Archive

Monthly Archives: May 2019

Art21 Extended Play

New Video: Zanele Muholi Unplugs from the Studio

by Art21 | May 30, 2019

Art21 Extended Play

New Video: Zanele Muholi Unplugs from the Studio

by Art21 | May 30, 2019

Zanele Muholi explains the impetus behind creating what they call “mobile studios” to photograph members of the LGBTI community in South Africa. Freed from the limitations of a single studio space, Muholi travels to the homes and community spaces shared by the people depicted in their photographs.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Introducing the 2019-2020 Cohort of Art21 Educators

by Emma Nordin | May 30, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Introducing the 2019-2020 Cohort of Art21 Educators

by Emma Nordin | May 30, 2019

Art21 is proud to announce the twelve educators that will join the incoming ninth cohort of Art21 Educators.

Pictorial SpaceX

by Caitlin Cherry | May 30, 2019

Pictorial SpaceX

by Caitlin Cherry | May 30, 2019

Visual artist Caitlin Cherry connects her work to Donna Haraway’s 1985 essay, Cyborg Manifesto.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Harnessing the Penchant for Play

by Maureen Hergott | May 30, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Harnessing the Penchant for Play

by Maureen Hergott | May 30, 2019

Art21 Educator, Maureen Hergott, shares a lesson designed to inspire students to engage their imagination and construct artworks inspired by the human form.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Fueled by the Classroom: Being an Artist and Educator

by Joe Fusaro | May 30, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Fueled by the Classroom: Being an Artist and Educator

by Joe Fusaro | May 30, 2019

Art21’s senior education advisor, Joe Fusaro, shares how he makes meaningful connections between his art practice and being an arts educator.

A Tangible History of the American South

by Allison Janae Hamilton | May 9, 2019

A Tangible History of the American South

by Allison Janae Hamilton | May 9, 2019

Landscape has always been a foundational lens through which I interpret the world around me. As a product of the American South, I understood how landscape underscored my everyday experience and learned how natural materials hold a tangible history of lineage, labor, and land. My work reflects the role of landscape in the creation of Americana and how the natural environment is the central protagonist, not a backdrop, of everyday life.