Resources
Articles / Readings
5 Best Sculptors in the World, Squaremile.com
Why Female Artists Should Bow Down to Trailblazing Sculptor Louise Nevelson, Entity
Claes Oldenburg, I'm for..., Walker Art Center
Launching the Imagination 3-D, Chapter 9, Part 1
Launching the Imagination 3-D, Chapter 9, Part 2
Launching the Imagination 3-D, Chapter 10
Launching the Imagination 3-D, Chapter 11
Launching the Imagination 3-D, Chapter 12
Chapter 12, Reading Response Assignment
Georges Perec: Approaches to What? (also available online here)
Perec, Reading Response Assignment
Shaping Space, Chapter 3: Organizing Principles of Design
Meet Fiber Artist: Judith Scott
Guide for the Critique of Artworks
DIY / How to
NOTE: There are links on each assignment sheet as well for tutorials, artists, etc.
Make a Cardboard Toolbox, Instructables
DIY Cardboard Toolbox, DIY Projects
Bronze Casting Process, Prometheus Art
How to use a Jointer, Woodworkers Guild of America
How to Mill Lumber, Fine Woodworking
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, Chapter 2: Wood & Designing With Wood
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, Chapter 5: Carcase Joinery
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking, Chapter 8: Frame Joinery
Chris Becksvoort: Favorite Dovetail Tricks, Fine Woodworking
Making Things Move / Mechanics
Amazing Site with animations of mechanical movements http://507movements.com
An engineers approach to mechanics with wood (has a gear template generator) http://woodgears.ca
Mechanisms with paper. Rob Ives. www.robives.com/
Mechanism extravaganza: www.mekanizmalar.com/index.html
Harmonogram: Gavin Greenaway
Jobs/Opportunities
Sites to find exhibition opportunties, grants, jobs, internships, etc.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
Americans for the Arts Job Bank
Arts Services, Inc. (Buffalo based arts council)
Tri-County Arts Council (Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus counties)
Videos
Videos & Movies
Netflix Movies
Abstract
Amazon Prime Movies
Waste Land
Faces Places
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Beauty is Embarrassing
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
The Girl With the Pearl Earring (also available on Hulu)
TED Talks
Phil Hansen: Embrace the Shake
Melissa Walker: Art Can Heal PTSD’s Invisible Wounds
Titus Kaphar: Can Art Amend History?
Daniel Lismore: My Life as a Work of Art
Robert Lang: The Math and Magic of Origami
Hanoch Piven: Living in a Playful Collage
Janet Echelman: Taking Imagination Seriously
Art 21 on PBS
Why Man Creates on Vimeo
How to Draw a Bunny on Vimeo
Jean Michel Basquiat Documentary The Radiant Child on YouTube
LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems! on YouTube
19 Art Documentaries You Shouldn't Miss, website with links
Craft in America, channel on YouTube
The Art Assignment on YouTube
Obey Giant on Hulu
Projects & Ideas
Play with Your Food. Document it, share your creations. Example
Exhibit your work online. Either join an existing online exhibition or create one of your own. Some online exhibitions.
Make a Cardboard Portrait Bust. Assignment sheet from Naomi Falk (thanks Naomi!)
Participate in Learning to Love You More (the project ended, but you can still make)
Do an Art Dare from ArtProf.org
Some good sculptural options from ArtProf.org:
Learn how to make something