Videos - State Of The Arts

Steven Wolock2020-07-17T14:31:02-04:00

Anthracite Fields

The world-famous Westminster Choir joined forces with the contemporary music ensemble Bang on a Can to perform Julia Wolfe's Pulitzer ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-17T14:24:37-04:00

Art of Coffee

Ideas

J. David Waldman boosts our coffee IQ at Rojo's Roastery in Lambertville, New Jersey. As he he puts it: "Coffee ...

Steven Wolock2020-08-13T12:27:18-04:00

Toy World

Visual Arts

New Jersey played a central role in the design and production of toys in the early and mid-20th Century. A ...

Steven Wolock2020-08-13T12:25:02-04:00

Shellie Jacobson

Visual Arts

Visit the studio of ceramic artist Shellie Jacobson from Skillman, NJ. She's one of 69 extraordinary artists featured in the ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T15:15:33-04:00

Toby Kroll and Stephen Nuttall at Three Cedars Forge in Bridgeton

Blacksmith’s Apprentice

Visual Arts

Toby Kroll is a blacksmith, the real thing. As a boy he apprenticed in South Jersey with his father. Stephen ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T15:12:37-04:00

Joel Dias-Porter

Words

State of the Arts profiles the extraordinary writer Joel Dias-Porter, a published poet and National Poetry Slam winner. He supports ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T15:09:46-04:00

Quixote

Theater

The New York Times calls it "wildly inventive." Quixote, by composer Amy Beth Kirsten and director Mark DeChiazza, reimagines the ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T16:42:12-04:00

Alvin Ailey

Dance

See why NJPAC, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, is Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's home across the "river." Every ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T16:58:44-04:00

E 6th St NYC Helen Stummer by wall cropped

Helen M. Stummer

Film & Photo

Winner of the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Entertainment Feature Helen M. Stummer is an intrepid photographer ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T16:34:09-04:00

Murder on the Orient Express

Theater

It’s Murder on the Orient Express… for the first time on stage, at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ, ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T16:59:16-04:00

NY Emmy nomination

Theater

This episode has received a 2017 New York Emmy nomination for Outstanding Magazine Program! The awards are announced in ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T16:26:49-04:00

The Trenton Show

Ideas

Think you know Trenton? Look again. State of the Arts goes on location to explore the cultural life of the ...

Steven Wolock2020-09-22T16:59:38-04:00

Hurricane Diane at Two River

Theater

Hurricane Diane is a world-premiere comedy by Madeleine George, the Mellon Playwright-in-Residence at Two River Theater in Red Bank, ...

Steven Wolock2024-01-24T09:36:51-05:00

Glass Artist Paul Stankard

Visual Arts

Master glass artist Paul Stankard shares how he makes his intricately detailed paperweights. He is inspired by the South Jersey ...

Steven Wolock2023-09-14T15:55:17-04:00

Sarah Chang Visits the NJ Symphony

Music

Join world-renowned violinist Sarah Chang as she spends two weeks with the New Jersey Symphony during its 2015 Winter Festival. ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T16:06:34-04:00

GlassRoots

Ideas, Visual Arts

GlassRoots ignites and builds the creative and economic vitality of greater Newark, with a focus on underserved youth and young ...

Steven Wolock2021-08-16T13:46:52-04:00

Jazz in the Key of Ellison

Music, Words

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center, NJPAC, in Newark, NJ celebrated the great American writer Ralph Ellison with a ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T16:01:32-04:00

Trilogy’s Opera: FIVE

Music, Theater

Trilogy: An Opera Company continues its mission of producing operas focused on the black experience with a new work about ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T15:25:06-04:00

Kea’s Ark

Visual Arts

"It was a sign of hope, like Noah's Ark." Community remembrances like this added to a 2016 exhibit at Gallery ...

Steven Wolock2020-07-21T15:22:53-04:00

Artists of North America

Folk Arts, Visual Arts

Visit the Newark Museum's brand new permanent exhibition of native artists from North America. The exhibition draws on a stunning collection of ...