It's tax season in the United States, and the art market is one of the many ways rich people game the system to save billions of dollars in taxes each year. Here's how it's done.

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h PBS Digital Studio's The Art Assignment asks what the title "curator" really means, both traditionally and as it is used today. Can you be a curator of vintage sneakers? Let's talk about it in the comments.

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David Rathman’s paintings pair atmospheric landscapes with carefully selected phrases, playing with the relationship between text and image. This week, he created a painting for you to caption.

INSTRUCTIONS - CAPTION CONTEST
1. Add text, preferably handwritten, to Rathman's painting
2. Print out the image below and write on it, or create your writing separately, scan it and add it to the image digitally
3. Document your text and image combination and share it with us using #theartassignment
4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

Save the painting for the caption here: http://www.theartassignment.co....m/assignments/captio

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h It's been a year since Fritz Haeg asked us to make a rug, and you all delivered! We received so many responses to this assignment and it's been incredible watching your rugs grow over the last 12 months. Fritz intended this process to be ongoing, so keep adding to your rugs as you wear out more clothes!

If you're planning on attending Vidcon, we will be making a rug together at the PBS Digital booth! So bring your old tshirts with you to Anaheim.

Watch the original Make a Rug assignment: https://youtu.be/3GLmRJMTn6E

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h We may be on vacation this week but that doesn't mean that The Art Assignment is! Nature permitting, we're going to try to answer some of our favorite questions submitted by you, dear viewers.

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we channel Drake and answer your questions from our art hotline*.
Keep them coming - call us at 901-602-ARTY!

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This week we let your responses speak for themselves and present some of the excellent submissions to The Muster. What are you fighting for?

Watch the assignment: https://youtu.be/1-Nqrk8IE78

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We met Hannah Hart in her studio to talk about everything from painting to poetry -- here are Hannah's five favorite works of art:

1) Little By Little by Hannah Gelb (available here as a print! https://store.dftba.com/produc....ts/little-by-little-
2) The video Why Trust Is Worth It by Ze Frank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWypWe9UAhQ
3) Biwa Lake Tree, Study 2 by Michael Kenna
4) Little Red Riding Hood by Cory Godbey
5) Any poem by Mary Oliver

Thanks, Hannah. We (h)art you.

Find Hannah around the internet:
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/harto
twitter: http://twitter.com/harto
instagram: http://instagram.com/harto
tumblr: http://mydrunkkitchen.tumblr.com
facebook: http://facebook.com/hannahhartofficial
snapchat: @hartoooo

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You’ve heard his name. You’ve seen the Campbell’s Soup cans. You might know something about The Factory. But perhaps you’ve wondered why Andy Warhol gets so much attention or why his work even matters. What’s the deal with Warhol, and is he worth your time and consideration? Here’s your answer.

Stay tuned for cases for other artists, living and dead!

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EARTHWORKS. LAND ART. EARTH ART. Whatever you call it, we look at what it means to make art out in nature and in the world from the 1960s to today. To support our channel, visit: http://www.patreon.com/artassignment.

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h So much news! Here's your to-do list:
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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we bring back artist, Lauren Zoll, to discuss your submissions to her assignment! Watch the assignment video for "Off" here: http://bit.ly/1r2femA

Learn more about Lauren's work: http://www.laurenzoll.com/

Many thanks to all of you for your wonderful submissions. Those featured include:

http://www.musingsofmaura.tumblr.com
http://www.naturallypaleart.tumblr.com
http://www.truefactsaboutlies.tumblr.com
http://www.marie-herrera.tumblr.com
http://www.anywiebs.tumblr.com
http://www.megmotherwort.tumblr.com
http://www.odetomyday.com
http://www.gamingmama.tumblr.com
http://www.dafidaf.tumblr.com
http://www.what-is-summer.tumblr.com
http://www.prionailurus.tumblr.com
http://www.chasingfootsteps.tumblr.com
http://www.thegirlwithcrayons.tumblr.com
http://www.fromthegraysea.tumblr.com
http://www.dew-picked-and-lightlykilled.tumblr.com
http://www.letswingit.tumblr.com
http://www.dhjshi.tumblr.com

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Today we visit artist Allison Smith in her Oakland, California studio. Her work focuses on historical reenactment and how the past influences the present -- and now she wants to know what YOU are fighting for.

Sarah discusses how there is a long history of art intersecting with activism and how it has evolved over time.

