Art21 News
November 17, 2011
 

Production still from the series, 'New York Close Up'


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 With Art21's Web efforts, what started off as a way to complement the Art in the Twenty-First Century PBS broadcast series quickly grew into an effort to remain active between broadcast seasons, spawning additional resources in a range of formats, spread across all corners of the Web. Now, for the first time, all of these materials have been brought together under one (digital) roof with this month's launch of the new Art21.org. Read on to learn more about what the site has to offer.

This month's issue also highlights new videos from each of our online series--featuring artists Paul McCarthy and Tommy Hartung--as well as recent selections from the Art21 Blog.

Finally, as the year draws to an end, we thank you for continuing to support Art21, and we invite you to contribute to Art21's growth with a gift to the Art21 Annual Fund. Please read on for information on how you can help support the initiatives at Art21.

topIn this issue:  

Introducing the New Art21.org 

Teach: Educator Resources on the New Art21.org 

Support Art21: Donate to the 2012 Annual Fund 

New Videos: Tommy Hartung and Paul McCarthy 

Highlights from the Art21 Blog 

Shop Art21 

Banner: Robert Adams taking photographs in Oregon, 2006. Production still from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 4, Episode: Ecology. © Art21, Inc. 2007. © Art21, Inc. 2007. Left: Tommy Hartung plays chess with Ronnie Bass and Georgia Sagri in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Production still from the series New York Close Up. © Art21, Inc. 2011.
videoIntroducing the New Art21.org
Introducing the New Art21.org
On November 1, Art21 launched the brand new Art21.org. Re-imagined and rebuilt from the ground up, the new Art21.org offers Art21's complete collection of materials, all presented on a single website for the very first time.

Combining resources from the entire catalog of Art21-produced films--including Art in the Twenty-First Century, William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, New York Close Up, and Exclusive--visitors can watch over 200 videos, browse through over 2,500 images, read over 100 interviews, view and download resources for educators, and much more.

The new Art21.org also introduces a new online feature: Ideas. Ideas explores themes and issues in contemporary art as they intersect with today's most relevant topics and concerns. Each installment of Ideas will feature new and original writing, integrated and illustrated with related films, images, educational prompts, and writings from Art21 library of materials.

This relaunch marks the beginning of our evolving and expanding home on the Web. We invite you to visit and explore the new Art21.org, and we welcome your feedback as we continue to improve the website.

Be sure to also visit our redesigned site on PBS.org, which will continue to feature materials directly related to Art21 broadcasts on PBS.

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videoTeach: Educator Resources on the New Art21.org
Teach: Educator Resources on the New Art21.org
How can contemporary art, artists, and video suggest new ways of thinking and making? Beyond supporting the art classroom, the new resources in the Teach section of the relaunched Art21.org connect the art and ideas of artists today to conversations across disciplines, subject areas, and current events.

From a broad orientation to contemporary art, to more focused resources exploring individual artists and themes, we have envisioned the Teach section as a multi-media platform for investigating and integrating the art and ideas of living artists in classroom and community learning through video, visual imagery, and text.

Check out the new resources, share with colleagues, and contribute your own ideas, interpretations, and applications!

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supportart21Support Art21: Donate to the 2012 Annual Fund
Support Art21: Donate to the 2012 Annual Appeal
"Art21 does consistently good work in opening up visual arts to the public...[while] staying fresh and continually renewing their output and impact on audiences."
--National funding panelist
The support of many friends, partners, and sponsors has made for an extremely productive year at Art21! Highlights of 2011 include:
  • The Peabody Award for William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
  • The New York State Art Teachers Association Special Citation Award
  • Art21 Educators, now in its third year; benefits thousands of K-12 students
  • New York Close Up, a new geographically-focused online film series, is launched
Fans champion Art21 in many ways, ranging from donations to programs, to purchases of books and DVDs to share with others, to introductions to individuals around the world; each gift helps Art21 expand its programming and reach.

A gift of any size to the Art21 Annual Fund reaps returns that are both materially rewarding--a new series like New York Close Up--and emotionally impactful--a teacher discovering new practices and inspiration. We hope that you will consider Art21 in your year-end giving!

Art21 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are entirely tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

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videoNew Videos: Tommy Hartung and Paul McCarthy

Tommy Hartung's Budget Guide to New York
 Tommy Hartung's Budget Guide to New York
New York Close Up Episode #016: What are the bare essentials an artist needs to live in New York? In this film, artist Tommy Hartung ventures out from his home and studio in Ridgewood, Queens to meet up with two friends--fellow artists Ronnie Bass and Georgia Sagri--in nearby Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Paul McCarthy: "Captain Ballsack"
 Paul McCarthy: "Captain Ballsack"
Exclusive Episode #143: Filmed in his Los Angeles studio, artist Paul McCarthy and production manager Amy Baumann describe the nearly decade-long, organic process behind the sculpture "Captain Ballsack" (2001-2009) and various editions cast from the original work.
Keep up with the New York Close Up series at the project website. Keep up with the Exclusive series on the Art21 Blog, or subscribe to the series via RSS or iTunes (note: link opens in iTunes).

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 Highlights from the Art21 Blog
Ink | Mel Bochner's Word Play: Monoprints at Two Palms Press
 From Our Columns
Bedfellows columnist Victoria Gannon explores "suburban seriality" through the work of artists Ed Ruscha and Robert Adams; Ink's Sarah Kirk Hanley looks at color and word play in Mel Bochner's new series of monoprints, and Calling from Canada's Raji Sohal shares her experience of Cinétose, an "immersive robotics performance" staged by the Canadian Projet EVA collective.

Claire Breukel of Dirty Pink 305, Miami
 Guest Bloggers
San Francisco writer DeWitt Cheng profiles up-and-coming Bay Area artists Cyrus Tilton, William Harsh, and Andy Vogt; and Claire Bruekel and Tina Acevedo, aka Dirty Pink 305, detail their organization's ongoing efforts to document Miami's thriving contemporary art scene, which is often overshadowed by the renowned Art Basel fair.

Want to write for the Art21 Blog? We're looking for writers to respond to our current Flash Points topic. Email interest and writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org.

IMAGES (from top): Mel Bochner; "Amazing," 2011; Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper; Image courtesy Two Palms Press, New York. Claire Breukel of Dirty Pink 305, Miami.

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shopShop Art21 
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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seasonsixNew Season of Art in the Twenty-First Century Coming in 2012
Camera test in Upstate New York, 2011. Photo by Ian Forster.
Over the last ten years, the Art in the Twenty-First Century series has become a biennial staple of the PBS Fall Arts programming. However, things are changing up a bit for the next season of the Peabody Award-winning series.

Art in the Twenty-First Century will return to PBS in 2012, featuring fourteen artists over four brand new episodes.

As with previous broadcasts, we will be encouraging individuals and institutions to host preview events in anticipation of the series premiere.

More information will be included in future issues of Art21 News closer to the projected air date. Stay tuned!

IMAGE: Camera test in Upstate New York, 2011. Photo by Ian Forster.

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