Feeling helpless doesn’t sit well with me and yet it has been hard to not feel that way daily with the current state of things. Don’t get me wrong, socially isolating is something I’ve been doing my whole life, however seeing people suffer on such a large scale is paralyzing. But art and likeminded people have helped me through many a time before and this is no different in that respect. So friend, amazing artist and fellow PAFA faculty member Maria Teicher (@Mariateicher on Instagram) and I have paired up to push ourselves and others to do what we do best : Make F*cking Art.
Darla Jackson, All my failures (Aren’t they lovely?)
WHAT YOU NEED
You will not need anything other than a willingness to participate and whatever your medium(s) of choice is/are. Feel free to use traditional materials or to push the limits entirely and work in nontraditional materials, whatever is available to you.
WHAT TO DO
Our challenge to you is to follow the prompts below and make a corresponding artwork every 2-3 days. Every two weeks we will release a new list.
MARCH 23RD - APRIL 6TH
-Botanicals
-Animal Self
-Self Portrait As Community
-Comfort Beverage
-What Lies Beneath
-Self Portrait As Alter Ego
-Impressions
Participate as you are able. Post your work to Instagram and label it with #mariaanddarlasayMFA so we see it. Check out the hashtag in order to support other artists taking part.
OFFICIAL HASHTAG
#mariaanddarlasayMFA
SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL HASHTAGS
#makefuckingart #mfachallenge #artchallenge #quarantineart #stayhomestudio #artonline
Make what feels right. Connect with your community. Find new people. Make f*cking art. We can’t wait to see what you come up with.
Maria Teicher