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Expanded Moment Highlights | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Jan Tichy joins us again this week to discuss some of your excellent submissions to his assignment Expanded Moment. Keep submitting your responses with
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Storm Troops and Mustard Gas
Here we discuss Storm Troops Advancing Under Gas by Otto Dix from Der Krieg (1924).
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Beginning Needle Felting
Let’s start needle felting! I’ll show you how to begin and practice for projects to come. All you need is a cushion, felting needle(s), and wool roving. Special thanks to Art Teacher Glenna Campbell (Belmont M.S.) for information,...
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Symbolism in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing | AmorSciendi
Insights into the debut novel from Hank Green, "An Absolutely Remarkable Thing". "Benjamin, Walter. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Prism Key Press, 2010. Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de. The Future of Man. Image...
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Photo a friend. | Tanja Hollander | The Art Assignment
We meet up with photographer Tanja Hollander in North Adams, MA, on her epic journey around the world to visit and take formal portraits of ALL of her 626 facebook friends. She challenges you to take a formal photographic portrait of a...
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Off: Highlights 8 | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week we bring back artist, Lauren Zoll, to discuss your submissions to her assignment!
Weird History
Why Do Babies Look Creepy In Medieval Art
Infants in medieval art all have one thing in common: They don't look like babies. Instead, they resemble miniature versions of middle-aged men, sometimes complete with receding hairlines and ripped muscles. Depictions of weird,...
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Play a game of "Movement Telephone" | Ryan McNamara | The Art Assignment
Performance artist Ryan McNamara joins The Art Assignment to challenge you to play a game of Movement Telephone. Sarah then compares this assignment to the evolution of the meme, which is a sophisticated and rapid form of imitation.
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Walk On It: Highlights | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
You walked on it, and we watched.
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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp: How Our Muscles Work
Dr. Nicolaes Tulp gives us an anatomy lessons on muscles and the felxor digitorum.
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On Being Lonely
We describe Manet's masterpiece "Bar at the Folies-Bergere" in the context of 1880's paris.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How To Make A Name Illusion Drawing Using One Point Linear Perspective
In this video, my husband, Mr. Thiele, will show you how to create a 3D illusion on paper, no magic required!
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Whose Migrant Mother was this?
Dorothea Lange captured this iconic photo known as Migrant Mother in 1936. But who was the woman pictured? And how did she and her family feel about its existence in the world? Guest host John Green introduces you to Florence Owens...
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What Makes a Masterpiece?
What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one? And what artists make them?
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What is Mildred's Lane? | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
We continue our stay at Mildred's Lane and talk to it's Director and Ambassador of Entanglement J. Morgan Puett about it's origins, it's goals and how her installation art practice influences her vision for the site.
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The One That Got Away - Update | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week we're reunited with Oliver Blank, who shares his thoughts on the incredible response to his assignment and announces some exciting plans for the messages you left to the one who got away.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Draw Fresh Flowers | Colored Pencil Speed Drawing | Art Demonstration
In this video I speed up a 45 minute colored pencil drawing of fresh flowers to a short 10 minute tutorial. Here are a list of the materials I am using with links for your convenience: Sketchbook (Paper): https://amzn.to/2UFPnXn Colored...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Draw a Loose Cityscape: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Drawing
Want to go beyond turkeys for your Thanksgiving art this year? My husband (artist and Art Teacher) Ryan Thiele created this simple yet sophisticated art lesson for people of all ages. Grab a pencil and paper and draw with us!
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Which is the Real Girl with a Pearl Earring?
Explore Vermeer's masterpiece "Girl with a Pearl Earring" up close, and see how it's different (and not) from a high-res 3D print of the painting. We visit the Mauritshuis in The Hague and learn what happens when conservation scientists...
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John and Sarah Host a Scramble Scrabble Dinner | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
We accepted J. Morgan Puett's art assignment and gathered some friends together to host our own Scramble Scrabble Dinner.
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Why Is This Woman in the Jungle?
Artist Henri Rousseau painted The Dream in 1910, and it's imagery of a woman lounging on a sofa in the middle of a jungle was as surreal then as it is today. What is it about this artwork that captivated audiences then and now?