I found this Ted Talk from Artist Shea Hembrey called: How I Became 100 Artists…
Here’s the copy that came with the video…
“How do you stage an international art show with work from 100 different artists? If you’re Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself — from large-scale outdoor installations to tiny paintings drawn with a single-haired brush. Watch this funny, mind-bending talk to see the explosion of creativity and diversity of skills a single artist is capable of.”
I found this amazing. There is a real danger in getting pigeonholed as an artist. Most of us would like to try something completely out of our comfort zone but for one reason or other, mainly meeting expectations, I think, we stay in our zone.
People we’re artists, pushing the envelope of our creativity is what we’re supposed to do so here’s the idea. No I don’t want you to create 100 artists. But how about one? Think about the thing you would most like to do, think about the kind of person that might do that type of work, then create the artist and a piece of their work.
Post the artist’s bio and a link to the work of art in the comments. Come on folks, stretch yourselves. I can’t wait to see what happens!
