What is art? How do we define art? In this episode, we explore some of the many ways that artists and writers and thinkers have defined and understood this thing we call art. Thanks to LEGO® ART for supporting PBS. For more information go to https://lego.build/ArtAssignment.
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Here is a full list of the uncaptioned artworks that appear under quotes in this video: https://docs.google.com/docume....nt/d/1KK2hhgAUAwXOd6

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There is a huge range of ways that gender has been understood and represented in the history of art. We look at a few examples that show us gender is a concept that has never been fixed: Hermaphroditos by the ancient Greeks, Titian's Venus of Urbino, Baule portrait masks, the photographs of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, and Maya stone carvings.

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In which Jace Clayton, aka DJ /Rupture, challenges you to take a walk from where you live and find the quietest place. Once you're there, take it in for a moment and then make a short video or take some photos there.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Go outside and walk in the direction that is the quietest

2. Continue until you're in the quietest place possible

3. Take a moment to absorb it. Then document it through photography or video.

4. Upload it using #theartassignment

4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

Learn more about Jace's work here: http://www.jaceclayton.com/

And hear him talk about his work here: https://vimeo.com/74155229

Artworks mentioned include John Cage's 4'33" (1952/53) and Charles Baudelaire's essay The Painter of Modern Life (1863).

Thanks to all of our participants!:

- Hank Green: @hankgreen, http://www.hankgreen.com

- Hannah Hart: @harto, http://www.helloharto.com/‎

- Brian DeGraw: http://www.beedeegee.com/

- Ransom Riggs and Tahereh Mafi:
@ransomriggs, http://www.ransomriggs.com
@TaherehMafi, http://www.taherehbooks.com

- The Gregory Brothers @gregorybrothers, http://www.thegregorybrothers.com/

Jace was in town as an artist in residence with the organization
We Are City: http://www.wearecity.us/

This episode was filmed in Indianapolis at Indy Reads Books: http://www.indyreadsbooks.org/

In 1958, scientists from Russia left a plastic bust of Vladimir Lenin at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, and as of 2007 it was still there. What does it mean? Guest host John Green ponders his fascination with this object and the changing nature of art.

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What is Art Therapy? How can you use aspects of it in your next art encounter? We explore these questions at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art with art therapist Lauren Daugherty. #arttherapy #art #museums

Learn more about the Art Therapy program at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University Bloomington: https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/....teach-learn/art-well
See more of El Anatsui's work: https://www.jackshainman.com/artists/el-anatsui/

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Do you question your ability to talk about art in a coherent way? Here are tips for how to sound like you understand art, even if you've never taken a class or set foot in a museum. And please take the PBS Digital Studios survey here!: https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/AA_YTvideo.
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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we're reunited with Oliver Blank, who shares his thoughts on the incredible response to his assignment and announces some exciting plans for the messages you left to the one who got away.

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Journey through the life and eating habits of artist Vincent Van Gogh in four courses: potatoes, bread, absinthe, and a decent meal. For a more thorough exploration of his work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz908BHg55Y.

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Recipes:
- Stewed Potatoes, reprinted in Food in Motion: The Migration of Foodstuffs and Cookery Techniques
- Pain Noir from Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads
- How to Serve Absinthe Correctly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAPj6CX4h5U
- Stewed Chicken with Mustard Cream Sauce from Van Gogh's Table: At the Auberge Ravoux

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*and other things I learned about art from the internet.

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Sorted Books - Nina Katchadourian - original assignment video:
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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Son Lux invited you to collaborate with him by responding to a piece of his music, and you all delivered in as many forms as possible. Thanks so much for all your submissions!

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Host Sarah Urist Green shares 40 reflections about art, gathered in the course of a career in art, art history, curating, and making videos about all of the above. And don't forget to check out Sound Field!: http://youtube.com/soundfieldpbs.
#art #arthistory #contemporaryart

Thanks to our Grandmasters of the Arts Vincent Apa, Josh Thomas, and Ernest Wolfe, and all of our patrons, especially Rich Clarey, Iain Eudaily, Frame Monster Design Laboratory, Patrick Hanna, Nichole Hicks, Andrew Huynh, Eve Leonard, David Moore, Gabriel Civita Ramirez, Constance Urist, Nicholas Xu, and Roberta Zaphiriou. To support our channel, visit: http://www.patreon.com/artassignment.

