Guides
Educators’ 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 Educators’ Guides are available individually, by featured artist, as free downloadable resources.
Artists
Diana Al-Hadid (Download PDF)
Firelei Báez (Download PDF)
Meriem Bennani (Download PDF)
Lucas Blalock (Download PDF)
Jordan Casteel (Download PDF)
Alex Da Corte (Download PDF)
Abigail DeVille (Download PDF)
Marcel Dzama (Download PDF)
LaToya Ruby Frazier (Download PDF)
Daniel Gordon (Download PDF)
Luchita Hurtado (Download PDF)
Shaun Leonardo (Download PDF)
Guadalupe Maravilla (Download PDF)
Azikiwe Mohammed (Download PDF)
Wangechi Mutu (Download PDF)
Michael Rakowitz (Download PDF)
Kameelah Janan Rasheed (Download PDF)
Jaimie Warren (Download PDF)
Jack Whitten (Download PDF)
Marela Zacarías (Download PDF)
Bryan Zanisnik (Download PDF)
Episodes: London, Beijing, Borderlands
Artists: Tanya Aguiñiga, John Akomfrah, Phyllida Barlow, Guan Xiao, Anish Kapoor, Liu Xiaodong, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Christian Marclay, Richard Misrach, Postcommodity, Song Dong, Xu Bing, and Yin Xiuzhen.
Cities: Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Vancouver
Artists: Natalia Almada, Edgar Arceneaux, Nick Cave, Minerva Cuevas, Stan Douglas, Theaster Gates, Brian Jungen, Barbara Kasten, Liz Larner, Tala Madani, Liz Magor, Damián Ortega, Pedro Reyes, Diana Thater, Jeff Wall, and Chris Ware.
Accompanies the 1-hour film and offers suggestions for facilitating discussions and activities, in addition to screening the film with classroom and community audiences.
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.