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May 18, 2011
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Make a gift to Art21 today  | | Earlier this year, in the January issue of Art21 News, we shared a little taste of the new project that has been in progress over the past year. Another brief glimpse appeared in the March issue. Come the June issue, viewers will be able to watch the first two episodes from the project. Until then, allow us to share one more sneak peek before the June premiere.
Be among the first to hear about the series premiere by subscribing to our "Special Announcements" email list (accessible from the "Update Profile/Email Address" link in the footer of this email) or by joining our community on Facebook and Twitter.
Also beginning this summer is the 2011-2012 year of our professional development initiative, Art21 Educators. In this issue, we introduce the first four of sixteen educators selected to participate in the program.
Finally, read on for two brand new Exclusive videos featuring Hiroshi Sugimoto and Paul McCarthy, as well as the latest posts from the Art21 Blog.
 In this issue:
Participants Selected for Art21 Educators 2011-2012 New Videos: Hiroshi Sugimoto and Paul McCarthy Highlights from the Art21 Blog Support Art21: Join the Circle of Excellence Shop Art21 |
Banner: Yinka Shonibare MBE, Reverend on Ice (2005), installation view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2008. Production still from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 5, Episode: Transformation. © Art21, Inc. 2009. Left: Queue outside of the Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, New York, 2011. Production still from a forthcoming Art21-produced series. © Art21, Inc. 2011. |
| Participants Selected for Art21 Educators 2011-2012 |
Art21 is thrilled to announce the new cohort of teachers who were accepted to be part of the Art21 Educators 2011-2012 program. Each participant applied with a partner to provide additional support and feedback, as well as opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary teaching during the upcoming school year.
Every Tuesday on the Art21 Blog, we will introduce a pair of educators who will be participating in the third year of this unique program. Take a moment to meet the first pair, Maureen Hergott and Julia CopperSmith, and second pair, Jack Watson and Holly Loranger.
Stay tuned to the Art21 Blog as we introduce and welcome the rest of the educators over the next six weeks.
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| New Videos: Hiroshi Sugimoto and Paul McCarthy |
| | Hiroshi Sugimoto: Becoming an Artist
Exclusive Episode #141: Filmed in his New York studio, artist Hiroshi Sugimoto recounts his student days studying Western philosophy (Hegel, Kant, Marx) in Tokyo, encountering Oriental philosophy (such as Zen Buddhism) in California, and his interest in the history of Modernism-all schools of thought that demonstrate "the human ability to see things in a different way."
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| | Paul McCarthy: "Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement"
Exclusive Episode #142: Artist Paul McCarthy discusses his interest in art as political theater and his sculptures as akin to amusement park rides. Featuring the works "Bang Bang Room" (1992), "Spinning Room" (2008), and "Mad House" (2008) in the exhibition "Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement, Three Installations, Two Films" (2008) at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Keep up with the Exclusive series on the Art21 Blog, or subscribe to the series via RSS or iTunes (note: link opens in iTunes). A blend of newly-shot original filming and previously unreleased archival footage, videos from the biweekly Exclusive series focus on singular aspects of an artist's process, significant individual works and exhibitions, provocative ideas, and biographical anecdotes.
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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| | Teaching with Contemporary Art Celebrates Three Years
Earlier this month, the Art21 Blog's first (and most-read) column, Teaching with Contemporary Art, celebrated three years of exploring the use of contemporary art in the classroom. To commemorate the occasion, columnist Joe Fusaro took a look back at some of his favorite moments of the last three years. |
Want to write for the Art21 Blog? Email interest and writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org.
IMAGES (from top): Diane Victor, Fading Man I, 2010; Intaglio; Plate: 20 x 16 in.; Publisher and printer: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT; Edition 25; Courtesy Center for Contemporary Printmaking; © 2011 Diane Victor. Tyson Parks, Taxonomy Of Strokes On Black, 2011; Gesture-modulated video-feedback painting, archival inkjet print; Courtesy the artist.
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| Support Art21: Join the Circle of Excellence |
The Art21 Blog Party has come to a close, raising enough funds to support honorariums for four of our talented guest bloggers in the coming year. Thank you to all who helped us celebrate this special moment of the Art21 Blog's four-year anniversary.
The festivities continue: on May 23rd, Art21 will receive the George Foster Peabody Award for its feature film William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible. The Peabody Award is widely considered as the most prestigious in the realm of broadcast media and is determined through a single criterion--excellence. Amazingly, this is Art21's second Peabody Award--a feat rarely achieved and a great honor.
To celebrate this momentous event, the Art21 Board has developed a special Circle of Excellence, a group that generously supports Art21 for its accomplishments and achievements. This spring, we are combining Art21's Annual Appeal with the Circle of Excellence, and invite you to join this wonderful group.
We hope that you will join the Art21 Board and make a contribution of any amount to the Circle of Excellence to commemorate this exceptional achievement and provide essential support for Art21's continued quality programming. Thank you for your support!
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| Shop Art21 |
William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
Art21's Peabody Award-winning feature film provides an in-depth portrait of South African artist William Kentridge as he creates a series of new works, including a staging of Shostakovich's The Nose at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City. William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible is available on DVD from ShopPBS and other retailers.
Art in the Twenty-First Century
Miss a season? Looking for a particular artist's segment? All five seasons of Art in the Twenty-First Century are available on DVD and digital download, giving you first-hand access to today's most compelling artists and thought-provoking themes. (Season 5 is also available in high-definition Blu-ray.)
Companion books
Spanning all five seasons, the Art in the Twenty-First Century companion books feature in-depth interviews with all 86 series-featured artists, high-quality images, and essays from Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins.
Visit ShopPBS.org to view all available products from Art21.
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