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Teaching with Contemporary Art
Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Educator-in-Residence Todd Elkin explains the origins of his experimental curriculum “Assessment as Dialogue,” which upends the traditional power dynamics in a classroom and asks students and teachers to collaborate on the most effective methods of learning.
New Kids on the Block
Highway to the Sun: Truth and Fiction in Maureen Drennan’s Photography
New Kids on the Block
Highway to the Sun: Truth and Fiction in Maureen Drennan’s Photography
Although documentary in nature, Maureen Drennan’s photographs take artistic license in order to convey the essence of specific people and places.
Deep Focus: Inside Art21 Films
Six Tips for Shooting Underwater Video
Deep Focus: Inside Art21 Films
Six Tips for Shooting Underwater Video
Art21’s Director of Production offers helpful tips for shooting video underwater after filming Caroline Woolard’s sculptures on a Rockaway beach for a “New York Close Up” film.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Inside, Outside, Online: Dissecting social media, escape and identity
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Inside, Outside, Online: Dissecting social media, escape and identity
Educator-in-Residence Stacey Abramson relates the experience of art-making to that of constructing an identity online—both are a means of self-presentation and escape.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Rust, Decay and Decomposition: Four Artists to Teach With
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Rust, Decay and Decomposition: Four Artists to Teach With
Art21 Senior Education Advisor Joe Fusaro shares four artists who use rust and decay to tell stories, illuminate histories, and prompt us to think about beauty in new ways.