Second Anniversary: March 1-7, 2024
This week (somehow) marks two years of Artpocalypse Thursdays. Thanks to all of you who have helped make that happen! I feel like I should give each of you a gift, and the traditional gift for a second anniversary is cotton. So, this week’s assignment is to make art out of cotton. Happy anniversary!
Due March 7 by 7:00 p.m.
The Submissions:
by Captain Quillard
For my submission, I'm using the cotton assignment to offer each of you a gift for being a part of this odd little side project and helping it last for two years. I'm putting the Artpocalypse logo on a T-shirt and will send one to any of you who wants one. Just let me know your unisex adult T-shirt size and the address you'd like it shipped to. It will likely be one of the two designs below, depending on which prints better. It's the perfect gift for anyone who needs a shirt to sleep in or wear to the gym or get weird looks and questions from people who don't understand what your shirt means. You're welcome?
by Journal Kurtz
In November of 2020 the mother of all Venn diagrams converged: COVID isolation, chest deep in research for a poem about the history of chambray ("blue collar") work shirts, and Dayton's Mission of Mary Cooperative selling plants and vegetables online to keep their proverbial doors open.
One week MoM was selling dye from locally grown indigo, and I thought, Screw this needy-ass sourdough starter that I keep forgetting to feed. I'm going to buy indigo! I'm going to dye my own shirt! I'm going to save Mission of Mary!
None of those things happened because, you remember, it was a pandemic and I was too busy staring out the window at squirrels and doom scrolling past people who were writing entire novels and creating a fifth state of matter while I was staring at squirrels.
My little jar of indigo was waiting for this exact moment in time. Some people have fancy kits with chemicals that may help the dye last and not get all over everything else in the laundry when I wash it. Those people probably read directions, too. Bully for them. I bet I had more fun.
Happy Anniversary, Artpocalypse. Whether I managed to complete the task or spent the time just thinking about it, I am grateful for the creative prompting each week. And I continue to be wonder-smitten with the projects of my fellow artists in the Artpocalypse community. **
**Speaking of community, s/o to Dayton artist Rachel DB who was kind enough to share a few of her cotton towels lo those many years ago.
Next Week’s Assignment:
In honor of the Oscars airing this week, design a movie poster for a fictitious film you make up about your life or current events or any other subject/topic you choose.