You Are an Artist
Assignments to Spark Creation
$36.84
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
10 August 2026
Summary
Where do great artists get their inspiration? And how could they help you unleash your creativity?
A few years ago, curator Sarah Urist Green left her office in the basement of an art museum to travel around visiting a diverse range of artists, asking them to share prompts that relate to their own ways of working. The result is You Are an Artist, an invitation to invent imaginary friends, measure your cultural history, become someone else but mostly, become a truer ve…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141992723 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141992727 |
| Author: | Sarah Urist Green |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 10 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 654g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 188mm x 20mm |
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In You Are An Artist, Green hopes to take the elements of fear and decision-making out of art-making… . The projects, thankfully, can be done in isolation and shared virtually * NPR.org *There are more than 50 creative prompts for the artist (or artist at heart) to explore. Take the title of this book as affirmation, and get started * Fast Company *
About The Author
Sarah Urist Green
Sarah Urist Green is the creator, curator, and host of The Art Assignment, an educational video series produced in partnership with PBS that focuses on the creative process and the act of making. She is also the former curator of contemporary art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She holds a master of arts in modern art history from Columbia University and a bachelor of arts from Northwestern University. She lives in Indianapolis with her husband, young adult author John Green, and their two children.
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