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Teaching with Contemporary Art
Agency in the Classroom: Who Makes the Decisions?
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Agency in the Classroom: Who Makes the Decisions?
“One of my big teaching objectives is to give as much control over decisions to my students as I can, ” says Art21 Educator Alisa Rodny of her approach in the classroom. In this article, Rodny shares anecdotes of two students who drew inspiration from their recent immigration from Cape Verde, using mixed media and mural art techniques in their creative expression.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Making Important Choices
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Making Important Choices
Educator Joe Fusaro folds Season 9 of Art in the Twenty-First Century into this year’s curriculum. Using Creative Growth Art Center, Olafur Elliason and Robin Rhode as examples, Fusaro cites how these artists and organizations force students to think critically about how the arts can demystify stereotypes and contribute to social change. Our newest feature of “Teaching with Contemporary Art.”
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching as a Collaborator
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching as a Collaborator
Art21 Educator, Alisa Rodny, shares an assignment she developed where students ‘partner’ with an artist from the Art21 archive and collaborate on a piece using their style as model. A process that results in Rodny learning as much about her students as they are from the artists!
Letter from the Editor
How to Choose
Letter from the Editor
How to Choose
Art 21 Executive Director, Tina Kukielski introduces the Fall 2018 Issue, “Choice” and the release of Art21’s newest publication, “Being an Artist,” which features previously unpublished interviews across the three video series, and 18-year tenure in letting artists share their experience and process in their own words.
This Week in Art
Baltimore Children Get Silk-Screening Lesson from Mark Bradford, Mary Mattingly Takes Over BRIC & More
This Week in Art
Baltimore Children Get Silk-Screening Lesson from Mark Bradford, Mary Mattingly Takes Over BRIC & More
A look at this this week’s art news, including Mark Bradford’s new community-centered project in Baltimore.
This Week in Art
Martin Puryear to Represent the U.S. in Venice, Cuban Artists Speak Out & Doris Salcedo’s “Counter-Monument”
This Week in Art
Martin Puryear to Represent the U.S. in Venice, Cuban Artists Speak Out & Doris Salcedo’s “Counter-Monument”
A look at this week’s art news, including the recent announcement of Martin Puryear as the artist selected to represent the United States in the upcoming 2019 Venice Biennale.
Strategies & Resources
Finding Room in the Classroom for Every Voice
Strategies & Resources
Finding Room in the Classroom for Every Voice
Educator-in-Residence Jeannine Bardo introduces lessons from her third-grade unit on “Home,” in which students’ research is centered on facets of their community: themselves, their family, and their friends.
This Week in Art
Ai Weiwei’s Studio Demolished by Chinese Authorities, El Anatsui to Drape the Carnegie Museum, & More
This Week in Art
Ai Weiwei’s Studio Demolished by Chinese Authorities, El Anatsui to Drape the Carnegie Museum, & More
A look at this week’s art news, including Ai Weiwei’s studio being demolished by Chinese authorities and El Anatsui’s new installation for the 57th Carnegie International.
This Week in Art
Mel Chin Submerges Times Square, Collier Schorr Talks Fashion & More
This Week in Art
Mel Chin Submerges Times Square, Collier Schorr Talks Fashion & More
A look at this week’s art news, including Mel Chin’s new installation in Times Square, which uses augmented reality to submerge viewers underwater.
This Week in Art
Olafur Eliasson Partners with IKEA, Graciela Iturbide Works Acquired by MFA Boston, & Hayv Kahraman on Immigration
This Week in Art
Olafur Eliasson Partners with IKEA, Graciela Iturbide Works Acquired by MFA Boston, & Hayv Kahraman on Immigration
A look at this week’s art news, including Olafur Eliasson’s new sustainability partnership with IKEA, the 2018 winners of the Young Architects Program, and thirteen artists responding to the subject of immigration through their work.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Rooted in the Home: Thoughts on Building Connections Between Students & Artists
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Rooted in the Home: Thoughts on Building Connections Between Students & Artists
Educator-in-Residence Jocelyn Salaz offers insight into how incorporating familiar aesthetics can help students identify with artists.
This Week in Art
Havana’s #00Bienal, Contemporary Artists on Climate Change, & Tania Bruguera’s Artivism
This Week in Art
Havana’s #00Bienal, Contemporary Artists on Climate Change, & Tania Bruguera’s Artivism
A look at this week’s art news, including the successful closing of Cuba’s first independent art biennial, and a new exhibition at Storm King Art Center on climate change.
This Week in Art
Caroline Woolard & Pedro Reyes Work with Refugee Communities, New Jack Whitten Exhibition in Baltimore & More
This Week in Art
Caroline Woolard & Pedro Reyes Work with Refugee Communities, New Jack Whitten Exhibition in Baltimore & More
A look at this week’s art news, including Caroline Woolard and Pedro Reyes’ recent contributions to the Cincinnati nonprofit Wave Pool, whose Welcome Editions project invites artists to design a limited edition art object and work with local refugee and immigrant women to fabricate the pieces.
Letter from the Editor
Rights of Passage
Letter from the Editor
Rights of Passage
Art21 executive director and chief curator Tina Kukielski introduces the spring issue, reflecting on the importance of access to culture and the power of art and artists to expand access to healthcare, education, and more.