ArtSoMoFo 2006! | Suite101.com

Posted by
Jenn Greenleaf
Sep 25, 2006

Last year kicked off the first year of ArtSoMoFo, which is a livejournal.com community, and we're gearing up for another! Here's some excerpts of what the moderator posted about this project:

This is a contest/participant thing to art something daily during the month of November (like NanoWriMo). There are no rules, no sign up uness you want to join this community (non members can post) and no right or wrongs. Well, there may be some rules but you don't have to obey them.

Artsomofo is a play on NaNOWriMo which is National Novel Writing Month. It's like an Art-a-Day challenge.

To parallel what they do in NanoWriMo, you can line up projects, gather supplies and materials and start planning what you will do, but no actual doing until October 1, 2006 at 12:01 a.m. The first project should be posted by 11:59 p.m. on October 1. If you don't have a digital camera or scanner, don't worry about it, you can tell about what you did.

Here's some of what the first post of the year looks like:

Greetings MoFos!!!!! RSVP October 2006

Hello all! I hope you have all had a great year!!

Please reply to this message if you will be participating in ArtSoMoFo in OCTOBER 2006.

I think I might want to do NanoWriMo in November so I am switching ArtSoMoFo to OCTOBER this year.

I was blown away with the response last year and never dreamed I would need a name for the community that would last through succeeding years!! I think we should keep the same community for continuity instead of my creating a new community and naming it ArtSoMoFo_2006. Please let me know your opinions (neg, pos or I'm alive but I don't care what you call your thang).

I hope to hear you all check in over the next few days. I have, thankfully lots of supplies and willingness so I will be starting at Midnight on September 30, 2006 . . .

Sue, the moderator

Like Sue mentioned, there are no real rules to this community. If you want to post your pictures and discussions to the community, a livejournal.com account is required. If you'd like to participate and post in your own blog about your daily progress, that's fine. This is about creating a art everyday. Last year, this challenge spurred me to create pieces and sell them (something I've never had the courage to do). I wonder what I will come out of this challenge with this year? I hope you'll consider participating!