Your Are an Artist - Assignments to Spark Creation

You Are an Artist is a creative handbook with over 50 artistic assignments, ideas, and prompts that help the reader explore and expand their own creative practice.

The book is curated by Sarah Urist Green, who has compiled assignments from a wide range of contemporary artists through visits and conversations about their working methods. The result is a series of open and experimental exercises, where you can, among other things, invent imaginary friends, create landscapes, find a "band" or work with identity and storytelling.

It is written for everyone, regardless of experience, and emphasizes that you don't need technical skills like drawing or painting to create art. The focus is on accessible materials and the creative process rather than technique.

The book includes contributions and inspiration from a long line of prominent artists, including Sonya Clark, The Guerrilla Girls, Alec Soth, Gillian Wearing and several others, and combines contemporary art with art historical perspectives.