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🎒 📝 Art21 and Education in 2024.👇

💥 13 years of . As a year-long intensive experience, the Art21 Educators program encourages teachers to consider new ways contemporary art can support teaching and learning in the arts, and when the arts are utilized to deepen learning in other disciplines.

💥 8 New Educator Guides: https://art21.org/for-educators/tools-for-teaching/guides/
📝 Art21 creates both Educator Guides and Screening Guides to provide a deeper engagement with and understanding of Art21 films. 👉 Our newest guides feature: Aliza Nisenbaum, Aki Sasamoto, Elle Perez, Richard Mosse, Tau Lewis, Naudline Pierre, Tommy Kha, and Barbara Kruger.

💥 10 New "Teaching with Contemporary Art" articles: https://art21.org/read/type/teaching-with-contemporary-art/
📖 Read articles and insights from Amy Jackson, Kandice Stewart, Joe Fusaro, Jess Perry-Martin, Mary Goldthwaite, and Steven Speciale.

💥 34 Educator Workshops: https://art21.org/for-educators/initiatives/art21-ambassadors/
Art21 Ambassadors offers free professional development workshops and seminars offered virtually and in-person each month.

LEARN MORE and access FREE TOOLS at art21.org/education.

🎞️ We're taking a look back at Art21 in 2024. Share your favorite films, memories, and programs with us by tagging

🎟️ 2024 was a big year for Art21 events!
From film screenings to live gatherings, we connected with so many of you to celebrate artists, stories, and creativity.

✨ 2024 Spring Gala
One of our most inspiring gatherings yet. Over 275 artists, filmmakers, and friends came together to celebrate contemporary art and honor three remarkable artists: Hiroshi Sugimoto, Amy Sherald, and David Howe. 🎶 The night capped off with an exclusive live performance by GRAMMY-nominated Tierra Whack.

🎬 Big Night of Shorts
On September 27th, The Paley Center for Media was buzzing as we celebrated recent film releases with artists, filmmakers, and art enthusiasts. An evening to remember!

🎥 Filmmaker Celebration at DOC NYC
In November, we toasted the incredible storytellers and collaborators behind Art21 films. The evening brought together seasoned contributors and newcomers to celebrate another remarkable year of documentary storytelling.

📚 Pre-Release Event: Artists and the Unknown
At a sold-out event for our new book, editor Jurrell Lewis led a conversation with featured artists Josephine Halvorson and Diane Severin Nguyen at the Center for Art, Research, and Alliances in Manhattan. Artists and the Unknown hits shelves January 7th—[preorder now in the Art21 shop!](insert link).

💻 14 Public Programs
Both virtual and in-person, these programs brought artists and audiences together for conversations that inspire.

Did you join us? Have a favorite moment? Let us know below ⬇️ and stay connected for what’s next by subscribing to our newsletter art21.org/newsletter. ✉️

✴️ New artist interviews, available in English and Spanish👇

In the Fall of 2024, Art21 published interviews with Bárbara Sánchez Kane, Carolina Fusilier, and Fernando Palma Rodríguez, three artists living and working in Mexico. Each interview offers a window into the wide variety of conceptual inquiries and material explorations that animate so many contemporary artists working today.

These artists bridge the local and the global, drawing upon national military uniforms, personal and familial legacies, Indigenous languages and worldviews to create bodies of work that address the pressing issues of our time. To ensure greater access to these artists' important words and works, Art21 has published these interviews in both English and Spanish.

📖 En el Studio: Bárbara Sánchez-Kane
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane reflexiona sobre cómo el vestuario performa el cuerpo.
Entrevista por Samantha Ozer
👉 https://art21.org/read/en-el-estudio-barbara-sanchez-kane/

📖En el Studio: Carolina Fusilier
Carolina Fusilier escucha lo invisible.
Entrevista por Carina Martinez
👉 https://art21.org/read/en-el-estudio-carolina-fusilier

📖En el Studio: Fernando Palma Rodríguez
Fernando Palma Rodriguez hace máquinas precarias.
Entrevista por Eli Rudavsky
👉 https://art21.org/read/en-el-estudio-fernando-palma-rodriguez/

📖 In 2024, Art21 released new 11 READ articles. 👇

Drawing connections between Art21-featured artists and the larger contexts in which they thrive, Art21’s READ section chronicles this landscape, post-by-post—posing broader, meditative questions about the place of art in our world.

