Ai Weiwei in Princeton
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is an international celebrity. The Chinese government has revoked his passport, but through Twitter, his ...
Editing “Life of Pi” in 3D
"Life of Pi" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Film Editing and Best Director; it won Best ...
American Perspectives
"American Perspectives" is a permanent exhibition at the New Jersey State Museum that tells the story of America's history through ...
Art and Healing
State of the Arts investigates how art is part of the healing experience at the Capital Health Medical Center in Mercer ...
The 39 Steps
"The 39 Steps," a comedy tribute to Hitchcock's films, was a Tony award-winning hit on Broadway. Hitchcock afficionado Mark Shanahan ...
Puccini’s Music Box
Musiclologist W. Anthony Sheppard tells about the astonishing and completely accidental discovery he made on a trip to see the ...
The Convert
"The Convert" premiered in January 2012 at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ. It's written by Danai Gurira, a ...
Eternal Souls
Cemeteries, burial grounds, graveyards - whatever you call them, these final resting places are historical treasure troves. Richard Veit and ...
The Fertile Crescent
Contemporary women artists from the Middle East challenge Western stereotypes and tell gripping narratives of their lives in a part ...
Michael Pedicin
Meet saxophonist Michael Pedicin at his Linwood, New Jersey studio, and teaching and performing at the Richard Stockton College of ...
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Winner of the 2013 Tony for Best Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike premiered at the McCarter ...
Sigalit Landau and Zeina Barakeh
Israeli artist Sigalit Landau and Paletinian-Lebanese artist Zeina Barakeh introduce their videos, which were featured in "The Fertile Crescent: Gender, ...
Pat Brentano
A visit to the studio of artist Pat Brentano in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Brentano explains how an ephiphany ...
The NJ Symphony at Carnegie Hall
The New Jersey Symphony was chosen to perform for the Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall on May ...
Junot Díaz
Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Díaz describes his fascination with New Jersey, where he and his family settled after leaving the ...
Grounds for Sculpture
State of the Arts visited Grounds for Sculpture in 2002, meeting founder Seward Johnson and others during the park's tenth anniversary year. ...
Seward Johnson
Seward Johnson is an artist and the founder of Grounds for Sculpture, a 42 acre sculpture park in Hamilton, New Jersey. In ...
George Walker
Meet George Walker, the first black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music. He won the prize in ...
Stan Sperlak
Stan Sperlak paints grand atmospheric landscapes throughout Cape May County, New Jersey using pastels. After building a successful landscaping business, ...