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Closeup of a woman wearing a face mask and fingerless gloves as she paints on a tan canvas. Abstract artwork hangs on the walls around her.

Giant bouquet of yellow, blue, purple, and green faux-glass balls of varying opacities arranged into a tall sculpture. Caption. "It's really incredible."

Author Shelley Johannes wears a beanie and clear glasses as she smiles and holds up her picture book titled, "More Than Sunny."

Still image from: Should Art Push You? Raise Up Current Black Artists!

Overhead view of 2 people, 1 wearing a knit hat, leaning over a white table. The person on the left holds a gray sneaker in his right hand while using a marker to sketch it with his left. The person on the right sketches on a tablet device.

Color illustration of girl painting. Brush held above her head as other hand holds a paint palette. Caption. She painted posters to share ideas she believed in.

Rolling hills with evergreen trees and purple flowers. A black-and-white photo of a man's head appear on the left side of the screen, and a black-and-white photo of a cowboy on a horse is on the left. Caption. "Love the Wild West. Horses neigh."

Painting of the front of the Louvre Museum in Paris with people approaching the entrance. Drawings of 3 mustachioed men wearing white jumpsuits appear on screen over the painting.

Black and white frame showing storyboard examples. One story board labeled Intro depicts two cartoon figures with speech balloons. Caption. They're very quickly drawn sketches.

Still image from: StoryMakers With Ali Bahrampour ("Monsters in the Fog" and "A Pig in the Palace")

Ballerina performing on stage stands on the ball of 1 foot as she raises her other leg slightly off the ground. Her arms are straight and extended down and slightly back. A male dancer stands behind her and in position, ready to lift her.

2 men sit in front of barres and mirrors in a ballet studio. They are turned towards each other smiling, laughing, and speaking. Caption. And best friends with Chris since he choreographed with us.

Young man in a baggy blue shirt demonstrates how to play a violin in front of a dimly lit stage.

Still image from: Susana Harp, a Little Piece of Oaxaca (Spanish)

Closeup of a teenage girl holding a large white circle cutout on top of a table. She looks downward in front of her. A white framework appears next to her.

Background image with cross legged people seated on Yoga mats raising their arms overhead. A book cover overlay on the has a title that reads, "Access Your Inner Power. Awakening Your Health and Vitality."

Closeup of a teenage girl seated in a living room setting looking up and away from camera as she speaks.

Teenage girl watches a young woman behind a boutique counter fold a bright fuchsia dress to pack into a store bag. Text that reads, "Teen Kids News" is next to a text box that reads, "Coming up. Threads for Teens."

Teenage boy looks at a textbook as he studies at a table covered with books. Above him is a clock overlay display showing 12:20 with 12 to 4 shaded in red. Text below him reads, "Experts say most of us can only concentrate for about 45 minutes at a time."

Airport security screening area with people walking through stanchion belts to a security check-in officer. 2 other officers stand near him. Security metal detectors, metal tables, and x-ray detectors with conveyor belts appear behind the officers.

Indoor party with teenage girls and boys standing and seated in groups around tables and in couches. They are talking and smiling while holding red cups or brown bottles. 2 liter plastic soda bottles and red plastic cups sit on a self-serve table.

Medium view of a teenage girl in a studio setting standing in front of a digital backdrop. She looks straight towards camera, smiling. Text on backdrop reads, "Teen Kids News" overlayed on a series of geometric shapes.

Crowd of people stands in the auditorium area of a television set. The audience is looking with anticipation towards the stage. A sign above and behind the audience reads, "American Idol."

3 side-by-side repeating frames of a woman as she glances over her shoulder in neon blue and red light.

Closeup of a teenage girl in sunglasses speaking into a microphone. She stands in front of a football field surrounded by a track.

2 women wear masks and sit in a room with particle board walls. 1 woman bottle feeds a goat laying on her lap and the other gestures with her hands.

Inset of an open washing machine filled with clothing. At left an image of Earth is surrounded by text that reads, "Save the World." Title card reads, "Don't Wash Clothes as Often."

