Bad Art Thingies & the Inner Snick
March 2, 2012
About a decade ago I read an article about building community through making ‘bad art thingies’ together. The idea: A neighborhood host volunteers his home and kitchen table, and participants bring potluck food and recyclable materials -- empty cereal boxes, fabric scraps, sequins, wrapping paper, old birthday cards, toilet paper tubes, etc.
The host provides basics like scissors, crayons and markers, construction paper, glue and staples, and decides whether to open up the creative possibilities by including hot glue guns and paint.
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What a grrovy idea! And what I like about it- is that 1. it brings communites together- something we need much more of 2. It is collective art- people can feed off each others ideas and inspiration! Very creative!
Thank you Krista! If you decide to host your own bad art party-take pics and send them along. It would be amusing to see the differences in the look of our ‘upcycled’ commercial stuff, crackers/biscuits wrappers et al