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The Art Assignment
Artistic Alchemy - Brandan Odums
Season 2
Episode 3
The Art Assignment continues its journey through New Orleans with Brandan "BMike" Odums, the mastermind behind "ExhibitBE", a collaborative street art exhibition that transformed an unoccupied apartment building and gave it new life. Now he's asking YOU to do something similar.
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![Make a Book with Meat (or other atypical materials)](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6ac6ba5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FcV7XX91-asset-mezzanine-16x9-ggQNXxw.png)
5:28
Artist and designer Ben Denzer shares an assignment to make an ATYPICAL BOOK.
![The Definition of Art](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bdafe03/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FaaqdTtb-asset-mezzanine-16x9-TMWx5LJ.png)
13:04
What is art? How do we define art?
![Art That Was Never Finished](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/85c0c26/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F7y5jgNk-asset-mezzanine-16x9-ukoqi3d.jpg)
9:32
John Green shares some of his favorite unfinished artworks.
![Make a Cut-Out with Cécile McLorin Salvant](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d9166a6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FfOXrjvI-asset-mezzanine-16x9-GD93Mud.png)
6:50
She shares an art assignment on creating your own Theme and Variation Cut-Out.
![Art Made in Adversity](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/029a15a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F7WNaF9T-asset-mezzanine-16x9-YX1OA0w.jpg)
6:14
Allison Smith shares her thoughts and books about art made in adverse circumstances.
![Art That Brings Me Comfort](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/98d63ae/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FxII4GHm-asset-mezzanine-16x9-jpXr14S.jpg)
11:38
What art that brings you comfort right now?
![Creativity is Overrated](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0a94288/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FofcVy7q-asset-mezzanine-16x9-YOBA88T.jpg)
9:55
You don't need to be creative or inspired to make art.
![What This Painting Tells Us About Frida Kahlo](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8a32743/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1100x619+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FoGySdLz-asset-mezzanine-16x9-6uCj8p1.jpg)
9:26
We take a close look at her painting The Two Fridas (Las Dos Fridas).
![What Makes a Masterpiece?](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e62c37b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FqDFC97W-asset-mezzanine-16x9-HAElsOP.jpg)
12:35
What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one?
![The Case for Video Games](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3f0e815/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2Fu7iSAud-asset-mezzanine-16x9-Wf6A2I3.jpg)
12:45
Video Games are fun, but are they art?
![Art Therapize Yourself](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c0bad55/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2F4GsUBFa-asset-mezzanine-16x9-0jpOG48.jpg)
12:01
What is Art Therapy? How can you use aspects of it in your next art encounter?
![Why Is This Woman in the Jungle?](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8b74423/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.pbs.org%2Fvideo-assets%2FqvE9HpR-asset-mezzanine-16x9-8pM4nsw.jpg)
12:00
What is it about this artwork that captivated audiences then and now?