INSTRUCTIONS - The Muster
1. Answer the question, "What are you fighting for?"
2. Fashion your own uniform that declares your cause out of materials you have around
3. Take a picture of yourself in uniform in front of a neutral background
4. Create a declaration of your cause
5. Upload your photo and declaration with #theartassignment

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Frank O'Hara is best known for his poetry, but in this Art Cooking we explore his life as a poet as well as an art curator at MoMA. Subscribe to Ours Poetica to receive regular doses of fresh poetry three times a week!: https://www.youtube.com/ourspoetica.
#frankohara #poetry #artcooking

Thanks to Kaveh Akbar (http://kavehakbar.com) and Paige Lewis (https://paigelewispoetry.com) for joining us and lending their reading talents. Explore more of O'Hara's work!: https://bit.ly/2SKIJvZ

Thanks to our Grandmasters of the Arts Tyler Calvert-Thompson, Divide by Zero Collection, David Golden, and Ernest Wolfe, and all of our patrons, especially Rich Clarey, Iain Eudaily, Tom Forwood, Patrick Hanna, Andrew Huynh, Eve Leonard, David Moore, Jane Quale, Gabriel Civita Ramirez, Constance Urist, Nicholas Xu, and Roberta Zaphiriou. To support our channel, visit: http://www.patreon.com/artassignment.

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we answer your questions from our art hotline* and talk about the distinction between art and craft (if any), art world pretension, the proliferation of images, imposter syndrome, and more. Keep the calls coming - leave us a message at 901-602-ARTY!
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RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT ART ONLINE:
Watch our video How to Learn about Contemporary Art: https://youtu.be/An3L7hQdkOg
Google these and explore their websites:
Artsy
Art21
Tate Museums
Hyperallergic
Creative Time Reports
Art F City
BLOUINARTINFO
Smart History
Art Babble
Modern Art Notes (podcast)
Bad At Sports (podcast)
E-Flux
Artnet
Museum of Modern Art
Artforum Guide (and Diary is fun, too)

You can also follow and check in on organizations that commission and produce projects and stage events like Creative Time, Artangel, Art Production Fund, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), and others.

These are really excellent print publications that also feature good content online: Frieze,
BOMB magazine, Esopus, Cabinet, ArtAsiaPacific, Parkett, ArtReview, Afterall, Flash Art, Art Papers, ARTnews, and Art in America.

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h With 2017 comes great change. Assignments are ending, but the channel is not! Starting in March we’ll be focusing on "The Case for" videos, Art Trips, and other art and art history related topics. We're also starting an Art Assignment Work Group to keep the assignment flame alive. If you're interested, please fill out this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NSMXSKC.

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This week we review some of the best responses to David Brooks's Art Assignment Ep. 4 -- Never Seen, Never Will: http://youtu.be/slCnZzsETVM.

To see more responses, visit our website or follow us on tumblr: http://theartassignment.com.

Many thanks to our participants who were featured:
-Jennifer: http://jenniferjamboree.tumblr.....com/post/8229205486
-Dafidaf: http://dafidaf.tumblr.com/post..../83115754756/18-4-14
-Laufey Haraldsdóttir: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woloy-nnecM
-David Devine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSkZo8ROnRY
-Why-in-the-night-sky (father portrait): http://why-in-the-night-sky.tu....mblr.com/post/818452
-Nadia: http://nadiact1000.tumblr.com/....post/82149583863/the
-S.E. Vidrio: http://sethvidrio.blogspot.com..../2014/04/i-made-thin
-Abby: http://peppermintscribe.tumblr.....com/post/8176264898
-theemcyclopedia: http://theeemcyclopedia.tumblr.....com/post/8102833530
- iconiclly: http://iconiclly.tumblr.com/po....st/80930948194/for-t
- Leonie Connellan:http://onceuponaspacetime.tumb....lr.com/post/83184839
-Wes!ey Films and Projects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WJBNqhhBNk&feature=youtu.be

Sure, you've seen Vincent Van Gogh's famed painting The Starry Night before. And maybe you know of him as a tortured soul. But let's take a closer look behind this most recognizable work of art.

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The Guerrilla Girls are asking, nay demanding, that we complain! But we must do so in ways unique and memorable. We met up with them in London at Tate Modern's new Tate Exchange space, where the Guerrilla Girls were in residence and operating a Complaints Department.

INSTRUCTIONS - The Art of Complaining
1. Think of something you really want to complain about
2. Communicate your message in a unique, creative way
3. Share it on your social media platform of choice using #theartassignment
4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

Learn more about The Guerrilla Girls: https://www.guerrillagirls.com/

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Here's how you can get involved:
1. Tell us what you love about public media using #IlovePBS
2. Learn more about public media at http://pbs.org/value.
3. Find your representative at https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members

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