Woman among racks of formal dresses and gowns carries a hanger with a white dress with blue floral detailing.

Multi-panel virtual interview shows windows with different speakers forming a gridded background, and one window featuring a woman wearing a red shirt and glasses appears to pop forward in focus.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2013)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2014)

Installation shows a mannequin wearing a beaded face covering and quilted dress with fabric pieces surrounding the hem in a gallery with a quilt hung in the background.

Closeup of a hand holding a wooden tool while carving lines of Lapita inspired patterns into the rim of a moist clay plate. Red and gold clothing in background. Title bar reads, "Pottery-making Fiji-style. Oasis T, V. 2012."

Black and white photo of a family sitting in a makeshift tent. Individual in front leans on the back of a rocking chair. Woman holding a baby sits at the edge of the tent next to 2 young children in tattered clothing.

Closeup of a book open to an image of a pen that looks like a twig with gold rings at 1 end. Title bar reads, "Andrei Drozdov."

Still life painting of a pale green apple, a roll, a butter knife, and fluted glass vase resting on a beige surface. Title bar reads, "Giorgio Morandi, 1890 to 1964. Natura Morta. Oil on canvas, 1920."

Man wearing glasses looks at camera with eyebrows slightly raised. He sits in front of crowded bookshelves.

Woman looks at camera and clasps hands at waist. She stands between a row of tables and a counter arranged with office supplies. Title bar reads, "What Masks Do You Wear?

4 collaged rectangles arranged in a row. Each is composed of colorful torn paper with glimpses of text.

Wide view of an old apartment building painted with vibrant murals. Title bar reads, "Brandon Odum, Exhibit Be. 2014 to 2015. New Orleans."

Woman in a purple sweater looks at camera and smiles with clenched teeth. She stands in a room with eclectic artwork and bookshelves in the background.

Bearded man gestures with arms bent up parallel to one another as he speaks. He sits in a room with toys on shelves and artwork on walls.

Woman wearing glasses looks at camera as she speaks. A grid of artwork forms the backdrop.

Instagram post with closeup of a bottle of the Chanel cologne, Pour Monsieur. Instagram column with caption and comments are to the right.

Instagram post with a photo of a woman taking a picture in a dark space with flecks of colored light. Column with caption and comments are to the right.

Man in glasses sits with his hands clasped on his lap. He tilts his head and grimaces slightly while speaking. Crowded bookshelves fill the background.

Man in glasses gestures with his hands and wide eyes. He sits opposite a woman in glasses who turns toward him and smiles. Illustration of bookshelves as the backdrop.

Man and woman wearing glasses smile and turn toward one another. They sit at a desk with an open laptop in front of crowded bookshelves.

Aerial view of a white book. It lays open to a spread with a crest and vertical text that reads, "The Plaza." Title card reads, "30 Napkins from the Plaza Hotel. 2018."

Color illustration of a person in a suit dumping blocks onto a table. 4 other people surround the table in a grassy field.

Dancers face away from camera in a dance studio as they jump with their toes pointed. Title card reads, "Helen Schröder's Beach Birds."

Woman wearing glasses looks at camera as she speaks. She sits at a desk behind an open laptop and next to a man in glasses. Crowded bookshelves fill the background.

Impressionistic painting of 3 female dancers in yellow dresses clustered together. Title bar reads, "Edgar Degas, Yellow Dancers in the Wings. 1874, 76."

Woman wearing glasses looks at camera as she speaks. She sits in front of crowded bookshelves.

Crowd gathers in front of Botticelli's painting, Primavera, which is framed in gold. Woman at the front of the group gestures toward the painting. Title card reads, "Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy."

Black and white photo of a senior woman wearing a headscarf sitting next to a young man who holds up an African mask. Title card reads, "Moya Yanso, circa 1890 to 1973, with her stepson holding the mask. 1971."

Bird's eye view of a pan filled with potatoes. A hand dumps ingredients from a measuring cup into pan. An open stick of butter and a knife rest on a cutting board next to the pan.

