Over the past four years, we’ve collected and developed resources and questions to support our arting adventures. We will update this regularly and invite you to share resources you’ve discovered that help to find and enjoy art. As you skim these possibilities, choose a few that speak to you now, returning as curiosity and your own progress take you further.
Art Sites
The Art Story: Visual Art Movements, Artists, Ideas and Topics
Hyperallergic: Sensitive to Art and Its Discontents – art review site
Google Arts & Culture – for choosing among collections of art
Public Domain Images
National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/open-access-images.html
Raw Pixel https://www.rawpixel.com/public-domain
PICRYL Search, download and print PICRYL – Public Domain Media Search Engine images, albums, collections
https://www.moma.co.uk/public-domain-images/ – list of sites for public domain images
What is Copyright? | U.S. Copyright Office
Explore links you find by googling public domain art: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Public+domain+art
Art and Self Discovery
Welcome to Art and Self – Art and Self with Cindy Ingram
What your imagination and images can uncover.docx
“Making art is a uniquely human act, and one that provides a wellspring of health benefits” — https://theconversation.com/making-art-is-a-uniquely-human-act-and-one-that-provides-a-wellspring-of-health-benefits-219091
“How to Keep Accessing and Expressing Your Passion, Mission and Vision” https://www.ruthschimel.com/how-to-keep-accessing-and-expressing-your-passion-mission-and-vision/
Art Is Not Supposed to Make You Feel Comfortable https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/opinion/art-morality-discomfort.html
Liana Finck: Life is hard. Art helps | TED Talk
Creating Art
Drawing with Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners Too by Mona Brookes
Post art critic Sebastian Smee compares two photographers of similar themes – one became famous, the other disappeared: Robert Frank and Todd Webb https://wapo.st/4aQqNWR
The Evolution of Hokusai’s Great Wave (kottke.org) – Inspiration for you to see how artists evolve.
How something comes from nothing: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/books/review/the-work-of-art-adam-moss.html
What It Is, by Lynda Barry
Art and AI
Eileen Isagon Skyers: In the age of AI art, what can originality look like? | TED Talk 6.3 minutes
Sofia Crespo: AI-generated creatures that stretch the boundaries of imagination | TED Talk
Refik Anadol: Art in the age of machine intelligence | TED Talk
And for fun, here is an AI generated picture of a man bathing in the style of Mary Cassatt. Enjoy.
