Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h We continue our stay at Mildred's Lane and talk to it's Director and Ambassador of Entanglement J. Morgan Puett about it's origins, it's goals and how her installation art practice influences her vision for the site.

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You've likely seen this glassy-eyed late 19th Century barmaid before, but what can we make of this painting today? Let's explore Edouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. You can go to https://wix.com/go/ArtAssignment to get started on your website!

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We accepted J. Morgan Puett's art assignment and gathered some friends together to host our own Scramble Scrabble Dinner.

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we gathered some friends and challenged ourselves to an art assignment marathon - how many assignments can we complete in a day?

Try an assignment and share your experience with #theartassignment!

Caption Contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORAwNMs1ie4
Fake Flyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk29r3SEDJ8
Constructed Landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfAtcLKFiGo
Blow Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKl36tuHwA
Copy a Copy a Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMvUmCYb8XM
News Photographer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APRRQ7z75x0
Body in Place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ7LVHLdYuE

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This week we meet with Maria Gaspar, an artist deeply invested in her community on the west side of Chicago. For her assignment, she asks you to engage with your community by adding yourself to the picture.

INSTRUCTIONS - Body in Place
1. Choose a location that is visible to you but seemingly invisible to others
2. Think about this location and what it represents
3. Use your body to create an intervention that creates a new story of that location
4. Take a photo + upload using #theartassignment
5. Fame and glory (Your work might be in a future episode)

Learn more about Maria's work: https://mariagaspar.com/

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Have you heard of Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentilschi? Find out why her popularity, and that of other artists, has risen dramatically since the 1970s. And vote for America's favorite novel here!: https://to.pbs.org/2Jes2X5.

Chart the frequency of mention of any artist, maker, genius, et al, through the Google Books Ngram Viewer: https://books.google.com/ngrams

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Are artists really more tortured than the rest of us? Let's consider this myth and the studies that assess whether there might be a link between creativity and mental illness. If you need help with mental and/or substance use disorders, contact SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) - Free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service: https://www.samhsa.gov/.

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Studies:
Karolinska Institutet, 2013: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23063328
Karolinska Institutet, 2011: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21653945
Buffalo State, 2017: https://www.sciencedirect.com/....science/article/pii/
Johns Hopkins University, 1990: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2258762
Centers for Disease Control, 2016: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volum....es/65/wr/mm6525a1.ht

Articles:
Kay Redfield Jamison’s “Manic- Depressive Illness and Creativity”: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.o....rg/a0e3/238fd584c4d1
“The Real Link Between Creativity and Mental Illness”: https://blogs.scientificameric....an.com/beautiful-min
Critique of Redfield Jamison findings: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/....wp-content/uploads/2
“The relationship between measures of creativity and schizotypy”: https://www.psychologytoday.co....m/files/attachments/

The latest research on creativity and the arts, June 2014: http://www.apa.org/monitor/201....4/06/arts-creativity

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In which we visit artist Lee Boroson in his summer studio in upstate New York, where he was hard at work on his exhibition at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, which opened this week! Boroson assigns us to create a desktop monument.

INSTRUCTIONS - Desktop Monument
1. Find an image online of a natural setting you have never visited
2. Use the image to create a desktop monument
3. Upload it using #theartassignment
4. Fame and Glory (your work might be featured in a future episode)

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In which we feature some of the best and most interesting responses to Robyn O'Neil's Art Assignment to draw a psychological landscape: http://youtu.be/qwOXumLJgGg.

Many thanks to all of you who have submitted responses, and we hope you continue to make psychological landscapes and share them with us. Extra special thanks to those of you whose responses we feature in this video:

Beatrice: http://lisolachenonce.tumblr.c....om/post/88255591434/

Linda and Dee: http://particlesofwords.com/20....14/04/26/art-assignm

Noncommittal Writing: http://forgetisawyou.tumblr.co....m/post/83922743158/a

Leo Quinn: http://web.stagram.com/p/70589....7416284688870_440765

Sylvia Chin: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152087341267012&set=o.436933256394748&type=1&theater

Andrew Orr: https://twitter.com/solthree/s....tatus/45947330804897

The Political (Sur)reality: http://summited.tumblr.com/pos....t/85085877361/art-as

Meg Gilbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_NQsJjipvg

http://anonymousprisonerofthel....abyrinth.tumblr.com/

Hannah Scharton: http://web.stagram.com/p/70831....5052051082987_331301

Ana: http://web.stagram.com/p/70584....1904991279319_536771

Things I Wish I had Done But Didn't Do: http://the-interrabang.tumblr.....com/post/84395812871

