Tag Archives: Education

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Power(ful) Painting

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 18, 2009

In a recent unit with an introductory Studio Art class, my students created paintings that redefined power visually in a variety of ways. After looking at the work of Season …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making Artistic Noise Part 2: Contemporary Activist Art

by Lauren Adelman | Mar 13, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making Artistic Noise Part 2: Contemporary Activist Art

by Lauren Adelman | Mar 13, 2009

To continue from my first post, at Artistic Noise, we teach a curriculum that focuses on issues relevant to the lives of incarcerated and system-involved youth and uses art to …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making Artistic Noise Part 1: Art and Social Activism with Incarcerated Youth

by Lauren Adelman | Mar 12, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Making Artistic Noise Part 1: Art and Social Activism with Incarcerated Youth

by Lauren Adelman | Mar 12, 2009

noise [noiz] noun – a loud, surprising, irritating, or unwanted sound In 2001, I was approached by Fran Sherman of the Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project to help develop an arts …

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Election 2008: Seizing the moment in the classroom

by Dillon Paul | Mar 12, 2009

Election 2008: Seizing the moment in the classroom

by Dillon Paul | Mar 12, 2009

One of the things I love most about teaching 12th grade is the sense that I am meeting students on the border between their child and adult selves. They are …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Notes on a workshop (Part 1)

by Audrey Chan | Mar 11, 2009

I’m also teaching a course at the École Régionale des Beaux-arts de Nantes called, “Workshop: I am curious… (The Artist as Ethnographer).” Each Friday morning, my students and I have …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Save Us from Ourselves (Making a Mess)

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 11, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Save Us from Ourselves (Making a Mess)

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 11, 2009

I’m not very religious, but just the other day I was “given” a prayer that somehow spoke volumes about life, the life of teaching, and the life of artist-educators. Eleanor …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On representations of the artist at work (Part 2)

by Audrey Chan | Mar 6, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On representations of the artist at work (Part 2)

by Audrey Chan | Mar 6, 2009

Following up our discussion about documentation of the creative process in the cases of Mark Bradford and Jackson Pollock, my students and I talked about what we might include in …

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A better “we” through art? AREA Chicago’s Daniel Tucker on art and community

by Daniel Tucker | Mar 6, 2009

A better “we” through art? AREA Chicago’s Daniel Tucker on art and community

by Daniel Tucker | Mar 6, 2009

This post is written as a dispatch from California, where I was at the College Art Association conference and speaking in classes at CalArts, SFAI, and the CCA Social Practices …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On representations of the artist at work

by Audrey Chan | Mar 5, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On representations of the artist at work

by Audrey Chan | Mar 5, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX9SVg6L5vA] In the Art:21 Season 4 episode Paradox, artist Mark Bradford cites the legacy of Abstract Expressionism as an influence on his process-oriented paintings and collages. On a formal level, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Working Without Warhol

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 4, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Working Without Warhol

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 4, 2009

Last month, five different Art21 artists were featured in the first five pages of Scholastic Art magazine, an issue that celebrated contemporary women artists including Laylah Ali (featured on the …

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Authenticity 2.0

by Audrey Chan | Mar 3, 2009

Flash Points

Authenticity 2.0

by Audrey Chan | Mar 3, 2009

At the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes (Nantes School of Art), I am teaching a course called “Contemporary Art in the United States, 2000-Today.” The premise of the course is …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What Light?

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 25, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What Light?

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 25, 2009

On Monday I had the pleasure of attending the last edition of this season’s Art21’s Salon Series with Robert Ryman and Urs Raussmüller. Going into the evening, I kept thinking …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Hope and Change, Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 18, 2009

Flash Points

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Hope and Change, Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 18, 2009

On February 13th I received this message, as many of you did, from Americans for the Arts: Just moments ago, the U.S. House of Representatives approved their final version of …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

It Takes Two…. or Two Hundred

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 11, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

It Takes Two…. or Two Hundred

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 11, 2009

Recently I saw the Mark Dion segment from Season 4 for the sixth or seventh time. I love the Dion segment. I was sharing the video with teachers in a …

Not So Weird Science

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 6, 2009

Not So Weird Science

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Feb 6, 2009

A new weekly series of discussions and salons dedicated to collaborations of art and science began last month at the Chicago Cultural Center. ARS SCIENTIA puts artists in the same …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What’s an Art Contest?

