Lasting Legacies: Years of Poetry on State of the Arts
Pages from Allen Crawford's illustrated edition of Walt Whitman’s "Song of Myself" "The state of poetry is New Jersey," former ...
What to look forward to this spring…
Self-portrait of painter John F. Peto in his studio | Courtesy John F. Peto Museum As we make the journey ...
Grammy Award Winners on State of the Arts
“I love the effect of the music—it just makes people brighten up.” - Chick Corea This month marked the 68th ...
Public art by Ben Shahn threatened with destruction
This past week, the public learned of yet another calamity from a seemingly unending stream of bad news: the Trump ...
Geometry and Light: Architecture as Art
"Remember his name. Remember his story. It is on all of us, especially those who live inside his wonderful creations, ...
I’ll Make Me a World: The Art of Clifford Ward
“I’ve embraced my skin, my melanin, my destiny.” - Clifford Ward At Grounds for Sculpture, Clifford Ward’s I’ll Make Me ...
Remembering Mel Leipzig
Much-loved artist and teacher Mel Leipzig died last week, on October 31, 2025, at the age of 90. He was legendary ...
Oh God…Beautiful Machine
At State of the Arts, our cameras often put us in places where we have rare opportunities to see the ...
A New Season Begins in Uncertain Times
The Moving Architects, Where She Once Stood / Parlor (1796-1840) with Nicole Arakaki and Mariah Anton-Arters / Photo by Julie ...
State of the Arts in the Classroom
Curator Rhinold Ponder discusses works by Wendell T. Brooks, part of Lewis Tanner Moore's collection of Black artists State ...