The Art Assignment
The Definition of Art
What is art? How do we define art? In this episode, we explore some of the many ways that artists and writers and thinkers have defined and understood this thing we call art.
Amor Sciendi
Ekphrasis and the Art work of Sophie Calle
An explanation of Ekphrasis: the art of describing a visual experience in words. This is done through a look at Sophie Calle's art works "Last Seen" and "What do you see?"
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Make an Agamograph | Optical Kinetic Art Lesson Inspired by Yaacov Agam
This video will demonstrate how to create both a two and three image agamograph (named after the artist Yaacov Agam). An agamograph changes images as the viewer moves around the work of Art. This is a fantastic three dimensional project...
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One Year of the Art Assignment! | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Sarah and John reflect on the first year of PBS Digital Studios' The Art Assignment, and talk about viewer-submitted responses to the question: What does the Art Assignment mean to you? We are so grateful for all of those who responded...
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What Does Resistance Look Like?
Resistance isn't always visible, but when we can see it in art, what does it look like? Step back through global art history and look at Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace, Henry Oscar One Bull’s...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Image Transfer with Gel Plate | Gelli Print | Art Tutorial
This video will teach you how to transfer an image from a magazine page onto paper using a gel plate! Gelli printing is a fun and creative process that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. This image transfer technique be used in...
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Art Trip: PST: LA/LA | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Latin American and Latinx Art is celebrated across Southern California with the Getty-funded initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Catch a glimpse of as much of the art, artists, experiences, and tacos as we could pack into three...
Indigo Artbox
Blue Rider Group: 5 Minute Art History Video
The Blue Rider Group in 5 Minutes How: Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc Paved the Way for Modern Art & Were Devastated by World War I
Indigo Artbox
Amadeo Modigliani: 6 Minute Art History Video
Learn about Modigliani, sculptor and painter and how African Art influenced his work.
Amor Sciendi
Art and Faith | AmorSciendi Theory of Knowledge
This is another video with themes from my Theory of Knowledge class, and another video where I draw heavily from my experience studying and teaching Renaissance/Reformation history. I'm keeping the long format video/essay style for now,...
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My Top 40 Art Reflections
Host Sarah Urist Green shares 40 reflections about art, gathered in the course of a career in art, art history, curating, and making videos about all of the above.
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A Video Game about Art?
When we heard there was a video game about art and curating, we had to give it a try. Watch us play Occupy White Walls and build and curate an art gallery of our dreams (well, almost).
Makematic
Story surprises
"Stories spark listeners’ curiosity and help children aged 3-7 understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Children become engaged when they use their creative ideas to change familiar stories. In this activity, children...
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ART TRIP: DETROIT
Forget the hype and experience the art and history that Detroit offers up in spades. We visit the Diego Rivera mural, Heidelberg Project, MOCA, abandoned buildings, and much more.
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Art We Launched Into Space
There is plenty of art ABOUT space, but this video explores art ACTUALLY IN space. Learn about cosmonauts sketching orbital sunrises, the Moon Museum, Carl Sagan's Golden Record, and the sculptures currently orbiting Earth today, among...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Part 4: Taxidermy Animal Trophy Heads | Art Lesson | Color with Paper Mache’ and Construction Paper
This art lesson is part four of a series on how to create Taxidermy Trophy Heads using Paper Mache. In this video I will teach how to add color to a paper mache project using only construction paper! The lesson was created for 7th grade...
Oxford Comma
Can Art Save Nature: Future of Forestry
C.S. Lewis, widely known for his children's series The Chronicles of Narnia, composed a number of fantastic poems - "The Future of Forestry" being my personal favorite. In it, Lewis imagines an England devoid of trees. This desolation is...
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Art As Experience: Book Club #2 | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Round 2 of The Art Assignment Book Club features John Dewey's Art As Experience, which certainly was an experience to read - congratulations to you if you did it! If you didn't, we understand. We read it for you, and we'll discuss some...
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Art World Pretension, Etc. | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week we answer your questions from our art hotline* and talk about the distinction between art and craft (if any), art world pretension, the proliferation of images, imposter syndrome, and more.
Makematic
Teams Pitch Solutions
Children form STEAM teams that work on fascinating real-world problems, design solutions, and then pitch their ideas to others. They build skills in articulating points of view, embracing others’ ideas, and finding new ways to collaborate.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Create an Image Transfer using Wax Paper and Printer Ink
In this video I will show you How to Create an Image Transfer using Wax Paper and Mail Label Paper! I’ll show you how to burnish (rub it) to make the transfer as well as how to transfer the image with acrylic gel medium. I use my “at...
Indigo Artbox
How to Paint 3D Forms
Learn to paint apples by building form with color. We'll use Paul Cezanne for inspiration. Want the supplies in this video? Visit us at indigoartbox.com.
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Is Instagram Changing Art?
Many of us who make and appreciate art spend loads of time on Instagram. How is it changing the way we interpret and interact with art? And is it actually changing the art that gets made? Let's find out.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Draw and Shade the Basic Forms Using Pencil - Cylinder, Sphere, Cone, Cube | Drawing Lesson
Free worksheets: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1die7zsYZcED0pLrRllRxg7J9TVfpJVna/view In this video I will review how to draw and shade four basic forms: the cylinder, sphere, cone, and cube. Understanding how to draw the basic forms...