Closeup of a line art painting. Rows of profiles outlined in black cascade across canvas.

Woman wearing glasses and a floral shirt looks at camera as she sits in front of crowded bookshelves.

Title card over black and white photo. Text reads, "'There's no way we sold our tires, because we didn't have any to sell. The only ones we had were on the Hudson and we drove off in them. I don't believe Lange was lying, I just think she had one story mixed up with another.' Troy Owens."

Woman in glasses looks directly at camera with her hands clasped in her lap. She sits in an armchair with crowded bookshelves in the background.

White building with modern lines, many windows, and a sign that reads, "Delta Company. A Matsco Company." The sky is cloudy, the trees are bare, and a person with a green hoodie rides a unicycle in front.

Artist Bernard Williams wears all black as he stands with his hands in pockets and smiles next to a large, hollow, decorative sphere sculpture against a white background. Caption. "But I started making sculpture after graduate school."

Low closeup of an Eskimo woman with dark straight hair and a headband worn at the forehead. Caption. Body decoration and tattoos were also used by Eskimos.

Still image from: The Big Picture With Andrea Davis Pinkney & Illustrator Keith Henry Brown

Two men sit at a table painting mountain scenes on canvas in front of a wall of windows.

Illustration of large mammals with curving tusks. Caption: and many of his paintings hung with the articulated skeletons

Person holding a model of the human heart with a cross section removed to show the chambers. Caption: These aren't to scale, but to see the chambers.

A person crushing pigment. Caption: of producing the pigment, grinding it up,

Illustration of a man standing with his arm out to touch a skeleton so large most of it is not captured in the image. Caption: the first model of a complete dinosaur skeleton.

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: Brain Wave Literature--Melancholy and Creativity (Spanish)

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: The Electric Pulse of Art--Creation and Recreation in the Brain (Spanish)

More than a dozen women, wearing flowing yellow pants and sparkling tops, perform in three coordinated columns on a golden stage in front of a flame-edged arched backdrop. The women on the left perch bend to the left with their arms over their heads, while the women on the right do the same in the other direction, and the women in the middle sit up with their arms up at different angles.

Dark stage with dancers dressed in lilac and blue garments in a circular formation, their long blue and lilac sleeves billowing high up in the air.

Line of women wearing white collared shirts underneath black dresses that are ornately adorned with bright neon threads, streamers, pompoms, and beads, and wearing hats decorated with silver and neon baubles and feathers.

Four women stand in a circle looking down to the ground at us. The women wear sloping gold helmet-crowns and festive dresses layered with shiny pink, gold, and green triangle shapes, green bodices, and gold collars.

Dancer wearing a crisp green outfit waves a wide pink fan in front of her body while another dancer out-of-frame does something similar.

Woman wearing a long-sleeved red dress with a full skirt spreads her arms wide with her fingers pointed back toward her, as she dances on a vast empty plain underneath a cloudy blue sky.

People wearing traditional garments that feature striped, colorful aprons, wide decorative belts, long billowing sleeves, and pointed headpieces, parade in a circle on the grass below a blue sky.

Photo of Nate is on a blackboard background with a chalk billboard drawn around it. Many light gray spray paint cans are next to it. Caption. "He borrowed money and made a ton of spray-paint cans."

Side view shot of a film camera in an interior space.

Black and white print of Anne Frank's portrait next to an excerpt from her diary. There is a square grid overlay and red markings over her portrait.

Still image from: The Louvre Pyramid: Exclusive Access Inside the Louvre

Two boys sit on the grass in the shadow of an orange tree, opening a small plastic fishing lure tackle box.

Boy in the foreground grasps an orange with two hands. Behind him, another boy looks at the orange tree, full of fruit.

Still image from: The Path to Creativity Is Not Predictable: How to Be a Successful Black Artist!

