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Season 3 Episode 40
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Brain Sounds - Jamal Cyrus

Brain Sounds - Jamal Cyrus

Season 3 Episode 41
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Art Trip: Houston

Art Trip: Houston

Season 3 Episode 42
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Imaginary Friend - JooYoung Choi

Imaginary Friend - JooYoung Choi

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Art Trip: Indianapolis

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Look What We've Done

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The Case for Surrealism

The Case for Surrealism

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The Art Assignment

Cases for Political Art

Season 3 Episode 38

This week we explore some of the most powerful artworks ever made, making the case for political art one work at a time. Pablo Picasso's Guernica, Kathe Kollwitz's prints, Kazimir Malevich's Black Square, Iri and Toshi Maruki's Hiroshima Panels, and Martha Rosler's House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home photomontages. What do you think of as political art?

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This week we meet with artist and designer Jonathan Nesci in Columbus, Indiana.
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This week we're talking about Fierce Women of Art.
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7:34
We continue at ArtPrize and meet with Brooklyn-based artist Diana Shpungin.
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We gathered some friends together for our own Scramble Scrabble Dinner.
Make It Break It - Carolina Borja and Amy Toscani
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We spent a week at ArtPrize, the world’s largest art competition.
Fake Flyer - Nathaniel Russell
8:23
Artist and musician Nathaniel Russell asks you to create a fake flyer.
A Collaboration with Son Lux
1:26
Son Lux invited you to collaborate with a piece of his music.
Paper Weavings - Michelle Grabner
9:50
Michelle Grabner works in multiple mediums, but always with a focus on pattern and color.
What is Mildred's Lane?
2:49
We continue our stay at Mildred's Lane and talk about it's origins and vision.
Scramble Scrabble Dinner - J. Morgan Puett
8:47
This week we’re at Mildred’s Lane in rural Pennsylvania founded by J. Morgan Puett.
Can You Become Someone Else?
7:02
We’re talking about your responses to Tameka Norris’s assignment to Become Someone Else.
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