📕 Big Question: How did you arrive at being an artist? Jordan Nassar shares his path to becoming an artist.
https://art21.org/read/big-question-jordan-nassar/
Interview by Jurrell Lewis. Photography by Timothy O’Connell

📕 Big Question: How can art be a collective process? Shanzhai Lyric stewards an incomplete poem.
https://art21.org/read/big-question-shanzhai-lyric/
Interview by Camila Palomino. Photography by Timothy O’Connell

📘 In the Studio: Johanna Maierski builds community through books.
https://art21.org/read/in-the-studio-johanna-maierski/
Interview by Britina Cheng. Photography by Nadine Fraczkowski

📘 In the Studio: Tamar Ettun connects to her inner demon.
https://art21.org/read/in-the-studio-tamar-ettun/
Interview by Jurrell Lewis. Photography by Timothy O’Connell

📘 In the Studio: Atomic Terrain won't stop at just one rose.
https://art21.org/read/in-the-studio-atomic-terrain/
Interview by Jenny Wu. Photography by William Jess Laird

📘 In the Studio: G. Peter Jemison is a cultural worker.
https://art21.org/read/in-the-studio-g-peter-jemison/
Interview by Sampson Ohringer. Photography by Kalen Fontenelle

📕 Big Question: How many words are there for ice? David Brooks experiences deep time in Antarctica.
https://art21.org/read/big-question-david-brooks/
Interview by Gabe Beckhurst Feijoo. Photography by Timothy Schneck

📕 Big Question: How do we complicate the relationship between power and violence? Gray Wielebinski lets things be strange.
https://art21.org/read/big-question-gray-wielebinski/
Interview by Jurrell Lewis. Photography by Harry Mitchell

📘 In the Studio: Bárbara Sánchez-Kane thinks about how costume performs the body.*
https://art21.org/read/in-the-studio-barbara-sanchez-kane/
Interview by Samantha Ozer. Photography by Dorian Ulises López Macías

📘 In the Studio: Carolina Fusilier hears the invisible.*
https://art21.org/read/in-the-studio-carolina-fusilier/
Interview by Carina Martinez. Photography by Miko Revereza

📘 In the Studio: Fernando Palma Rodríguez makes precarious machines.*
https://art21.org/read/in-the-studio-fernando-palma-rodriguez/
Interview by Eli Rudavsky. Photography by Ada Navarro

*available in English and Spanish

🎞️ We're taking a look back at Art21 in 2024. Share your favorite films, memories, and programs with us by tagging

📘 📕 Pre-Order: "Artists & the Unknown"

Art21's second compendium of artist interviews explores how we use the randomness, complexity, and unknowability of life to push the boundaries of art and culture.

The unknown is definitionally indefinable. It is something we encounter in ways big and small every day of our lives. It appears when we wake up and wonder what the day holds, as we watch the world around us change, develop and decay, and in our risks, dreams and curiosities. The unknown can appear unexpectedly, at any time, and with myriad forms and faces. What do we do with that information? At Art21, we look to artists.

Pre-Order now: shop.art21.org

This item will ship on January 7, 2025.

IMAGE: Photography by Timothy O'Connell.

🎬 In 2024, Art21 released 12 digital films. How many have you seen? Which was your favorite? Tell us in the comments below.👇

1️⃣ "Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Politics of Listening"
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2️⃣ "Hannah Levy's Adaptive Structures"
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3️⃣ "Xin Liu's Inward Expeditions"
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4️⃣ "Rose B. Simpson: 'Dream House'"
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5️⃣ "Drake Carr's Favorite Thing"
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6️⃣ "Naudline Pierre: A Place Other Than Here"
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7️⃣ "Amy Sillman: To Abstract"
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8️⃣ "Ilana Harris Babou's Guide to Health & Happiness"
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9️⃣ "Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo): Radical Transparency"
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🔟 "Sincerely Yours, Hadi Falapishi"
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1️⃣ 1️⃣ "Howardena Pindell: Inner Circle"
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1️⃣ 2️⃣ "Salah Elmur: Fixing Time"
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👉 All Art21 films are always available free, in full, on Art21.org and our YouTube page at youtube.com/art21org

