Too” movement went viral. Since then more than 70 high profile men have been accused of sexual misconduct or inappropriate...

Bought by WRIR, KRZA, and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Voices of Native American Theater
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: They Don’t Talk Back by Frank Henry Kaash , Credit: Photo by Craig Schwartz Photography © 2016
Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) founder and artistic director of Native Voices gives Native playwrights support and a platform.

Bought by KZUM, New England Public Media, Harford Community Radio, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:59
  • Purchases: 4
Actor Jeffrey Wright and his work with veterans.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: We Are Not Done Yet, Credit: HBO
A talk with Jeffrey Wright about his documentary that looks at veterans writing and performing collective poems.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:10
  • Purchases: 1
Island Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Sam Ku West
Music from the Hawaiian Islands is distinct. Their steel and slack string guitars set them apart from everyone else.

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash. and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Celebrating 2018 NEA National Heritage Fellow and African American Quilter Marion Coleman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Marion Coleman, Credit: Tom Pich
2018 National Heritage Fellow Marion Coleman tells stories through her quilts.

Bought by Bandon Community Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 27:33
  • Purchases: 2
Native-American Basketmaker Kelly Church--keeps tradition alive and vibrant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelly Church, Credit: Richard Church, Pottawatomi and Ottawa
2018 National Heritage Fellow Kelly Church is an Anishanabe basketmaker who combines a traditional craft with a contemporary eye.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:56
Meet 2018 National Heritage Fellows musicians Don and Cindy Roy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Don and Cindy Roy, Credit: Molly Haley
French-American music is thriving in Maine and Don and Cindy Roy have a lot to do with that!

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Look for the clues in the art work!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: A design for a puzzle room at MIA
A talk with the folks who are turning the Minneapolis Institute for Art into a Puzzle Room

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 27:09
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Lotus 2015, tUnE-yArDs, , Credit: Steve Cox
The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival may be global but it has deep roots in Bloomington, Indiana.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates singer and conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Malcolm J. Merriweather
Conductor and singer Malcolm J. Merriweather: a young maestro extends a classical tradition.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates 2018 NEA Jazz Master Todd Barkan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Todd Barkan, Credit: Shannon Finney
It's a jazzy show as impressario Todd Barkan remembers his life with the music and musicians.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 34:01
The National Endowment for the Arts talks to the Army's Artist in Residence, Sgt. Juan Munoz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: "A Quick Call Home", Credit: SFC Juan C. Munoz, 2018
The Army's Artist in Residence, SFC Juan Munoz explains his process of documenting the lives of soldiers through art.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates storytelling with Kiran Singh Sirah
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kiran Singh Sirah
A conversation with Kiran Singh Sirah--head of the International Storytelling Center which builds community one story at a time.

Bought by KZUM and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2