Tag Archives: Ai Weiwei
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The State of the Art is Elsewhere: “Print/Out” at The Museum of Modern Art
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The State of the Art is Elsewhere: “Print/Out” at The Museum of Modern Art
Sarah Kirk Hanley reviews a new MoMA exhibition surveying the state of the contemporary print medium.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson
Over the past few weeks I’ve thoroughly enjoyed talking and e-mailing with two more of our current Art21 Educators, Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson. Jethro teaches Studio Art, 3D Design, Ceramics and other art courses at Maple Mountain High School in Utah while Jack teaches 2D Art and Art History at Chapel High School in North Carolina. Both look for ways to better engage their classes on a consistent basis and avoid “window dressing” projects that may look pretty but aren’t necessarily about very much…
Teaching with Contemporary Art
So, Three Thousand Art Educators Walk Into a Room….
Teaching with Contemporary Art
So, Three Thousand Art Educators Walk Into a Room….
From March 1st through March 4th the National Art Education Association holds their annual conference right here in New York City. Over 3,000 art educators from all levels have the opportunity to attend hundreds upon hundreds of workshops offered by colleagues from close to everywhere across the country.
Here at Art21, we have a few very special things planned….
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Transformation and Distortion
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Transformation and Distortion
Two of my classes begin a new unit where students are asked to work with the themes of distortion and transformation. Especially for teens, the idea of transformation- of the self, objects, symbols, even the meaning of words- is an attractive proposal. Add the multiple implications associated with distortion and it becomes the kind of field day you really want in a classroom.
