In this episode of Art School, we hang out with Odell in her apartment in San Francisco’s Mission District and get a glimpse of her process of gathering images and crafting them into grids and other forms. Ask Bay Area native Jenny Odell to describe her artistic practice and she just might tell you her work is more akin to a scientist or archivist. Typically her work involves scouring the internet for images on Google Maps, YouTube, Yelp or Craigslist, then making large composites from the...

How fluent are you in the language of dance? Follow along with us as we detail the five elements that all forms of dance and creative movement have in common. Being able to identify and understand these core characteristics can help you when talking about a dance performance or can help you get your own messages across through movement.

Brush up on your knowledge of color in the sixth installment of our Elements of Art series. By considering the vital and vibrant work of the Color Field painters of the 1950s and 60s, we get a glimpse of how powerful a role color plays in art. Find more Art School videos @ kqed.org/artschool

Artists are able to create the illusion of light by being able to produce a wide variety of values. In our fifth episode on the Elements of Art, we explore how artists produce and use different color and tonal values. Through the lens of black and white photography, we look at how artists produce value scales and contrast, and how different kinds of lines change the way we perceive depth and space.

Hit the streets as your own, custom-made Superhero and work for the common good of your city! Artist Amy Franceschini has fashioned an inspiring lesson that will help guide you through the entire process from brainstorming logos, mottos and costumes to ensuring that your Superhero works to help solve a community's needs.

In this episode of Art School we hang out with Franceschini in her Mission District studio that also serves as the headquarters for Futurefarmers, an international collective of artists, bakers, architects and other builders. Listen in as she talks about working collaboratively and making work that encourages dialogue and exchange.

In this fourth installment of our Elements of Art series, we look at the how visual artists try to engage our sense of touch. Follow along and discover the myriad ways artists create and use texture.

Artist Kristin Farr demonstrates how to paint your very own "Magic Hecksagon," which is a colorful, geometric design inspired by folk art. See our interview with Kristin Farr here: http://youtu.be/OX1r-3-VK-0

We visit the studio of KQED Art School creator Kristin Farr, who is also a painter of geometric rainbow designs that she calls "Magic Hecksagons," which are inspired by folk art, nature and sacred geometry.

Study up on the different ways visual artists create Form in the third installment of our Elements of Art series. Through the eye-fooling genre of Trompe L’oeil, we look at a variety of techniques artists use to transform shapes into forms and give their art depth and dimension.

Meet hip-hop DJs Celskiii and Deeandroid in their Vallejo studio. They discuss their Bay Area influences, the importance of the audience, and why vinyl LPs still reign supreme.

Learn four beginning skratches that all aspiring turntablist should know. DJ Celskiii and DJ Deeandroid guide you through the basic movements and techniques to get you started mixing and skratching.

Shape is one of the seven basic building blocks of art. Using still life paintings of fruit, we look into how artists create their individual style and develop a unique approach to making shapes.

Oakland artist Favianna Rodriguez guides us through two printing processes central to her work: linocuts and monotypes. Watch as she combines these techniques to create her layered, colorful work.

Visual artist Favianna Rodriguez has become a national figure in the fight for immigration reform. Visit her West Oakland studio and listen in as she talks about her mix of art and activism.

Brush up on your visual literacy as we breakdown the wide variety of lines that visual artists use. Through the lens of the self-portrait, we look at how line is a way for artists to express their individual style and also a tool to control the messages they wish to communicate.

In this episode of Art School, tag along as Lenora and her dancers prepare for a series of performances at Asia Society in New York City. Hear about the genesis of her current multimedia performances and the impact the local Chinese community has had on her artistic practice.

Follow choreographer Lenora Lee as she leads you through an excerpt of movements from her multimedia performance piece, The Escape. The choreography was generated from writing done in collaboration with her company's dancers. Watch and listen how she translated the dancers' stories into physical movements.

Oakland’s Franky Aguilar is the artist behind the wildly popular mobile art apps CatWang, Snoopify, Ima Unicorn, and GifYogurt, to name a few. Inspired by street culture, candy colors, and Internet iconography like cats and pizza, Aguilar works with artists to create a user experience that is equally fun and creative. For many of the apps, Aguilar or other artists create digital stickers that can be collaged onto existing photos, or used to make an original design, allowing users to remix...

KQED Art School presents rarely-seen photos of San Francisco Bay Area graffiti in the 1980s captured by photographer Jim Prigoff, co-author of the seminal book on early graffiti "Spraycan Art". Artist Neon describes the styles, spots, and writers that had an early influence on the Bay Area graffiti scene. See more art vids at http://www.KQED.org/ArtSchool.

Graffiti writer Neon describes the five basic formats of graffiti. Also, check out our video on the early days of San Francisco Bay Area Graffiti.

Jodie Mack is an experimental animator who makes colorful, abstract films with a vintage Bolex film camera. Tag along as she works on a new film and talks about her process.

In this episode of Art School, Neon discusses the pioneers of Bay Area graffiti, the most popular places to paint, and the styles that originated locally. He also talks about the PBS film Style Wars, which had a big impact on artists around the country.

In this episode of Art School, we go behind the scenes with Olek as she installs a new piece titled I haven't a Single Explorer on My Planet, and discusses her artistic path, process and intentions. Olek is an artist who works in the traditional medium of crochet and transforms the soft material into massive-scale art installations around the world. Blanketing rooms, cars, trains, public walls and sculptures with her exceptionally colorful crocheted work, Olek makes bold statements that...

Chris Johanson demonstrates how to create a painting based on personal expression in a Venn diagram format, an art lesson developed for students in partnership with SFMOMA for their project, Open Studio: Artist-Designed Classroom Activities. Find more Art School videos at Kqed.org/ArtSchool.