Musicians were hit hard during the pandemic of 2020-21 and the New Jersey Symphony was no exception. Most of the ...
Echad with Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Mae Kellert2021-04-26T17:47:52-04:00State of the Arts producer Eric Schultz profiled choreographer Carolyn Dorfman and the debut of her work, Echad, in 2002. ...
Poet Sharon Olds
Mae Kellert2021-04-12T14:24:45-04:00Poet Sharon Olds appeared on State of the Arts in February 1997, where she talked about her career with host ...
Kea’s Ark
Mae Kellert2021-08-05T19:25:29-04:00Kea Tawana was a self-taught engineer and artist who built a 3-story ark in Newark’s Central Ward in the mid-1980s, ...
Regina Carter
Mae Kellert2021-03-16T11:24:34-04:00She's been called the finest jazz violinist of our time. Meet Regina Carter on her national tour playing music from ...
Donna Bassin
Mae Kellert2021-03-01T13:12:12-05:00Artist Donna Bassin is a clinical psychologist and an assistant professor at NYU’s postdoc program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She’s ...
Melvin Edwards
Mae Kellert2021-02-01T13:02:30-05:00Melvin or "Mel" Edwards creates serious yet playful work using steel, chains, and barbed wire. Born in 1937 in the ...
Noborigama Kiln
Mae Kellert2021-01-19T10:24:50-05:00In 2003, State of the Arts filmed Alan Willoughby and a group of other artists over three weekends as they ...
Dudley Moore, Yo-Yo Ma & Itzhak Perlman with the NJ Symphony in 1987
Mae Kellert2023-09-14T15:57:01-04:00Comedian and film star Dudley Moore joined Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman for a performance of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with ...
Adolf Konrad: Painter
Mae Kellert2020-12-29T09:10:03-05:00Produced in 2001 by Angela Capio, this story was filmed at Adolf Konrad’s rural home in Asbury, NJ and on ...
W. Carl Burger: A Painter’s Life
Mae Kellert2021-08-05T19:25:18-04:00W. Carl Burger: A Painter's Life explores the journey and work of a much-loved New Jersey artist and teacher as ...
Charles Ward
Mae Kellert2020-12-07T17:33:49-05:00Charles Ward (1900-1962) was a Trenton native who worked in a Trenton factory before becoming an artist, studying at the ...
Howard Finster, Man of Visions
Mae Kellert2020-11-23T14:14:34-05:00Howard Finster (1916-2001) was a prolific artist with a mission to communicate his visions to the world. This story from ...
PLOrk
Mae Kellert2020-11-16T18:46:33-05:00PLOrk takes the traditional model of the orchestra and reinvents it for the 21st century. Each member performs with a ...
Cassandra Wilson
Mae Kellert2020-11-09T12:00:52-05:00In 1993, singer Cassandra Wilson and jazz guitarist Brandon Ross performed two songs live on the State of the Arts ...
Billy Collins at the Dodge Poetry Festival
Mae Kellert2020-10-26T16:03:06-04:00State of the Arts producer Susan Wallner chats with poet Billy Collins at the Dodge Poetry Festival in 2002. Collins, ...
Drummer Joe Morello
Mae Kellert2020-12-07T17:02:13-05:00The great jazz drummer Joe Morello performs "Take Five" and discusses his career in this segment from a 2001 edition ...
People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos
Mae Kellert2020-10-07T12:20:00-04:00See how People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos uses short stories to change the lives of people who have had very ...
Jacob Lawrence
Mae Kellert2020-09-29T13:48:35-04:00This 1991 State of the Arts feature about Jacob Lawrence includes an interview with the famous artist himself, then in ...
Leon Fleisher
Mae Kellert2020-09-21T20:40:34-04:00In the 1950s and early '60s Leon Fleisher was at the top of his field, making a spectacular Carnegie Hall ...