Tag Archives: Mike Kelley
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | The MOCA Debacle: What Does ‘Visually Stimulating’ Even Mean?
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | The MOCA Debacle: What Does ‘Visually Stimulating’ Even Mean?
Catherine Wagley on Paul Schimmel’s controversial departure from the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles.
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…
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | Mike Kelley’s Elegance
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | Mike Kelley’s Elegance
Mike Kelley gained renown for his sprawling, mixed-media installations, but Catherine Wagley argues that Kelley’s oeuvre should also be remembered for its elegance.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Working with Memory
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Working with Memory
Working with memory presents challenges, like many themes and ideas we choose to teach with, that are terribly difficult to get rolling without an organized, broad and juicy introduction. This week’s column explores how looking back can help with planning forward for better introductions to thematic units.
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment: From My Institution to Yours
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment: From My Institution to Yours
In the spring of every year, the Master of Public Art Studies: Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere program at the University of Southern California, one of two graduate programs …
Looking at Los Angeles
Burn, Baby, Burn: Furries Join Baby Ikki on a Voyage of Growth and Discovery
Looking at Los Angeles
Burn, Baby, Burn: Furries Join Baby Ikki on a Voyage of Growth and Discovery
Last month, I opened my email to find a “Call For Furrie Interns.” The call came from LA artist Marnie Weber and was forwarded to me by a mutual friend …
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