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Your assigned viewing will be selected from these files, which have been provided courtesy of TED Talks, PBS, Manufacturing Intellect, Film Courage, The Nerdwriter and many other wonderful contributors, for whose creativity and generosity I'm forever thankful.

Art & Society

• Art Between the World Wars, Part One
• Art Between the World Wars, Part Two
• Art in the Age of Instagram | Jia Jia Fei | TEDxMarthasVineyard
• Artconomy (Money & Art)
• Can the Brain Explain Art? | Episode 2003 | Closer To Truth
• Dada and Surrealism: Europe After the Rain Documentary, 1978
• Dada: The Original Art Rebels Documentary, 2016
• David Foster Wallace - The Problem with Irony
• David Gariff on Abstraction and Purity, Part 8
• David Gariff on American Art, 1900-1950: Henri, Stieglitz, and Their Circles, Part 3
• David Gariff on Dada and Surrealism, Part 7
• David Gariff on Minimalism, Part 13
• David Gariff on Modern Sculpture, Part 14
• David Gariff on Post-World War II European Art, Part 10
• David Gariff on the Sculpture of David Smith, Part 1
• David Gariff on the Sculpture of David Smith, Part 2
• Defining Value in Today's Contemporary Art Market: Candace Worth at TEDxChelsea
• Dread Scott: How Art Can Shape America's Conversation About Freedom
• Early 20th Century Art
• Get a Real Job. . . in Art! | Robert Lee Davis | TEDxNorthernIllinoisUniversity
• How Art Can Transform the Internet
• How Art Works: Psychological Approaches to Philosophical Questions
• Jack Conte: How Artists Can (Finally) Get Paid in the Digital Age
• Jerry Saltz: The Art World Problem
• Jordan Peterson: Why You Need Art in Your Life
• Megan Wilkens: Economics and Art
• MINIMALISM: Official Netflix Documentary (Entire Film)
• Robert Rauschenberg: Pop Art Pioneer Full BBC Documentary, 2016
• Simon Schama's Power of Art | Episode 1 | BBC Select
• Surrealism The Big Ideas (Director's Cut)
• The End of Art: An Argument Against Image AIs
• Thelma Golden: How Art Gives Shape to Cultural Change
• Understanding Land Art - The Contemporary Art Series part 1
• What Art tells us about Gender
• Who Is Banksy? | Banksy Most Wanted | Full HD Documentary | Documentary central
• Why Nietzsche Changed His Opinion on Art and Romanticism - Full Analysis

Artists Talk About Being an Artist and Making Art

• 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative | Steal Like an Artist (Book Summary) - Jellyfish Learning
• 4 Time-Saving Tips (from a guy who spent 13 YEARS drawing a comic)
• 8 Artists: Advice to the Young
• 8 Artists on Painting, 2017
• A Writer's Time: Making The Time To Write - Dr. Ken Atchity [full interview about being an artist]
• Ai Wei Wei
• Antony Gormley: Sculpted Space, Within and Without
• Artist Chuck Close Writes Note to Younger Self (great advice for young artists!)
• Artists don't make any Money
• Brian Eno on the purpose of art
• Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress
• Chuck Close: Advice to Artists During a Crisis
• Chuck Close: Interview & Painting in Studio (1998)
• Danielle Feinberg: The Magic Ingredient that Brings Pixar Movies to Life
• Gerhard Richter in the Studio
• How We Stay Motivated In Creating Art - Rafi Was Here
• Jeff Koons and Heidi Zuckerman in Conversation About Leonardo Da Vinci
• JR, My Wish: Use Art to Turn the World Inside Out
• Julian Schnabel and Jeff Koons
• Make MONEY as an ARTIST in 2020!
• Most Common Trait Successful Artists Share - Dar Dixon
• My Art Journey / How I Got a Job at Disney
• Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova and Marina Abramonic
• Rafi And Klee, Q & A - Rafi Was Here
• Robert Rauschenberg Interview, 1998
• Salvador Dalí: A Master of the Modern Era. MIKOS ARTS - A Documentary for educational purposes only
• The Banksy Interviews: Creating A Street Art Revolution | The Rise Of Outlaw Art | Perspective
• The documentary Roy Lichtenstein 1991
• The Struggles That Artists Face - Part 1 - Rafi Was Here
• The true purpose of art | Aurelia Shimkus | TEDxRiga
• What Successful Artists Do To Beat Self Doubt by Larry Hankin
• When is it Time to Quit a Day Job to be an Artist? - Rhomeyn Johnson

