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In which we review some early responses to The Art Assignment Episode 1: Meet in the Middle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9lpMFPEj58.
Thanks to all of you who have posted responses! These are not ALL of the responses, and we encourage you to continue meeting in the middle and posting your responses with #theartassignment. There are many more great ones than are excerpted here, and we encourage you to follow us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram to continue seeing interesting responses.
We do have an Instagram!: http://instagram.com/theartassignment
Videos and images included in the Meet in the Middle montage:
allylucas99: http://instagram.com/p/kxLT0VzXde/
shortsisters756: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvfp1hueYDg
klonschaferl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ze0DsGrYNk
vlogbrothers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRwcemQxbEY
Cynicus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azRlCHhdpxg
Jennifer Reynolds-Strange: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiorIyTd8Tg
Albusowner: http://youtu.be/syT-qlamN88
Meg Gilbert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyGnr5OdPRg
Katinka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-jhVRlyDZg
LeAnne Jones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVE6wc5h9vQ
grabhir: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=antYFrH2tgY
Rosianna Halse Rojas: http://youtu.be/iq9MaRWEq_A
booksandquills: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBeEutXATo8
Lauren Fairweather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HNoxyDc8Q
Caitilin Joly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdpyfTOnUcs
http://davidandlucy.blogspot.c....o.uk/2014/02/assignm
whimsicalnerd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Ei6sfACsw
storyofageek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5TDMoSgMPo
tiffannytaboo: http://instagram.com/p/kx_bxLkFoh/
chirpytrauma: http://instagram.com/p/k57JRTjmqP/
riseandshine521: http://instagram.com/p/lAzxSnoOMf/
jadea513: http://instagram.com/p/kuxUwykcpY/
semen_stained_mountaintops: http://instagram.com/p/lBD6q_AK1g/
laufeyha: http://instagram.com/p/kuq2VhvnE6/
ammme239: http://instagram.com/p/kr9Vs0K7-f/
joyannknight: http://instagram.com/p/lAxugXk2Q5/
pennykearey: http://instagram.com/p/lAVmrcR85k/
magoothecuke: http://instagram.com/p/kzo_AYmrOf/
emilylime26: http://instagram.com/p/lBOS6EuZds/
Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we report to you from VidCon! We asked some members of the Art Assignment community to share their experience of participating in an art exchange and making a Lost Childhood Object. Here's what they said.
Many thanks to Chelsea, Jacklyn, Lonnie, Hussien, Betty, Peter, and Oliver!
Find a friend and make a Lost Childhood Object: https://youtu.be/QgHsYOybXa0
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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h So you look at a work of art and think to yourself, I could have done that. And maybe you really could have, but the issue here is more complex than that -- why didn't you? Why did the artist? And why does it have an audience? We delve into it by looking at work by artists like Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Piet Mondrian, and Cy Twombly, among others. You might find it’s not quite as simple as you think.
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Artist Maurizio Cattelan duct taped a banana to a wall, titled it "Comedian", and sold 5 editions of the artwork for as much as $150,000 each. Why did it capture our attention, curiosity, and memes? What does it mean? And download the PBS Video App today!: https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/
#banana #comedian #art
Thanks to our Grandmasters of the Arts Tyler Calvert-Thompson, David Golden, 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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We sit down with artist Desirée Holman to talk about her current project, Sophont, which explores ideas of science fiction, aliens, new-age ideology, mysticism, and tech culture. Her assignment asks you to become a science fiction character by creating and wearing some kind of psionics hardware that enhances your character's abilities.
Sarah Green was able to connect this assignment with art history through Rebecca Horn, who created "body sculptures" as she was sick in a hospital with lung poisoning.
INSTRUCTIONS - Become a Sci-Fi Character
1. Become a science fiction character who wears some sort of psionics hardware that enables this character to enhance their extra sensory abilities in some way
2. Upload your assignment using #theartassignment
3. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)
Find out more about The Art Assignment and how to submit your response: http://theartassignment.com/
Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we share some of your excellent responses to two assignments -- Geof Oppenheimer's Embarrassing Object and Diana Shpungin's Object Empathy.
Watch the original assignments:
Embarrassing Object: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mxM6mNSv5s
Object Empathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjzOJf4nOXQ
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In which we feature responses to The Art Assignment Ep. 2: Stakeout!, given by Chicago-based artist Deb Sokolow: http://youtu.be/qbuRG-NWUuY.
