Dubious of performance art? Break into a cold sweat when you realize it’s about to begin? There’s a reason. Here we present you with a brief history of performance art and attempt to sway you to its potential charms.

On this special edition of Nature League, Brit explores nature in the context of the performing arts by showing the behind-the-scenes process of putting on a production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid". Special thanks to the Missoula...

Celebrating their fifth anniversary, Camp TLC (Together Living a Challenge) believes that when children are delivered hope and happiness through quality "camp like" programming, they develop a renewed sense of self-esteem and hope....

Howcast - Attending performing arts camp is a great way to develop your talent – but you can't go if you don't get in. Here's how to wow the admissions committee.

This video is a brief introduction to the art of cardistry, which is the performance art associated with card flourishing and manipulation. The video showcases various card tricks and moves, such as cuts, shuffles, flips, and fans,...

Pupil outcome: I can discuss different artforms and use mixed media to create an abstract artwork. Key learning points: - Not all art is representational or permanent, some forms of art push 'traditional' boundaries. - Abstract art does...

In which The Art Assignment visits Chicago-based artist Deb Sokolow and receives the assignment to do a stakeout! EPISODE 02

How can the magic of live theater, live music, live dance compete with the always-on Internet? Ben Cameron offers a bold look forward to a world where live arts matter more than ever -- to link humans together at a primal level of shared...

* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Marina Abramovi's art pushes the boundary between audience and artist in pursuit of heightened consciousness and...

every artist has a name, and every artist has a story. Laolu Senbanjo's story started in Nigeria, where he was surrounded by the culture and mythology of the Yoruba, and brought him to law school, to New York and eventually to work on...

Natalie Jeremijenko's unusual lab puts art to work, and addresses environmental woes by combining engineering know-how with public art and a team of volunteers. These real-life experiments include: Walking tadpoles, texting "fish,"...

emily Parsons-Lord re-creates air from distinct moments in earth's history -- from the clean, fresh-tasting air of the Carboniferous period to the soda-water air of the Great Dying to the heavy, toxic air of the future we're creating. By...

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts combines music and circus. Learn more about the history, landscape, and activities at this five-day festival.

Brit Garner presents a compilation of videos from Nature League's "Nature+" series, in which she explores nature in the context of other disciplines like diplomacy, engineering, and the performing arts.

Dubious of performance art? Break into a cold sweat when you realize it’s about to begin? There’s a reason. Here we present you with a brief history of performance art and attempt to sway you to its potential charms. Let us know if you...

In the century-old statues that occupy Cape Town, Sethembile Mzesane didn't see anything that looked like her own reality. So she became a living sculpture herself, standing for hours on end in public spaces dressed in symbolic costumes,...

Performance art relates to artworks that are created through actions performed by the artist or other participants, which may be live or recorded, spontaneous or scripted. In the 1960s, performance was seen as fundamentally different...

Comedian and art enthusiast Frank Skinner explores performance art and its origins; from dada and surrealism through to Yoko Ono and Joseph Beuys. Unlock Art is Tate's new short film series, offering a witty inside track on the world of...

Tate curator, Catherine Wood talks about seminal moments in the history of performance art. BMW Tate Live: Jérôme Bel online-only LIVE performance, 20:00 GMT, Thurs 22 March

The Art Assignment travels to New Orleans to meet with Tameka Norris, who makes art in a variety of media and often uses her body in her work. She challenges YOU to become someone else. Sarah then highlights Adrian Piper, who created an...

Performance artist Ryan McNamara joins The Art Assignment to challenge you to play a game of Movement Telephone. Sarah then compares this assignment to the evolution of the meme, which is a sophisticated and rapid form of imitation.

This week we meet with experimental musicians Mark Stewart and Julia Wolfe at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, an amazing contemporary art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts. They give us the challenge to FIND YOUR...

This week we speak to collaborating artists Mariam Ghani and Erin Ellen Kelly at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and learn about their approach to learning about and working with landscapes.

Art is the perfect tool for activists to get across their message and make people pay attention. In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we’ll learn about the centuries-long practice of iconoclasm, how art intersects with protest...