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How to Write an Artist Statement
Write down 5 words that describe YOU - ___________________
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| Write down 5 words that describe YOUR ART - ___________________
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Write down 5 things that INSPIRE your art (ie, it could be anything you like: football, dance,etc) - ___________________
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| CIRCLE your favorite types of artmaking - Drawing in your sketchbook
- Designing using pencil
- Designing artwork
- Painting
- Ceramics
- Completing an assignment
- Working from imagination
- Creating art for yourself (not an assignment)
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In Google Drive, make a new document and write a first draft of your artist statement. An artist statement should describe the following: WHY YOU MAKE YOUR ART, WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO MAKE IT, WHAT IT SIGNIFIES OR REPRESENTS, WHAT'S UNIQUE OR SPECIAL ABOUT HOW YOU MAKE IT, and briefly, WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. Answer those questions.
- First paragraph. Begin with a simple statement of why you do the work you do. Support that statement, telling the reader more about your goals and aspirations.
- Second paragraph. Tell the reader how you make decisions in the course of your work. How and why do you select materials, techniques, themes? Keep it simple and tell the truth.
- Third paragraph. Tell the reader a little more about your current work. How it grew out of prior work or life experiences. What are you exploring, attempting, challenging by doing this work.