Thanks to all who posted the responses featured in this video:
ConVinceingVince (friends in Balboa Park): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr2rA7T6hQ0
Ajetosien (Margriet & Josien): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGCLlgCy2aw
Daisy May Smith: http://bicyclemadefortwo.tumbl....r.com/post/799302466
collegeswaggernuggets (college campus selfie project): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6bM0qMy-58&feature=youtu.be--
Jane83Doe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aExyiI8gg0
Julia Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SYQUcKwA68
Kenton Visser: http://kentonblogs.tumblr.com/....post/78723653051/sta
allylucas99: http://instagram.com/p/llg0w8TXbk/
Laufey Haraldsdóttir: http://laufeyha.tumblr.com/pos....t/78441720125/the-ar
klonschaferl (Friends in Vienna): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k5m-NthHEI.
Jennifer Reynolds-Strange (Jen and Sumayya): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQWo58fdmCc
Danielle Vaughn (Harvey): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vmVpDjN16c
Joanna Volavka (frog w peppermints): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqW_EFjyu_Q
venjb (you are beautiful mirror box): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmCWBP4g4a4
CzarMadeline (pennies): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZX_pT_Ok3g
Geeksdanz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi-lFMEWQVo
The Art Assignment #2 - Stakeout Pt. 2 - "Forsaken Bubbles"
Lin Hai Wen: http://linhaiwen.wordpress.com..../2014/03/07/the-art-
Box of chocolates "for you": http://davidandlucy.blogspot.c....o.uk/2014/03/assignm
VidsByBrad (homer simpson bookmark):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3aBBsF4JoY&list=UU1plh9pszUr1vjjCINDbwVw
JoyLyte: http://youtu.be/yg-YqG0vaYw
Jeffrey Lanzini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skv07DNrcpQ
Cynicus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxPABgLaBAo
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We visit Fritz Haeg at his home and studio in Los Angeles and receive the assignment to make a rag rug! But not just any rag rug--one that you make over time and do something on. Find more detailed instruction here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6By4XYlPIBA
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Gather old textiles (clothes, bed sheets, etc.)
2. Make a rug
3. Share your journey of making the rug and what you do on it
4. Upload it using #theartassignment
5. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)
Learn more about Fritz Haeg: http://www.fritzhaeg.com
Watch a video about his rug at LA's Hammer Museum: http://youtu.be/N9U_D3TJxD0
And here's another about his recent show at the Walker Art Center: http://youtu.be/eO1A_oRTNCs
In this episode we talk about Hélio Oiticica's Parangolés (1964--79)
See video of Parangolés performed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJTr8I2M6Ps
And learn more about Oiticica:
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-o....n/tate-modern/exhibi
Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Jan Tichy joins us again this week to discuss some of your excellent submissions to his assignment Expanded Moment. Keep submitting your responses with #theartassignment!
Watch the original assignment: https://youtu.be/pW_VKzbCYAQ
Featured in this video:
Abigail Ellman: http://yearwithfear.tumblr.com..../post/104904264695/t
applejuicejadedear: https://youtu.be/5LLoBluh0KI
Grace Miller: https://youtu.be/QQznTQ1jf7U
My Charlie Quinn: https://youtu.be/hnIKaqaPxwo
CrumpArt: https://youtu.be/kQV9h077QY4
Marco: https://youtu.be/spkczdLgdeQ
Michael: https://youtu.be/j0nx4pd1pDE
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Visit the architectural mecca of Columbus, Indiana, to bask in the mid-century glory of Eliel and Eero Saarinen’s masterpieces and a series of new and innovative installations by renowned designers. We explore the first exhibition of Exhibit Columbus, an annual exploration of architecture, art, design, and community, and ask questions about the value of good design.
To support our channel, visit: http://www.patreon.com/artassignment. Thanks to our Grandmaster of the Arts Indianapolis Homes Realty, and all of our patrons, especially Lynn Gordon, Patrick Hanna, and Constance Urist.
We visit:
Miller House and Garden: http://www.imamuseum.org/page/....miller-house-and-gar
Exhibit Columbus: https://exhibitcolumbus.org/
Baker's Fine Gifts & Accessories: 433 Washington St, Columbus, IN
Le Petit Caraibes: 412 Washington St, Columbus, IN
The Commons: http://thecommonscolumbus.com/thecommons/
First Christian Church and North Christian Church: https://columbus.in.us/churches/
Mill Race Park: https://columbus.in.us/see-do/mill-race-park/
Any visit to Columbus should start here: https://columbus.in.us/
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Happy birthday to us! Welcome to the third year of The Art Assignment. We’ve got some exciting things in store:
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We come to you from San Francisco's Exploratorium, where we met with artist-in-residence Zarouhie Abdalian. For her assignment, she wants you to focus on boundaries and the relationships between the spaces they separate.
