LaToya Ruby Frazier on the politics and poetics of documentary photography

This Week's Broadcasts

This week, State of the Arts presents three photographers and their compelling depictions of places with deep meanings for them: LaToya Ruby Frazier on her family and hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania; Todd R. Darling on the past and present of Paterson, New Jersey; and Helen M. Stummer’s deep portrait of a neighborhood in Newark in the 1980s.

NJ PBS

Thurs, 2/2 @ 11:30 pm

Sat, 2/4 @ 7:30 pm

WNET Thirteen

Sun, 2/5 @ 11:30 am

ALL ARTS

Mon, 2/6 @ 10:30 am & 3:30 pm

Wed, 2/8 @ 10 am & 3 pm

Black History Month

This month, we're sharing stories of Black women artists. Meet painter, museum director, arts advocate, and doll-maker Kimberly Camp in her Collingswood gallery.

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Happening Now

An exhibition at the NJIT School of Architecture Gallery in Newark honoring the life and work of the late architect and artist Troy West opens Mon Feb 6, with a reception from 5-8 pm.

Our related project: Kea's Ark, featuring interviews and materials from Troy West

The Trenton Free Public Library's new exhibition Art From Art News Writers and Photojournalists has an opening reception on Thurs Feb 9 from 5 to 7 pm. Exhibiting artists include State of the Arts contributing producers Aubrey Kauffman and Ilene Dube!

Our related story: Aubrey J. Kauffman

This year is Frederick Law Olmsted's bicentennial! In celebration, the Library of Congress is calling for volunteers to transcribe his subject files.

Catch up on some of the best of State of the Arts

State of the Arts producer Amber Edwards’s profile of sculptor George Segal was broadcast nationally on PBS in 2000. She filmed his last-ever full-body “casting” session. George Segal died not long afterwards, on June 9, 2000. Photograph by Donald Lokuta.

Our 2000 documentary: George Segal: American Still Life

Go behind-the-scenes with composer Joshua Stamper as he rehearses his work RIVERS, inspired by the Delaware and Schuykill Rivers. Stamper collaborates with choreographer Lea Fulton and his brother, filmmaker Ben Stamper, to create an immersive multi-media experience.

Our 2014 story: Composing RIVERS

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Pictured: Found object sculpture created by artist Eric Schultz and Trenton-area kids, inspiring Passage Theatre's OK Trenton Project. Photo courtesy the artist.

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