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Yearly Archives: 2010
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Thinking Like an Artist, Part 1
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Thinking Like an Artist, Part 1
This Thursday and Friday the Guggenheim Museum hosts Thinking Like an Artist: Creativity and Problem Solving in the Classroom. Educators will arrive by plane, train, automobile, even on foot, to …
Open Enrollment
Meandering art school, advocating outsiderness
Open Enrollment
Meandering art school, advocating outsiderness
Beginning with the writings of Michel de Certeau, over the past several months, I’ve thought a lot about the idea of meandering an institutional presence. That thinking bled into my …
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Loul Samater
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Loul Samater
Loul Samater is a Somali artist born and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, but currently based in Beaufort, South Carolina. She came to the U.S. in 1994 to complete the …
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Life After Death: An Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Life After Death: An Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes
The Italian “artist-provocateurs” Eva and Franco Mattes, aka 0100101110101101.org, are no strangers to this site. Our very first guest bloggers back in 2008, when they blogged about their Influencers festival …
Looking at Los Angeles
Breaking the Rules: MOCA Reaches Out to a Younger Audience
Looking at Los Angeles
Breaking the Rules: MOCA Reaches Out to a Younger Audience
Last month, MOCA published a new book dedicated to engaging children with its permanent collection. Aimed at children age 8-12, Breaking the Rules: What is Contemporary Art? exploring works by …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Can a successful work of art make you angry?
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Can a successful work of art make you angry?
Can a successful work of art make you angry, uncomfortable, or confused? This is one of the many questions we engage in as art educators and also one of the …
Open Enrollment
Concentrating on the Social in Portland
Open Enrollment
Concentrating on the Social in Portland
As the distinctions between artist, curator, writer and administrator are increasingly less definite, developments in how individuals should be educated follow these new hybrid categories of working. Recently, an intriguing …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Alison Ruttan’s “The Four Year War at Gombe”
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Alison Ruttan’s “The Four Year War at Gombe”
I’ve been reading with great interest some of the posts and friendly debates that have taken place recently on this site concerning the relationship between art and science. As I …
Gastro-Vision
Gastro-Vision: Whack! Contemporary Artists and Piñatas
Gastro-Vision
Gastro-Vision: Whack! Contemporary Artists and Piñatas
The much-talked-about Andy Warhol piñata, created by Jennifer Rubell for last month’s Brooklyn Ball, offered a witty art spin on an old party tradition. Instead of the usual candy contents, …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
What Makes Us (More) Human: The Vast Middle Ground Between Art and Science
Teaching with Contemporary Art
What Makes Us (More) Human: The Vast Middle Ground Between Art and Science
Many of you may remember quite a bit of public sparring that occurred between John Hammond and myself over the “What Makes Us Human” post back in September. Since then, …
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
Caring for What’s Living: a Discussion with Norah Fletchall
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
Caring for What’s Living: a Discussion with Norah Fletchall
Indianapolis Museum of Art conservator Richard McCoy talks with Indianapolis Zoo conservator Norah Fletchall about ways in which their professional lives intersect.
Letter from London
Letter from London: Barnstormer
Letter from London
Letter from London: Barnstormer
“Time-based art” is a great new contemporary art phrase to drop into conversations, with the redoubtable Orwellian tautology of “movement-based dancing” or “sound-based music.” It’s one of those phrases that …
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
London Calling, Going Tapeless & Meta Madness
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
London Calling, Going Tapeless & Meta Madness
Art21’s Season 6, at least as far as video production is concerned, is getting a little more real everyday. We’re deep in the throes of pre-producing our first honest-to-god shoot …
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