Chuck Close

Chuck Close’s Faces

Arts, Culture & Media

For over 30 years he has been making huge, meticulous paintings of faces — 9 foot, looming images of himself, and of friends like the composer Philip Glass and the painter Robert Rauschenberg. Kurt Andersen visits with Chuck Close, one of today’s most admired portraitists, at his New York studio.

Special Guest: Chuck Close

Arts, Culture & Media

Silver and Bronze

Arts, Culture & Media

Spark: More Stories About Childhood

Arts, Culture & Media

Arts advocate critical of Obama’s Turnaround Arts Initiative for select U.S. schools

Arts, Culture & Media

The ‘Spark’ of creative inspiration

Arts, Culture & Media

In the new book, ‘Spark,’ artist Chuck Close, writer Isabel Allende, musician Robert Plant and others give readers an inside look at their creative processes and inspiration.

The World

Spark: Getting to Work

This month we’re celebrating 360’s first decade on the air with the publication of the book Spark: How Creativity Works, by long-time Studio 360 executive producer Julie Burstein. In the book, scores of America’s greatest filmmakers, writers, musicians and artists give readers an inside look at their creative processes and inspiration. This week Kurt and […]

Where Does Creativity Come From?

Arts, Culture & Media

Where do truly creative people find their inspiration? These are questions that Kurt Andersen and Julie Burstein have been asking for over a decade on PRI’s arts and culture program Studio 360. They talk about their new book, “Spark.”

Spark: Kurt & Julie Talk Childhood

   To celebrate Studio 360’s first decade on air, we present Spark: How Creativity Works, a new book published by HarperCollins and written by the show’s long-time executive producer, Julie Burstein. Over the years, scores of America’s greatest filmmakers, writers, musicians, and artists have revealed their creative processes and inspiration for listeners. This week, Julie […]

Spark: Kurt & Julie Talk Childhood

To celebrate Studio 360’s first decade on air, we present Spark: How Creativity Works, a new book published by HarperCollins and written by the show’s long-time executive producer, Julie Burstein. Over the years, scores of America’s greatest filmmakers, writers, musicians, and artists have revealed their creative processes and inspiration for listeners. Burstein shares stories from […]