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Art21 Extended Play
Special report: Mel Chin’s “SAFEHOUSE”
Art21 Extended Play
Special report: Mel Chin’s “SAFEHOUSE”
Following is an exclusive update from Mel Chin‘s FUNDRED/PAYDIRT team on their latest New Orleans-based project, SAFEHOUSE. Written by Mary Rubin and Amanda Wiles, with photos by FUNDRED, Elliot Coon, …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Thinking Through Possibilities
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Thinking Through Possibilities
Sketchbooks can serve as places to work out big ideas, as we have seen over the past two Teaching With Contemporary Art columns where Sue Chenoweth’s students used sketchbook ideas …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Mining Ideas Part 3: From Sketchbook to Installation
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Mining Ideas Part 3: From Sketchbook to Installation
After our last two columns focusing on using sketchbooks in the classroom, teachers have been submitting absolutely BEAUTIFUL work inspired by sketching, planning and ideas for teaching about contemporary art. …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Mining Ideas Part 2: Using Sketchbooks to Help Teach About Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Mining Ideas Part 2: Using Sketchbooks to Help Teach About Contemporary Art
Last week’s Teaching With Contemporary Art column, Mining Ideas, had some very interesting thoughts and perspectives submitted by Jennifer, Eric, and Sue. I want to continue the dialogue this week …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Questions for Artist-Educators
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Questions for Artist-Educators
Last week’s column reflected on the different ways to pair and juxtapose Art21 photographers and/or artists that use photography as a tool in their work. Throughout the conversations that inspired …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles
Two weeks ago, from August 11-15, I had the pleasure of spending a week working with a number of outstanding art teachers at the MoCA, Los Angeles summer institute, Contemporary …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Reality or Fiction at the Hirshhorn?
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Reality or Fiction at the Hirshhorn?
Another exhibition of contemporary art to see this summer in Washington D.C. is The Cinema Effect Part II: Realisms through September 7, 2008 at the Hirshhorn. A two-part exhibition, the …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Positively Puryear
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Positively Puryear
There is no substitute for seeing Martin Puryear’s sculptures firsthand. Martin Puryear at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., spanning the museum’s two buildings, offers such an opportunity …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Starting Friday: Guest TWCA Writer Julie Thomson
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Starting Friday: Guest TWCA Writer Julie Thomson
Starting tomorrow and for the next two weeks, Julie Thomson will be guest writing for the Teaching With Contemporary Art column. Julie is the Associate Curator of Education at the …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches, Part 2
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches, Part 2
Following up on last week’s column, I was thinking about ways to slow down during the summer months and properly recharge for the upcoming school year. I also got to …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches
While vacationing locally this summer (since that’s all anyone has gas money for) and taking the necessary steps to slow down in order to feed your imagination and even your …
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