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Aerial closeup of a hand holding a black pen and drawing a cartoon bunny rabbit's face on white paper.

1 female and 2 male game characters stand on a grassy hill overlooking the island in the video game Fortnite. A circle is drawn over part of the island, with an arrow pointing back to the female character, with text that reads, "Fog and value."

Woman stands outside and holds both her hands up by her face with another person’s hand reaching in between them like they are doing a choreographed dance.

Man wearing a white face mask holds onto a wooden cane. Caption reads, "he is still my mestre."

Man wearing a black hoodie stands staring at us on the sidewalk in Baltimore. An older man walks behind him.

Two men Capoeira dance as the rest of their dance team watches and claps around them in a school gymnasium.

Woman dances on train tracks in Chicago, Illinois.

Person balances sideways on the back of someone a person wearing a purple hoodie as they dance the Lindy Hop in a Harlem park.

Woman dances on the side of a hill next to a large body of water.

Erika “Big Red” Stowell walking through Detroit, Michigan.

Two people dance as a group of people watches behind them in a gymnasium.

Man blows into a tuba. Caption reads, "the devils arrive and take the body."

Black and white images in mid transition.

Black and white image of a man playing the violin and another man next to him playing the accordion.

Man and a woman dance in a gazebo.

Screenshot of an Instagram post of a girl dressed in pink roller skating outside.

Woman looks at us as she dances. Three men dance behind her.

Three women stand on a ledge on a graffitied unloading dock.

Man wearing a traditional native American pow wow vest and skirt next to dancers with multiple hoops.

View of long, twisting tree branches.

Man in an NYC t-shirt and baseball cap dances in front of the entrance of a building.

Mural on the side of a building with distinct cultures and people present in Oakland, California including Different African American communities, Latino communities, and Asian American communities.

Man dances in front of train tracks and a mural of three paintings of a man dancing during a sunset.

Black and white advertisement for a gay club. Text reads, “The Second Story, A Private Gay Club In the City of Brotherly love is Opening its Doors in Mid-November Call.”

Black and white film strip of a man jumping up with his arms out wide.

Native dancer performs on a stage as an audience of people watch on.

Dancer performs and stares at us with furrowed brows. Two other dancers are behind them, mimicking their movements. There is a wall painted with different murals behind them.

Black and white photo of building rubble on fire.

Woman with a pink scarf stands with her back towards us on a small platform on a hill that overlooks San Francisco, California. Text reads, “Zapatap.”

View of three people’s legs and torsos as they walk down a corridor

Two women wearing flowing white dresses dance as men wearing red shirts play music for them. They perform near a large mossy rock.

Man wearing a red hoodie hops up in the air as he dances with four other people watching and clapping their hands behind him. Across the street is the Howard Theatre.

Black and white photo of a woman playing the piano while looking at sheet music. A man stands by watching her play. Caption. Though he declared she delighted in tormenting him.

Illustrator Kim Smith holds up a book titled, "The Karate Kid." A man and a boy balance in karate poses on wooden stumps. Text at bottom reads, "2020 Children's Choice Book Awards."

Aerial view of the red-roofed buildings of Barcelona, Spain. A tall steeple adorns 1 of the closer buildings.

Still image from: Inside the Louvre: Exclusive Tour Inside This World Famous Museum

Middle-aged man looks to one side towards a Black teenage girl in a workshop setting. Caption. And they ask me what kind of technology I use.

Color illustration of a child sitting at a table and writing on a piece of paper next to flowers in a vase. Caption. One day, Ramon was drawing a vase of flowers.

Bald man faces away from us as he paints at an easel in an art studio. Plants sit on a windowsill opposite canisters of paintbrushes at the artists' side.

Still image from: JoJo & Gran Gran: It's Time to Visit the Art Gallery

Color illustration of a pencil personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Title card reads, "Simple Shapes Make Super Characters."

Color illustration of a pencil personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Title card reads, "Where Do Ideas Come From?"

Color illustration of a pencil personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Title card reads, "Making Word Balloons."

Color illustration of a pencil personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Title card reads, "Big Bold Lettering."

Color illustration of a refrigerator personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Colored paper is taped to front. Title card reads, "Dave McDonald's, Fridge Door Comics!"

Color illustration of a pencil personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Title card reads, "Inking Your Comics!"

