Instructional Video8:02
The Art Assignment

Five Favorite Works of Art with Hannah Hart | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
We met Hannah Hart in her studio to talk about everything from painting to poetry.
Instructional Video2:30
The Art Assignment

What is Mildred's Lane? | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
We continue our stay at Mildred's Lane and talk to it's Director and Ambassador of Entanglement J. Morgan Puett about it's origins, it's goals and how her installation art practice influences her vision for the site.
Instructional Video3:23
The Art Assignment

The One That Got Away - Update | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
This week we're reunited with Oliver Blank, who shares his thoughts on the incredible response to his assignment and announces some exciting plans for the messages you left to the one who got away.
Instructional Video3:20
The Art Assignment

Meet in the Middle | Douglas Paulson and Christopher Robbins | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
Join hosts Sarah Urist Green and John Green as they meet artists Douglas Paulson and Christopher Robbins and receive the first assignment of the series. We begin at Flux Factory in Long Island City, Queens, and follow Doug and Chris as...
Instructional Video6:14
The Art Assignment

Jonn Herschend & Will Rogan | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
This week's assignment comes from Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan, who cofounded THE THING Quarterly, a publication that distributes everyday objects conceived of by different artists. They ask you to consider the meaning of physical...
Instructional Video3:15
The Art Assignment

John and Sarah Host a Scramble Scrabble Dinner | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
We accepted J. Morgan Puett's art assignment and gathered some friends together to host our own Scramble Scrabble Dinner.
Instructional Video8:46
The Art Assignment

Art + Taxes = The Dirty Truth

9th - 12th
It's tax season in the United States, and the art market is one of the many ways rich people game the system to save billions of dollars in taxes each year. Here's how it's done.
Instructional Video7:35
The Art Assignment

Customize a common object. | Brian McCutcheon | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
Indianapolis-based artist Brian McCutcheon asks you to Customize It! This art prompt is asking you to look at the traits around the object and play with one of those traits, thus changing how it's used. Sarah then highlights Méret...
Instructional Video7:11
The Art Assignment

Play a game of What, How, Where | Florian Rivière & Jim Walker | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
In which we meet Florian Rivière & Jim Walker and play What, How, <a href='http://www.whathowandwhere.com/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Where!</a>f='http://www.whathowandwhere.com/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Where!
Instructional Video7:11
The Art Assignment

Make a Rug | The Art Assignment | Fritz Haeg

9th - 12th
We visit Fritz Haeg at his home and studio in Los Angeles and receive the assignment to make a rag rug! But not just any rag rug--one that you make over time and do something on.
Instructional Video5:33
Physics Girl

5 LIFE HACKS BASED ON SCIENCE

9th - 12th
These short, simple life hacks are based on physics. Detangle your headphones, remove sticker residue, check if sunglasses are polarized, cool your car faster, and avoid getting static shock!
Instructional Video6:27
Physics Girl

STRANGE Sand Acts Like Liquid

9th - 12th
Bubbling air through sand can cause it to act like a liquid. Dianna Cowern and William Osman try to reproduce this popular GIF on Physics Girl. Sand liquefied!
Instructional Video8:44
The Art Assignment

Exquisite Corpse | Hugo Crosthwaite | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
This week we come to you from Rosarito, Mexico AND Chicago, IL to bring you an assignment from Hugo Crosthwaite. Hugo asks you to create a collaborative drawing by playing the Surrealist game Exquisite Corpse.
Instructional Video8:09
The Art Assignment

Five Favorite Works of Art with Mike Rugnetta | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
This week Mike Rugnetta joins us to share five of his favorite works of art. Thanks, Mike!
Instructional Video2:38
The Art Assignment

VidCon Makes a Rug | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
So many of you came out to make a rug with us at VidCon and we couldn't be more thrilled with how it turned out. Thanks so much to all who participated, and especially those who were kind enough to share their thoughts about the experience!
Instructional Video9:05
The Art Assignment

Bring a sound to life. | Jamal Cyrus | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
We meet up with artist Jamal Cyrus in his hometown of Houston, Texas, where we broach the topic of "postmodernism" and are challenged to summon an impossible sound.
Instructional Video12:10
The Art Assignment

Art Trip: London | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
For our second international art trip, we travel to London during Frieze Art Fair. We saw a lot of art! Almost too much.
Instructional Video8:28
The Art Assignment

What's Your Problem? | Ghana Think Tank | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
This week we head to Tijuana, Mexico to talk with John Ewing, Carmen Montoya, and Christopher Robbins of Ghana Think Tank, who are working on a project to encourage communication at the U.S-Mexico border.
Instructional Video7:57
The Art Assignment

Explore a place you see every day. | Assaf Evron | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
We visit Assaf Evron in Chicago to consider how photography can help us see the familiar places we visit everyday differently.
Instructional Video8:11
The Art Assignment

Body in Place | Maria Gaspar | The Art Assignment

9th - 12th
This week we meet with Maria Gaspar, an artist deeply invested in her community on the west side of Chicago. For her assignment, she asks you to engage with your community by adding yourself to the picture.
Instructional Video5:11
The Art Assignment

Questions! | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
We may be on vacation this week but that doesn't mean that The Art Assignment is! Nature permitting, we're going to try to answer some of our favorite questions submitted by you, dear viewers.
Instructional Video9:16
The Art Assignment

Art Cooking: Futurist Meat Sculpture | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

9th - 12th
Exploring the intersection of art and food, we prepare two dishes from the 1930s devised by the pasta-hating Italian Futurists. BEHOLD: 1) MEAT SCULPTURE and 2) LIKE A CLOUD.
Instructional Video6:00
PBS

How Fantasy Reflects our World (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)

12th - Higher Ed
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Fantasy is a lens to explore what we as a society find important to our pasts, our presents, and future. Fantasy and science fiction often fall under the umbrella of “speculative fiction” -...