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December 22, 2009
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Banner image: Maya Lin's Ecliptic Ice Rink & Park Project in Rosa Parks Circle, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Art in the Twenty-First Century, production still, 2001. Season 1, Episode: Identity. © Art21, Inc. 2001. |
Give Art21 for the Holidays
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Season 5 Companion Book: 25% off
At 224 pages, with more than 400 illustrations, the Season 5 Companion Book
features interviews with the artists and an essay by Art21 Executive
Producer and Curator Susan Sollins. Edited by Marybeth Sollins. Visit the Art21 Shop for more information, and use the promotion
code ART21HOLIDAY at checkout to receive a 25% discount.
DVD and Blu-ray: 21% off
Season 5 is now available in both standard-definition DVD and high-definition Blu-ray disc formats.
ShopPBS.org is offering a special discount to Art:21 viewers for all purchases. Enter the code ART21SHOP at checkout to receive 21% off your entire order. Offer valid through 12/31/09.
Visit ShopPBS.org to take advantage of this special pricing.
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A Year in Web-Exclusive Videos
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| What a year it's been! We're taking a look back at the 42 Exclusive videos that premiered this year on the Art21 Blog, YouTube, and iTunes (note: link opens in iTunes). We hope you've enjoyed this year in exclusive videos and, as always, we look forward to your comments. To close out 2009, we snuck in a 43rd video right before the year's end, featuring Season 5 featured artist, Cindy Sherman, inside her studio.
Cindy Sherman | Mannequins & Masks
Surveying some of the props she's used over the years, including masks and mannequin parts, artist Cindy Sherman demonstrates how she uses stand-ins to gauge the focus and composition of her images.
What's our New Year's resolution? We'll be premiering more behind-the-scenes moments with contemporary artists such as Beryl Korot, Shahzia Sikander, Allan McCollum, Julie Mehretu, Cao Fei, Florian Maier-Aichen, and many, many more. Catch up with the 2009 Web exclusives on the Art21 Blog.
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Gabriel Orozco at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Planning to be in New York City for the holidays? We recommend a visit to the Museum of Modern Art to view the mid-career retrospective of artist Gabriel Orozco, on view now through March 1, 2010. Among the 80 works on display is Mobile Matrix--a sculpture of reassembled whale bones, on view for the first time outside of Mexico. In addition the MoMA's own behind-the-scenes videos and Web feature, you may learn more about many of the works included in the exhibition from our Season 2 episode, Loss & Desire, and from our four Web-exclusive videos: On Photography; "Samurai Tree"; "Obit"; and "Mobile Matrix".
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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Flash Points
Through the end of 2009, we'll be exploring issues of art and the environment, asking "How does art respond to and redefine the natural world?"
Don't miss: When Nature Takes Over. Catherine Wagley takes a look at the wilder, feral side of nature in the
photographs of William Christenberry.
From Our Columns
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation: The Ethics of Dust: A Conversation with Jorge Otero-Pailos
New Column! On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production: Filming Art21 Educators in Southern California
Teaching with Contemporary Art: Time to Talk
Guest Bloggers
Current: Nova Benway, Curator, Boston
Previously: Kelly Rakowski, Designer and Blogger; Nicole Sansone, Writer
& PhD Candidate, NY;
Maria Stenina, Writer &
Designer, NYC
Think you have what it takes to write for us? Email interest and writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org.
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Announcing Culture Wars: A Night of Trivia with Art21
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Art21 and 92YTribeca present a trivia event inspired by contemporary art and the culture of our time. In the spirit of Art21's mission to increase knowledge of contemporary art and in combination with the social traditions of game night and happy hour, this multimedia event invites you to test your knowledge of current art, film, music and online cultural phenomena.
Culture Wars: A Night of Trivia with Art21 takes place on Thursday, January 28, 2010, 6:30 p.m., at the 92YTribeca in New York City.
All are invited to form a team of colleagues, friends, and
frienemies--or come solo and join a team on the spot to meet other art
appreciators/lovers/aficionados--and compete for cultural
greatness...or maybe just a prize.
Teams will be limited to 5 people. This is not a ticketed event; however, there will be a cost of $5 per team, payable at the bar, to participate.
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Coming Soon: Art21 Educators 2010-2011
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Art21 Educators is an intensive, year-long professional development initiative designed to cultivate and support K-12 art educators interested in bringing contemporary art, artists, and themes into their classrooms.
The 2010-2011 cycle of Art21 Educators will accept applications from K-12 art and media teachers from across the United States. Emphasis will be placed on creating a group of participants who reflect diverse urban, rural, and suburban communities and student populations.
The application process will open in early 2010, with an announcement to be included in a forthcoming email newsletter. For general information about Art21 Educators, please visit art21.org.
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From televisions to computer
screens--from physical media to streaming media--there are plenty ways to watch full
episodes from all five seasons of Art:21--Art
in the Twenty-First Century right now.
You can access full episodes instantly from the Web on PBS Video and Hulu (Seasons 1 through 4 only), as well as through Netflix (from all 5 seasons; a Netflix subscription is required). All five seasons are also available on both DVD and Blu-ray (Season 5 only) formats to own, rent, borrow, barter for, or whatever it takes to get your physical-media kick!
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Support Art21: Donate to the 2009 Annual Fund
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Thank you so much to everyone who donated to Art21's 2009 Annual Fund these past few weeks. Your generosity means a great deal to all of us at Art21 and we look forward to keeping you informed in the coming months.
Art21's ability to provide free programs and resources to students, educators, and audiences around the world depends on the support of individuals like you. If you haven't donated yet, please consider making a year-end contribution to Art21.
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