This celebration for artists is a way for artists and other to encourage awareness for the arts and to build up the arts community as a whole. Here is a top twenty list of ways artists can celebrate International Artist Day and bring more awareness for the fine arts.
Enrich a Child’s Life
According to the New York Times, college art programs are getting cut at an alarming rate. Public schools are also losing art programs to meet strained budget needs. Here are some things that artists can do to enrich a child’s life with the arts on October 25th (or any day of the year):
- Host a painting demonstration at a local school.
- Have an open house welcoming local children in to view a real artist’s studio.
- Donate art supplies to a local school.
- Offer free teaching sessions once a week at a local community center.
- Organize a children’s mural painting day to revitalize an old building and to introduce local children to the arts.
- Donate a painting or drawing to a children’s hospital and spend some time talking to the patients about art.
- Offer to draw caricatures at a local school’s fall festival.
Support Other Artists
One way to make the artist community stronger is by supporting other artists. On International Artist Day try one of these ideas to support the artist community:
- Purchase an artwork from a local art gallery.
- Visit a showing of a local artist’s work.
- Make a donation to the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Start a local art critique group.
- Join an online artist community and provide ideas and feedback in the forums.
- Write or videotape an art tutorial about a favorite painting or drawing technique and post it on a personal website or blog.
- Join a local art group.
Enjoy the Arts
Artists should take time out of their day on October 25th to simply enjoy different types of fine art, too. Here are some ideas:
- Visit a gallery.
- Type “artist” into a search engine and browse all of the interesting websites and art on the first few result pages.
- Enjoy a play or opera.
- Create a special piece of art to commemorate this artist holiday.
- Read a book about a favorite artist.
- Try a new art form.
World-Wide Celebration of the Arts
This artist holiday is celebrated all over the world, including countries such as Finland, Poland, Australia, Mexico, United States, Denmark, Canada, Nepal and England. Using the ideas above, artists can spread awareness for the arts and International Artist Day to their area of the world.
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