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    The Art Assignment
            Art That Brings Me Comfort
                
                    
                        
                            Season 6
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 26
                        
                    
                
            
            
            What art that brings you comfort right now? What art do you want to be thinking about? In this episode, we make a book of art by Alec Soth, Miyoko Ito, Giorgio Morandi, Vija Celmins, Sam Gilliam, Sheila Hicks, and Wayne Thiebaud.
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            Host Sarah Urist Green shares 40 reflections about art.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            How Climate Changes Art
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            There is plenty of art ABOUT space, but this video explores art ACTUALLY IN space.
        
        
    
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            What Does Resistance Look Like?