Symphony in Lockdown: The NJ Symphony, 2020-21
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
State of the Arts producer Eric Schultz profiled choreographer Carolyn Dorfman and the debut of her work, Echad, in 2002. ...
Poet Sharon Olds
Poet Sharon Olds appeared on State of the Arts in February 1997, where she talked about her career with host ...
Regina Carter
She's been called the finest jazz violinist of our time. Meet Regina Carter on her national tour playing music from ...
Donna Bassin
Artist Donna Bassin is a clinical psychologist and an assistant professor at NYU’s postdoc program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. She’s ...
Melvin Edwards
Melvin or "Mel" Edwards creates serious yet playful work using steel, chains, and barbed wire. Born in 1937 in the ...
Noborigama Kiln
In 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
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
Produced 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
W. Carl Burger: A Painter's Life explores the journey and work of a much-loved New Jersey artist and teacher as ...
Charles Ward
Charles 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
Howard Finster (1916-2001) was a prolific artist with a mission to communicate his visions to the world. This story from ...
Cassandra Wilson
In 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
State of the Arts producer Susan Wallner chats with poet Billy Collins at the Dodge Poetry Festival in 2002. Collins, ...
Drummer Joe Morello
The 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
See how People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos uses short stories to change the lives of people who have had very ...
Jacob Lawrence
This 1991 State of the Arts feature about Jacob Lawrence includes an interview with the famous artist himself, then in ...
Leon Fleisher
In the 1950s and early '60s Leon Fleisher was at the top of his field, making a spectacular Carnegie Hall ...