Color illustration of a pencil personified with a smiling face that has glasses and a gray goatee. Title card reads, "Making Comic Panels!"

Painting of 2 smiling girls standing next to each other. One has her arms outstretched. The other holds flowers and clutches paper. Spanish caption. Que usaban mi hermana y mi prima.

Still image from: Lab Six: Mixing Songs With the Six (Spanish)

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Still image from: Lab Six: Rocks II (Spanish)

Still image from: Laugh It Up! With Marvin Terban ("How to Make Up a Joke!")

Aerial closeup of 2 hands, the right hand using a black pencil to sketch a side view of a dolphin on white paper.

Still image from: Leonardo da Vinci for Kids

Illustration of a smiling, black-haired boy holding his arms out to point toward a bulletin board with 9 drawings of various activities and items pinned to it. Caption. "We make pictures of all sorts of things."

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you find the long 'E' here?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the long 'I' in find?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the long 'O' in know?"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "Can you hear the long 'O' in shadow?"

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the “wh” in Whisper?

Still image from: Let's Learn: Do You Hear the Short “o” in Frog?

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "We are stronger together!"

Title card in blue box on white background reads, "What sounds do you hear in more?"

Woman wearing a speckled red shirt smiles with her mouth open mid-speech, sitting in front of a desk. Caption. Which would be the type designer.

Girl smiles and holds up a purple crayon. A red and yellow cartoon T, V frames the video. Caption. So she can use different crayons.

Shadow of an arm ending in a colorful bird. Caption: (narrator) It's all done by light, shadows, and color.

Colored illustration of a senior man and small child. They lean over an arched bridge to look down at a pool of water, camera dangles from the man's neck.

Black and white image of an optical illusion created from an interlocking pattern of white and black birds flying in different directions. Caption. Dark and light flocks of birds fly past one another.

Right hand wearing a light purple medical glove sprays brown spray paint to make the roof of a gazebo. Caption. "If you want to do it, just do it."

Bronze sculpture depicts pioneers fording a river in a covered wagon pulled by oxen. Caption. A thematic dry riverbed with rocks cropping out.

Cartoon character standing next to a model with a runway and air traffic control tower. Caption: I created this little model airport

Animated puppet, Marvie, smiles with a wide open mouth as she stands in a child's colorful bedroom. Caption. My dad and I were just sharing jokes.

A person's hands fold a single sheet of bright orange paper in half on a white table.

A carved wooden mask and headdress with a small painted face. Carved rectangular designs attached on both mask sides.

Woman looks peaceful as she leans over candles and skeleton with sombrero. Caption. I think this festival merely gives them more respect for it.

Nate talks in front of a background showing piles of extremely colorful paint pigments. Caption. "Check this out."

Girl in a red turtleneck glances to the side and parts lips with teeth showing in a slight smile. Caption. Well, I'm thankful that I got a voice.

Lime green origami Minecraft creeper with face drawn on in sharpie stands against a white backdrop. Curved green frame with an outline of a white origami crane appears to the left.

Still image from: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: An Opera on Spoon Mountain and Discovering Love

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Still image from: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Drawing Rainbows and Preparing for the Neighborhood Contest

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Still image from: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Moving to Music and Receiving a Portrait From a Friend

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Still image from: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Windstorm in Bubbleland and Remembering Friends

Small red ball in the center of a light wood surface.

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Emily Carr

Still image from: Museum Access: American Impressionists--Bruce Museum/Bush-Holley House (Greenwich, CT)

Plaque on the side of the American Writers Museum with text that reads, “one hundred eighty, American Writers Museum.”

Still image from: Museum Access: Art Institute of Chicago

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Still image from: Museum Access: National Museum of American Illustration

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View of the Salvador Dali Museum sign in Peterburg, Florida with text that reads, "The Dali Museum, One Dali Boulevard.”

2 panels of an enlarged Charlie Brown comic. In panel 1, Charlie's kite is tangled in a tree. Lucy looks at it and says something indiscernible. In panel 2, she asks, "Do you want me to yell at it, Charlie Brown?" He says, "No, thank you, Lucy."

Round, modern white building seen from the courtyard at dusk. There are several tables with umbrellas in the courtyard next to 2 tall evergreen trees. The building has large windows revealing a circular staircase.

Several aged pieces of paper with indiscernible handwriting and drawings of machine prototypes, including a gas balloon, a compound bow, and some sort of rake.

