The Art Assignment is a weekly PBS Digital Studios production hosted by curator Sarah Green. We take you around the U.S. to meet working artists and solicit assignments from them that we can all complete.
Episodes
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Episode 32, Season 6
Make a Book with Meat (or other atypical materials)Artist and designer Ben Denzer shares an assignment to make an ATYPICAL BOOK.5:25 -
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Episode 28, Season 6
Make a Cut-Out with Cécile McLorin SalvantShe shares an art assignment on creating your own Theme and Variation Cut-Out.6:50 -
Episode 29, Season 6
Art That Was Never FinishedJohn Green shares some of his favorite unfinished artworks.9:32 -
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Episode 27, Season 6
Art Made in AdversityAllison Smith shares her thoughts and books about art made in adverse circumstances.6:14 -
Episode 25, Season 6
Creativity is OverratedYou don't need to be creative or inspired to make art.9:55 -
Episode 24, Season 6
What This Painting Tells Us About Frida KahloWe take a close look at her painting The Two Fridas (Las Dos Fridas).9:26 -
Episode 23, Season 6
What Makes a Masterpiece?What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one?12:35 -
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Episode 21, Season 6
Having a Coke with Frank O'HaraWe explore his life as a poet and art curator at MoMA.15:29 -
Episode 20, Season 6
Art Therapize YourselfWhat is Art Therapy? How can you use aspects of it in your next art encounter?12:00 -
Episode 19, Season 6
Why Is This Woman in the Jungle?What is it about this artwork that captivated audiences then and now?11:59 -
Episode 18, Season 6
The $150,000 BananaArtist Maurizio Cattelan duct taped a banana to a wall and sold 5 editions of the artwork.11:51 -
Episode 17, Season 6
Is Instagram Changing Art?How is it changing the way we interpret and interact with art?11:16 -
Episode 16, Season 6
Why Do Corporations Buy Art?Corporate lobbies and board rooms are often graced with impressive art, but why?10:23 -
Episode 15, Season 6
My Top 40 Art ReflectionsHost Sarah Urist Green shares 40 reflections about art.9:25 -
Episode 14, Season 6
The Case for ImpressionismWhy Impressionism is interesting and worth your attention and admiration.12:41 -
Episode 12, Season 6
What Did Monet Eat in a Day?The life, art, and eating habits of the great Impressionist artist Claude Monet.21:34 -
Episode 13, Season 6
How to Sound like you Understand ArtHere are tips for how to sound like you understand art.12:30 -
Episode 10, Season 6
Art and EmpathyEmpathy is a term we hear a lot, but what does it mean and how does it work?16:02 -
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Episode 7, Season 6
Art We Launched Into SpaceThere is plenty of art ABOUT space, but this video explores art ACTUALLY IN space.14:08 -
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Episode 5, Season 6
A Video Game about Art?When we heard there was a video game about art and curating, we had to give it a try.15:05 -
Episode 4, Season 6
What Art tells us about GenderThere is a huge range of ways that gender has been understood in the history of art.14:38 -
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Episode 2, Season 6
Art About MigrationMigration is central to human experience, and art history reflects that.16:33 -
Episode 1, Season 6
Eat Like Andy WarholExplore the art and life of Warhol through the food he depicted and the food he ate.17:26