Man with short hair named Nate talks to a woman with curly brown hair. They stand in front of elaborate accessories and costumes on hangers. The woman hold up 1 of the hangers with her right hand. Caption. "Where do you get ideas to make this?"

Macro shot of fuchsia and yellow flowers with green leaves. Overlay text reads, tertiary colors equals a primary color plus a secondary color mixed together.

Senior man wearing white cowboy hat, mouth slightly open.

Michelangelo's David statue, edited to be wearing pants and a vest with a knit hat and scarf. Spanish caption. Ponete una remera, nene, te vas a resfriar.

Renaissance painting of a man placing a ring on a woman's finger with other people surrounding them. Spanish caption. ¿Oh que en la edad media las novias se casaban de rojo?

Sculptural metallic Frank Gehry building stands beneath a clear sky. Spanish caption. Y claro, esto tambien.

2 stuffed bears side by side. One is light brown with black appendages while the other is brown. Spanish caption. Cambiarle la forma, el color, los materiales, y sus funciones.

Closeup of a hand holding a paddle with glass objects balanced on top. Busy workshop setting in background. Spanish caption. Unos verdaderos artesanos del vidrios.

Digital rendering of an igloo. Spanish caption. El iglú se hace con bloques de nieve moldeados.

Yellow taxi on white background. Spanish caption. Y para cada uno de ellos existen diseñadoras.

Off white electric guitar on white background. Spanish caption. La guitarra es un instrumento muy conocido.

Closeup of bookshelves full of green and blue books embossed with gold. Caption. Gracias al papel, y tiempo despues, a la imprenta.

The word "Technologie" spelled out in computer chips and cables. Spanish captions.

Side view of a black convertible car seat. Spanish caption. Para que sea útil.

Bird's eye view of a hand sticking a fork into a bowl full of sliced tomatoes. Spanish caption. Yo amo los círculos, es la forma ideal.

Digital collage of colorful, overlapping exclamatory text in various typefaces. Spanish caption. Expresa una emoción diferente.

Side view of a simple tan colored church with white framed windows and a steeple. Caption. Her teaching took her to Texas.

Still image from: The Wedding at Cana: Largest Painting in Louvre!

Painting of a man in early 1900s baseball gear and cap. He holds a bat, ready to swing. Caption. Eakins also painted baseball subjects.

Outdoor waterpark with a big gray tube slide, a colorful wavy slide, various attractions, and other types of slides in the distance. Caption. "As well as a fourth-generation owner of the park."

Painting of an ancient Mayan stone building with stacked rows of stone reliefs. Caption. They developed this amazing hieroglyphic writing.

Still image from: Transforming Cities and Youth Through Architecture: Kionna Walker and the Next Great Architects

Still image from: Understanding the Mona Lisa: Exclusive Access Inside the Louvre

2 teenage boys in an auditorium setting, 1 holds drumsticks and the other looks down at a drum.

Woman holds up a spiral notebook as she draws cartoon characters on it with a sharpie.

Woman talks to Nate at an art museum. Vincent Van Gogh's painting, "Starry Night," is on the wall between them. Caption. "And we'll talk about him."

Young man wearing a shoulder bag rides a bicycle down a residential street.

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: A Surprising Plastic Metaphor (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Cool Sound Message (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Documentary Photography Goes to the Gallery (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Factory of Images and Fantasies (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Haven of Truth (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Journey to Concert Music (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Mirror of Reality (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: New Life to Contemporary Dance (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Other Areas Other Realities (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Stage Owners (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: The Changing Face of the City (Spanish)

Still image from: Visions and Reviews: Two Decades of Public Art (Spanish)

Closeup of woman with brown hair, glasses, and a black turtleneck using her hands and talking in front of a black wall with black and white art.

Woman with dark hair in a bun and a purple shirt reaches up to look through a wire drawer in a stack of wire drawers full of different types of fabric. Quilting patterns are hung on the white wall behind her.

Painted portrait of a woman with bright red hair against a gray background looking pensively at something in the distance while turning her neck slightly to the left.

