How to Express Yourself with Art

How to Express Yourself with Art –

Self-expression can drive change—in your life and beyond. Here, join Nikolas Smith, Roxane Gay, and Osheen Siva as they share how to stay informed, tap into your unique perspective, and push boundaries creatively. For more, join them on Skillshare: https://skl.sh/3TgTxjo

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ART AS SELF-EXPRESSION QUICK JUMP MENU

00:00 Nikolas Smith on Art as Therapy, Activism, and Means of Connection

04:15 Roxane Gay on the “Why” Behind Your Work—and Supporting Your Claims

07:22 Osheen Siva on Representation and Manifestation

09:11 Exercise: Define What You Want to Say

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ABOUT SKILLSHARE

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ABOUT THE TEACHERS

Nikkolas Smith, a native of Houston, Texas, is a Master of Architecture recipient from Hampton University. After designing theme parks at Walt Disney Imagineering for 11 years, he is now a concept artist, children’s books author and film illustrator. He also creates activist art paintings and Hollywood movie posters (Black Panther, Beale Street, Southside With You, Dear White People, Stranger Fruit). He is a proud 2016 White House Innovators of Color fellow. As an illustrator of color and an Artivist, Nikkolas is focused on creating captivating art that can spark important conversations in today’s world and inspire meaningful change. Many of his viral and globally published sketches are included in his latest book Sunday Sketch: The Art of Nikkolas, a visual journey on life and a collection of more than 100 sketches he has done in the last five years. In Artivism: Create Inspiring Art for Change, join him for a thoughtful and empowering class about using art to effect change inside and out: https://skl.sh/3jKKlHv

Roxane Gay’s writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. She is the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times best-selling Bad Feminist, the nationally best-selling Difficult Women and the New York Times best-selling Hunger. She is also the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel. In Creative Writing: Crafting Personal Essays with Impact, learn how to find your story, craft your truth, and write to make a difference: https://skl.sh/3vuMppI

Osheen Siva is a multidisciplinary artist from Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. Through the lens of surrealism, speculative fiction and science fiction, rooted in their Dalit and Tamil heritage, Osheen imagines new worlds of decolonized dreamscapes, futuristic oasis with mutants and monsters, building narratives of queer and feminine power. Osheen’s colourful, fierce and otherworldly characters reflect a diversity that’s often lacking in pop culture. In Find Your Creative Voice: Mix Illustration & Painting in a Powerful Portrait, learn how to tap into your interests, history, and heritage to create a portrait that expresses your unique point of view as an artist, whatever your medium: https://skl.sh/3VF2ZOf

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