Self Instructions - Kiersten Rakisits

1. Drink the glass of water
2. Sit in the middle of the room
3. Put on headphones-listen to music
4. Use a color you don’t like
5. Do a few blind contours
6. Fill a page(in black and white) with shapes
7. Repeat 5 times

self instructions- Eliza Briggs

1. Get a piece of paper
2. Draw a line to the middle of the page
3. Fold the paper up
4. Unfold the paper
5. With a random color trace over the folds
6. Write a noun.

Repeat this process 5 times.

Self Instruction - Christopher Woodward

Self Instructions

1. Obtain a recording device.

2. Think about mundane everyday actions you do.

3. Record yourself doing this action for five minutes.

(if needed record for longer or repeat the action)

4. Open an editing program and upload the recorded work.

5. In the program make the recording expand.

6. Ponder the amount of time you spend doing this action daily, weekly, monthly, annually throughout your life.

7. Title the recording the name of the action.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DcFjFFlDdpEO_sogC4-3T7i3J8kFsqndhttps://drive.google.com/open?id=1cS6UmhgyDgKgufTUWcsnf2JO7oHa5hhK
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MN0z7YzpBpAIr8lOsz1ww9yn-AhXuVPS
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bc6451hBMTWgY6Nr4471XvWmTtt5KArs
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ilqV5qI7Dm28pyLFpFLJ23frtd8CdpWA

Instructions - Anthony Ryder

Manifesto- Anthony Ryder

1. Be persistent- if you stop trying, you’ll never get there
2. Push yourself- the more often you push yourself the more goals you will obtain what you that was unattainable.
3. Make lists- You’ll forget a lot of ideas, goals, art pieces, etc. If you don’t write them down
4. Constantly build your influences- it allows you to reach new realms and break constructs 
5. Constantly study/ educate yourself-being self-educated allows yourself to push yourself to new extremes. Knowing just the surface of an idea leads to the cliche 
6. Love what you do- If you don’t like what ideas you are making, your work will suffer
7. Don’t “brand” yourself - you like a lot of things! Make them regardless of their content in comparison of your previous work. 
8. Everything is an investment
9. Never stop working- when you are not wanting to do art, do it. When you want to work do it!
10. Art is meant to do something- Not just be a pretty thing on the wall, it’s meant to heal, to burden, to think, to experience.
11. Don’t be afraid of vulnerability- your art is your safe space

Set of instructions- Janiyen Al-Abdullah

Manifesto- Janiyen al-abdullah

Manifesto- Nakita Shelley

                                                         
   

• Don’t rush my creative process.
• Write down anything and everything that inspires me or makes me think or feel normal or different.
• Don’t get too comfortable with work.
• Never stop creating.
• Stay positive and supportive to self.
• Try again and again until I can love the results.
• Find the motives behind all work.
• Don’t start something if I don’t have the skill.
• Work at everything I can get my hands on.
• Be well informed.
• Get out of comfort zone.
• Make breaks worthwhile.
• Let others be, but be my own person.
• Revisit past experiences as possibilities.
• Try to be inclusive in work.
• Get lots of critique and collaboration.
• Save the late night hours for production.
• Be risky with opinions.
• Don’t try to make something its not.
• Ignore my doubts most of the time
• Use time more valuably.
• Never get rid of anything that has ever had any potencial.
• Be willing to try new things.
• Keep track of progress.
• Create something that can last or be documented.
• Be willing to have a conversation.
• Always observe what's around me.
• Keep working space filled with progress and curiosities.
• Let things go to grow.

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Set of Instructions- Nakita Shelley

1. Get a piece of paper
2. get a writing utensil ( pen)
3. sit down for an undisturbed minute
4. Draw what you were thinking with a different part of your body other than your hands ( used my mouth)
5. destroy it ( folded it)
6. draw the ruined product on a separate piece of paper
7. apply color

Set of Instructions - Jamyn Scarlet

Personal Manifesto - Jamyn Scarlet

Breathe in. Breathe in all the way using your stomach.
Don't separate from your body, stay connected to yourself.
Control the hamster. Keep your mind moving with fresh material, don't get stuck on the wheel.
Everything is an experiment, treat it as such.
Be aware of your surroundings, what do you like, what would you change, why?
Always ask, except for permission.
Allow yourself to always be learning, from anyone.
Fear is the ultimate thief.

Set of instructions- Eliza Briggs

1. Get a piece of paper
2. get a writing utensil ( pen)
3. sit down for an undisturbed minute
4. Draw what you were thinking with a different part of your body other than your hands ( used my mouth)
5. destroy it ( folded it)
6. draw the ruined product on a separate piece of paper
7. apply color

manifesto- Eliza Briggs

MANIFESTO

1. Don’t do nothing, that’s the worst thing you could do.

2. Exploration is a field for all careers and trades

3. REUSE. Anything can be something else.

4. Great minds have different thoughts.

5. It’s just a body. Talk about it.

6. Don’t assume. Assumptions lead to misunderstandings.

7. Call it what you want, it means something different to everyone else.

8. There can be no real collaboration with control.

9. Know what you love and use what you hate.

10. Not all thoughts are equal and bad ideas are good for you

11. Leave it be, or change it.

12. Concern yourself with everything.

13. If you're offended by it, explore it.

14. There’s a time and a place to be quiet. Art is not one of them.

15. Everyone has something to say if you listen long enough.

16. Don’t give in to doubt, but don’t ignore it either.

17. HEY! LET ME LAUGH! There’s nothing wrong with being silly.

18. Feed your body! That would be good. Always have snacks

19. Sleep is important… I suppose.

20. Overthink things.

21. Success is an obstacle, not a goal.

22. Nonsense has some sense, rummage through it.

23. Not everything has a reason, but you can make one up if you want. It makes life more exciting.

24. You haven’t met everybody; how can you know everything?

25. Look to the masters, look to the losers, they both had something to say.

26. Listen to your peers. Listen to your mentors. Keep in mind how little we all know.

27. Take the time to work alone. Insanity thrives off of individuality.

28. Being accommodating is not important, but it can be useful in the right context.

29. People are complex and confusing. One person, one puzzle, one lifetime. Try to solve it if 30. you want. Regardless, other people are more important.

31. Pay attention to the society you live in, your neighborhood and your home.

32. Be observant. Be truthful about what you see

33. when you know what it is, stand up for what you believe. 

34. There's nothing wrong with being quiet, but know that it's not useful to do so. 

35. Davy Crockett once declared "you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas". To which I add, "you may all go to hell and I will [make art]". Please let me be.

Set of Instructions - Kiersten Rakisits

1. Stand up and start walking while you...
2. Think of the last time you were upset
3. What made you upset?
4. Why did that upset you?
5. Can it be resolved?
6. Who will be impacted by the solution?
7. Is there anything more you can do?
8. Stop walking and write down your solutions.
9. Draw a birds eye view of where you began to where you stopped walking.

Set of Instructions- Emily Brown

A Self-Portrait of a Perpetual Work in Progress

Image 1- a study of the female form drawn by holding a pen between my breasts
Image 2- the study, crumpled up
Image 3- study of the crumpled study
Image 4- study with color applied