The Guerilla Art Kit Everything You Need to Put Your Message out into the World (with step-by-step exercises, cut-out projects, sticker ideas, templates, and fun DIY ideas)

by Smith, Keri

• ISBN13: 9781568986883
• ISBN10: 1568986882
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-26
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Summary

We are living in a golden age of self-expression. The explosion of user-created content on blogs and social networking sites movedTimemagazine to name "You" their 2006 person of the year. But while we may be spending a lot more time in virtual worlds, we have not lost the urge to make our physical world more meaningful. By leaving art and ideas in public places, you can affect someone's day change their mood or their mind and maybe even change the world in the process!The Guerilla Art Kitshows how small artistic acts can start a revolution. Keri Smith, noted author ofLiving Out Loudand the blog Wish Jar Journal, uses her unique drawing and handwriting style to help anyone find and release their inner artist or activist. This visually exciting activity book full of step-by-step exercises, cut-out projects, sticker ideas, and more has both fun assignments and handy tips to help you unleash your creative energy into the streets, where you can really make an impact. From the quick exercises leaving books for strangers to find, chalking quotes on the sidewalk to the more involved making a "wish tree," guerilla gardening, or making your own stencilsThe Guerilla Art Kitcontains everything you need to put your message out into the world.

Author Biography

Keri Smith is an author and illustrator turned guerilla artist. She is the author of several books including Living Out Loud and Tear Up This Book and the creator of the popular weblog Wish Jar Journal, which attracts over ten thousand readers daily.