Art21 News
December 21, 2011
 

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 We have a special gift for our Art21 News subscribers, right up there in the banner of this newsletter. See it? While we can't tell you exactly what or who is featured in the photo at this moment--your guesses are certainly welcome--we can say that it comes from the forthcoming sixth season of Art in the Twenty-First Century. By the time the next issue of Art21 News arrives in your inbox, we will have already revealed details about the new season. This little advance treat is our way of thanking you for subscribing to Art21 emails!

2011 was an exceptional year at Art21 thanks to our many supporters. From the over 75,000 viewers who have been enjoying films from the New York Close Up series, to the hundreds of thousands who have visited our new websites and online features, we have supporters like our Art21 News subscribers to thank for helping us make our work feel so rewarding.

From the entire Art21 staff, we wish you a very happy holiday season, and we look forward to bringing you more in 2012!

topIn this issue:  

Support Art21: Donate to the 2012 Annual Fund 

New Videos: Cao Fei and An-My L� 

Highlights from the Art21 Blog 

Shop Art21 

Banner: Production still from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 6. � Art21, Inc. 2012. Left: May Heilmann in her Long Island studio, 2008. Production still from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 5, Episode: Fantasy. � Art21, Inc. 2009.
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..."
--Grant panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities
As an ongoing champion of Art21, we hope that this year you will consider making a donation to Art21 in your year-end giving. A contribution of any size ensures free, unlimited access for students, educators, and audiences around the world to films, educational resources, and Web-based programming, including:
  • Art in the Twenty-First Century (Season 6), our Peabody Award-winning PBS television series, premiering in 2012
  • Access '12, a month-long program featuring free preview screenings of Art in the Twenty-First Century (Season 6), co-hosted by museums, schools, libraries, and community centers worldwide
  • Art21 Educators, a year-long professional development program for K-12 teachers that facilitates contemporary art in the classroom
Thank you, in advance, for your support!

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videoNew Videos: Cao Fei and An-My L�

Cao Fei: Building
 Cao Fei: Building "RMB City"
Exclusive Episode #146: In her Beijing studio, Cao Fei discusses the inspirations, process, and challenges behind developing and building a virtual urban environment within the digital realm of Second Life for her project, "RMB City" (2007).

An-My Lê:
 An-My L�: "Trap Rock"
Exclusive Episode #147: Commissioned by Dia:Beacon, artist An-My L� makes photographs of the Trap Rock basalt quarry on the Hudson River with her large-format camera.
Keep up with the New York Close Up series at the project website. Keep up with the Exclusive series on Art21.org, or subscribe to the series via RSS or iTunes (note: link opens in iTunes).

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 Highlights from the Art21 Blog

 New Column

Bound: The Printed Object in Context
Penned by former Centerfield columnist Meg Onli, Bound focuses on the art book's status as a designed object, explores the conceptual aspects of publication design, and highlights boundary-pushing examples of the art book form. Bound will post on the first Tuesday of each month.

Looking at Los Angeles | Local Dancer Meets Mother of Performance
 From Our Columns

Looking at Los Angeles' Catherine Wagley delves into the controversial labor issues spurred by Marina Abramović's performance design for a gala at L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA); Sarah Kirk Hanley of Ink looks at fantastic narratives in Amy Cutler's prints and drawings; and Teaching With Contemporary Art's Joe Fusaro fills us in on a host of great happenings at Art21, including our new website, Access 2012, and open applications for our fourth year of Art21 Educators.

Terence Hannum.
 Guest Bloggers

Writer and independent curator Amelia Ishmael gives readers a primer on "Black Metal art;" Amanda Beroza Friedman talks to independent curator Erin Sickler about the Occupy Wall Street-inspired Arts & Labor movement; and Jason Lahman takes us on a tour of the Oakland and San Francisco art scenes.

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): "Municipal de F�tbol," 2008; Image courtesy of Texfield. Marina Abramović; "An Artist's Life Manifesto," performance at MOCA Gala, 2011. Terence Hannum; "Mass," 2008; Oil on panel; Image courtesy the artist.

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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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