Past Events

2025

Educator Workshop: Revolutions on Paper
Thursday, January 9, 2025
4:30 p.m. ET
Brooklyn, NY

In-person program presented in partnership with Brooklyn Museum


Educator Workshop: What is Contemporary Art? Sports
Saturday, January 11, 2025
1:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program presented in partnership with SFMOMA


Educator Workshop: Performing America
Thursday, January 23, 2025
7:00 pm E.T.

Virtual Program


Educator Workshop: Art21 Watch Party
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
8:00 pm E.T.
Virtual Program


Educator Workshop: What is Contemporary Art? Portraits
Saturday, February 1, 2025
1:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program presented in partnership with SFMOMA


Educator Workshop: Teaching Contemporary Art with Elementary Students
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
7:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Program


Educator Workshop: Documenting War
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
7:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Program


Educator Workshop: Artists as Educators with Gregg Emery
Thursday, February 20, 2025
7:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Program


Space and Place: An Art21 × SFMOMA Educator Event
Thursday, March 1, 2025
9:30 a.m. PT
San Francisco, CA
In-person program presented with SFMOMA


Educator Workshop: Landscapes
Thursday, March 6, 2025
7:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Program


2024

Special Event for Teachers: Tour of Shah Garg Exhibition
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
4:30 p.m. ET
New York, NY

In-person program


What is Contemporary Art? Personal Connections
Saturday, January 20, 2024
1:00 p.m. ET
In partnership with SFMOMA

Virtual Program


New Artists, New Resources
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Sports and Contemporary Art
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Visible Thinking and the Scientific Process
Saturday, March 16, 2024
10:00 a.m. ET
New York, NY

In-person program presented in partnership with The Met


An Art21 Event for Educators with Artist Barry McGee
Saturday, March 23, 2024
10:00 a.m. PT
San Francisco, CA

In-person program presented in partnership with SFMOMA


NAEA Teacher Celebration
Friday, April 5, 2024
6:00 p.m. CT
Minneapolis, MN

In-person program


Educator Talk with Lois Hetland
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
7:30 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Social Critique of the Criminal Justice System
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program presented in partnership with Brooklyn Museum


Social Critique through Black Imagery
Thursday, April 18, 2024
4:30 p.m. ET
Brooklyn, NY

In-person program presented in partnership with Brooklyn Museum


Access for All: Contemporary Conversations with Art21
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
10:30 a.m. / 2:30 p.m. ET
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA

In-person program presented in partnership with The High Museum of Art


Channeling Rage as Artistic Action
Monday, July 29, 2024
1:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Making Beautiful Mistakes
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
12:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Contemporary Art in Your Curriculum
Monday, August 12, 2024
11:00 a.m. ET

Virtual Program


The Careful Act of Listening
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
1:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Educator Workshop: Artists as Educators
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
2:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Educator Workshop: America’s Sweethearts
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Art21 Teacher Special Event: Tour with Artist Naudline Pierre
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
4:30 p.m. ET
New York, NY

In-person program


Educator Workshop: Politics of Listening
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Public Program: Big Night of Shorts
Friday, September 27, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET

In-person program


Public Program: Spray Painting with Teaching Artist Alex Mendez
Sunday, October 6, 2024
12:30 p.m. CT
Chicago, IL

In-person Program


Educator Workshop: Contemporary Artists and Craft
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
1:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Educator Workshop: Artists as Educators
Saturday, October 19, 2024
12:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Public Program: “You’ve Just Been F*cked by PSYOPS”
Thursday, October 24, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET
Brooklyn, New York

In-person program presented in partnership with Protocinema and e-flux Screening Room


Educator Workshop: Artists and Industrial Towns
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
8:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Public Program: Artists & the Unknown: Art21 Interviews with Artists
Wednesday, November 14, 2024
7:00 p.m. ET

In-person program


Educator Workshop: Food Systems and Contemporary Art
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
6:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Educator Workshop: Chocolate and Contemporary Artists
Monday, November 25, 2024
4:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Educator Workshop: Textiles
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
6:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Educator Workshop: Artists Designing Utopias
Monday, December 9, 2024
8:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Educator Workshop: Revolutions on Paper
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
6:30 p.m. ET

Virtual program presented in partnership with Brooklyn Museum


Educator Workshop: Contemporary Artists and Craft
Monday, December 16, 2024
5:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


2023

One Hour, One Artist

Monday, January 9, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program 


The Art of Connecting

Tuesday, January 24, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program 


Art21 Educators Open House

Tuesday, February 7, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


What is Contemporary Art? Memory

Saturday, February 25, 2023
1:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program presented in partnership with SFMOMA


An Educator Talk with Olivia Gude

Monday, February 27, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Charles Gaines: Systems & Structures
Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 7:00 pm PT
Los Angeles, CA

In-person program in partnership with REDCAT


Picturing Personal Icons
Monday, March 27, 2023
7:30 p.m. ET

Virtual program


“Everyday Icons” First Watch Party
Monday, April 10, 2023
1:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


“Everyday Icons” Second Watch Party
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


An Evening with “Everyday Icons” Director Ian Forster
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


Art and Place
Monday, April 24, 2023
6:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program in partnership with Brooklyn Museum


Tour with Artist Shahzia Sikander
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
4:30 p.m. ET
New York, NY

In-person program


“Everyday Icons” in the Classroom
Monday, May 15, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual program


“Bodies of Knowledge”
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
12 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Centering Black Voices in AP Art History
Monday, August 7, 2023
12 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Planning Your Year with Art21
Thursday, August 10, 2023
11 a.m. ET

Virtual Program


Planning for Chance
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Sports and Contemporary Art
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
4:30 p.m. ET
Athens, GA

In-person program


In Conversation: Paul Pfeiffer
Thursday, September 28, 2023
6:00 p.m. ET
Athens, GA

In-person program


“Friends & Strangers”
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
6:30 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Costumes, Creatures, and Conversation
with the artists of Whoop Dee Doo

Thursday, October 26, 2023
7:30 p.m. ET

In-Person Public Program


Portraiture as an Act of Care
Thursday, November 2, 2023
7:30 p.m. ET

Virtual Program


Envisioning Power on Election Day
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
New York, NY
In partnership with The Met

In-person Program


What is Contemporary Art? Place
Saturday, December 2, 2023
1:00 p.m. ET
In partnership with SFMOMA

Virtual Program

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