I love Art 21! except for the intro to every episode with the stupid buzzing cell phone. But the actual shows are great. If you get them via Hulu or the library, you can bypass the buzz. It's interesting to try to interpret what some artists mean when they talk.
ChicagoArtMagazine was fun too. It was remarkably similar to looking at a magazine's table of contents and the scrolling links across the top were like a cover. Clever. Check out the article "life after art school part 3". Reassuring.
ArtLetter seems like a time based publication to keep people up on gallery openings and shows. Seems pretty cool. I guess if the same people subscribe to this and go to the openings it creates a kind of community. It is always helpful to have all of your events organized on one piece of paper, instead of having to stay on top of every gallery's schedule. He's doing it for us... or at least that's what it seemed like.
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i've always liked art 21 too, but whenever i've tried using it with students, it seems to fall flat. kids just don't seem very engaged by it.
ReplyDeletei'm also a big fan of chicago art magazine. it's relatively new, but a great resource. i think art leter is an interesting counterpoint to it, and look forward to seeing how other folks respond to it.
i think art 21 is hard for kids...i honestly didn't like it even until after undergrad...i think it's kinda heavy, like reading an art textbook without the help of the author to reword what the artists are saying to make some kind of sense. some of the artists are not really articulate, or maybe it's just a lack of focus or a point to be grasped. it's different than what's expected in school.
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