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The Art Assignment

Relative Strangers - Laurel Nakadate

The Art Assignment is a weekly PBS Digital Studios production hosted by curator Sarah Green. We take you around the U.S. to meet working artists and solicit assignments from them that we can all complete.

Relative Strangers - Laurel Nakadate

Season 1 Episode 38 | 7m 21s | CC

Laurel Nakadate makes art by connecting with strangers, and she wants you to do this, too! She gives us the challenge of finding little known family members and making their photographic portrait.

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