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Weekly Watchlist: Experience Every Day Abstractions and Apply to Art21 Educators

Maryam Hoseini’s in between spaces

Exploring the spaces in between painting and drawing, figuration and abstraction, Maryam Hoseini’s current work depicts fragmented—often female—bodies floating in abstract, flattened architectural spaces.

“These fractured spaces and fragmented bodies, that is somehow the reflection of my own personal experiences and life,” says the artist. “And so much of the work is about representation of self.”

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Art21 Educators: Application Open

Art21 Educators is an intensive, year-long professional development initiative and learning community. The program is designed to support K–12 educators in any subject area who are interested in bringing contemporary art, artists, and themes into classroom teaching and learning.

The application deadline for the 2022–2023 year of Art21 Educators is March 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

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Playlist: The Anarchic Potential of Color

IMAGE: Keltie Ferris in his New York studio. Production still from the New York Close Up film, “Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude.” © Art21, Inc. 2011.Bright and busy to the cusp of chaotic, the color employed by the artists in this playlist can’t be contained by a traditional palette.

Build up layers with Keltie Ferris, explore the immersive potential of colors with Anish Kapoor, and paint across interconnected canvases with Elizabeth Murray in our playlist: The Anarchic Potential of Color.

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New educator resources for digital films

Developed to accompany films from our Extended Play and New York Close Up series, this special collection of Educators’ Guides are available individually, by featured artist, as free downloadable resources.

One of our latest guides is designed to accompany the film Between the Earth and the Sky, featuring artist Wangechi Mutu.

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