This wide-ranging anthology features essays, drawings and assignments from more than 100 contributors including: John Baldessari, William Pope.L, Mira Schor, Rochelle Feinstein, Bob Nickas and Chris Kraus. Examining the complex and often unruly state of art education by focusing on its signature pedagogical form, the assignment, this book coalesces ideas about what art is, how it should be taught, and what larger purpose it might, or might not, serve. Original