Sep 22 Meet the next generation of Latin jazz artists By Kelly Whalen The Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco was founded with a simple but ambitious mission: to preserve the traditions of Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban music by teaching it to young musicians. Continue reading
Sep 21 Poet Kiki Petrosino asks: Can people change? By Corinne Segal Kiki Petrosino's poetry began as a child in the backseat of her mother's car. Many nights, the family would drive to and from Catonsville Community College near Baltimore to pick up Petrosino's father, a public school teacher who taught evening… Continue reading
Sep 20 Artist Alex Katz not slowing down at 88 By Phil Hirschkorn At an age when some artists might hang up their paintbrushes for good, the legendary painter Alex Katz is churning out new work. Continue reading
Sep 19 Puerto Rican radical group Young Lords retake NYC in museum exhibit By Connie Kargbo "¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York" explores the civil and human rights activism of Latinos through photography, film and other artwork to showcase the legacy of the Young Lords. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 5:23 'The world caught up with me': Painter Alex Katz continues prolific work By PBS News Hour Alex Katz is considered one of the most prominent and prolific American artists of the past 50 years. Best known for his bright, billboard-sized portraits, Katz's work has been the subject of two museum retrospectives this year. NewsHour's Phil Hirschkorn,… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch 6:59 An art collector with Broad influence opens his own museum By PBS News Hour Billionaire Eli Broad began his fortune building tract homes in the Detroit suburbs, and over the decades he and his wife also built an impressive art collection. Now the brand new Broad Museum is set to open in Los Angeles,… Continue watching
Sep 18 How gentrification changes the portrait of a neighborhood By Brittney Sankofa How I felt as a seventh-grader interviewing toothless liquor store regulars in the cold. Continue reading
Sep 17 How to submit to 'Casa de Colores,' a nation-wide poetry project By Corinne Segal This week, U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera embarks on a country-wide poetry project, “Casa de Colores,” which he announced earlier this month at the National Book Festival. Continue reading
Sep 17 Cartoonist Kate Beaton finds the punchlines lost to history By Joshua Barajas Kate Beaton, the creator of the massively popular webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant," talked with the NewsHour about her online fan base, her first children's book and how she made history's saddest tales funny. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 1:33 Why the ancient art of calligraphy still enchants By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, artist Seb Lester shares his thoughts on the “ancient magic” of calligraphy. Continue watching