This is been a fantastically prolific challenge! As I write this, there are 1,271 #30sal Instagram posts, and they’re still coming in. WOW! It has been a lot of fun for me to throw out ideas and see what you all create. Thank you to all the local people who participated, and shared this with your friends. How far did this challenge travel? Who is the farthest artist? What connections were made?
This creative challenge was different than most. Each day was designed to trigger a different aspect of visual creative thinking, which clearly inspired a wide array of responses. I’d like to hear how this month was for you. What effect did this challenge have on your days? What do you imagine might be a reverberating effect going forward?
I’ll post my favorites for week 3 tomorrow & I’ll post my favorites for week 4 soon after. I’ve saved a special barrel of confetti for people who completed all 30. Hey – since so many people posted, I wasn’t able to keep track. Who did all 30? Hands up!
Sometimes I wonder what it might be like to draw or paint by following a series of set instructions, like a musician follows sheet music. Today is “see and respond” day in our 30 Day Challenge. Actually today it will be “respond and see” day, because our cues come from one of Sol LeWitt’s instructions …
Alice Mao, a 17 year old student at the League, teamed up with her 15 year old classmate Taylor Wang, to mastermind “Student Art Spaces” a venue for young artists like themselves to show their work. The League is mentoring Student Art Spaces (SAS), and will showcase their curations. We are proud to support SAS in …
Fridays are comic day for our 30 day challenge, and today your challenge is to show a progression. People who draw and paint often feel like everything they make needs to be completely different and original to what they made before. This isn’t true for paintings, and it’s definitely not true for comics, in which …
30SAL Challenge: Fini!
This is been a fantastically prolific challenge! As I write this, there are 1,271 #30sal Instagram posts, and they’re still coming in. WOW! It has been a lot of fun for me to throw out ideas and see what you all create. Thank you to all the local people who participated, and shared this with your friends. How far did this challenge travel? Who is the farthest artist? What connections were made?
This creative challenge was different than most. Each day was designed to trigger a different aspect of visual creative thinking, which clearly inspired a wide array of responses. I’d like to hear how this month was for you. What effect did this challenge have on your days? What do you imagine might be a reverberating effect going forward?
I’ll post my favorites for week 3 tomorrow & I’ll post my favorites for week 4 soon after. I’ve saved a special barrel of confetti for people who completed all 30. Hey – since so many people posted, I wasn’t able to keep track. Who did all 30? Hands up!
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