Topic: Arts & Artists

Filmmaker Rebecca Ferris describes what compelled her to tell the story of Jason Miller.

Award-winning playwright and actor Jason Miller experienced fame briefly, then seemed to vanish.

Basquiat was the wunderkind of New York's Lower East Side.

Who Was SAMO?

He had a talent for transforming street energies into high art.

Mark Hogancamp devised a peculiar brand of therapy to recover from a savage beating.

Was I a bad guy ... was I mean?

Marwencol's golden rule: be friendly!

Imagination unlimited ... but only 27 Barbies!

Two thumbs up from the star of the show!

Catador Tiao in a pose reminiscent of David's painting "The Death of Marat."

Suelem has worked as a garbage picker since she was 7 years old.

For Valeria, art making has been a bittersweet experience.

An update on the plight of the Nukus Museum.

In four corners of the globe four violinists bring Vivaldi's celebrated Four Seasons to life.

Writer Amy Tan's family secrets become the basis of a new opera.

Meet members of the Dalian Acrobatic Troupe as they prepare for the premiere.

Byron Hurt examines representations of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture.

From the 1920s through World War II, The National Barn Dance unified rural Americans.

Enter the video contest and earn a chance to earn great prizes, including tickets to a taping of Austin City Limits.

An intimate profile of America’s first all-female mariachi band.

A comic book based on the 99 virtues of Allah runs up against unexpected opposition.

The creator of The 99 describes what inspired him to create Islamic superheroes.

An investor in The 99 describes his unlikely Mississippi origins.

Naif Al-Mutawa preferred to escape his awkward adolescence by losing himself in books.

Kentucky fiddler Lily May Ledford became a radio star when she appeared on the National Barn Dance.

Sign language is who I am

What do you love about being deaf?

ASL poets in the spotlight

Poets without borders