Creativity & Imagination

• A Writer's Time: Making The Time To Write - Dr. Ken Atchity [FULL INTERVIEW]
• Aparna Rao: Art that Craves Your Attention
• Creative writing lessons: Creative Writing tips, advice and lessons from bestseller Stephen King
• David Lynch on Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain (Transcendental Meditation)
• Dustin Yellin: A journey Through the Mind of an Artist
• Entering "the Zone" and Fear of Failure
• Genius or Madness? The Psychology of Creativity - Professor Glenn D. Wilson
• How To Be Creative: How an Artist Turns Pro
• How To Be Productive: Understanding Time, Work and Creativity - Dr. Ken Atchity
• How To Come Up With Good Ideas | Mark Rober | TEDxYouth@ColumbiaSC
• Janet Echelman: Taking Imagination Seriously
• Julie Burstein: 4 Lessons in Creativity
• Mural: Jackson Pollock
• The Art of Creativity | Taika Waititi | TEDxDoha
• The Creative Brain, 2019
• The Creativity Delusion (FULL): Brains, Geniuses and Originality
• The Madness of Creativity - Charlie Kaufman On Facing Your True Self
• The Nature of Creativity and The Courage to Create
• The Theory of Creativity | Duncan Wardle | TEDxAUK
• The War between Artists and AI
• Tim Brown: Tales of Creativity and Play
• What Holds Back Beginner Artists - Asking Pros

Design

• Engineering Principles for Makers Part 1; The Problem, #066
• Engineering Principles for Makers Part 2; Material Properties, #067
• John Maeda: Designing for Simplicity
• Kelli Anderson: Design to Challenge Reality
• Paola Antonelli: Design and the Elastic Mind
• Paola Antonelli: Treat Design as Art
• Paula Scher: Great Design is Serious, Not Solemn
• Principles of Design
• Prometheus VFX Making
• Stefan Sagmeister: Happiness by Design
• Stefan Sagmeister: Things I've Learned in My Life so Far
• The Visual Elements
• Tim Brown: Designers, Think Big!

Materials & Process, 2D

Beginner Figure Drawing (a lesson in 10 parts), courtesy of Love Life Drawing:

• 1: Overview of the Learning Process
• 2: Movement, Gesture and the Newspaper Exercise
• 3: How to Train Your Eye, Arm and Mind
• 4: How to Construct the Figure
• 5: Ribcage for Construction
• 6: Putting Together the Construction
• 7: Measurements for Proportions
• 8: Poses Viewed from the Side & Back
• 9: Outlines & Tones
• 10: Drawing Process Recap

• Disney Artist Follows a Bob Ross Tutorial (Photoshop)
• Formal Linear Perspective, an extensive multi-part lesson courtesy of The Drawing Database
• Kevin Beasley's Raw Materials | Art21 "New York Close Up"
• One Point Perspective, courtesy of The Virtual Instructor
• What I've Learnt About Shading from 10 Years of Drawing

