The Art Assignment is a PBS Digital Studios production hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green (@SarahUristGreen). Show us your work with #YouAreAnArtist
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14 Jan 2022
Feeling uninspired? You're not alone. @sionapeterous seeks answers and shares some remedies, including mine. npr.org/2021/12/06/106192500…
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20 Sep 2021
New season, new curators, new voices. Charlotte Abotsi (ft below) and Sarah Kay bring us a whole new season of poets and readers. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!
20 Sep 2021
“all my days are the same. i wake up & i am what i become: a muse / for all that’s morose.” – @CharlotteAbotsi
Season 2 of Ours Poetica has begun. Here, our co-curator Charlotte Abotsi reads her poem, how i'm doin. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/aUs4tUC4ntU
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7 Jan 2021
Howsabout we chat about art and art-making and topics other than the state of the nation & world next Thurs? Register to join me and @johngreen next Thurs night, okay?
5 Jan 2021
Happy new year! For our first event of 2021, join us at 7 EST on Thursday, January 14, for a virtual book talk and hands-on art activity from @sarahuristgreen, creator of @artassignment! More info at argobookshop.ca/?q=h.caleven…; get FREE tickets at eventbrite.ca/e/sarah-urist-…!
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2 Nov 2020
Do you need distraction from national and global events? I do. Please join me for this free live Q&A organized by @everywomanUK on Weds Nov 4, 10am EST / 3pm GMT: everywoman.zoom.us/webinar/r…
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19 Aug 2020
This usually transpires in real space, but I'll 100% take virtual this year. I picked some of the work of SAIC grads that stood out to me the most, and I encourage you to check it out, too.
We're thrilled to launch The Future of Our Plans, an online showcase of work from the SAIC graduate class of 2020.
Explore current projects, thesis work, and creative reflections on our current moment from more than 150 artists, designers, and scholars.
saic.edu/gradshow2020
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11 Aug 2020
It's true. Why aren't all museums actively reckoning with this reality? It's not a matter of if it must happen, but when.
ICYMI:
7 Aug 2020
The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts.
As the world reckons with the damage inflicted during Europe’s colonial global takeover, the calls for cultural and historical treasures to be returned are getting louder and louder.
youtube.com/watch?v=hoTxiRWr…
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6 Aug 2020
Ben Denzer has made many an atypical book, recently binding together one roll of Charmin toilet paper. New video, new assignment out now: Make an atypical book and post with #youareanartist: youtu.be/42dvTa9Mlq0
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6 Aug 2020
Your assignment:
1. Make a book that is atypical in terms of its form or material
2. Share it here or on Insta with #youareanartist
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6 Aug 2020
(you didn't think I could go on break and not leave you with something to do, did you?)
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31 Jul 2020
If you support us on Patreon (thank you!), we have some updates over there. Just gettin ready for our break, and want to keep you in the loop:
bit.ly/2D9HK4X
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29 Jul 2020
What a joy to share this outstanding poem, which I had to memorize in high school and have been unable to forget.
29 Jul 2020
"The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; — / Little we see in nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" — @sarahuristgreen reads William Wordsworth on today's episode! youtube.com/watch?v=PD493ya5…
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23 Jul 2020
Art is, and has been, so many things.
How do we even begin to define it? Is it worth even trying?
Our new video is out exploring THE DEFINITION OF ART, a topic we’ve resisted for years but wanted to address before we break.
youtu.be/b2VpNx5ZxSA
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23 Jul 2020
The GIF in the previous tweet has so many artworks in it, that we can't fit all attributions in a single tweet! So here's a screenshot of them all.
ALT Attribution of artworks pictured in a previous tweet. Here they are: Artworks pictured: 1) Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q., 1964, and a detail of Joseph Beuys’s Fat Felt Sculpture, 1963 2) Claude Monet’s The Water-Lily Pond, 1899, and Alma Thomas’s Deep Red Roses Chant, 1972 3) J.M.W. Turner’s Snow Storm: Steam-boat off a Harbour’s Mouth, c 1842, and Thornton Dial’s Beginning of Life in the Yellow Jungle, 2003 4) Nam June Paik’s Magnet TV, 1965 and Edward Munich’s The Scream, 1893
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9 Jul 2020
Thank YOU @PBSDS for your hard work and support since the very beginning.
9 Jul 2020
We want to thank @artassignment for 6 years dedicated to art, education, and public media. In the latest video, Sarah announces that the show is ending its biweekly run. We're excited to see what's next for @sarahuristgreen and the @ComplexlyMedia crew. youtu.be/T6IyOUWPg4I
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9 Jul 2020
Thank you so, so much for the support and kind words.
We are looking forward to seeing what's next, too!
9 Jul 2020
The Art Assignment (@artassignment) has been a huge influence on Accession from the very beginning, and I am really thankful for the honesty Sarah shares in this video. I can't wait to see the evolution of this project into the future! youtube.com/watch?v=T6IyOUWP…
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9 Jul 2020
THREAD: After 6 years and 220 videos since the Art Assignment began, we’re announcing that we are going to
➡️ Take a few months off
➡️ Dramatically slow down production
Why? I’d love to share some reasons.
youtube.com/watch?v=T6IyOUWP…
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9 Jul 2020
The Art Assignment is not going away. Videos will still be made on a much slower basis, but The Art Assignment will be shifting & evolving to focus less on videos & more on the potential of everything else.
What does that mean? Not sure. We need some time to figure that out.
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9 Jul 2020
As for me, I’m looking to read more, see more art, make more art, talk to more people about art, and in general think more slowly about what art education could and should look like in 2020 and beyond.
Thank you SO much to every member of this community. You all are exemplary.
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2 Jul 2020
Artists have abandoned artworks for many reasons throughout history. Guest host @johngreen shares some of his favorite unfinished artworks and explains why they resonate with him so deeply.
youtu.be/-VDVo9akCiQ
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