Art Works Podcast

Rita Dove 16.02.2012 30:44 ↓

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove talks about her writing with a focus on her most recent book of poems, Sonata Mullatica . 

Stanley Nelson 09.02.2012 29:35 ↓

Stanley Nelson discusses his award-winning documentary Freedom Riders . [29:39]

Robert Battle 02.02.2012 33:04 ↓

Robert Battle discusses his first season as artistic head of the Alvin Ailey company.

Meredith Monk 26.01.2012 41:35 ↓

Meredith Monk reflects on her 45-year career as a performance artist.

Meejin Yoon 19.01.2012 27:28 ↓

Meejin Yoon talks about creating work at the intersection of art, architecture, landscape, and technology.

Jack DeJohnette 12.01.2012 26:18 ↓

Part 2: The 2012 Jazz Master discusses his approach to music.

Jack DeJohnette 05.01.2012 31:53 ↓

Part 1: Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette talks about his early career.

Aaron Diehl 21.12.2011 29:11 ↓

The gifted 26-year-old pianist talks about making a career in jazz. 

Stephen Manes 15.12.2011 25:35 ↓

Stephen Manes discusses his book Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear , his inside look at a full season of Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet. [24:58]

Jimmy Owens 08.12.2011 34:24 ↓

Trumpeter and flugelhorn player, composer, arranger, educator, and advocate Jimmy Owens talks about his life in jazz. 

Brenda Wineapple 01.12.2011 28:47 ↓

Literary biographer Brenda Wineapple discusses her book, White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson . [28:47]

Keri Putnam 17.11.2011 25:49 ↓

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]

Tim O'Brien 09.11.2011 29:34 ↓

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]

Jimmy Heath 03.11.2011 33:05 ↓

Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Heath talks about his storied career and some of the jazz greats he’s played with.

Marc Scorca 27.10.2011 31:02 ↓

Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees. 

Kerry Henderson 20.10.2011 25:10 ↓

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.

John Conklin 13.10.2011 29:48 ↓

Stage Designer John Conklin discusses opera as a collaborative event. 

Billy Luther 06.10.2011 26:38 ↓

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 . 

Morris Robinson 29.09.2011 27:04 ↓

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.

Simon Shaheen 22.09.2011 27:23 ↓

The 1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow, violinist, and oud player discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions. 

Led Kaapana 15.09.2011 27:06 ↓

Slack key guitar master Led Kaapana talks about making music the Hawaiian way. 

Wesley Stace (AKA John Wesley Harding) 08.09.2011 29:26 ↓

A conversation with songwriter/novelist Wesley Stace who performs under the stage name John Wesley Harding.

Sara Coffey 01.09.2011 26:06 ↓

Co-Founder of the Vermont Performance Lab, Sara Coffey talks about creating spaces and community support for contemporary dance in rural Vermont.  [26:06]

Roy and PJ Hirabayashi 25.08.2011 28:34 ↓

Co-founders of San Jose Taiko, Roy and PJ Hirabayashi talk about the importance of this traditional art in the Asian American community. [28:34]

Nic Muni 18.08.2011 26:20 ↓

Innovative director Nic Muni talks about the challenges and rewards of producing opera.