Percussionist Juan Cartagena and dancer Nanette Hernández, a husband/wife duo, combine their passion for social justice with the practice of ...
Korean Dance and Drums: Lena Mija Kim
Mae Kellert2024-11-14T06:27:15-05:00A master of centuries-old Korean dance, Lena Mija Kim was an acclaimed and award-winning performer in South Korea as a ...
Storyteller Queen Nur
Mae Kellert2024-11-16T13:35:04-05:00African-American storyteller Queen Nur has performed throughout the US, Canada and in Africa. She is a past president of the ...
Cajon player Hector Morales
Mae Kellert2024-11-14T06:27:33-05:00Peruvian percussionist Hector Morales was born and raised in Lima, Peru, where he was immersed in the traditional music of ...
Musical Storyteller Valerie Vaughn
Mae Kellert2024-10-17T07:49:01-04:00Valerie Vaughn uses the power of musical storytelling to share the stories of the New Jersey Pinelands and Shore. With ...
Basket Maker Mary May
Mae Kellert2024-10-17T07:44:22-04:00Mary May brings to life the rich, 200-year history of basket making in South Jersey. Through her intricate weaving and ...
Bomba Master Nelson Baez
Mae Kellert2024-10-17T07:40:48-04:00Nelson Baez shares his passion for the music of Bomba, Puerto Rico's oldest genre of music, with communities of all ...
Irish Harper Kathy DeAngelo
Mae Kellert2024-10-17T07:37:50-04:00Kathy DeAngelo keeps the tradition of Irish music alive through the fiddle and the harp. Every week, Kathy and her ...
Oya Lacemaker Ylvia Asal
Mae Kellert2024-10-17T13:23:59-04:00Ylvia Asal honors her Anatolian heritage by creating "Oya," traditional lace, helping to keep this centuries-old art form alive. Once ...
Steven R. Carty, Basket Weaver
Mae Kellert2023-12-07T17:11:53-05:00Steven R. Carty is a second-generation basket weaver from Mount Holly, New Jersey, on the edge of the Pine Barrens. ...
Peters Valley (2004)
Eric Schultz2020-09-21T21:02:01-04:00Peters Valley, nestled in the bucolic Delaware Water Gap in northwest New Jersey, is a center for learning about ...
Artists of North America
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T15:22:53-04:00Visit the Newark Museum's brand new permanent exhibition of native artists from North America. The exhibition draws on a stunning collection of ...
Imagine Ellis Island
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T16:46:54-04:00Choreographer and dancer Nai-Ni Chen immigrated to the US from Taiwan over thirty years ago. Now her dance company is ...
Pradhanica in America
Steven Wolock2020-08-13T12:30:33-04:00The traditional tabla music and Kathak dance of northern India are evolving with Pradhanica, a multi-ethnic ensemble based in Edison, ...
Shockenaw Mountain Boys
Steven Wolock2020-07-23T09:43:26-04:00The Minstrel concert series presents New Jersey's own Shockenaw Mountain Boys. These four members of the band Railroad Earth started ...
Mary May & Joan Brooks
Steven Wolock2020-07-23T11:21:47-04:00Mary May has been making traditional, collectible baskets for over 18 years. Her passion for the craft compels her to ...
Rosanne Cash
Steven Wolock2020-09-22T17:51:10-04:00Johnny Cash died 10 years ago in September 2003. State of the Arts looks back at an extraordinary interview ...
De Dannan
Steven Wolock2022-03-14T18:33:30-04:00Frankie Gavin, Irish fiddler, and his group De Dannan perform for a packed house at the Mayo Performing Arts ...
Whittington Family & More
Steven Wolock2020-09-24T17:10:57-04:00The Whittington Family of Port Norris, New Jersey, and the South Jersey Community Men's Gospel Choir perform at WheatonArts ...
Peters Valley
Steven Wolock2020-07-24T10:36:53-04:00The traditional arts of blacksmithing, pottery, and weaving are alive and well in the peaceful surroundings of Peters Valley Craft ...