Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

The Buddhist monks of Tibet who are known for their tradition of sand mandalas destroy the work after completing it. The word mandala comes from Sanskrit meaning “circle” but a mandala is not your ave...

9 Joulu 202212min

Jean-Michel Basquiat has created some of the most highly valued American paintings ever to go on auction. Basquiat sought to remake art history in his image, and I would say he was successful. His tri...

2 Joulu 202210min

Piet Mondrian is best known for painting primary colored squares and rectangles. For this episode, fellow art teacher, Jeff Arndt and I talked about the big ideas that led Mondrian to make such simple...

28 Marras 202242min

Dancing at the Louvre is part of Faith Ringgold's series of 12 story quilts called The French Collection and it is on the AP Art History list (it is one of 250 artworks American high school students s...

25 Marras 202216min

I am sick with Covid and with the ups and downs of the illness, I wasn't sure when I would be up for recording this week. Consequently, I made this a mini episode with no guest, which is fine because ...

21 Marras 202210min

I was asked to create an episode about how art affects the brain. I found there is quite a bit of research conducted by neuroscientists around the world indicating that engaging with the arts makes pe...

18 Marras 202212min

Nick Cave is a contemporary artist whose work is part fashion, part sculpture, part performance and entirely fascinating. For this episode, I spoke with Kaitlyn and Corbie, fellow art teachers and hos...

14 Marras 202242min

Georges Seurat | A Sunday on La Grande Jatte In 1894, George Seurat began going out to an idyllic little island away from the urban center of Paris. It was a place where people of various classes woul...

11 Marras 20228min