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A Year of Contemporary Art in (and out of) Contemporary Classrooms
This is part two of a three part series that will share the experiences of three Art21 Education staff members (Jessica Hamlin, Joe Fusaro, and Flossie Chua) after spending a year with a group of 16...
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Exclusive | Ai Weiwei: New Communication
Production still from the Exclusive video, "Ai Weiwei: New Communication." Our latest Exclusive video is now live! Click here to watch “Ai Weiwei: New Communication” on Art21.org! In one of his first...
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Reflecting on the Art21 Educators Summer Institute
Oliver Herring gets our version of TASK Unplugged started Time just feels like it moves a hell of a lot faster than it used to. This past Art21 Educators summer institute, which was recently held from...
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Exclusive | El Anatsui: Studio Process
Production still from the Exclusive video, "El Anatsui: Studio Process." Our latest Exclusive video short is now live! Click to watch El Anatsui: Studio Process on Art21.org. Filmed at his Nsukka,...
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Exploding a Theme
Photo by Dana Swann, Nyack High School, New York. This week began with one of my advanced classes looking into the paintings of season 6 artist, Rackstraw Downes. As students start up a thematic series...
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Eleanor Antin Takes Over @Art21 on Twitter Today at 2pm EST!
Don’t forget: As part of the Art21 Blog’s current Flash Points topic on storytelling, artist Eleanor Antin will take over the @Art21 Twitter account to perform a very special reading today, Friday,...
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Spotlight Conversations
During Art21’s yearlong professional development initiative, Art21 Educators, we ask that teachers coordinate a one-on-one or group conversation that allows them to reflect on and explore major...
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Exclusive | Tabaimo: “dolefullhouse”
Production still from Art21′s Exclusive video, “Tabaimo: ‘dolefullhouse.’” Our latest Exclusive video is now live! Click to watch Tabaimo: “dolefullhouse” on Art21.org. Filmed in 2010 at 601Artspace...
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Guest Bloggers This Week: Teaching with Contemporary Art
This week I am pleased to say that the Teaching with Contemporary Art column has some guest bloggers… Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott are both alumni of the Art21 Educators program and teach...
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Exclusive | David Altmejd: Assistants
Production still from the Exclusive video “David Altmejd: Assistants.” Our latest Exclusive video has just gone live! Click to watch David Altmejd: Assistants on Art21.org. Filmed in early 2011, two...
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When Works of Literature Make The Leap
A scene from My Name is Asher Lev with Ari Brand and Mark Nelson. Image: broadway.com One of the biggest problems facing teachers today (besides the fanatics who want us to walk around schools with...
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Questions, Questions, Questions
Art21 season 6 educator guide During a recent conversation I was asked, “Where do you come up with the questions featured in the Art21 educator guides?” I didn’t know what to say. The “Before Viewing”...
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Lingering
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about lingering with images and ways I can get my students to stay with works of art long enough to see and investigate what they are about vs. what they’re...
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Teaching with El Anatsui
El Anatsui, “Sacred Moon,” 2007. Image: 303magazine.com This weekend I will be back with friends and colleagues at the University of Michigan Museum of Art to facilitate a teacher workshop about...
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Size Matters
Paul McCarthy, “White Snow, Bookends,” black walnut, 2013. Installation at Hauser and Wirth. Teaching about scale and its importance in a work of art is a tricky thing for art educators. Let’s face it:...
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