Videos - State Of The Arts

Eric Schultz2020-09-22T14:39:13-04:00

Brian Rose

Film & Photo

Brian Rose is known for his images of architecture and for his photo books about the Lower East Side, ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:42:01-04:00

Mudgirls team in studio with fireplace surround tiles

MudGirls Studios

Visual Arts

MudGirls Studios has a social mission: to provide jobs for women dealing with multiple disadvantages. The MudGirls make pottery ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:42:21-04:00

Stage Fight Class

Theater

The art of the stage fight was the "First Monday Master Class" at Two River Theater in Red Bank, ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:42:51-04:00

Willie Cole’s Beauties & Bottles

Visual Arts

Artist Willie Cole calls himself a "perceptual engineer." He mines the visual layers of irons, ironing boards, gas hoses, ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:44:03-04:00

Trilogy with Chick Corea

Music

Meet jazz legend Chick Corea as he visits NJPAC, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, in Newark, NJ with ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:44:08-04:00

Steampunk Ken Draim - The Flying Machine, 2015

Simply Steampunk

Visual Arts

We visit an exhibition of fantastic flying machines and kinetic sculptures inspired by 19th century science fiction. A Cache ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:44:13-04:00

Wendy Red Star

Visual Arts

Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth is a mid-career retrospective of the artist's photography, textiles, and installation ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:47:24-04:00

John Keene, Writer

Words

2018 MacArthur “Genius” Award-winner, John Keene is the author of Counternarratives, a series of wide-ranging stories based in the ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-16T13:02:59-04:00

Brett Miller

Music

Sixteen-year-old Brett Miller is a kid with a one-in-a-million talent. He plays the pipe organ and is an expert at ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:46:15-04:00

String Artist Robert Forman

Visual Arts

Artist Robert Forman has developed techniques entirely his own. He uses colorful yarns, thread and Elmer's glue to create ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-16T14:12:06-04:00

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Theater

Meet Tony Award-winning actor and singer Brian Stokes Mitchell as he performs his signature song, "Impossible Dream," visits the Actors ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:47:15-04:00

David Rago

Visual Arts

Rago Arts and Auction Center is a national player, specializing in ceramics, glass, and modern design. David Rago appears ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:50:05-04:00

Geoffrey Hendricks

Visual Arts

State of the Arts remembers Geoffrey Hendricks, a founding member of the Fluxus artists' group at Rutgers University, where ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:50:03-04:00

The Nina Simone Musical

Theater

Broadway veteran Laiona Michelle is the writer and star of Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical, a world ...

Steven Wolock2023-09-14T16:05:56-04:00

Winter Morning Walks

Music

We meet composer Maria Schneider and soprano Dawn Upshaw as Upshaw and the New Jersey Symphony perform Winter Morning ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:51:33-04:00

MOMIX

Dance

MOMIX brings together acrobatics, gymnastics, mime, props, and film to create a dance company like no other. MOMIX was ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:51:51-04:00

Erik James Montgomery

Visual Arts

Photographer Erik James Montgomery has a studio in a former fire station in the downtown area of what's often ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:52:27-04:00

Gary Erbe

Visual Arts

Meet Gary Erbe, a modern master of the ancient art of trompe l'oeil painting. A French term, trompe l'oeil ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:53:30-04:00

Tyler Ballon

Visual Arts

Artist Tyler Ballon is a recent art school graduate, now back home in Jersey City and already making a ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:55:17-04:00

Jackson Pines

Music

Jackson Pines is the indie-folk acoustic duo of Joe Makoviecki and James Black. Joe and James grew up together ...