25 brightly colored face masks of differing styles and materials on display in a lighted case. Some are more animalistic, with horns, tusks, and large noses, while others are more humanistic.

Sign with gold lettering on a green background that reads, "New York Botanical Garden," hangs on a low fence surrounded by blooming red and orange flowers on a sunny day.

Large, red, 4-story building with a green roof and many windows of varying sizes seen from the street. Many people walk around in front of it on a sunny day.

Black and white image of 3 men seated across from a woman, all in business attire. Caption. Byck turned to Dwight Anderson, dean of the School of Music.

Still image from: Nick News: Afghanistan, Steppers, and Broadway

Artist Norman Rockwell painting a scene of 2 women, seated, with child leaning on table in foreground. Caption. 520 magazine covers in his 84 years.

Blackboard background with Nate talking on the right and a black-and-white photo of men engaging in tug of war on the right. Each has a chalk border drawn around it. Caption. "You have to dig pretty deep into history."

Woman with curled black hair, dark brown eyes, and a light brown shirt smiles and talks while sitting on a couch in front of an upright piano. Caption. But it's not the case.

Woman with curled black hair and dark brown eyes moves her hair out of her eyes as she talks while sitting on a couch in front of an upright piano. Caption. It keeps you on your, A, game.

Side view of a man with gray hair and a white and black striped button up shirt points at a photo taped to a dressing room mirror with lights around the perimeter above a cluttered white desk. Caption. Of me and Sadie.

Woman with curled red hair, a blue shirt, and a brown cardigan sits and talks in front of a dimly lit, busy section of a restaurant. Caption. For me, it was very important to be with him.

Woman with short blonde hair, brown glasses, and a brown and white striped shirt sitting and talking in front of a windowed door and a brown filing cabinet. Caption. I think she thought I was a well-paid washerwoman.

Closeup of a smiling woman with brown hair and brown eyes standing in front of a large sign advertising the Broadway musical Mamma Mia! Across the bottom is a blue and white banner with the text, "Jennifer Perry, 'Rosie.'"

Closeup of a woman in full makeup and a white sparkly dress costume posing with her left arm up to her side next to another woman. Caption. I was single and I didn't have a child.

Woman with curled black hair, dark brown eyes, and light brown shirt smiles and holds up her hand as she talks while sitting on a couch in front of an upright piano. Caption. "Being on Broadway was just a far-off dream."

Woman with curled black hair, dark brown eyes, and a black coat talks at subway station as a train approaches in the background. I'd rather have it be late now.

Teenage girl with brown hair in a ponytail, a gray shirt under a bright green zip up hoodie, and braces sits and talks. Behind her is a busy, messy bookshelf. Caption. My mom and I have fun together.

Artist Mary Lou Zelazny, a gray-haired woman with black circular glasses, looks next to the camera as she talks in front of a blurred background. Caption. "That I could find out about myself through college."

Black ink drawing of a simple house as the artist adds diagonal lines radiating out from a horizon line in the background. Title card reads, "Shoo Rayner."

Aisha, Pepe, Pati, Ani, Willy, and Flora lay on their backs on their yoga mats in a circle, with their heads toward the middle of the circle and eyes closed. Spanish caption. En la postura de savasana.

Clear ruler with grid lines measuring trapezoids. Caption. Notice how my ruler is lined up right on the dot.

Yellow origami butterfly rests on a white background.

Red and yellow origami Christmas Stars rest on a purple background. Curved violet frame with an outline of a white origami crane appears to the left.

Orange origami dragon stands on a white surface.

Blue origami elephant stands on a white surface.

We look down on a pair of hands folding a peach-colored origami envelope.

Orange origami fish floats in front of a white background.

Person holds up a pale yellow origami flapping bird. Curved yellow frame with an outline of a white origami crane appears to the left.

Green origami frog rests on a white surface.

Yellow napkin folded in the shape of a butterfly rests on a white background. Curved yellow frame with an outline of a white origami crane appears to the left.

Flower made of twisted white tissue stands against a gray background.

Pink origami dove rests on a blue background. Curved pink frame with an outline of a white origami crane appears to the left. Text reads, "Origami Dove. By Alice Gray."

Pink origami pig stands on a gray surface.

Black origami raven stands on a gray surface.

White origami boat with an orange sail rests on a blue table.