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This kissing couple is one of the best loved paintings in history, but what do we really know about it? Let's learn about its creator (Gustav Klimt), the historical moment it sprang from (turn-of-the-century Austria), and what it means when we look at it today (dubious consent?).

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What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick? We look at the history of artists recreating the world as we see it and ponder why it's still happening. Show off the world as you see and visit https://wix.com/go/ArtAssignment to get started on your website.

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In which we meet with Indianapolis-based artist Lauren Zoll and are challenged to see what we find when we turn OFF our screens.

INSTRUCTIONS - Off

1. Turn off a screen

2. Take a photo of only the screen

3. Make sure to think of color, pattern, and form. Don't include any humans in the frame.

4. Upload it to your social media platform of choice using #theartassignment

5. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

Learn more about Lauren's work: http://www.laurenzoll.com/
And watch another video about her: http://youtu.be/4IU41v7Y9-I

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h You walked on it, and we watched. Herewith a compilation of some of our favorite responses to Kate Gilmore's Art Assignment: http://youtu.be/JhLN7dtukig?li....st=PLdGqz6dgvIzYgUG9

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h New York City offers way too many art-viewing opportunities for us to cover in a single art trip video, so this time we decided to focus on the abundant public art around the city.

Featuring:
Madison Square Park
- Teresita Fernandez: https://www.madisonsquarepark.....org/view-do/calendar
- Orly Genger: https://www.madisonsquarepark.....org/view-do/calendar
- Jaume Plensa: https://www.madisonsquarepark.....org/mad-sq-art/jaume
- Martin Puryear: https://www.madisonsquarepark.....org/view-do/calendar

City Hall Park
- Claudia Comte & Chris Watson: https://www.publicartfund.org/....view/exhibitions/610

The High Line
- Nari Ward: http://art.thehighline.org/project/nariward/
- Barbara Kruger: http://art.thehighline.org/project/barbarakruger/
- Kathryn Andrews: http://art.thehighline.org/project/kathrynandrews/
- Tony Matelli: http://art.thehighline.org/project/wanderlust/

Grand Army Plaza
- David Shrigley: https://www.publicartfund.org/....view/exhibitions/611

Socrates Sculpture Park
- Meg Webster: http://socratessculpturepark.o....rg/artist/megwebster

Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Mary Mattingly: http://www.swaleny.org/
- Pier 6: http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/park/pier-6
- Martin Creed: https://www.publicartfund.org/....view/exhibitions/610

Public Art Fund: https://www.publicartfund.org/

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This week we head to Tijuana, Mexico to talk with John Ewing, Carmen Montoya, and Christopher Robbins of Ghana Think Tank, who are working on a project to encourage communication at the U.S-Mexico border.
INSTRUCTIONS - What's Your Problem?
1. Find someone you think could never understand your perspective

2. Ask that person for help with your problem

3. Do what they say

4. Document your experience

5. Share using #theartassignment

6. Fame and glory (Your work might be in a future episode)

Learn more about Ghana Think Tank: http://www.ghanathinktank.org/

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For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that. It was shocking then and it still upsets and confounds today. How are we supposed to deal with art completely removed from recognizable objects? And why should we? This is the case for Abstraction.


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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h So many of you came out to make a rug with us at VidCon and we couldn't be more thrilled with how it turned out. Thanks so much to all who participated, and especially those who were kind enough to share their thoughts about the experience!

In order of appearance (let us know if we have any of this wrong or if we can add any more information):

1) Oliver Bollmann / @LynxThoughts
2) June Kwon / youtube.com/TheJuneKwon
3) Michael Tsiang/ @gnaist / youtube.com/gnaistvlogs
4) Hussien Salama / @hussiens
5) Ashley Lehmann/ @Ashleyness683
6) Annie Leonard
7) Amy Folkedahl/ @x37adventures
8) David / @DavidGulfo
9) Alexis Webb Bechtold/ @x37adventures
10) Betty Chen/ @articulationsv

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