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 4, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What’s an Art Contest?

by Joe Fusaro | Feb 4, 2009

Contests. Art Shows. Expos. Special Exhibits. Art Festivals. It’s crazy. While they are called by different names, art educators often have a similar reaction: Someone has a big idea and …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

“I do that.”

by Nate Morgan | Jan 28, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

“I do that.”

by Nate Morgan | Jan 28, 2009

I tend to be very impressed with how the Museum of Modern Art presents artwork to elementary aged students. The museum educator picks images based on a theme, they lead …

Art21 Professional Development at MoMA

by Marc Mayer | Jan 21, 2009

Art21 Professional Development at MoMA

by Marc Mayer | Jan 21, 2009

On Saturday, January 24 Art21 is partnering with the Museum of Modern Art to offer a full day professional development workshops titled Teaching with Objects and Film: Focus on Contemporary …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Rolling Up Our Sleeves

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 21, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Rolling Up Our Sleeves

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 21, 2009

Since this column gets posted on Wednesdays (and believe me, I didn’t arrange it this way), it’s been my pleasure to contribute posts directly after the November 4th election (see …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Interview with Eleanor Antin Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 15, 2009

Flash Points

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Interview with Eleanor Antin Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 15, 2009

Following is the second part of my conversation with Eleanor Antin, continued from Part 1 yesterday… JF: One thing that has been important in my own work with students and …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Myths, metaphors, and more: Interview with Eleanor Antin, Part 1

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 14, 2009

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Myths, metaphors, and more: Interview with Eleanor Antin, Part 1

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 14, 2009

Last month I had the good fortune to speak with Eleanor Antin (Season 2) in a series of lively and engaging emails that included her thoughts on preparing for exhibitions, …

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Teaching with controversial subject matter

by Marc Mayer | Jan 12, 2009

Flash Points

Teaching with controversial subject matter

by Marc Mayer | Jan 12, 2009

On the topic of art and controversy, I thought I’d share a teaching-related story of my own. Previously to working at Art21, I was an associate educator at the New …

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Using contemporary art to help open conversations

by Carolyn Sutton | Jan 8, 2009

Flash Points

Using contemporary art to help open conversations

by Carolyn Sutton | Jan 8, 2009

What’s the place of contemporary art in schools? What’s the place of “controversial” contemporary art in schools? And what’s our responsibility as teachers? The very best contemporary art speaks a …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

In-Progress

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 7, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

In-Progress

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 7, 2009

Teaching in the arts requires, at one ugly point or another, to have veiled conversations called critiques. They are hideous things that most students from middle school through graduate school …

24-Hour Marathon at the Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 6, 2009

24-Hour Marathon at the Guggenheim

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jan 6, 2009

Tonight, starting at 6pm, the Guggenheim hosts a 24-hour durational event concentrating on the concept of time, including its “myriad philosophical, psychological, biological, sociological, poetic, aesthetic, and economic manifestations… geared …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

All I Want For Christmas

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 24, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

All I Want For Christmas

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 24, 2008

All I want for Christmas is to catch up. The break between Christmas and the New Year provides teachers a time for catching up with family and friends, but …

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Letter from London

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Extended Play

Best of the Art21 Blog, 2008 edition

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 23, 2008

Flash Points

Letter from London

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 Extended Play

Best of the Art21 Blog, 2008 edition

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 23, 2008

With our blog’s redesign in February, we hoped to see the site take off this year with a slew of new features. Following are some of our favorites, all of …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Controversial Material: “Bodies”

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 17, 2008

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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Controversial Material: “Bodies”

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 17, 2008

Illustration by Natasha Russel, Senior, Nyack High School Just a few weeks ago, a colleague and I had the opportunity to take three Advanced Placement Studio Art classes to see …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Right Questions

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 10, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Right Questions

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 10, 2008

I was reminded today that good teaching involves taking more time to create high quality questions for our students to explore than it does planning the necessary steps to carry …

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Self-consciousness around controversial issues

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 4, 2008

Flash Points

Self-consciousness around controversial issues

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 4, 2008

Jenny Holzer, WHITE, 2006. Nichia white LED’s mounted on PCB with aluminum housing, 192 1/4 x 216 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches. Installation view: Cheim & Read, New York. © …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shaping Paintings

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 3, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shaping Paintings

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 3, 2008

In the next few days, two high school classes I’m working with will be creating paintings inspired by the multiple meanings and interpretations of POWER. Three Art21 artists – Nancy …

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Introducing Flash Points: Controversy & Contemporary Art

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 1, 2008

Flash Points

Introducing Flash Points: Controversy & Contemporary Art

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 1, 2008

FLASH POINTS is a monthly conversational series that focuses on issues relevant to the state of the art world at large, contemporary art education, and issues artists face today. You …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Process and Power

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 26, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Process and Power

by Joe Fusaro | Nov 26, 2008

Contemporary art will often ask the viewer to consider process and the steps taken to create a work of art. Without consideration of process, some art is even difficult to …

SFMOMA’s Explore Modern Art

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Nov 20, 2008

SFMOMA’s Explore Modern Art

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Nov 20, 2008

SFMOMA recently launched their redesigned website with the initiative Explore Modern Art, an online learning environment and interactive space that integrates the museum’s collections information, calendar of public programs and …