100 ways to be an artist on a shoe string budget in 2009!

100 ways to be an artist on a shoe string budget in 2009---I've really decided to challenge myself today; and with that, I would like to challenge you. Make a list for yourself, of 100 ways (not listed on this blog) to be an artist on a shoe string budget (broke and bohemian!) in the year 2009!

For now...here is my list! I'm excited to see it grow---

1.blog! (We care about what you have to say!)
2.Make vlogs ("video blogs" can be like an online journal or you can use them to share ideas)
3.Become a street perfomer (Holler, sing, dance, do shakespeare)
4.Start a dance company (I.E. Think Dance Collective www.thinkdancecollective.org)
5.Go DIY. Do it yourself. You got a vision. Find the medium and make it happen!
6.Dance. Just dance. In your house. In the streets. On the stage. Express yourself through your movements!
7.Sing. Be a singer in a bar, cabaret, on the subway train. Sing into an mp3 recorder. We want to hear your voice.
8.Write a novel. The only cost: A cup of coffee and the risk of losing your sanity!
9.Act. Write a movie and star in it! Put it online, put on dvd. Keep it to ourself. ACT!
10.Write letters. Your handwriting is art. letters are a form of expression. Write Letters!
11.Be someones pen pal. Art only takes the self. The universe is connected. Share with someone.
12.Make a film. Gather your friends. use anything. Every story is worth sharing. Be creative!
13. Be original. You are an artist!
14.Make line drawings.
15. Invent something!
16. Reinvent something!
17. Write a play.
18. Write a short story.
19. Record 52 songs. One for every week of the year.
20. Write and record an album.
21. Self distribute your record (design all of the packaging)
22. Design the packaging for someone else's record.
23. Play an instrument on someone elses record.
24. Learn a new instrument.
25. Make a web show (short form story telling on the web)
26. Use a web cam to make a feature film!
27. Paint. (Water color, oil, anything!)
28. Paper Mache' a sculpture (I reccomend using a balloon, flower and water mix and newspapers)
29. Recycle! Working on making the earth a better place to live is the job of an artist.
30.Reuse. You already have everything in your home that you need to make art.
31. Tell a story. (The most basic and essential part of every aspect of art)
32. Read a book and make notes.
33. Adapt a book you love into a screen play!
34.Go for a walk. (It can be art if you make it art) Art is about creating an experience!
35.Play the drums!
36. Make a mandolin (the instructions have to be online SOMEWHERE)
37. Make a percussion instrument (start with a milk jug and some pebbles)
38. Create a sculpture from things you would normally throw a way.
39. Make a sculpture from things you find outside. Display it in the some place you found it.
40.Make a snowman.
41.Dress up. Be your own fashion icon.
42. Create a character. Dress like it. Walk around. Transform your whole being.
43. Start a book club.
44. Join a book club.
45. Make a snowflake (Fold and cut patterns in a piece of paper)
46. Hang snowflakes and star designs around your house.
47.Make a new friend.
48.Be a good friend.
49.Support other artists!!!
50.Build a tree house.
51. Spend a week living in a tree house, while you are writing a childrens book.
52. Write a children book.
53. Play the piano for a benefit concert.
54.Build a bird house.
55. Make a drawing of a bird you see.
56. Make an outline of your favorite person's hand.
57. Make a body outline of someone you love.
58. Hold hands with someone and sing auld lang.
59.Make a remix of a favorite song.
60. Remix an entire record (Add hip hop beats, new harmonies, audio from tv clips!)
61. Park your car. Turn on the headlights and turn up the jamzzz. Get out and dance.
62. Put a flower on a man made object.
63. Write love poetry. Share it!
64. Write a love letter. Send it!
65.Cut and Paste old emails and resend them to the original senders.
66.Write an email to an old friend.
67. Write an email to a new friend.
68. Self distribute everything you make!
69. Make a post card.
70. Collect post cards and post them around your home.
71. Make a sketch of someone who lives in your neighborhood, give it to them.
72. Take a photograph of something beautiful. Give it to someone as a book mark.
73. Make a bookmark with encouraging quotes.
74. Take a picture with someone who broke your heart. Forgive them.
75. Make love. Take a clos-up picture of your faces afterwards.
76.Write a poem from a childs perspective.
77. Keep a jounal. Have 365 entries by 2010!
78. Start a charitable organization. Throw a benefit concert.
79. Cook someone a meal. Its all about presentation.
80. Start jogging. Keep a journal on the thoughts you had while you were running.
81. Finger paint.
82. Make a design of a wolf, using the keys from your keyboard. Print it. Share it!
83. Write a T.V. Pilot.
84.Film your tv pilot! Use whatever camera you can find.
85. Start a choir!
86. Join a choir!
87. Start or join a hand bell choir!
88.Design your own line of jewelry.
89. Make tee shirt design. Print it and put in on a blank shirt.
90. Start a web site.
91. Produce your friend no budget film.
92. Screen films in your apartment. Create a play list of films to show every week.
93. Give someone a tattoo with markers.
94. Paint your face.
95. Rip your own holes in your jeans.
96. Create a hip hop beat.
97. D.J. a house party.
98. Edit someones novel.
99. Create art not boundries!
100. Make a list of 100 ways to be an artist 0n a shoe string budget in 2009!


Happy last day of 2008.

-Ryan