 September 24, 2009
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Art21 Access '09: Sneak Preview Screenings Worldwide
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Celebrate the upcoming premiere of Season 5 of the Peabody Award-winning television series, Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century with
Art21 Access '09, our international screening initiative that includes hundreds of public screenings events across the world.
Art21 Access '09 is partnering with over 400
venues that will host over 567 screenings around the world, from Kalamazoo, Michigan
to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between September 28 and October 30, 2009. Events are
free and open to the public. To find an event near you, visit the Art21 Access '09 mini site and view the calendar of events and a list
of partnering organizations by state or country.
If you are unable to find an Art21 Access '09 event near you
and are interested in hosting your own event, there's still two days left to
sign up! Schedule your event by
filling out our online form no later then Friday, September 25th and we will mail out your DVD
screener and promotional materials right away.
**Please note all events
registered at this point must be scheduled to take place after October 11 and will not include Season 5 postcards to ensure the Art21 screening materials arrive on time.
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Art21 Presents Three Exclusive NYC Events
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Art21 presents three exclusive events in New York City in October presenting sneak preview screening excerpts from Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century plus exclusive conversations with an artists featured in the upcoming season. All Events are FREE and open to the public.
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A Conversation with Allan McCollum
Tuesday, October 6, 6:00 p.m
New York Public Library
South Court Auditorium, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street
FREE
A Conversation with contemporary artist Allan McCollum will be preceded by a screening of Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century episode Systems. Applying strategies of mass production to hand-made objects, in the series McCollum explores the meaning of the unique work of art versus that of mass-produced objects for a society gripped by consumption. He is best known for creating large quantities of nearly identical-yet
still unique-component objects which then constitute a single work of art. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is provided on a first come, first serve basis.
This event is co-presented by Art21 and The New York Public Library, The Art Collection at the Mid-Manhattan Library. |
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Meet the Artist: Florian Maier-Aichen
Friday, October 9, 7:00 p.m.
Apple Store SoHo - 103 Prince Street
FREE
Art:21 season five artist Florian Maier-Aichen will share how he uses the Mac to manipulate his photography to create stunning digitally abstracted images. The event will feature an advanced screening of Maier-Aichen's segment
from Art:21 episode Fantasy, along with a moderated discussion and Q & A with Maier-Aichen and Art21 Associate Curator, Wesley Miller. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is provided on a first come, first serve basis. |
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A Conversation with Carrie Mae Weems and Patricia J. Williams
Thursday, October 15, 7 p.m.
Columbia University - Jerome Green Hall, Room 102 / West 116th Street between Amsterdam Ave and Morningside
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FREE. To register and reserve a seat, please visit www.neighbors.columbia.edu
Join artist Season Five featured artist Carrie Mae Weems and Patricia J. Williams, the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia University in conversation as they explore critical issues of race, history, and memory through the artist's work, making connections to current cultural and political events of our time. A screening of Carrie Mae Weems' segment from the Art:21 episode Compassion will proceed the conversation.
This event is co-presented by Art21 and The Studio Museum in Harlem. The event is hosted by Columbia University, Office of Government and Community Affairs. |
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Hot Off the Presses: Order your Season 5 Educators' Guide Now!
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The fifth in the series of Art21 Educators Guides is now available in anticipation of our Season Five broadcast of Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century
on PBS this October.
The Season Five Educators Guide is a FREE 32-page full color
companion to the broadcast that provides additional background
information about each of the 14 artists and 4 themes featured in the
new season. Available for a limited time in print and as a downloadable PDF, request the new Guide here. Educators' Guides for previous
seasons are also available online.
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Pre-Order Today: Season 5 Book, DVD, and Blu-Ray
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At 224 pages, with more than 400 illustrations, the Season 5 book
features interviews with the artists and an essay by Art21 Executive
Producer and Curator Susan Sollins. Edited by Marybeth Sollins.
You can pre-order the book, as well as the Season 5 DVD and Blu-ray, through PBS today.
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Season 5 Television Premiere Dates and Times
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Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century
debuts at 10pm on
Wednesdays in October beginning October 7 on PBS (check local listings)
Compassion - Wednesday, October 7 at 10:00 p.m. (ET)
This episode features William Kentridge, Doris Salcedo, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Fantasy - Wednesday, October 14 at 10:00 p.m. (ET)
This episode features Cao Fei, Mary Heilmann, Jeff Koons, and Florian Maier-Aichen.
Transformation - Wednesday, October 21 at 10:00 p.m. (ET)
This episode features Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman, and Yinka Shonibare MBE
Systems - Wednesday, October 28 at 10:00 p.m. (ET)
This episode features John Baldessari, Kimsooja, Allan McCollum, and Julie Mehretu.
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Season 5 on the Art21 Blog
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Meet the Season 5 Artist
Each week Art21 introduces an artist from the upcoming season. Each post presents a video clip from the artist's segment, an interview excerpt, Art21 production stills, images of artwork, as well as the artist's biography.
Flash Points
In celebration of the fifth season of Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century, the current round of Flash Points topics correspond to the four episodic themes:
BOMB in the Building
Each week BOMB Magazine features a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist. BOMB has dug into their archives and have posted interviews with Mary Heilmann, Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, and Yinka Shonibare MBE just to name a few.
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Support for Art21 and Season 5
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Major underwriting for Season Five of Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century and its accompanying education programs has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Agnes Gund, Bloomberg, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Public Broadcasting Service, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, and by individual contributions to Art21. Support for the production of "Jeff Koons" has been provided by The Broad Art Foundation; support for the production of "Kimsooja" has been provided by the Korea Foundation.
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