For the class project, we’re going to develop an Influence Map as a tool to help discover who we are as artists! The things you absorb, from movies and tv, to conversations and experiences, now and especially when you were a child, are a big part of who you are as a person, and therefore who you are as an artist.

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We all have moments where we feel artistically lost, and an Influence Map can help you reflect on your earliest roots and influences, giving you clues on where to go next.

CLASS RESOURCES

Speech: Make Good Art Commencement Speech, Neil Gaiman
Video: The Gap, Ira Glass and Daniel Sax
Book: Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils and Rewards of Artmaking, David Bayles and Ted Orland
Book: Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert
Book: Steal Like An Artist, Austin Kleon
Article: Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules, Sister Corita Kent

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