Tag Archives: Rackstraw Downes
Art21 Extended Play
Exclusive | Rackstraw Downes: Some Painters
Art21 Extended Play
Exclusive | Rackstraw Downes: Some Painters
Watch Art21’s latest Exclusive video, where Rackstraw Downes describes why he views the work of some long-deceased painters to be relevant to his own contemporary practice.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Exploding a Theme
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Exploding a Theme
This week began with one of my advanced classes looking into the paintings of season 6 artist, Rackstraw Downes. As students start up a thematic series of their own work I wanted to see if we could “explode a theme” and “frame” Downes’ paintings in three different ways- as a topic, a theme, and as a question.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Test Driving the New Season 6 Educators’ Guide
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Test Driving the New Season 6 Educators’ Guide
The new Season 6 educators’ guide is now available as a quick and easy downloadable PDF. As we celebrate the broadcast of our new season, I thought this week might be a good time to highlight some of what the new guide has to offer educators interested in teaching with contemporary art.