🎞️ We're taking a look back at Art21 in 2024. Share your favorite films, memories, and programs with us by tagging

Join Art21 for a Virtual Teacher Workshop⤵️

🗣️ Head, Hand, and Heart: Contemporary Artists and Craft
📅 Monday, December 16, 2024
🕑 5:00 p.m. ET

RSVP (free): https://bit.ly/4dTq4Xu

Why are hand skills important to contemporary artists? This workshop series will highlight artists invested in the craft of their practice and consider how craft knowledge has anchored their work. Through examining the handmade in artists like Nick Cave and Tauba Auerbach’s work, we will explore how craft has informed these artists’ worldview and led to new ways of living and working.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Art21 Virtual Teacher Workshop: Head, Hand, and Heart: Contemporary Artists and Craft. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Why are hand skills important to contemporary artists? This workshop series will highlight artists invested in the craft of their practice and consider how craft knowledge has anchored their work. Through examining the handmade in artists like Nick Cave and Tauba Auerbach’s work, we will explore h...

Join Art21 for a Virtual Teacher Workshop⤵️

🗣️ Revolutions on Paper
📅 Tuesday, December 10, 2024
🕑 6:30 p.m. ET

RSVP (free): https://bit.ly/3OrFmr9

How do artists exchange revolutionary ideas? Join Art21, in partnership with the Brooklyn Museum, for a virtual discussion that weaves together the work of revolutionary artists and printmakers across time such as Elizabeth Catlett, Ellen Gallagher, and Brian Jungen.

This two part workshop will illuminate the ways in which art-making processes can reflect, deepen, and sustain revolutionary movements and ideas. The second iteration of this workshop will include a printmaking demonstration at Brooklyn Museum where participants will experience the power of printing.

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🗣️ Artists Designing Utopias
📅 Monday, December 9, 2024
⏰ 8:00 p.m. ET
Register (free): https://bit.ly/3XAACop

How can design be used both as a form of escape and confinement? How do artists use design as a tool to liberate themselves from oppressive structures? Explore these ideas through film discussions and hands-on art making! During this workshop we will draw inspiration from contemporary artists to reimagine our workspaces, classrooms, and relationship to our natural environment.

🥂 On Wednesday, November 20th, Art21 hosted a Filmmaker Celebration to toast an international group of filmmakers, collaborators, and DOC NYC attendees on another incredible year of documentary storytelling. Whether attendees were seasoned contributors to Art21 or newcomers discovering our work, the evening was a testament to the vibrant filmmaker community. 👇

🎬 Art21’s Director of Production, Nick Ravich, addressed the room full of familiar and new faces. “Tonight is explicitly about celebrating you all—the filmmakers who contribute directly to Art21 and the greater nonfiction production community that we’re all a part of. Your efforts, quite literally, make what we do possible,” he shared in his remarks.

🎞️ Read more: https://art21.org/2024/12/03/art21-filmmaker-celebration-during-doc-nyc-2024/

Join Art21 for a Virtual Teacher Workshop⤵️

🗣️ Artists Designing Utopias
📅 Monday, December 9, 2024
🕑 8:00 p.m. ET

RSVP (free): https://bit.ly/3XAACop

How can design be used both as a form of escape and confinement? How do artists use design as a tool to liberate themselves from oppressive structures? Explore these ideas through film discussions and hands-on art making! During this workshop we will draw inspiration from contemporary artists to reimagine our workspaces, classrooms, and relationship to our natural environment.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Art21 Virtual Teacher Workshop: Artists Designing Utopias. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. How can design be used both as a form of escape and confinement? How do artists use design as a tool to liberate themselves from oppressive structures? Explore these ideas through film discussions and hands-on art making! During this workshop we will draw inspiration from contemporary artists to rei...