Materials & Process, 3D

• Brick in the Yard, Part 1/3: Moldmaking Tutorial: Two-Piece Hydrocal Plaster Mold For Silicone Casting
• Brick in the Yard, Part 2/3: Casting A Silicone Head With PlatSil Gel-10 & PolyFoam
• Brick in the Yard, Part 3/3: How to Airbrush Silicone: Painting with PlatSil Gel-10
• Bronze Casting: Complete Process (Wax to Final Patina)
• Cold Casting Bronze Sign with Real Metal Powder
• Cold Casting Metallic Powders (pigment alternative to metal)
• How to Life Cast, Part 1: Make a Mold of Your Head
• How to Life Cast, Part 2: Pouring the Head Cast
• How to sculpt a man’s head? Alexander Cherkov demonstrates male head sculpture of clay
• How to Sculpt a Portrait in Clay
• John Lennon Bronze Sculpture Casting and Chasing
• Kevin Beasley's Raw Materials | Art21 "New York Close Up"
• Live demo - male head sculpt Mark Newman – portrait sculpture
• Materials and Process: Plaster Casting
• Moldmaking Tutorial: How To Make a Resin Metal Cold Casting
• Plaster and Bronze Casting (silicone sock-mould)
• Prop Shop: Creating a Life Cast Bust with Alginate
• Resin Casting Tutorial: Cold Cast Bronze Hollow
• Sculpting a head in clay part 1 FULL VIDEO
• Sculpture: The Lost Wax Process with Doug Downs
• Tip Toland Workshop -- Sculpting a Clay Head - Free Tutorial
• The Lost Wax Bronzing Process: Stan Winston from Sculpture to Bronze at American Fine Arts Foundry

Objects, Stories & Beauty

• 21st Century Guide to Not Just Telling Stories, but Building Super Stories - Houston Howard
• Adam Savage: My Obsession with Objects and the Stories They Tell
• Damien Hirst Relics Documentary
• Eva Zeisel: The Playful Search for Beauty
• How This Guy Makes Amazing Mechanical Mirrors | Obsessed | WIRED
• James Geary: Metaphorically Speaking
• Luke Syson: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love "Useless" Art
• Ole Scheeren: Why Great Architecture Should Tell a Story
• Richard Seymour: How Beauty Feels
• Stefan Sagmeister: 7 Rules for Making More Happiness
• Strandbeest Evolution 2017
• Top 10 Iconic Paintings
• Tracy Chevalier: Finding the Story Inside the Painting

Resouces

• 5 Public Speaking Tips in 5 Minutes
• CroquisCafé: Live Model Resource for Figure Drawing
• DO'S & DON'TS: How To Draw a Face | Realistic Drawing Tutorial Step by Step
• How to Hold and Control Your Pencil
• How to Shade a Drawing
• I Tested an Instagram Promo on My Art! Results
• Portfolio Advice for Artists - Draftsmen S1E09
• Structure Basics: Making Things Look 3D
• The Portfolio that Got Me Hired (First Animation Job)!
• Top 5 Shading Mistakes

