Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

This week’s episode of Who ARTed is about MC Escher and his work Circle Limit 3. For this week's episode, I talked with David Pittman, an amazing teacher I am lucky to count among my friends. We discu...

7 Mars 202233min

This episode covers a little bit of odd art history. In the victorian era, a synthetic green pigment was developed using an arsenic compound. While it was popular, Scheele’s green also killed some peo...

4 Mars 20227min

This is a mini episode highlighting some of the interesting matchups in Round 1 of my annual Arts Madness Tournament. Vote for your favorites and learn more about the artists at www.whoartedpodcast.co...

2 Mars 20229min

This episode covers an interesting bit of art history with Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s piece, The Floating Piers. It was a great pleasure to talk to Tim Bogatz, a great visual arts teacher and host of...

28 Feb 202233min

This is a#funfactfriday mini-episode about Edmonia Lewis and her sculpture The Death of Cleopatra. After it was exhibited in Philadelphia for the Centennial Exhibition, it was put into storage in Chic...

25 Feb 20226min

This episode is about Phyllida Barlow. I spoke with Greg Daniels, an art teacher out of the UK who runs www.theartteacher.net It was a pleasure talking to him and learning about a unique contemporary ...

21 Feb 202230min

This episode is about Johannes Vermeer and the theory that he used a camera obscura to paint his incredibly detailed works such as The Girl with a Pearl Earing and The Music Lesson. Who ARTed is an A...

18 Feb 20226min

This is a special announcement about my annual Art Madness tournament. This has become a tradition in my classroom to help students explore art history in a fun NCAA style tournament pitting 64 artist...

17 Feb 20224min