Saranna00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Fah8rRZno&list=PLrqNvF6-PBuOB9YWiT8qcXl6iEBS8vERC

Juliet: http://pluviomancy.tumblr.com/....post/84359160085/the

Kenton Visser: http://kentonblogs.tumblr.com/....post/85286714257/anh

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We’re at Mildred’s Lane, a 96-acre site in rural Pennsylvania founded by J. Morgan Puett. Mildred’s Lane is an experiment in living - it's a space where Morgan and her friends collaborate on projects, practice creative domestication, and pay closer attention to every aspect of daily life. Her assignment asks you to do the same by playing a game of Scramble Scrabble Dinner.

INSTRUCTIONS - SCRAMBLE SCRABBLE DINNER
1) Find a nice cloth and sharpie pens for writing.
2) Gather 2 - 6 people. Each player writes their name on the cloth and makes a list from the letters of their name of food items and ways of preparing food.
3) Play a scrabble game with each player taking turns playing a word from their list, rotating the cloth as you go.
4) Keep adding words until you have a combination of ingredients and ways of preparation and all agree a dish is formed. Avoid the expected and embrace oddity. Sketch the dishes as they emerge.
5) Gather your ingredients and make the meal. Prepare and present it artfully.
6) Document the process with photos, video, drawings, or however you like, and share them on your social media platform of choice with #theartassignment.



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Ai Weiwei has been called an iconoclast, a radical, a voice for the voiceless, and was once named the most powerful artist in the world. Who is Ai Weiwei? And why is he considered one of the most renowned artists of our time?


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This photograph of young farmers on their way to a dance was taken in Germany in 1914 by August Sander. Except they weren't farmers. And the dance they were on their way to was World War I. To learn more about Sun Basket, go to http://getSunbasket.com/Art

Guest host John Green delves into the real story behind this iconic photograph.

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We visit Assaf Evron in Chicago to consider how photography can help us see the familiar places we visit everyday differently.

INSTRUCTIONS - Blow Up
1. Go to a public place that you pass daily and take a photo, not too close and not too far
2. Download the photo to a computer and look at it for 3 minutes
3. Return to the location and take detail photos of things you noticed while looking at the original
4. Upload your photos and description with #theartassignment
5. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

Learn more about Assaf's work: https://www.assafevron.com/

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Was your Art History class an endless succession of names and dates and movements? Art History doesn't have to be that way! We discuss new (and much more compelling) approaches the study of art. Learn more about Civilizations on PBS and how you can watch!: http://www.pbs.org/civilizations/home/

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Are you overwhelmed by the plethora of art and art-related activities going on in the world? We’re here to help! Here are some ideas for how to learn about what’s going on in the world of contemporary art.

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Over the past 3 years, 60 artists have offered art assignments, and thousands of artworks have been made in response. Here's a brief glimpse of what we've all made together over the course of this series so far. So KEEP ASSIGNMENTING!

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week Sarah shares some of the excellent responses to Bang on a Can's assignment to Find Your Band. Keep submitting your responses with #theartassignment!

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Featured in this video:

Sophie: http://ohthewhomanity.tumblr.c....om/post/97711748384/
Jenn N: https://youtu.be/qBbGysIm_so
Yearwithfear: http://yearwithfear.tumblr.com..../post/102253888075/t
The Collective: https://youtu.be/JGfnffp_6cI
Geeksdanz: https://youtu.be/wgDhrGKEAKQ
Y2Ksnowglobe: http://y2ksnowglobe.tumblr.com..../post/97672574457/th
Empty Disco: https://youtu.be/aJfnWxIGPic
Dakota Hommes: http://dakotahommes.tumblr.com..../post/97358535925/i-
Dan Jones: https://youtu.be/F6KFxd3D7ww

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What art that brings you comfort right now? What art do you want to be thinking about? In this episode, we make a book of art by Alec Soth, Miyoko Ito, Giorgio Morandi, Vija Celmins, Sam Gilliam, Sheila Hicks, and Wayne Thiebaud. Make your own art book and share it with #youareanartist.

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Should art be beautiful? Revisit ancient philosophers' thoughts on beauty and consider why we might be skeptical of beauty today.

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Agnes Martin's minimal paintings reproduce terribly. Their magic does not come though in photos or videos. Guest host John Green discusses Martin's art anyway, how it brilliantly captures emotion itself, and why you should seek it out.

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