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State of the Arts
State of the Arts, taking you on location with the most creative people in New Jersey.
New episodes premiere on Wed at a special airtime: 8:30 pm on NJ PBS
Sat at 7:30 pm on NJ PBS
Sun at 9:30 am on NJ PBS and 11:30 am on THIRTEEN WNET
Mon at 5:30 am on NJ PBS and 5:30 am, 10:30 am & 3:30 pm on ALL ARTS
Wed at 5 am, 10 am, & 3 pm on ALL ARTS
State of the Arts is a co-production of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Stockton University in cooperation with PCK Media. Additional funding is provided by the Friends of State of the Arts.
Important Information Inside: The Irony of John F. Peto
Pictured: John Frederick Peto, Painting Self Portrait with Rack Picture (detail) A story about the John F. Peto Studio Museum will premiere on State of the Arts on Wednesday, June ...
NJ Heritage Master Artists tell their stories
“We know what ancient cultures did because of what artists left us.” ~ Kimberly Camp (Dollmaking) This season, we’ve dedicated three full episodes of State of the Arts to the ...
Lasting Legacies: Years of Poetry on State of the Arts
Pages from Allen Crawford's illustrated edition of Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself" "The state of poetry is New Jersey," former Dodge Poetry Program Director Martin Farawell told the crowd at ...
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