4 color illustrations next to each other. One image is large with a mesa in background. The other 3 are stacked vertically on right. 2 of the 3 vertical images portray buildings. The third shows very top of painting.

Gilded art image of a man walking along a stream wearing a mask over his face. Birds and tree branches fill the image. Caption. Were thinking about some of the same ideas.

Artist Tom Harold wears a gray goatee and gray shirt while conversing with Nate in a busy art studio. Caption. "Do tons of problem-solving every day, all day long."

Still image from: What's Beneath the Louvre? Medieval Dungeon & More!

Nate waves his hands as he talks with Edvard Munch's painting called "The Scream" enlarged behind him. Caption. "Yeah, you see yellows, yellow-oranges, and reds."

Man with brown mustache in black graphic t-shirt and red-and-black trucker hat sits in front of a room with a white sewing machine and several green shirts with skulls on hangers. Caption. I am Ben Venom.

Man wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and black baseball cap sits in front of an unfinished room with large paintings in various states of finish leaning against the wall behind him. A low table with painting supplies is to his rear right.

Nate talks in front of a blackboard background. A sign that reads, "No Guns Allowed," and a sepia-tone photo of a man appear on screen next to him. Caption. "Was trying to find non-violent ways."

Man wearing a black shirt speaks to us as he stands in front of a backdrop swirling with pink and purple paint. A question mark floats between a paint tray and tube beside him.

Digital illustration of a man gesturing toward a photo of the artist Basquiat as he sits casually on a stool with his head tilted to the side.

Still image from: Who Was Claude Monet? Fascinating Art History!

Still image from: Wild Child: Nature's Playground--Scavenger Hunt & Art in Nature Challenge

Person scoops a white substance from a measuring cup into an ice cube tray. Next to the ice cube tray are popsicle sticks, red and blue food dye, paper, and paint brushes.

On a table, we see a beaker of water next to a red bowl filled with cornstarch. A person is stirring the cornstarch with a wooden spoon. Containers of food dye wait in the foreground. Text reads, “One part water. 1 ½ to 2 parts cornstarch.”

From above, we see a person reaching for an empty ice cube tray, which is sitting on the counter with labeled ingredients and tools to make homemade watercolors. Among the items are an empty bowl, a beaker of vinegar, a beaker of corn syrup, a beaker of baking soda, a beaker of corn starch, a beaker with craft sticks and paintbrushes, a whisk, and three bottles of food coloring.

On a table sits a beaker of soil, a beaker of rocks, and a succulent. At the center, a person arranges a succulent inside of a mason jar filled with dirt to create a handmade terrarium.

From above, we see a person lay a piece of paper over a casserole dish full of multi-colored swirls of shaving cream.

Person reaches into a beaker full of sparkly pink and white sand next to a can of baking powder and several measuring cups.

Black and white image of a modern abstract line drawing. Caption. Joan Mitchell's large canvases suggest landscapes.

Still image from: Wonderama: In Times Square With Michael James Scott, Joyous String Ensemble, and Circle of Pies!

Person with long hair stands in front of a dimly lit stone stage and a wooden bench demonstrating how to play the oboe.

Still image from: World's Best Paper Plane

Artist sits in front of a painting that depicts a globe split in two. The right side shows an industrial scene with smoke pluming from stacks. On the left, an eagle flies in front of a mountain while orca whales swim in the waters beneath.

Man kneels in the grass holding a hose with a white tube attached to the end. In front of him is a man wearing a protective suit with a large canvas splattered with paint.

Inside a crowded theater, we look over the heads of hundreds of people towards a lit-up stage.

In an artist’s studio, we see several easels holding paintings featuring astronauts in various space scenes.

Man sitting at a desk speaks to us. Next to him is the word, “collage.”

Person draws shapes with a marker on a big white piece of paper, including a circle, triangle, cylinder, rectangle, and square.

From above, we see a person's hands open over a sketchbook that displays a line drawing of two women.

Man standing at a desk in an art studio speaks to us next to text that reads, “Watercolors.”