Challenges are usually designed to help motivate artists to create. They offer an opportunity to join with other artists to achieve a common goal or express a common thought in a unique way. If you’re looking for an extra dose of motivation, try one of the many challenges posted here—you’re sure to find one that will give you a reason to stop reading and Go Make Something!
52 Bags of Inspiration was sort of a reverse challenge project I started in 2006. Readers sent me bags of items they didn’t know how to use, and I created projects with them, photographing my process as I worked. The project ended in 2008, and I am no longer accepting submissions—but the articles remain, because there’s some pretty interesting stuff to be gleaned from them.
What happens when you give a group of artists the same image and ask them to create with it? That’s the premise behind 100 Pages.
Need a little kick in the creativity? Join Make It Mondays!
Each Monday, a theme will be posted. Make something based on that theme—anything at all. You can make a card, a gluebook page, an altered book layout, draw, paint, whatever floats your boat. The challenge is to MAKE SOMETHING.
When you’re finished, post a link to your piece in the comments section below that week’s theme. You can also upload photos to the group’s Flickr pool so they’ll show in the photostream.
Postcards 4 Peace is an ongoing mail art project that challenges anyone who wants to participate to express their wishes for peace for all people. Since 2006, over 100 postcards have been sent from all over the world, expressing in words and images the universal wish for peace.
