The Art Assignment

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

Episodes

  • Make a Book with Meat (or other atypical materials): asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Make a Book with Meat (or other atypical materials)

    S6 Ep32 |
    Artist and designer Ben Denzer shares an assignment to make an ATYPICAL BOOK.
  • How to Visit an Art Museum: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How to Visit an Art Museum

    S1 Ep43 |
    Seems easy enough, but there are ways to maximize your experience.
  • Please Break the Law?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Please Break the Law?

    S1 Ep42 |
    This week Sarah discusses artists Ai Weiwei and Pussy Riot.
  • Expanded Moment: Highlights: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Expanded Moment: Highlights

    S1 Ep41 |
    We review some of the best responses to the 'Expanded Moment' assignment.
  • What's a Curator?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    What's a Curator?

    S1 Ep40 |
    We ask what the title "curator" really means, both traditionally and as it is used today.
  • The One That Got Away: Update: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The One That Got Away: Update

    S1 Ep39 |
    Oliver Blank gives an update on some of the best responses to his challenge.
  • Expanded Moment - Jan Tichy: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Expanded Moment - Jan Tichy

    S1 Ep38 |
    Jan Tichy gives us the assignment to create an Expanded Moment.
  • Desktop Monument: Highlights: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Desktop Monument: Highlights

    S1 Ep37 |
    We review some of the best responses to the 'Desktop Monument' assignment.
  • The One That Got Away - Oliver Blank: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The One That Got Away - Oliver Blank

    S1 Ep36 |
    Artist Oliver Blank explores our sense of time and place through public installations.

Specials

  • Public Art Trip: New York City: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Public Art Trip: New York City

    On this trip, we focus on the abundant public art around New York City.

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.