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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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 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 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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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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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/

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 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 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.

Listen to the preview and follow Oliver's podcast on SoundCloud for updates on future episodes: https://soundcloud.com/towga

Watch the original assignment: https://youtu.be/25oeWopdnBk

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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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Thanks to our Grandmasters of the Arts Vincent Apa, Kristian von Hornsleth, 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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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/

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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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h On this international art trip, we travel to Tijuana to meet with Ghana Think Tank and Torolab, explore the city, and visit artist Hugo Crosthwaite's studio.

Ghana Think Tank: http://www.ghanathinktank.org/
Torolab: http://www.torolab.org/
Hugo Crosthwaite:http://www.hugocrosthwaite.com/

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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Today we're going to continue our discussion of public art, this time focusing on murals. We've invited Richard McCoy back to the studio to share with us what exactly murals are, where they came from, and how they can contribute to the betterment of the community.

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Latin American and Latinx Art is celebrated across Southern California with the Getty-funded initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Catch a glimpse of as much of the art, artists, experiences, and tacos as we could pack into three days. Thanks to LA Promise Fund for supporting this episode of the Art Assignment.

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 Patrick Hanna and Constance Urist.

Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA: http://www.pacificstandardtime.org
LA Promise Fund: http://www.lapromisefund.org
Self Help Graphics & Art: http://www.selfhelpgraphics.com
Grand Park: http://grandparkla.org/
Craft and Folk Art Museum: http://www.cafam.org
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: http://www.moca.org
The Getty Center: http://www.getty.edu
Central Library: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/exhibits/oaxaca
LA Plaza: http://lapca.org/
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles: http://www.theicala.org
Hammer Museum: https://hammer.ucla.edu/

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Let's recreate a lavish spread of fine cheeses, pretzels, and the trappings of the good life on display in 17th Century Dutch and Flemish still life paintings. To support our channel, visit: http://www.patreon.com/artassignment.

Recipe for pretzels: https://www.splendidtable.org/....recipes/pennsylvania

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Laurel Nakadate makes art by connecting with strangers, and she wants you to do this, too! She gives us the challenge of finding little known family members and making their photographic portrait.

Sarah also discusses photography as an artistic medium and highlights a specific theory in Roland Barthes' book, CAMERA LUCIDA.

INSTRUCTIONS - RELATIVE STRANGERS
1. Find a family member who you haven't seen in a while or have never met
2. Take their portrait
3. Upload it to your social media platform of choice using #theartassignment
4. Fame and glory (your work might be in a future episode)

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Artist and educator Allison Smith shares her thoughts and library of books about art made in adverse circumstances. Featured are Vladimir Arkhipov's project Home-Made, archiving Russian artifacts made during Perestroika, and Trench Art, or art and objects made during armed conflict, highlighting works from Trench Art: An Illustrated History by Jane A Kimball.

Find the art assignment Allison Smith devised, called The Muster, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Nqrk8IE78
Learn more about Allison Smith's work here: https://www.allisonsmithstudio.com/

Thanks to our Grandmasters of the Arts Divide By Zero Collection and David Golden, and to all of our patrons, especially Anthony Chivetta, Rich Clarey, Iain Eudailey, Tom Forwood, Patrick Hanna, Andrew Huynh, Eve Leonard, David Moore, Jane Quale, Gabriel Civita Ramirez, Andrew Sheeler, Boris Silantiev, Josh Thomas, Constance Urist, 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 In which we explore our neighboring city of Chicago, film with two local artists, and see more art in one day than is probably advisable.

Featuring:
Nuevo Leon Bakery
Dusek's
XOCO
Chicago Cultural Center
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
The Stony Island Arts Bank
Smart Museum of Art
Elmhurst Art Museum

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In which The Art Assignment visits artist David Brooks in his Brooklyn studio and receives the fascinating assignment of articulating something that you know exists, but that you've never seen and probably never will.

INSTRUCTIONS - Never Seen, Never Will

1. Think of something that exists that you've never seen, and probably never will

2. Articulate it (any medium will do)

3. Upload it using #theartassignment

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

Learn more about David's work through his gallery American Contemporary: http://americancontemporary.bi....z/artists/david-broo

And watch these fantastic videos of him made by Art21:
http://youtu.be/wz2-pqCmjAs
http://youtu.be/ACd7kz2E2kM

Fluxus was a network of artists who thought anything could be art, and anyone could be an artist. This video explores the food-related work of George Maciunas, Yoko Ono, and Alison Knowles, et al. Vote for your favorite novel here!: https://to.pbs.org/2Jes2X5

And learn more about PBS's The Great American Read: https://to.pbs.org/2IXQuZE.

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