Related Programs Short Form Video: THE ARTIST TOOLBOX presents interviews with the most innovative names in the fields of acting, music, art, fashion design, dance, architecture and literature.

Hosted by John Jacobsen, an accomplished screenwriter and director, the series explores the challenges and passions of these talented artists, and the satisfaction they derive from practicing their individual crafts. Surprising moments from these intimate, frank and humorous discussions reveal the raw beauty behind the creative process.

This season, Jacobsen leads intimate conversations with inspiring creative masters, including: actor Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame; Grammy-winning performer John Legend; pop/classical crossover violinist David Garrett; Italian-born master graphic designers Massimo and Leila Vignelli; jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis; abstract expressionist Sam Gilliam; Malaysian haute couture designer Zang Toi; American Ballet Theatre principals Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky; world renown chef Daniel Boulud; best-selling Chilean author Isabel Allende; modernist architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen; actor Tom Skerritt; and fashion designers Isabel and Ruben Toledo.

Each half-hour episode invites viewers into the artists' homes, neighborhoods and places of work for insights into their life journeys, sources of inspiration and secrets to creating great art.

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