Yellow origami giraffe rests on a white background.

Black origami stealth fighter plane rests on a white background.

Blue paper airplane is held up in front of a white background. Curved light blue frame with an outline of a white origami crane appears to the left.

Simple orange paper airplane is held up in front of a white background.

Lime green origami turtle sits on a piece of light blue paper. Curved lime green frame with an outline of a white origami crane appears to the left.

Still image from: Origin of Everything: How Did Makeup, WWII & Communism Create U.S. Healthcare?

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Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Does the Government Pay for Art?

Rear view of man with dark hair as he holds up his arms to conduct students as they play a large xylophone in a classroom. Spanish caption with girl as narrator. A mí me gusta mucho tocar marimba porque.

Closeup side view of a preteen girl with long dark hair playing a wooden harp and another girl playing another harp in the background. Spanish caption. Y también me importa mucho que se acostumbren a tocar.

Side view of a man with longer hair holding up his hands to conduct a band. The students in the band sit to the side in the background, holding up their instruments. They're outside under a canopy. Spanish caption. Música alegre.

3 women and 1 man sitting in rows in a classroom and clapping their hands while singing. Spanish caption. Los invitamos a festejar nuestra gran riqueza musical.

Several young children hold up violins in preparation to play them while standing in a grassy field with cloudy skies above. Spanish caption lyrics. Que es un bonito huapango.

Closeup of a paper cutout of a turtle with small rectangle cutouts surrounding it. Template is layered on top of a second layer of violet paper. Caption. So the paper won't move while you cut the second layer.

White plastic packaging envelope below a person holding an empty bag of Sugar Babies. Caption. And it's time to transfer our design onto our papier-mache.

Still image from: Passion Drives Us

Nate wears a black shirt and talks in front of a grid-paper background with a sketch of the Roman Colosseum and a person's silhouette on it. Caption. "As well as Tunisian art."

Black and white photo of 2 gray smudges on paper. Left one labeled Smudge. Right one labeled Kneaded Eraser. Caption. Now I have kneaded eraser in the smudge.

Still image from: Penitentiary Theatre: Freedom From the Shadow (Spanish)

Closeup of a bronze drum with a white top and 2 drumsticks with green knobs on the end. In the background in dim light is a person sitting on stairs on a stage looking over toward the drum.

Black and white photo of an older Pablo Picasso holding a paintbrush in front of a sculpture resting on a pedestal.

Nate looks down at a white table with glue and other art supplies. He is in an art studio with colorful paintings, books, paints, and other supplies on the wall and shelves behind him.

Black device on a sheet of white paper. Caption. Roll the brayer firmly and evenly over the paper.

Closeup of red paint being squeezed out of a bottle onto a light purple paper. Caption. You just want to blob out a little bit at a time.

Closeup of 2 hands with red fingernails closing a blue pipe cleaner around the center of a colorful piece of paper forming butterfly wings. Caption. Fluff the wings till they're just about where you like 'em.

Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: Color Blocked

Person holds a book titled "Emma and Julia Love Ballet." The cover shows an adult ballet dancer standing en pointe and a young girl ballerina posing next to her.

Inside cover of "Louise Loves Art" by Kelly Light, showing an illustration of a spacious bedroom, with drawings taped all over the walls and covering the floor around Louise, who lays on her stomach while drawing. In the back corner, a black cat sleeps on the bed, and a little boy peeks in through the doorway.

Artist demonstrates how to draw out the face of a cartoon cat using thick black marker on a sheet of paper.

Book cover shows an illustration of a round yellow bird wearing a checkered scarf spreading wide its black-tipped wings as it stretches, standing in a tree-lined park. Text reads, "Let's Go, Hugo!"

Artist holds a Sharpie marker, about to draw on a pad of paper. The book he illustrated is next to him.

Book cover shows an illustration of a mouse holding a sword made of wood, standing on top of a book with a house cat on the cover, between two piles of books. Text reads, "Library Mouse. Daniel Kirk."

Artist sits at a table with markers and her book while drawing on a pad of paper.

Artist holds up a pad of paper to show us his simple purple line drawing of a flying bird.

Illustration depicts a boy wearing a baseball cap and binoculars walking through a forest at night, with pine trees around him, a crescent moon above, and an owl flying overhead.

