National Endowment for the Arts
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Arts Endowment is the largest national funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
Pieces
Stanley Nelson discusses his award-winning documentary Freedom Riders. [29:39]
- Added: Feb 09, 2012
- Length: 00:29:35
Robert Battle discusses his first season as artistic head of the Alvin Ailey company. [33:04]
- Added: Feb 09, 2012
- Length: 00:33:04
Meredith Monk reflects on her 45 year career as a performance artist. [41:35]
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:41:35
Meejin Yoon talks about creating work at the intersection of art, architecture, landscape, and technology. [27:29]
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 00:27:29
The 2012 Jazz Master discusses his approach to music.
- Added: Jan 17, 2012
- Length: 00:26:19
Legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette talks about his early career.
- Added: Jan 06, 2012
- Length: 00:31:53
The gifted 26-year-old pianist and Cole Porter Fellow talks about making a career in jazz.
- Added: Dec 21, 2011
- Length: 00:29:10
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]
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 00:25:35
Trumpeter and flugelhorn player, composer, arranger, educator, and advocate Jimmy Owens talks about his life in jazz.
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 00:34:25
Literary biographer Brenda Wineapple discusses her book, White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Added: Dec 02, 2011
- Length: 00:28:55
Keri Putnam discusses Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Now in it...
- Added: Dec 02, 2011
- Length: 00:25:45
Tim O'Brien, who served in Vietnam, talks his novel (and Big Read selection) The Things They Carried and how fiction can often tell a deeper trut...
- Added: Nov 10, 2011
- Length: 00:29:35
Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Heath talks about his storied career and some of the jazz greats he’s played with.
- Added: Nov 10, 2011
- Length: 00:33:05
Opera America President Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees.
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 00:31:03
Baritone 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 ...
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 00:25:10
Billy Luther explores different facets of his heritage in his documentaries. His latest looks at a little known celebration of the Laguna Pueblo, G...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 00:26:38
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 througho...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 00:27:03
2011 National Heritage Fellow and slack key guitar master Led Kaapana talks about making music the Hawaiian way.
- Added: Sep 22, 2011
- Length: 00:27:07
1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow, violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.
- Added: Sep 22, 2011
- Length: 00:27:23
Novelist Wesley Stace, who performs under the stage name, John Wesley Harding, discusses his work.
- Added: Sep 08, 2011
- Length: 00:29:27
People who work with National Endowment for the Arts
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Adam Kampe (Admin)
Producer |
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Ted Libbey
Arts Administrator |
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