If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected] The Smart Museum's smART Explorers program for South Side fifth graders is a cornerstone of the museum's educational initiatives. Students are led by docents and professional teaching artists, who introduce them to methods of looking at and communicating about works of visual art.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Suzanne Lacy discusses her 1980s "Boycott Performance", a multi-layered project that used a series of potlucks and banquets in New Orleans to rally support for the Equal Rights Amendment.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Ana Prvacki talks about The Greeting Committee, a social performance where visitors to a museum are offered a taste of slatko, a traditional Serbian gesture of welcome.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Tom Marioni talks about The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art...and does some stand-up.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Artist Lee Mingwei discusses the history of The Dining Project, an ongoing project where he hosts meals in a zen-like installation within museums and galleries.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected] Lee Mingwei discusses hospitality and family history.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Suzanne Lacy discusses her 1979 participatory performance International Dinner Party, where the artist engaged with women around the globe through some 200 dinners that took place over 24 hours across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Laura Letinsky talks about her interest in still life painting and other inspirations for her photographs.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. How to participate in Lee Mingwei's The Dining Project.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Ana Prvacki recounts her family story about slatko, and the inspiration for her social performance The Greeting Committee.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Alison Knowles discusses the history of Fluxus art.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Mella Jaarsma talks about a performance in Indonesia where participants fried and ate frog legs on the street to generate dialogues across ethnic groups.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Laura Letinsky hosts a lunch with her fellow Feast artists and talks about how cooking is like composing a new photograph.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Michael Rakowitz talks about Saddam Hussein's chinaware and the different ways he has included the plates in his art.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Artist Sonja Alhäuser talks about using a recipe drawing to create a "catering performance" for Feast.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Theaster Gates talks about the idea behind his Soul Food Pavilion—a space for interactions and conversations around the foods of black people.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Theaster Gates talks about his Soul Food Starter Kit—part fancy bento box, part big country pantry.

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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Marina Abramović talks about performance art and many of her own influential performance pieces.

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