The Art Assignment

Join the Art Assignment community for projects with great American contemporary artists.

Episodes

  • Scramble Scrabble Dinner - J. Morgan Puett

    This week we’re at Mildred’s Lane in rural Pennsylvania founded by J. Morgan Puett.
  • Can You Become Someone Else?

    We’re talking about your responses to Tameka Norris’s assignment to Become Someone Else.
  • Lost Childhood Object - Lenka Clayton

    We visit Lenka Clayton, an artist who finds meaning in ordinary, everyday objects.
  • I Could Do That

    So you look at a work of art and think to yourself, I could have done that.
  • HERETHERE - Jon Rubin

    This week we meet with Jon Rubin, whose practice often focuses on cultural exchange.
  • Surface Test - Kim Beck

    You probably made rubbings in elementary school, but not like these.
  • Embarrassing Object - Geof Oppenheimer

    This week's assignment comes to you from Chicago based artist Geof Oppenheimer.
  • Become a Sci-Fi Character - Desirée Holman

    We sit down with artist Desirée Holman to talk about her current project, Sophont.

Specials

About The Art Assignment

The Art Assignment is a weekly PBS Digital Studios production hosted by curator Sarah Green. We take you around the U.S. to meet working artists and solicit assignments from them that we can all complete.