Rebecca Sutton​
​writer & editor​​

CULTURE

PROFILES

   
Judging a Book by Its Cover [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2016]
Designing books is anything but superficial for Rodrigo Corral.

Creating Something No One Has Seen Before [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2015]
Glass artist Dale Chihuly stretches the most fragile of mediums to its absolute limit.

Cosmic Creativity: An Artist’s View of Space [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2013]
An artist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab brings outer space to life.​​

ARTICLES

Through Painting, Incarcerated Youth Find Freedom [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, Nov. 2017]
Florida’s Cathedral Arts Project introduces new forms of expression to juvenile inmates.

The Idea or the Physicality? [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2016]
The intricacies of conserving ephemeral artworks.

The Art of Turning Things Around [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2013]
A new program aims to improve low-performing schools through the arts.

The Magic of the Arts [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2012]
Creativity is helping service members heal from the psychological wounds of war.

Re-envisioning the AIDS Memorial Quilt [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, July 2012]
The evolution of the AIDS Memorial Quilt charts an emotional journey.

A new writing center for youth inspires the imagination.

Baking with the St. Regis [WE LOVE DC, Dec. 2010]
Making macarons is more fun amid the glitz and glamour of the St. Regis hotel.
    

INTERVIEWS

   
Susan Fisher Sterling [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2018]
The director of the National Museum for Women in the Arts discusses the importance of recognizing and promoting women artists.

Opportunities for Creation: Carla Hayden, Library of Congress [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2016]
How creativity has figured in the career of the 14th Librarian of Congress.

Art Talk with Translator David Shook [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, Aug. 2016]
The literary translator shares his endless fascination with the spoken and written word.

Art Talk with Ben Folds [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, June 2016]
The musician dishes on why everyone’s a hack.

Toni Morrison: Write, Erase, Do It Over [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, 2014]
The literary legend ponders a seemingly incongruous subject: failure.

Catching Up with U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine [NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, April 2012]
The “proletarian poet” on jazz and his early years in Detroit.
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