Sarah Green then discusses conceptual artist Michael Asher, who asks us to question the invisible boundary that art institutions create.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Find two spaces that share a boundary
2. Do something to highlight or alter the relationship between those two spaces
3. Document it in some way and upload using #theartassignment
4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)
Find out more about The Art Assignment and how to submit your response: http://theartassignment.com/
Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h At VidCon 2014, we hit up some of our favorite vloggers and hosts and asked them to do an Art Assignment. Any one of their choosing! Watch what kind of art skills Craig Benzine, Joe Hanson, Emily Graslie, Mike Rugnetta, and Steve Goldbloom have to offer.
Steve Goldbloom / Everything But the News:
http://bit.ly/1x6Hkw7
Mike Rugnetta / PBS Idea Channel: http://www.youtube.com/pbsideachannel
Emily Graslie / The Brain Scoop: http://www.youtube.com/thebrainscoop
Joe Hanson / It's Okay to be Smart: http://www.youtube.com/itsokaytobesmart
Craig Benzine / Wheezy Waiter: http://www.youtube.com/wheezywaiter
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This week we meet with English artist Oliver Blank who explores our sense of time and place through public installations. And this time we make an artwork together. Call (718)395-7556 to participate!
We've added some international numbers as well:
UK: +44 161 850 3439
AU: +61 2 8766 0624
CAN: +1 438-793-7060
NL: +31 85 888 6948
THE INSTRUCTIONS - The One That Got Away
1. Call (718) 395-7556
2. Leave a message saying what you would say to the one that got away
3. Tell us you've called (using #theartassignment and your social media platform of choice) and prompt someone to do the same.
4. Your voice may be featured in a sound piece composed by Oliver Blank
Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h
This week we feature some of our favorite responses to Florian Rivière & Jim Walker’s art assignment “What, How, Where” presented, this time, by all of you! Find the original assignment here: dft.ba/-whw
All What, How, Wheres featured in this video can be found on this link:
https://theartassignment.tumbl....r.com/post/940709007
Special thanks to Tyler Graham for the episode intro and outro and to KatieContinues, swordsmith4, leshappydinosaur, Jane83Doe, followergerrard, Théo Evans, We Are St. Elmo’s Fire, Eoin Pluinceid, laufeyha, and DrivingOnWires for sound bites.
Find out more about The Art Assignment and how to submit your response: http://theartassignment.com/
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This assignment comes to you from Chicago based artist Geof Oppenheimer. Geof's work reflects personal experience and the social and political atmosphere they were created in, and he wants you to make an object that does the same.
John Green and Sarah Green then discusses what embarrasses us overtime and what we no longer find embarrassing. Sarah then takes us to art history to show where the "Idealized Body" began.
INSTRUCTIONS - Embarrassing Object
1. Create something that makes you feel uncomfortable, out of a material or group of materials
2. Document it and upload using #theartassignment
3. Fame and glory (Your work might be in a future episode)
Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h
This week's assignment comes from Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan, who cofounded THE THING Quarterly, a publication that distributes everyday objects conceived of by different artists. They ask you to consider the meaning of physical objects in an increasingly digital world and Make a Thing.
John Green then talks about Invader, a French street artist who travels the world and installs mosaics inspired by video games from the 70s and 80s.
INSTRUCTIONS - Make a Thing
1. Take something from the virtual world
2. Make is physical
3. Upload a photo of your physical object using #theartassignment
4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)
Find out more about The Art Assignment and how to submit your response: http://theartassignment.com/
Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Today's episode has been sponsored by Squarespace. For more information, visit http://www.squarespace.com/artassignment
In which we explore a few of Minnesota's many fantastic art offerings. Let's take a trip through the Twin Cities!
Featuring the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Soo Visual Art Center, Soap Factory, Law Warschaw Gallery at Macalester College, Burnet Gallery at Le Meridien Hotel, and Walker Art Center.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant is a visual artist and Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, and she shares with us an art assignment. Create your own Theme and Variation Cut-Out by following the instructions below. And check out Prideland on PBS Voices!: youtube.com/pbsvoices.
1. Draw a simple outline of a human body
2. Do this until you find one you really like
3. Then draw variations of that outline playing with the limbs and proportions
4. Copy your favorite four outlines to stiff paper or cardboard
5. Cut them out, tape a piece of string to them, and hang wherever you like
Share your work with the hashtag #youareanartist and/or tag us on Instagram or Twitter. Or join our Facebook group to share your work with a community of artists:
Learn more about Cécile McLorin Salvant: http://www.cecilemclorinsalvant.com
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In which we search for the quietest places within your quietest places. To see more responses, visit our website or follow us on tumblr: http://theartassignment.com.
Original assignment video: http://youtu.be/nxxpTYV2FIk.
Participants in this video: http://theartassignment.com/po....st/87210001910/quiet
