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 ...
W. Carl Burger, artist
The 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
The legendary organist and teacher Alexander McCurdy (1905-1983) is profiled by his grandson Eric Schultz on what would have been ...
Bette Blank, artist
Bette Blank always painted, but became an artist full-time as a second career. Her first was in the field of ...
Dream Journey
"Dream Journey" was conceived, performed, and edited by the choreographer and performer Yass Hakoshima, best known for his original approach ...
Mozart’s Piano
In 2006, State of the Arts caught up with Russian ex-patriot concert pianist Vladimir Feltsman. He was preparing to play ...
Vladimir Feltsman
Concert pianist Vladimir Feltsman emigrated to the United States in 1987 after being silenced by the Soviet Union's Ministry of ...
Nell Irvin Painter
Nell Irvin Painter was a professor of American History at Princeton University for 20 years. Upon retiring, she enrolled in ...
Elisabeth Smolarz
Photographer Elisabeth Smolarz’s "The Encyclopedia of Things" is a portrait of the tiny New Jersey town on the Hudson ...
Willie The Lion
Between 1920 and 1940, few pianists achieved the mythological status of Willie "The Lion" Smith. Along with James P. Johnson ...
Peters Valley (2004)
Peters Valley, nestled in the bucolic Delaware Water Gap in northwest New Jersey, is a center for learning about ...
Toshiko Takaezu: In the Stars
Towards the end of her life, artist Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011) created a series of majestic, closed, ceramic forms - ...
Crossroads
Crossroads Theatre Company was founded in 1978 by Ricardo Khan and L. Kenneth Richardson, two recent Rutgers grads, when ...
AIDS in the Arts
This is a State of the Arts feature from 1989, the early days of the series. AIDS was killing thousands ...
Bernarda Bryson Shahn
Artist Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903-2004) was an illustrator, print maker, journalist, and author. She was married to artist Ben Shahn, ...
Hannibal Lokumbe
Composer and jazz trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe sees it as his mission to create dramatic musical works that explore and ...
Bucky Pizzarelli Tribute
Legendary jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli died in April 2020 at the age of 94 from complications related to the coronavirus. ...
The Dryden Ensemble
The Dryden Ensemble, based in Princeton, New Jersey, uses instruments of the 17th and 18th centuries to perform music ...