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Photographer Nan Goldin poses after being awarded Commander in the Arts and Letters Order, in Paris, June 27, 2006.

How one artist took on the Sacklers and shook their reputation in the art world

A new documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed tells the story of Nan Goldin, a photographer and activist who survived opioid addiction — then challenged members of the Sackler family.

Zyariel Morgan and Isabella Galindo are 6th-grade students at the Creative Performing Media Arts Middle School. Seen here rehearsing in their introduction to theater class, San Diego, Calif., January 31, 2022.

Voters approve arts education funding for every public school in the state

Proposition 28, which would require arts education funding for all, was overwhelmingly approved by voters

Sir Mix-a-Lot, Macklemore, Lil Mosey & Ishmael Butler. Collage by Jackie Lay / NPR.

How Seattle rap crashed the mainstream by swimming against the current

United more by strategy than sound, the city's stars are fans-first nonconformists, who have often succeeded by doing the opposite of what the industry deems bankable.

Mihir Konkapaka is shown in this undated photo.

Sabre Springs seventh grader makes third round of National Spelling Bee

Mihir S. Konkapaka correctly spelled "vexillologist," a noun meaning a person who studies flags, according to the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, the bee's official dictionary.

UC San Diego student workers interrupted an alumni event where Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla was speaking at the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, Calif., May 5, 2023.

UC San Diego student workers accused of assault on the chancellor

A group of student workers is facing disciplinary action that could lead to expulsion because of a recent demonstration at an alumni event.

Ceramics for Teens 2022

Mondays from 4-5:30 p.m. Ages 12-17 welcome! Instructor Lydia Kardos teaches this introductory ceramic hand-building course. This month-long series is full of hands-on, hand building work in clay. Students will create functional and nonfunctional ceramic art. Learn how to create with coils, slab construction and clay pinching methods. See the beauty of the final results as your pieces come out of the kiln. Students will create multiple pieces and learn how to glaze finished artwork. All materials included. Projects differ each month. Repeats welcome! Follow on Socials! Facebook & Twitter

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Peter Antonacci to lead a new elections fraud office in July 2022, just a few months before Antonacci died inside the Capitol building.

A Florida election fraud chief died last year in the hallway of Ron DeSantis' office

Peter Antonacci, the head of Florida's elections fraud office, had just left a heated meeting when he collapsed in the hallway of the governor's office, according to a newly released investigation.

PJ Harvey's latest album is <em>I Inside the Old Year Dying</em>. It's a knotty musical expansion of the world she created in <em>Orlam</em>, the epic poem Harvey published in 2022.

'Life and death is such a fine line': PJ Harvey on creating in a place between worlds

Harvey talks with NPR Music's Ann Powers about her album I Inside the Old Year Dying, a ragged, highly crafted adaptation of her epic poem Orlam, and why she prefers to make art without boundaries.

Fresh Air | NPR

Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.

Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati.

3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of water systems

The deal would compensate water providers for pollution with substances known collectively as PFAS, described as "forever chemicals" because they don't degrade naturally in the environment.

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