Dr Lisa Donovan discusses the work being done with support from the Arts Endowment to increase access to arts education equitably in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
Wampum & Fiber Artist and 2023 National Heritage Fellow Elizabeth James-Perry (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, Aquinnah) discusses her artistic practices which combines a creative eye with traditional tribal ecological knowledge and science to create da...
Marking Disability Pride month by revisiting my 2020 interview with Rebekah Taussig who discusses her memoir in essays (and current NEA Big Read title) Sitting Pretty The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body.
A conversation with Gil Rose who founded and heads three organizations-- the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Odyssey Opera and BMOP/Sound—that greatly expand the repertoire of contemporary music.
Meet former Singing Sergeant and current Director of Music and Opera at the National Endowment for the Arts Ann Meier Baker—the woman who went to boot camp so she could sing with a professional chorus!
A look at the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program: we have an overview of the program from partner Mid-America Arts Alliance and a conversation with one of the grantees, Tennessee Shakespeare Company.
In his documentary in process, EJ Lee: All-American filmmaker Jason Rhee tells the story of EJ Lee a Korean immigrant in Louisiana who was a phenomenal college basketball player in the 1980s and subsequently attempted to work as a head coach on col...
Author and 2021 National Humanities Medalist Amy Tan discusses “The Joy Luck Club,” her writing with its themes of family and identity, and her relationship with her mother.
Author and Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina wants to spark joy in young readers as they find themselves and others in books.
Dramaturg and literary manager Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zöe and casting director Joseph Pinzon takes us behind the scenes at Washington DC’s Arena Stage for the revival of “Angels in America.”