Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

This week we have the finals for our Arts Madness Tournament. Katsushika Hokusai is up against Yayoi Kusama. To make exploring art history a little more fun for my fellow art teachers and their students, I put together an Arts Madness Tournament so listeners can weigh in on their favorite works. The final round is between Katsushika Hokusai and Yayoi Kusama. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Arthur Boyd the Australian painter known for his use of symbols from mythology to express his philosophical views. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This #FunFactFriday mini-episode is about the Apollo 11 stones, artifacts that show how far back humanity goes and named after a mission showing there is no limit to how far humanity may go in the future. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are down to our final four artists in this year’s Arts Madness Tournament. This week I read a four of the statements issued by students around the US explaining why they picked these artists as their favorites to win the tournament. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week's episode, I was joined by Kelly Henrikson, art teacher at Park Junior High, to talk about Ivan Albright. Ivan Albright is considered to be a great macabre painter. He is known for his portraits and still lives that have a sense of rot showing the frailty of life. His style is considered magical realism. He meticulously rendered portraits that were unlike anything else in his day. In this episode, we discussed the painting he created for the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray. The Picture of Dorian Gray is housed at The Art Institute of Chicago Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent van Gogh is a legendary figure in art history. He is one of my favorite artists and his paintings sell for tens of millions of dollars today, but it is often said that he sold only one painting during his lifetime. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a bonus episode talking about some of the artists and matchups in this week’s round of the Arts Madness Tournament. Please vote for your favorites at www.whoartedpodcast.com Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I spoke with Goldie Robinson, a k-12 art teacher from Georgia. She enlightened me about fashion and one of her favorite designers, Alexander McQueen. This episode covers a bit of art history and a category of art/culture that has been largely neglected on this podcast, fashion. We discussed Alexander McQueen's Jellyfish Ensemble which was part of a 2010 collection he created. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a mini-episode about Pablo Picasso and his tendency to steal from those around him. He famously said, ”Good artists copy. Great artists steal” but even that quote may have been stolen from someone else. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a bonus episode covering which artists were eliminated in round 2 and which artists are facing off in round 3 of this year’s Arts Madness Tournament. Vote for your favorite artists at www.whoartedpodcast.com Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Potts Aguirre from Teaching Artist Podcast joined me to talk about the contemporary artist KAWS. We talked a bit about his background, his style and a few of his works including The KAWS Album. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode covers a lesser known bit of art history - the Nazca Lines. In the Peru there are massive geoglyphs etched in the ground with the full design only visible from the sky leaving people to wonder how they were created around 500 CE and for whom to enjoy. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a bonus episode covering some of the highlights from this year’s Arts Madness Tournament. Arts Madness is a great way to encourage kids to explore art history and learn about a variety of different artists. Please tell your art teacher friends to join in the fun with their classes and vote at www.whoartedpodcast.com Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 discussed MC Escher and briefly touched on a few of his works including Circle Limit 3 from 1959. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com Connect with me: Website Twitter Instagram Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic Buy me a coffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 people. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.com Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Art Ed Radio from The Art of Education University. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Chicago. It would later sit in a saloon, mark the grave of a horse, and serve as an arts and crafts project for some local Boy Scouts before finally being professionally restored and displayed at the Smithsonian Museum of Art. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 sculptor. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 artists against each other in a series of head-to-head matchups until we get down to 1 ultimate Arts Madness champion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Klaus Nomi the New Wave performance artist who was known for his unique plastic suit and even more unique singing voice. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giuseppe Acrimboldo is best known for his quirky arrangements of food, foliage, animals and objects that form surreal portraits. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Jim Dine and his work Confetti Heart from 1985. Dine is well known for his numerous works utilizing hearts and other familiar symbols. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a Fun Fact Friday mini-episode about the feud between Anish Kapoor and Stuart Semple. Scientists developed VANTA Black to absorb over 99% of visible light. The vertically aligned carbon nanotube array will trap the light creating a surreal effect like looking into a black hole. Anish Kapoor bought the exclusive right to use VANTA Black for artistic purposes. Stuart Semple doesn't really like Kapoor's monopoly on the material as it blocks other artists from experimenting and innovating. Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. Connect with me: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Tiktok Support the show: Merch from TeePublic | Buy me a coffee As always you can find images of the work being discussed at www.WhoARTedPodcast.com and of course, please leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast app. You might hear it read out on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Henri Matisse and his famous work, The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) from 1908. We covered a bit of biography and developments in art history that influenced Matisse before discussing this specific piece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a fun fact Friday mini episode about The School of Athens painted by Raphael in 1510 C.E. In this classic Rennaisance masterpiece, Raphael painted numerous classic Greek philosophers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing Art Smart. This is a preview of Art Smart, a podcast focusing on the Elements of Art and Principles of Design. You can find Art Smart on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is part 2 of my discussion about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the French Post Impressionist painter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Erased de Kooning by Robert Rauschenberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is part 1 of my discussion of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. We covered a bit of his background and in this episode the discussion focused on one of his lithographs of his friend, the dancer Jane Avril. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Rembrandt’s painting The Night Watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode covers a bit about Any Warhol’s life and his artistic development, then we discuss a print from his endangered species series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a little bit of art history about The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a bonus show introducing Art Smart, the new podcast series focusing on the Elements of Art and the Principles of design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a re-broadcast of last year’s episode on Grant Wood. We discussed his biography as well as his most famous painting, American Gothic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a fun fact mini-episode about the Eiffel Tower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Pablo Picasso and his work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about At the Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode explores the life and work of Alexander Calder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn about Fair Isle designs, the traditional patterned knitwear that is often lumped in with the modern ”ugly Christmas sweater.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian artist and art theorist. He is known as one of the early pioneers of abstract art. Learn a bit about Kandinsky‘s background, his personal journey from a teacher of Law and Economics to one of the most influential artists of the 20th century as we discussed his biography and his painting Yellow Red Blue from 1925. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Diego Rivera and one of his most iconic works, The Detroit Industry Murals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about the life and the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a mini-episode about China‘s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, and his famous terra cotta army. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode covers a bit of the biography of Barbara Kruger, the contemporary artist best known for her works combining text and images. We looked at and discussed the piece, Don‘t Be a Jerk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Norman Rockwell and his painting, Freedom from Want. This image of an idealized family gathering has come to define Thanksgiving for many American households. Learn a little bit more about the piece, how and why it was created as well as how it seeped into the American consciousness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Walt Disney was one of the most influential artists in Western history. He not only excelled and pushed boundaries in his art form, but created new categories of art that shaped popular culture around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During World War I and a little after, the British and Americans used a surprising tactic to camouflage their ships. Rather than trying to hide the ships, they painted bold, contrasting patterns to disorient the enemy. Dazzle Camouflage was very conspicuous but made it difficult to determine the range, speed, and direction of a ship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is about Auguste Rodin, the founder of modern sculpture. We discussed the development of Rodin as an artist as well as the historical event that inspired his piece, The Burghers of Calais. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices