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Susan Stamberg

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Founding Mother of NPR, first woman to anchor nightly national news program, devoted radio listener and fan.

 DC, LA in winter
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Joined January 2009
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hi all. For 50th anniversary of the Watergate breakin, I took Bob Woodward to a Watergate art show. Fun to LISTEN, not read! npr.org/2022/06/16/110545121…
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hi all..here's Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish for 2021. Have a good thanksgiving. npr.org/2021/11/19/105713305…

A U.S. Thanksgiving tradition is lost on 2 former members of The Cranberries

It's time for another Thanksgiving with the zesty side that's served Pepto-Bismol pink: Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish. This year, we share the recipe with some legends of Irish rock.

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I've been wanting you to see my recent art essay. Robert Longo makes brilliant, powerful, intense work. I think you'll agree. Susan npr.org/2021/08/09/102382862…

Look Closely: These Black-And-White Images Are Not What They Seem

Seven massive pieces by the artist Robert Longo are on view in the exhibition Storm of Hope: Law & Disorder at the Palm Springs Art Museum in California. They look like photographs — but are they?

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My new web essay, on the wild & gorgeous Lee Miller and other New Women of the 1920s. npr.org/2021/07/25/101793780…

Behind The Lens, These Women Created Photographs That Leap Over Decades

Two current museum exhibitions — The Woman Who Broke Boundaries at the Dali Museum and The New Woman Behind the Camera at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — celebrate women photographers.

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would you give this woman your Matisse masterpieces? My new NPR WEB ESSAY. npr.org/2021/05/27/999943723…

How Pioneering Museum Director Adelyn Breeskin Helped 'People To See'

An exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art pays tribute to the first woman to head a major metropolitan museum. She helped the museum acquire Matisse, Cassatt, Cézanne and Van Gogh masterpieces.

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Radio history on FRESH AIR this Wednesday. I'm on with Bill Siemering, who created ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, also brought Terry Gross to public Radio. We had a grand hour, filled with memories and new ideas. Join us!
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Onetime ATC producer Richard Harris wrote this for atc/npr'S 50TH ANNIV. Link has one of the early ATC classics, still hilarious at 3 minutes. nextavenue.org/founding-moth…
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Today is my 50th anniversary at NPR. Hard to believe. Only our grandfathers spent that much time at the same workplace. Now a Founding Mother has!
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npr.org/2021/03/08/972560483… My latest npr web essay. What do you think of these later Kahlos? She was heavily into morphine by the time she made them. Such a brave and vivid soul.

5 Lesser-Known, Late-In-Life Works By Frida Kahlo Now On View In Dallas

"In this difficult period, people feel a strong connection to Kahlo's sorrows and triumphs," says Dallas Museum of Art curator Mark A. Castro. Kahlo made these paintings as her health deteriorated.

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npr.org/2021/02/25/968857031… My latest NPR web column on art. Not exactly x-rated, but some images unapologetic and fierce. Love to have your reactions. - Susan

In One Art Exhibition, Women Are 'Taking Space' They've Long Deserved

Works by female artists are center stage at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in an exhibition called Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale.

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npr.org/sections/art-design/ This is my new NPR web essay - and I must say it's my favorite of the 16 or so I've done. Photographer Ruben Natal-San Miguel has an extraordinary eye - roves NYC "almost like hunting" finding incredibly beautiful people, and DEFINING beauty in new ways.
Art & Design

Art & Design

NPR explores the visual arts including design, photography, sculpture, and architecture. Interviews, commentary, and audio. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

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MY NEW NPR WEB ESSAY - FINE ARTIST NEW TO ME, PAINTING CURRENT THEMES WITH STYLE AND HEART. npr.org/2021/01/13/953516372…

Emma Amos Died Just Before Her Retrospective But Her Art Is Alive As Ever

For six decades Amos explored race and gender in prints, paintings and fabrics. She died at 83 from complications of Alzheimer's but she knew that the Georgia Museum of Art show was in the works.

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I'm thinking THANKSGIVING, and how different it will be next week. But on NPR THIS FRIDAY -- one tradition will continue. Yes, friends. Time for MAMA STAMBERG'S CRANBERRY RELISH. The recipe AND Origin Story on MORNING EDITION. Join us!
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HERES MY LATEST WEB-ONLY (no audio) ESSAY FOR THE NPR WEBSITE. THESE ARTWORKS REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE. YOURS TOO, I HOPE. -- SUSAN npr.org/2020/11/12/931590353…

An Artist Explores What 'Crosses The Ocean' In Porcelain And Painted Collage

Kyungmi Shin was born in South Korea and emigrated to the U.S. at 19. Colonization, cross-cultural impacts and immigration are all themes in her current exhibition, Father Crosses the Ocean.

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writing the end of this story made me cry! npr.org/2020/09/15/908427868…

For 'Ike,' A Monument Unlike Any Other: Eisenhower Memorial Is Dedicated In D.C.

A new memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower will be dedicated just off the National Mall on Thursday. It was designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry but faced an uphill battle for approval.

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BYE BYE ZUZU - STORYTIME WITH ZUZU is a FacebookLive-Npr reading the Stamberg family's been doing for young people. Our LAST reading (of LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET is this SUNDAY at 2:30PM-ET. Please join us. Lovely story for kids.
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hope you'll read my latest web essay, on VHILS, an amazing Portuguese street artist, who destroys to create. npr.org/2020/08/17/901245972…

It's 'Part Of The Game': This Artist Isn't Bothered When His Work Is Demolished

Portuguese street artist Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto — aka Vhils — makes art on dilapidated buildings. He uses a chisel, a drill and explosives in a process he calls "creative destruction."

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My new npr web essay on museum online offerings while their doors are closed. I find these digital trees truly exquisite. Be well....Susan npr.org/2020/08/06/895567657…

'It Lowers Your Blood Pressure': Spend A Few Moments With These Hypnotic Trees

In her childhood art classes, Jennifer Steinkamp used to make trees with sponges and paint. Now, as a video artist, her installations feature tree animations — some are named after her art teachers.

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my latest essay on npr.org - gorgeous painting in Dallas. npr.org/2020/07/23/890681743…
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Back by popular demand (well, OURS anyway!) STORYTIME WITH ZUZU - my son Josh, his girls Vivian and Lena, and I will do a FacebookLive/NPR reading of the children's book CORDUROY tomorrow (Thurs) at 4:30ET. Join us! Tell your friends! If you have any pet bears invite them too!.
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