The arts & humanities section of Articulate showcases a wide variety of works such as visual art (including photography), mixed media, multimedia, creative writing, critical reflection, and other imaginative submissions.
For all submissions (excluding creative writing and critical reflection), please ensure that you include an artist statement.
Preparing your artist statement
An artist statement is a flexible contribution that should accompany your art piece; your statement should augment/supplement your audience’s understanding and appreciation of your work. Its purpose is to discuss your inspiration and process and, in some cases, the medium(s) you used.
You may want to reflect on your approach and its relationship to your goals as an artist and an individual. The artist statement does not need to be either concrete or abstract but can exist anywhere on this continuum. Here are some questions to consider as you are composing your artist statement:
What prompted you to create this piece?
What questions or issues were you aiming to address?
What medium(s) did you use?
In what ways does your piece speak to individual experiences as well as larger, more universal themes?
These questions do not necessarily need to be answered in your artist statement but may be useful in constructing your narrative.
If you are submitting a collection of pieces, please use one submission form and include each item as a separate attachment along with a document that includes images in the order you would like them to appear, titles, and individual artist statements (if applicable).
Critical Reflections
A successful critical reflection will explore and critique assumptions, values, beliefs, and biases. It should integrate new learning and the larger implications of an experience and discuss the transformation of future perceptions, emotions, attitudes, insights, and actions. While a critical reflection may not necessarily make an argument, it should synthesize the author’s experience with the bigger picture (which may or may not require sources in AMA format).