Theory & Advice

• 5 Bad Artist Habits to Avoid
• 5 Ways People Take Advantage of Artists (and How to Avoid)
• 6 Ways People SCAM Artists
• A Beginner's Guide to Drawing
• A Marxist Theory of Art
• Advice For Artists Who Are Too Hard On Themselves
• Always be a Beginner
• Art for Art's Sake | Does Art Need Purpose?
• Art is Pretentious* | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
• Art Paradoxes: Jennifer Dalton at TEDxChelsea
• Art Rules You Should Be Breaking
• Art Scams | Artist Mistakes to Avoid
• Artist Career Paths: Art Galleries vs. Social Media (Unveiling the Truth)
• Artists Don't Have To Believe In Themselves To Have Success - Brad Rushing
• Artists Have To Believe In Possibilities That Do Not Exist - Brad Rushing
• Becoming a full-time artist: advice I wish I'd never taken
• Being An Artist Is Lonely - Dr. Ken Atchity
• Biggest Difference Between Bad Art and Great Art by UCLA Professor Richard Walter
• #BNEvents: Jerry Saltz on Art is Life
• Christoph Niemann: You are Fluent in this Language (and Don't Even Know it)
• Cosmic creativity -- how art evolves consciousness: Alex Grey at TEDxMaui 2013
• Critique - How the Heck Does it Work?
• Don’t Be a Baby and Keep Making Your Art - Jerry Saltz - The Art2Life Podcast Episode 54
• Don't Give Up As An Artist
• Evaluating Art
• Every Artist Has A Calling - Dr. Ken Atchity
• Excuses Lazy Artists Make
• Fears And Doubts That Hold Artists Back - Erica Wernick
• Hadi Eldebek: Why Must Artists be Poor?
• Hayley Levitt: Who Decides What Art Means?
• How a space can improve (or destroy) your life
• How Artists Get SCAMMED (And I Did, Too)
• How I Became a Full-Time Artist (Painting for Over 5 Years)
• How to Be an Artist | Jerry Saltz | Talks at Google
• How to Deal with Depression as an Artist
• How to Learn About Contemporary Art
• How To Remember Your Soul Contract (Your Life's Mission)
• How to See Like an Artist | Scott Mallory | TEDxAbbotsford
• How To Stay Motivated To Create Art When Your Art Is Not Selling - Artist Tips Podcast
• I became a PRO ARTIST with NO art school and NO talent
• If you're an artist about to give up on their dreams, watch this first.
• Is It Art? - A Look at Contemporary Art with Jeff Koons, 1993
• Is Your Art Any Good If It Doesn't Sell - Artist Tips Podcast
• Jeff Koons: Beyond Heaven Documentary
• Jennifer Allison: Art and Awe as Healing
• Jerry Saltz on the Contemporary Art World: The Good, The Bad and The Very Bad
• Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? | Tolstoy's Definition of Art | Philosophy Core Concepts
• Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? | The Scope of Art | Philosophy Core Concepts
• Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? | The Beautiful, The True, The Good | Philosophy Core Concepts
• Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? | Why Elite Art Is Not True Art | Philosophy Core Concepts
• My Experience with Anxiety
• My Plan To Become a Full Time Artist - How I'm Planning My Art Career
• Nietzsche and Psychology - Why Creativity Demands Mental Suffering
• No Time To Write Is A Tired Excuse by UCLA Professor Richard Walter
• Over 30 ways you can MAKE MONEY as an artist in 2023
• Pricing Your Art Is Up To You And Only You - Tips For Artists
• Purposes and Functions of Art (Part 1)
• Purposes and Functions of Art (Part 2)
• Quit Your Day Job and Live Out Your Dreams by Dr. Ken Atchity
• Should You Be An Artist?
• SO, YOU WANT TO BE AN ARTIST? The Business of Being a Professional Artist
• The $150,000 Banana
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Artists
• The Art Career Choice Nobody Talks About
• The Death of Socrates: How To Read a Painting
• The Definition of Art - The Art Assignment
• The End of Art: Arthur Danto's Influential Art Theory | AmorSciendi
• The Myth of the Tortured Artist
• The ONLY 6 reasons ANYONE would EVER care about your art
• The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings, 2014
• The Stallion Theory: How aimless creativity ruins your life
• The Truth of the Tortured Artist
• The War of Art [ Full Audiobook ] Steven Pressfield
• The Wealthy Artist: 6 Myths and 6 Tips on Marketing Your Art
• The Worst Artist Advice I Have Ever Heard
• (This isn't ART?) Studying Art at University
• What All Artists Need to Know by UCLA Professor Richard Walter
• What Holds Back Beginner Artists - Asking Pros
• What is the Treachery of Images?
• What it Means to Be an Artist | David Best | TEDxSonomaCounty
• What makes something art? - Messmer's Musings
• What's The Point Of Being An Artist (Dedicated To Rodney Mullen)
• What's wrong with contemporary art: Jane Deeth at TEDxHobart
• Who decides what art means? - Hayley Levitt
• Why Artists Are Never Happy
• Why Artists Fail
• Why Do You Art? And The Motivations Of A Creative - Artist Tips Podcast
• Why Most Artists FAIL
• Why You Don’t Get Contemporary Art | Jessica Backus | TEDxCornellTech
• Why Your Well Paid Job Could Be Ruining Your Life - Weekly Wisdom - Episode 7
• Wondering if you're "good enough" to become a full time artist? WATCH THIS
• You Don't Need Great Skill to be a Great Artist: The Debate
• Young-ha Kim: Be an Artist, Right Now!
• Your Job is to Make Art: Seth Godin at Craft & Commerce, 2017

Video Series & Channels

• American Art Forum with Richard Love
• Art in the Twenty-First Century
• Behind the Artist Series
• Contemporary Art Issue
• e r g o j o s h
• Film Courage
• Kirsty Partridge Art
• The Art Assignment
• The Nerdwriter
• This Is Modern Art, 1999 (a 6-part series with art critic, Matthew Collings on BBC, Channel 4)
• Rafi Was Here Studios (insightful advice from two talented young artists)

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