Just Do It

Project Fun-A-Day

by Kelly White

Entry deadline Feb. 10; visit www.artclash.com for more info

You finally started walking your dog every day, and now they want you to make art on top of it?

The Artclash Collective's Fun-A-Day assignment takes serious commitment, but last year's event was a productivity slam with 50 artists, musicians and poets submitting 31 projects each.

"I decided that I would write and record a song every day in January," says organizer and artist Nick Lally. "My friend Mike liked the idea and said he'd do the same. [Then] our friends Kara and Corey, who don't make music, said they'd make a drawing a day." Other entries tackled Awkward-Moment-A-Day and Make-Your-Bed-A-Day themes.

The next Fun-A-Day is scheduled for Feb. 17, giving participants plenty of time to fine-tune their creations before the Feb. 10 deadline. Amateur Picassos shouldn't let procrastination deter them, says Lally. "We have displayed every piece of art that has been submitted for our shows."

Now that's commitment.