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Teaching with Contemporary Art

But Wait, There’s More

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 7, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

But Wait, There’s More

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 7, 2011

Feeling a little under the weather this week, so as a pick-me-up I decided to write about some of the phenomenal stuff happening at Art21. Kind of like an education …

Hellos and Goodbyes….

by Claudine Isé | Sep 8, 2011

Hellos and Goodbyes….

by Claudine Isé | Sep 8, 2011

For me, September has always been the month I most associate with new beginnings. September is when schools traditionally launch their new year, it’s when museums and galleries open their …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 New York Close Up

Teaching with New York Close Up: Lucas Blalock’s 99¢ Store Still Lifes

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 24, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 New York Close Up

Teaching with New York Close Up: Lucas Blalock’s 99¢ Store Still Lifes

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 24, 2011

Lucas Blalock’s only plan is to work… preferably in the evenings. He deals with a set of parameters that his tools provide and brings things he purchases at local discount …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Getting Around

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 17, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Getting Around

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 17, 2011

Contemporary art education often asks teachers to be in many places and stages at once. This is just part of the deal if you’re going to teach with and about …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Three Ways of Seeing

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 10, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Three Ways of Seeing

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 10, 2011

Nancy Grossman, “T.Y.V.L.”, 1970 Image: PS1.org On a recent trip to PS1, I had the unique opportunity to compare a few different approaches to visiting (and hopefully, seeing) exhibitions. Back …
Sherman and MAC Cosmetics

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 8, 2011

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 8, 2011

In this week’s roundup get an early fall preview with Cindy Sherman collaborating with MAC, Hiroshi Sugimoto conveying the Buddha, several artists’ works circa 1986, several artists in a new home …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Fruits of Summer

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 3, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Fruits of Summer

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 3, 2011

Summer offers fantastic opportunities for educators of all kinds to catch interesting group shows and special exhibitions that are happening before we start up the engines again in the fall. …

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Outside Alias

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 27, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Outside Alias

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 27, 2011

On July 13th, after a full week of the Art21 Educators summer institute, I took the opportunity to interview teachers about their experiences attending workshops, meeting Art21 artists, and beginning …

Inspired Reading

Introducing Inspired Reading and Jens Hoffmann’s Istanbul Biennial Reading List

by Kelly Huang | Jul 25, 2011

Inspired Reading

Introducing Inspired Reading and Jens Hoffmann’s Istanbul Biennial Reading List

by Kelly Huang | Jul 25, 2011

Each month, Inspired Reading features an interview with an artist or cultural producer about their current project(s), focusing on what texts have informed them along the way. Each column includes a …

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Looking Back on an Inspiring Art21 Educators Institute

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 20, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Looking Back on an Inspiring Art21 Educators Institute

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 20, 2011

From July 6th through the 13th Art21 hosted our third annual Art21 Educators summer institute, which kicks off a year-long professional development initiative between the organization and 16 teachers from …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Educators in Full Swing

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 13, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Educators in Full Swing

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 13, 2011

Art21 Educators has been in full swing over the past week with professional development workshops, curriculum planning, artist talks, studio visits, special events, museum programs and lots of soul-searching. Tune …

The Lexicon of Alisha Kerlin

by Matthew Newton | Jun 30, 2011

The Lexicon of Alisha Kerlin

by Matthew Newton | Jun 30, 2011

I’ve held my own definition of literacy for some time now: that becoming increasingly literate is essentially seeing the world with increasing nuance.  Greater literacy means grasping the many shades …

VeniceЯUs

by Alex Freedman | Jun 9, 2011

VeniceЯUs

by Alex Freedman | Jun 9, 2011

Walking into the Venice Biennale is like traversing into an art-induced headlock set in a labyrinthian wonderland. Slather on enough Vaperetto excursions and optical trickery, and you’ve got a fabricated …
Art in the Streets

Art in the Streets: Untamed Expression and the Clash of Cultures

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 29, 2011

Art in the Streets: Untamed Expression and the Clash of Cultures

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 29, 2011

While in California, I made a pit stop to see Art in the Streets at MOCA in Los Angeles.  Art in the Streets is the first major historical exhibition of …

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Teaching with Rochelle Feinstein

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 20, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Rochelle Feinstein

by Joe Fusaro | Apr 20, 2011

This week’s post should really be titled “Rochelle Feinstein Teaching Me” but I’m trying to be consistent… Prior to May 1st, please treat yourself and check out The Estate of …

Imagine That: Interview with Robert Whitman on “Passport,” April 16-17

by Marissa Perel | Apr 16, 2011

Imagine That: Interview with Robert Whitman on “Passport,” April 16-17

by Marissa Perel | Apr 16, 2011

 Note: The Saturday, April 16 performance of Robert Whitman, Passport, has been cancelled. The Sunday, April 17, 2011, performance will take place as scheduled at 8pm. Robert Whitman is …

Art21 Extended Play

Cindy Sherman: Characters

by Wesley Miller | Apr 1, 2011

Art21 Extended Play

Cindy Sherman: Characters

by Wesley Miller | Apr 1, 2011

SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE Episode #139: Cindy Sherman reveals how dressing up in character began as a kind of performance and evolved into her …

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Wrapping Up Art21 at NAEA 2011

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 30, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wrapping Up Art21 at NAEA 2011

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 30, 2011

It was suggested that perhaps the TWCA column could provide a a wrap-up of the National Art Education Association’s annual conference in pictures this year, and while I would like …

