Remembering Playwright Christopher Durang
Pictured: Christopher Durang in 2012 Christopher Durang died earlier this month, from complications related to a rare form of dementia. ...
Capital Philharmonic Performs Antheil at the Historic Roebling Factory
New Jersey has been home to lots of famous artists and performers. Of course, there are poets like William Carlos ...
Visual art from the Harlem Renaissance in a landmark documentary
Woman Holding a Jug, 1932, James A. Porter As Black history month comes to a close, we’re privileged to publish ...
George Segal: 100 Years
Image: George Segal at work, photographed by Donald Lokuta This year marks the centennial of iconic New Jersey sculptor George ...
The Centennial of Music Legend Max Roach
Max Roach (1924-2007) was one of the most important drummers in history, and this month is the centennial of his birth. Over his illustrious career, ...
Living traditions: Folk Artists of New Jersey
Basket by Steven R. Carty, photo courtesy Peters Valley Gallery At State of the Arts we cover all kinds of art—including the "folk ...
From Gulag to Glasnost
Did you know that the largest collection of post-WWII Soviet Art is found in New Jersey, at the Zimmerli Art ...
Feminist Artist Judith Brodsky
My first thought when I started planning a State of the Arts feature about Judith Brodsky was, there's too much ...
The hard work of being an artist (it’s National Arts & Humanities Month)
“History is not the only way to interpret the past,” says Martha Sandweiss, founder and director of the Princeton & Slavery ...
A New Season of State of the Arts
On our first new episode, we met Artist-Catalyst and composer DBR (Daniel Roumain Bernard) in residence with the New Jersey Symphony. We explored Philip ...