Watercolor painting of rectangular shapes in primary colors. On the top left, a red-painted square overlaps with a yellow-painted rectangle below, creating a thin rectangle of orange where they meet. Next to the red square is a blue one, which creates a small green square where it overlaps with the yellow rectangle. A pencil-drawn rectangle overlaps all three shapes, where all the colors start to blur together.

Artist points to a drawing of a turtle on a pad of paper while also holding a book with a similar-looking turtle illustration in it.

Tabletop with a pad of paper in the middle, surrounded by scissors, a glue stick, different shades of gray and black paper, and three of the illustrator's published books, featuring bold, colorful covers.

Artist sits at a wooden table, drawing a cartoon dog on a white pad of paper using a black marker.

Dan Yaccarino's book titled "Unlovable" stands propped up on a table. The cover features a round pug with big dark eyes looking up, surrounded by a colorful border of flowers, butterflies, and bees.

Book cover of Dan Yaccarino's "Doug Unplugged" appears on top of a purple background with a circuit board pattern on it. The book cover depicts a yellow boy-like figure with an antenna on his head, smiling as he looks down at the cord he is holding.

White pad of paper with two rows of four comic panels drawn out. In the first panel, a single dot says, "I'm lonely." In the second panel, another dot says to the first dot, "Do you want to play?"

Artist Isabella Kung smiles out at us from her studio, where an easel displays drawings of a fluffy cat wearing a crown and a heart necklace, looking annoyed. Her book "No Fuzzball!" also sits on the easel.

Artist drawing the outline of a rope, on which a colorful toucan is perched in front of big tropical leaves.

On top of a pad of paper on a tabletop, the artist positions her book "I Am a Cat," whose cover illustration features a gray house cat who appears extra small compared to the tiger, panther, and leopard sitting behind it.

Artist sits at a wooden table drawing a smirking Viking character from his book, using marker on a pad of paper.

Artist draws simple shapes, including a square, oval, circle, and triangle on one half of a piece of paper.

Artist sits with a white pad of paper in her lap as she speaks with the host, who also holds a pad of paper. Between them, a table displays Kelly Light's book "Louise Loves Art" and a plush doll of the main character.

Artist draws the clawed feet of a perched owl that has a serious expression on its face.

Book cover shows an illustration of two young children looking surprised when a T-rex, triceratops, and other dinosaurs burst into a party that is packed with balloons, confetti, gifts, and cake.

Illustrator Zachariah OHora shows the video host how to draw a character from a book by Ame Dyckman, who sits between the two men as they draw.

Artist draws the outline of her characters Peep, a baby chick, and Egg, a round egg, on a pad of white paper. Her book is also on the table.

Artist draws the outline of the head of a cartoonish dog from the book Bubblegum Princess.

Artist's table is set up with a drawing pad, markers, and her book, "A Normal Pig." One of the characters, a black-spotted pink pig, has been digitally added to the scene look like it is standing up on the piece of paper.

Artist draws a complex maze, with multiple winding and crisscrossing roads that pass through forest areas and over a river.

Artist shows the cover of the book "Dancing Through Fields of Color," a watercolor painting that depicts a young girl who seems to be blooming just like the bright colorful flowers that spring up and float around her. Paint and paintbrushes are visible near the edges of the frame.

Artist uses markers to draw the red stripes of the barrel of a cement-mixing truck, whose body is boxy and blue.

Artist holds up "The Bunny Burrow Buyer's Book," whose cover illustration features a thick swooping black brush stroke resembling a hill, where two bunnies meet in the middle to shake hands among some trees.

Artist holds a small cup of ink while drawing a light brown bear, whose arms are raised as it appears to be taking a big step forward.

Artist holds up the book "Swap," whose cover depicts a pirate on a small boat trading folded cloth for steering wheels with a man on a dock.

Artist's table is set up with colored pencils, markers, and other drawing tools as they show us the cover of the book "The ABCs of What I Can Be," which depicts people wearing the clothing of an astronaut, a beekeeper, and a scientist.

Book cover shows an illustration of a girl riding a bicycle through a tree-lined neighborhood over large green hill. Text reads, "Born to Ride, a Story About Bicycle Face."

Artist uses pen to draw the outline of stout shark. The book titled "Hide," can be seen on the table along with a pencil and ink.

Artist uses a black marker to add outline details to a scribbly colored-pencil drawing of a turtle.