Sampling the Document or Documenting the Sample: An Interview with Banu Cennetoglu

by Alex Freedman | Mar 11, 2011

Sampling the Document or Documenting the Sample: An Interview with Banu Cennetoglu

by Alex Freedman | Mar 11, 2011

Banu Cennetoglu’s website has read “meşgul/busy” since the summer. And even after four months of emails, having never meet in person, Banu Cennetgolu is still a source of fascinating mystery …

A willing participant at EMPAC’s “Uncertain Spectator”

by Damien James | Feb 11, 2011

A willing participant at EMPAC’s “Uncertain Spectator”

by Damien James | Feb 11, 2011

No matter how many times I fly, there are several minutes while tons of metal lift dozens or hundreds of bodies into the air that I can’t help but think …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Follow-Up (and, To Sir Ken With Love)

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 9, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Follow-Up (and, To Sir Ken With Love)

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 9, 2011

Two comments from the recent When One Day is Not Enough post inspired me to write a little bit more. Plus, I want to pass along a superb video link …

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Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 2, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 2, 2011

It seems like a good time for Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith. Artists whose work incorporate storytelling, pointed statements and using the female body to do so, Nancy Spero and …

John Baldessari’s “Your Name in Lights”

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 7, 2011

John Baldessari’s “Your Name in Lights”

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 7, 2011

You.  Got to have flash and flare or your name in lights, right?! Well, John Baldessari aims to make it happen.  He is looking for people who want their name …

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Out of Line

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 5, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Out of Line

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 5, 2011

If you get the opportunity in the next month, take some time to see On Line: Drawing Through the 20th Century at the Museum of Modern Art. And if you …

Marissa Perel’s Top 10 of 2010

by Marissa Perel | Dec 30, 2010

Marissa Perel’s Top 10 of 2010

by Marissa Perel | Dec 30, 2010

1. Felix Gonzalez-Torres in Deadline, exhibition at the Musee d’ Art Moderne, Paris. October 16, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Curator Odile Burluraux said of the exhibition, “Deadline has chosen …

Ali Fitzgerald’s Top 9 European Gender-Journeys of 2010

by Ali Fitzgerald | Dec 30, 2010

Ali Fitzgerald’s Top 9 European Gender-Journeys of 2010

by Ali Fitzgerald | Dec 30, 2010

After attempting a general top 10 list of shows, I felt a mild distaste for my own artistic leanings, which, while not limited to investigations of gender and queerness, are …

Baseera Khan’s Noted in 2010

by Baseera Khan | Dec 29, 2010

Baseera Khan’s Noted in 2010

by Baseera Khan | Dec 29, 2010

The most notable word for 2010 is leak. Aside from that, here is my list: 1. Experimental Film: Phil Solomon’ s American Falls, 55 min., commissioned by the Corcoran Gallery …

Liz K. Sheehan’s Top 10 of 2010

by Liz Sheehan | Dec 27, 2010

Liz K. Sheehan’s Top 10 of 2010

by Liz Sheehan | Dec 27, 2010

Ten memorable art-related moments of 2010, in no particular order: 10. Best animal weirdness: William Pope.L, Small Cup, 2008, Video, 12:52 minutes, included in the 2010 DeCordova Biennial Filmed in …

A Conversation with RxArt President and Founder, Diane Brown

by Jonathan Munar | Nov 11, 2010

A Conversation with RxArt President and Founder, Diane Brown

by Jonathan Munar | Nov 11, 2010

Rob Pruitt, Looking, Longing, 2008. Installation view: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Photo courtesy of RxArt. One of the experiences that I miss the most about working in …

Interview with Seth Wulsin

by Daniel Quiles | Nov 11, 2010

Interview with Seth Wulsin

by Daniel Quiles | Nov 11, 2010

This is the second of three posts by Daniel Quiles that are loosely based around contemporary art from/in Latin America. — Ed. Born in 1981 in Spring Valley, New York, …

Navel-Gazing: Jenni Rope & the Napa Enterprise

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 5, 2010

Navel-Gazing: Jenni Rope & the Napa Enterprise

by Kelly Shindler | Oct 5, 2010

“I enjoy working with drawing, painting and collage. My studio is full of little pieces of drawings, colour papers and different colour tapes. I find a piece of paper on …

Art21’s New Guest Editor

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 9, 2010

Art21’s New Guest Editor

by Hrag Vartanian | Aug 9, 2010

Starting today, and running through to August 25, I will be filling in for Kelly Shindler as guest editor of the Art21 blog. Kelly, who has taken a much needed …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Wheels Are Rolling

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 21, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Wheels Are Rolling

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 21, 2010

From July 7th through July 14th Art21 hosted our second annual summer institute, Art21 Educators. Art21 Educators is an intensive, year-long professional development initiative designed to cultivate and support K-12 …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dear Oliver

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 14, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dear Oliver

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 14, 2010

You know what I like about Oliver Herring? Pretty much everything. Oliver was generous enough to join us for the 2nd year in a row to jump-start the Art21 Educators …

Ze Germans

by Ajay Hothi | Jun 28, 2010

Ze Germans

by Ajay Hothi | Jun 28, 2010

So there we have it.  I suppose, at least, it means that we will all have the large part of our summer back.  The glee that I took from the …
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Yinka Shonibare MBE: “Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 18, 2010

Art21 Extended Play

Yinka Shonibare MBE: “Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle”

by Wesley Miller | Jun 18, 2010

SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE: RSS | ITUNES | YOUTUBE | ARTBABBLE SUPPORT ART21: It seems like only yesterday that the 100 x 100 Exclusive campaign kicked off! Now with 32 days …