Comedian 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 ...
W. Carl Burger, artist
Mae Kellert2020-09-21T20:40:08-04:00The much loved New Jersey artist and teacher W. Carl Burger celebrates his 95th birthday in 2020, and the Morris ...
In Search of Alexander: Organist Alexander McCurdy
Mae Kellert2020-09-16T18:21:31-04:00The legendary organist and teacher Alexander McCurdy (1905-1983) is profiled by his grandson Eric Schultz on what would have been ...
Bette Blank, artist
Mae Kellert2020-09-16T17:42:53-04:00Bette Blank always painted, but became an artist full-time as a second career. Her first was in the field of ...
Dream Journey
Steven Wolock2020-07-29T12:47:59-04:00"Dream Journey" was conceived, performed, and edited by the choreographer and performer Yass Hakoshima, best known for his original approach ...
Mozart’s Piano
Steven Wolock2023-09-14T16:04:38-04:00In 2006, State of the Arts caught up with Russian ex-patriot concert pianist Vladimir Feltsman. He was preparing to play ...
Vladimir Feltsman
Steven Wolock2020-09-21T20:59:47-04:00Concert pianist Vladimir Feltsman emigrated to the United States in 1987 after being silenced by the Soviet Union's Ministry of ...
Nell Irvin Painter
Steven Wolock2020-09-21T21:00:18-04:00Nell Irvin Painter was a professor of American History at Princeton University for 20 years. Upon retiring, she enrolled in ...
Turnpike
Eric Schultz2020-09-21T20:26:49-04:00Narrated by Paul Sorvino, this 2005 documentary takes a figurative journey along the New Jersey Turnpike to explore the art, ...