Political scientist Robert Putnam told Judy Woodruff that strengthening the country’s democracy would begin with grassroots efforts by people stepping up in their own communities. Those efforts will be her focus this year and she begins...

We all want to use our talents to create something meaningful with our lives. But how to get started? (And ... what if you're shy?) Writer Kare Anderson shares her own story of chronic shyness, and how she opened up her world by helping...

With scissors and paper, artist Béatrice Coron creates intricate worlds, cities and countries, heavens and hells. Striding onstage in a glorious cape cut from Tyvek, she describes her creative process and the way her stories develop from...

Independent public art like graffiti and street art often gets a bad rap, thanks to its legal classification as vandalism. But these art forms have much to offer as a means for people to speak truth to power and take ownership of...

From giant rock sculptures to Confederate statues, there’s something about public art that cranks up the temperature of debate. In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we’ll learn about public art’s diversity of media, how it...

Howcast - Learn about the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, California in this Howcast travel video.

Learn to understand any artwork you come across in a fraction of the time it would take to get a degree in Art History.

Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a discussion on how, from bells to blades to hammers, global craftsmanship remains both timeless and forward-thinking.



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Origin of Everything takes a field trip to Washington, D.C. and explores the painful history and legacy of America's Civil War. Danielle looks at Confederate and Union Civil War monuments and what spurred their construction after the war.

Is art a public good? Why is the government even paying for art in the first place? Today, Danielle explores the US government's history of commissioning art and how that lead to the NEA.

Put your sculpture anywhere in the world for a virtual public art display using this lesson!

New York City offers way too many art-viewing opportunities for us to cover in a single art trip video, so this time we decided to focus on the abundant public art around the city.

Kara Walker's fountain addresses public monuments and the stories they tell us about history.

What is public art? Who funds it, owns it, and shapes it? Who does it serve? And why is it important? We try to answer some of these questions by looking at an example of public art that never came to be - Fred Wilson’s E Pluribus Unum.

A history and analysis of London's 4th Plinth public sculpture project.

An analsysis Sarah Sze's public art in the New York City Subway

Public funding for the arts is a hotly-debated topic, but let's look at where arts funding goes, what it accomplishes, and how we compare internationally.

We come to you from San Francisco's Exploratorium, where we met with artist-in-residence Zarouhie Abdalian. For her assignment, she wants you to focus on boundaries and the relationships between the spaces they separate. Sarah Green then...

The Chicano Art Movement was an explosion of Mexican-American culture that established a unique artistic identity in the United States - and raised up a new political voice.

In this video, students will view a piece of public art, then create a sculpture or mural that values diversity and celebrates the positive contributions people have made to our world.

Today we're going to continue our discussion of public art, this time focusing on murals. We've invited Richard McCoy back to the studio to share with us what exactly murals are, where they came from, and how they can contribute to the...

Fort St. John’s downtown bursts with colour as vibrant new murals celebrate Indigenous resilience and creative renewal.

A 704.4-square-metre artwork, titled Our Common Ground, has been unveiled in Bristol as the city updates its central

promenade.

Created by multi-disciplinary artist Oshii, the artwork features patterns and stories...

This month, spots around Toronto that exemplify design excellence were recognized at the Toronto Urban Design Awards. CBC's Talia Ricci spoke with some of this year's winners and jury.