Armory Art Together 1.0

MUSIC

1. Create a playlist

2. Write a song or music composition

3. Choose a song that represents the prompt (and explain how)

VISUAL ART

4. Make a painting (abstract or realistic!)

5. Make a drawing (abstract or realistic!)

6. Make a collage

7. Draw a comic or manga

8. Make a sculpture out of only pieces of paper

9. Make a sculpture out of random stuff you found in your room

10. Make a sculpture out of any art supplies you have (but don’t use that art supply for its originally intended purpose...i.e. a pencil becomes a sculpture, etc.!)

11. Make a colorscape (use only colors and shapes to represent the prompt)

12. Make a portrait of yourself or another person inspired by the prompt

13. Fingerpaint the prompt

14. Invent a new font inspired by the prompt

15. Create a board game and design pieces inspired by the prompt

WRITING/ POETRY

16. Write a freestyle poem

17. Write a haiku

18. Write a nonfiction reflection

19. Journal non-stop for 30 minutes without editing yourself

20. Write a short fiction story

21. Write a long fiction story

22. Write a 6-word story (literally, only use 6 words for the whole thing!)

23. Describe a meal inspired by the prompt. Choose ingredients, spices and flavors, and don’t forget the salt!

MULTIMEDIA

24. Make a meme

25. Make a website

26. Build your response to the prompt in Minecraft/The Sims/Garry’s Mod/the sandbox of your choice

MOVEMENT/ DANCE

27. Create a single physical movement inspired by the prompt

28. Choreograph 3 physical movements that become a dance

29. Create a single physical movement inspired by the prompt, then teach it to a friend or family member (either who ives with you in your apartment OR via FaceTime) and do the dance together!

30. Invent a virtual handshake inspired by the prompt and teach it to someone virtually (FaceTime, Zoom, etc.)

31. Pantomime (act out silently) your answer to the prompt

VIDEO/ THEATRE

32. Curate a thoughtful list of movies or YouTube clips/videos that represent the prompt

33. Make a video of yourself responding to the prompt

34. Make a video of yourself responding to the prompt, but use only your voice and an object in your home (is that teddy bear talking?!)

35. Make a video of yourself acting like a character (specific person from a movie i.e. Wolverine, or a stereotype/stock character like the mean girl or the jock) responding to the prompt

36. Improvise a short monologue (a speech for one character) inspired by the prompt and deliver it to camera

37. Stage and perform a short scene with family, pets, or furniture as characters. Record it to share!

1. What does the Armory smell like?

2. What does the Armory taste like?

3. What does the Armory sound like?

4. How do you feel when you’re at the Education table?

5. How do you feel in the Drill Hall?

6. How do you feel in the Armory Break Room?

7. Something you’re grateful for

8. Something you’re curious about

9. Something that inspires you

10. What’s your guilty pleasure?

11. A joke that don’t make any sense

12. Music you’re listening to

13. TV you’re watching

14. Movies you’ve seen

15. Stories you’ve heard

16. Your favorite internet posts/copypastas and why?

17. Memes

18. Memes about memes

19. Your family

20. Your chosen family

21. Your pets

22. Your imaginary pets

23. Your friends

24. Your imaginary friends

25. What you can see outside your window

26. Trading cards

27. Animals that couldn’t exist in nature

28. What happens at 13 o’clock?

29. What if a man with three sons married a woman with three daughters of her own? What crazy situations might arise from that family?!

30. What makes you laugh?

31. A story everyone should hear

32. What would you give the person who has everything?

33. What would you magically remove all traces of from the internet?

34. What is your final form?

35. What is more valuable than everyone else thinks?

36. What will you always remember?

37. What have you already forgotten?

38. The most beautiful words you’ve ever heard

39. The most awesome thing you’ve ever seen

40. Something intriguing

41. Something impossible

42. The difference between literally and figuratively

43. Something appealing

44. Something appalling

45. Something for everyone

46. Something that’s formal

47. Something that’s normal

48. Something magical

49. When did you experience joy this week?

50. What do you love about yourself?

51. If you could share one message with the world, what would it be?

52. What challenge did you overcome this week?

53. What advice would you give your younger self?

54. Who inspires you the most?

55. What are your strengths? What are you really good at?

56. What is something you’ve always wanted to do but were too scared?

57. What is something you would love to learn?

58. When have you done something you thought you couldn’t do?59. There’s a huge problem with a production at the Armory and YOU are the only one who can save the day. What’s the issue and what’s your plan?

60. What is “exactly what you needed today”?

61. So, what do you want to do today?

62. What are you a LITTLE too old for?

63. What are you a LITTLE too young for?

64. “It’s not over until…” what happens?

65. Who do you always listen to?

66. A pattern you've noticed in the world

67. The next big technological innovation

68. Invent a new punctuation mark. What does it look like, what does it mean, and when should it be used?

69. What is the sky trying to tell us?

70. What do you imagine life is like in the apartment across the way from yours?