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task parties

TASK Parties

TASK parties were invented by American visual artist Oliver Herring in 2002.
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In a typical TASK party, there are only a few rules.  ​A designated area is set up in our school cafeteria, and a variety of props, materials and art supplies are set up. Anyone wanting to participate in the party agrees pull one TASK out of our TASK box - a piece of paper drawn at random - and interpret the task any way he/she wants. 

Some examples are:
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​"You are part of a new five-piece band! Find your other group members and build yourselves instruments to play."

​"You are such an angel. Make yourself a set of wings and a fancy halo."

​"Build yourself a shield to protect yourself from negative vibes."

"Create the latest new fashion for the Paris runway, and wear it around."

​"You are the only one left on this island. Make yourself a shelter and the supplies you need to survive."

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​Once finished their task, each participant must write a new task for others, and draw a new one for themselves.

​The great thing about TASK parties is that they allow participants to play in open-ended activities and to interact with each other and with the materials provided. It is a whole lot of fun, and the fact that each participant contributes to the following TASK participants' experience.

​Although it may look a bit chaotic, the people involved are working hard at accomplishing their TASK challenges - using their creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration and critical thinking skills to get things done.

​These parties are an opportunity for you to express and test out your own weird and wonderful ideas in an environment without failure or success - and the whole event becomes an amazingly fun, impermanent, playful and exciting opportunity to CREATE.

The "preciousness" of individual ideas is eliminated, and the ownership of creation becomes a community event. Each task developed gets to be transformed, recycled or morphed with another developing idea over time.

​"This was the weirdest thing I have ever done, but it was really fun."  - Taylor, Grade 12

​"I felt awkward having to talk to people I don't know at first, but then we had a bunch of laughs." - Sami, Grade 10

​"I definitely thought this would be more stressful but it was just really relaxed and silly."  - Kevin, Grade 10


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  • HOME
  • GALLERIES
    • GREAT MOMENTS
    • EXPERIMENTS
    • HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT
    • CREATIVE PROCESS
    • IDEA JOURNAL DISCOVERIES
    • 2022-2023 GALLERY
    • 2021-2022 GALLERY
    • 2020-2021 GALLERY
    • 40S GALLERY >
      • Portraits
      • Altered Books
      • Expressive Masks
      • Ink Blot Drawings
      • Juxtaposition
      • Sculptural Works
      • Paint and Pass
    • 30S GALLERY >
      • Idea Journal Work
      • Autobiographical Comics
      • Collaborative Books
      • Guerilla Art
      • ZINES
      • Metamorphoses
      • 64 Ways in 64 Days
      • Book Illustrations
      • Printmaking
      • Surrealism
      • Tiled Portraits
      • Value Studies
      • INQUIRY PROJECTS
    • 20S GALLERY >
      • Idea Journal Work
      • Skills Exercises
      • Value Studies
      • Still Life Studies
      • Logo Development
      • Idioms
      • Hero Dolls
      • Masks
      • Sculptural Works
      • Natural Beauty
      • Mandalas
      • Signature Collages
      • Paint and Pass
      • Breakfast for an Artist
      • INQUIRY PROJECTS
    • FIELD TRIPS
  • FOR STUDENTS
    • COURSE OVERVIEW
    • DRAWING IDEAS
    • PLAY DATES
    • MYOM
    • STOP ACTION RESOURCES
    • 20S INTRO TO ART >
      • ARTNOW LINKS
    • 30S INTERMEDIATE ART >
      • ART30 - ZINES
      • PORTRAITURE RESEARCH
      • CONCEPTUAL ART PROJECT
      • COMIC PROJECT
      • ARTNOW LINKS
    • 40S ADVANCED ART >
      • INQUIRY BASED LEARNING
      • ARTNOW LINKS
      • CRITIQUES
    • ARTHIVE
    • TASK PARTIES
  • FOR PARENTS
  • FOR TEACHERS
  • ABOUT ME
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