Two Minute Music Theory
Is Older Music Better? - Music Theory Vlog #1
Is older music better? Is current music worse? Are we as composers and songwriters devolving? I discuss these topics on my first ever music theory vlog.
Next Animation Studio
Flight attendants linked to higher rates of cancer
A study of around 5,300 U.S. flight attendants has found the profession holds higher cancer rates.
Curated Video
Hip Hop: Music, Dance, and Art
Hip hop is more than just music and fashion. It is a cultural movement that originated in the Black/African American and Latino communities of New York in the 1970s. With its four main focus areas of rap music, DJing, b-boying...
Cerebellum
The Renaissance - Music, Literature And Theatre
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video discusses...
PBS
Are Holograms Nostalgia or a New Form of Art?
You might have heard about the debut of Hologram Tupac at the music festival Coachella earlier this year. But with Queen's recent announcement of a Hologram Freddie Mercury and TLC's plans for a Hologram Lisa Left Eye Lopes, it looks...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe | Iseult Gillespie
Feeling disconnected from creating art within classical conventions, artist Georgia O'Keeffe began experimenting with abstract drawings that defied easy classification. Using the shapes and rhythms of nature to capture her internal...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Prince Olusegun Adeniyi - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Nigeria
Art teacher Olusegun Adeniyi, who teaches at Caleb British International School, Lagos, Nigeria, is not only renowned for bringing out the creative side of his fortunate students with two decades of nurturing new talent and creating...
National Gallery of Art
Teaching Critical Thinking through Art, 3.4: What’s Going on with Math in This Painting?
This lesson demonstration video explores how the What Makes You Say That? routine can be adapted to focus on curricular themes. In a National Gallery session with fourth graders from Cleveland Elementary School, Washington, DC, gallery...
Big Think
How Art Can Change Society, with Sarah Lewis
Sarah Lewis describes how photography and music are often the catalyst for radical societal change. Lewis is a curator and historian based in New York. She is the author of The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for...
Tate
Art Hoe Collective Meets Lorna Simpson | Tate Collective
Amandla Stenberg and Mars from Art Hoe Collective meet with Brooklyn based artist Lorna Simpson, discussing the inspiration behind the #ArtHoe movement and how it relates to Simpson’s work. Art Hoe Collective is an online platform...
Tate
Hélio Oiticica and the Tropicália Movement | TateShots
Discover the artist Hélio Oiticica – one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. The Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica challenged the traditional boundaries of art. He made the viewer an active participant in his work,...
World Science Festival
How Music Moves the Mind
From the moment it hits your ears, music takes a winding path through your brain. It snakes its way through your cortex and sets off a cascade of feelings, memories, and even movement. Cognitive neuroscientist Petr Janata has been...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar - Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap
Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar was born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, California. He received his BA in History from Morehouse College in Atlanta. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in U.S. History with a minor in African studies from...
National Theatre
'Bacchai' (2002): Masks and Movement
This film was created for our online exhibit on Greek theatre productions at the National Theatre: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/greek-drama-at-the-national-theatre/gQY_KfFn In this film, Professor Edith Hall explores...
Curated Video
Meaning in Music: Hip-Hop: Sneak Peek 👀 New Series | Smithsonian Channel +@MTV News
Music has long been a companion movement to people’s desire for change–with hip-hop being a prime example. Since its emergence in the late 1970s, it’s offered a soundtrack of struggle and proven an ally of aspiration. By not shying away...
The Art Assignment
The Case For Andy Warhol | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
You’ve heard his name. You’ve seen the Campbell’s Soup cans. You might know something about The Factory. But perhaps you’ve wondered why Andy Warhol gets so much attention or why his work even matters. What’s the deal with Warhol, and is...
TED Talks
Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra: El Sistema's top youth orchestra
The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema. Led here by Gustavo Dudamel, they play Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo Márquez'...
Royal Opera House
Damian Lewis on the power of the Prometheus myth (Deloitte Ignite 2014)
Damian Lewis on the power of the Prometheus myth and why he's excited for Deloitte Ignite. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk Join us for a month of Myth with the award-winning Deloitte Ignite, the annual contemporary arts festival...
Curated Video
What Hip Hop Tells Us About the U.S. and the World Now with Jeff Chang
"Over forty years after its birth, hip-hop remains a vital pop cultural movement. What can it tell us about the changing nature of the city, about race, gender, and identity, and about the social and economic problems of our times? Why...
Royal Opera House
Animation: the ancient myth of Leda and the Swan
Animation illustrating the ancient myth of Leda and the Swan, created for Deloitte Ignite 2014. http://www.roh.org.uk/about/deloitte-ignite The animation was created by Ellie Pritchard, Alice Stewart and Luisa Crosbie, students on the...
Royal Opera House
Animation: The ancient myth of Prometheus
An animation illustrating the ancient myth of Prometheus, created for Deloitte Ignite 2014. http://www.roh.org.uk/about/deloitte-ignite The animation was created by Mike Harvey and Sophie Standing, students on the Illustration and...
Weatherthings
Clouds, Rain and the Water Cycle
A rainy day spent inside helps a little boy learn about clouds and the water cycle from his mother. He sees the value of rain to plants, animals, people and the planet, even when the rain is not convenient for him. As the rain...
Curated Video
Describing the Distribution of Data: Analyzing the Shape of a Graph
In this video, students learn how to describe the distribution of data by analyzing the shape of a graph. They are taught about different shapes, such as bell curves, skewed graphs, clusters, peaks, and uniform distributions.
Curated Video
Marian Anderson: The Opera Singer Who Challenged Segregation
When Black singer Marian Anderson was barred from performing in Washington by the Daughters of the Revolution – her Lincoln Memorial performance made her an icon of the Civil Rights Movement.