Guides
Educator Guides
Educator Guides are designed to be used as a resource in the classroom before, during, and after viewing Art21 films.
These guides provide information about selected artists and themes, questions for classroom discussions, and hands-on activities that provide students with a fundamental understanding of creative and critical thinking processes.
Developed to accompany films from Art21’s Extended Play and New York Close Up film series, this special collection of Educator Guides are available individually, by featured artist, as free downloadable resources.
A
Diana Al-Hadid (Download PDF)
B
Firelei Báez (Download PDF)
Kevin Beasley (Download PDF)
Meriem Bennani (Download PDF)
Lucas Blalock (Download PDF)
C
Jordan Casteel (Download PDF)
KING COBRA (Download PDF)
Alex Da Corte (Download PDF)
D
Louise Despont (Download PDF)
Abigail DeVille (Download PDF)
Marcel Dzama (Download PDF)
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LaToya Ruby Frazier (Download PDF)
G
Daniel Gordon (Download PDF)
H
Loie Hollowell (Download PDF)
Luchita Hurtado (Download PDF)
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Tommy Kha (Download PDF)
Barbara Kruger (Download PDF)
L
Shaun Leonardo (Download PDF)
Tau Lewis (Download PDF)
M
Guadalupe Maravilla (Download PDF)
Adam Milner (Download PDF)
Azikiwe Mohammed (Download PDF)
Richard Mosse (Download PDF)
Wangechi Mutu (Download PDF)
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Aliza Nisenbaum (Download PDF)
P
Elle Pérez (Download PDF)
Naudline Pierre (Download PDF)
Howardena Pindell (Download PDF)
R
Michael Rakowitz (Download PDF)
Kameelah Janan Rasheed (Download PDF)
W
Jaimie Warren (Download PDF)
Jack Whitten (Download PDF)
Z
Marela Zacarías (Download PDF)
Bryan Zanisnik (Download PDF)
Accompanies the 1-hour film and offers suggestions for facilitating discussions and activities, in addition to screening the film with classroom and community audiences.
Themes: Romance, Ecology, Protest, Paradox
Artists: Robert Adams, Allora & Calzadilla, Mark Bradford, Mark Dion, Jenny Holzer, Pierre Huyghe, Alfredo Jaar, An-My Lê, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Judy Pfaff, Lari Pittman, Robert Ryman, Laurie Simmons, Nancy Spero, Catherine Sullivan, Ursula von Rydingsvard
Themes: Power, Memory, Structures, Play
Artists: Laylah Ali, Ida Applebroog, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ellen Gallagher, Arturo Herrera, Oliver Herring, Roni Horn, Hubbard/Birchler, Mike Kelley, Josiah McElheny, Matthew Ritchie, Susan Rothenberg, Jessica Stockholder, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Richard Tuttle, Fred Wilson, Krzysztof Wodiczko
Themes: Identity, Consumption, Place, Spirtuality
Artists: Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Michael Ray Charles, Mel Chin, John Feodorov, Ann Hamilton, Margaret Kilgallen, Beryl Korot, Barbara Kruger, Maya Lin, Sally Mann, Kerry James Marshall, Barry McGee, Bruce Nauman, Pepón Osorio, Richard Serra, Shahzia Sikander, James Turrell, William Wegman, Andrea Zittel
Viewing the Art21 Programs
Full episodes and individual artist segments from the Art in the Twenty-First Century television series are available to stream here on Art21.org as well as on Art21.live. Episodes are also available for download to own from iTunes and on DVD from ShopPBS, and other online distributors.