42 Ways To Embrace Creativity During Quarantine
/This has been a strange few weeks for all of us. As an artist, launching myself into creative endeavors has been getting me through. I have also seen an outpouring of incredibly cool artistic projects on social media. Here is a list of 42 ways that you can become involved, whether it’s by sparking your own creative adventures or seeing some of the wonderful work that artists are doing at this time!
FREE ways to get involved!
1. Socially Distant Craft Club
Description: “Are you sequestered in your home, glued to your phone, endlessly scrolling through your newsfeed? Are you feeling overwhelmed, ungrounded, and isolated? Are you looking for an excuse to finally get back into bonsai gardening? Now’s your chance! This group is YOUR digital home-away-from-home (it’s safe, I promise) for sharing progress updates on your hobbies! Love crafting dioramas of world landmarks from toothpicks? I wanna see it! Can you sing Italian arias while jump-roping? I wanna see it! Post your pics/vids of your craft adventures, your baking triumphs, and whatever weird and wonderful thing that might be your hobby. Let’s come together for each other, and dig into some creative and meaningful work!”
Description: “You are encouraged to post videos of yourself singing your favorite songs to distract from the world pandemic and pull each other closer together. Positive vibes only and FUN is a requirement! 😊”
Description: “Life is a little odd right now, and those of us who have become accustomed to performing music, prose, poetry, and comedy in front of a live audience to learn, try things out, and share with others have been left without a venue. This is the bridge.”
Description: “Produce cool stuff, fueled by virtual collaboration. [We] provide positive peer pressure and the nudge you needed to create consistently. Some artists (US! We mean US!) are most productive when facing a deadline that we've committed to. To add some routine to your day, during a time in which a lot of us could use some. To promote yourself. Put your work out there and let other people discover how dope you are. To give you props, because you make cool stuff and the world deserves to see it. So tell your mental gremlins to shut up. We want to admire your work and so do lots of other people!”
Description: “Singing with Shiranne! Join Shiranne for family friendly songs in English and Hebrew: children's songs, folk songs, Israeli songs, pop songs and Jewish songs.”
Learning Opportunities!
Description: “Start Private Training. Tune in each week as One Voice Master and Coach, Alex Zeto, hosts a new guest and talks about how One Voice works in the real world of singing, what their experiences have been, and have some fun.”
7. Screenwriting, Sketch Comedy, Script Workshopping Courses
Description: Florida native, Suki Lanh, earned her masters in screenwriting at University of Miami and her PhD in Balling on a Budget at the School of Living her Best Life. A highly sought out film writer and educator, Suki is offering customized online sketch comedy/screenwriting courses or 1 on 1 script workshopping.
Description: Learn to dance! “Preparing passionate dancers for a professional classical dance education.”
Podcasts!
Description: “Which came first, the romantic comedy or our messed up ways of thinking about love and relationships? Sam Frontera and Shelby Schwieterman pick a topic, watch some movies, and chat about the common romcom topics that have affected their lives–for better or worse.”
Blogs!
Description: The blog that you are reading RIGHT NOW. Stories and tips about self-growth through travel, mental health, and the arts!
11. Maslow’s Star Wars Stories
Description: Monthly stories based in the iconic world of Star Wars!
12. Stephen Esnouf
Description: The thought-provoking, creative writing stylings of Stephen Esnouf!
13. The Official Tunnel 18 Band
Description: “Tunnel 18 is the musical project of Chris Steele, a Massachusetts-based songwriter, singer, and rock musician. Tunnel 18’s music comes from a love of classic rock, influenced by 90’s grunge and post-grunge, and then filtered through the mind of a poet who travels too much.”
Vlogs!
14. Day With Phae
Description: “Hey, YouTube! My name is Phae and this is DayWithPhae. A Vlog about beauty, health, and everything else. Subscribe and join me on some awkward adventures, and it's almost guaranteed that my dog, Dexter, will appear in every video. I try to post videos twice a week!”
Photography!
Description: “Artist. Lover. Sun Pixie. Photographer. Model. Fire Dancer.”
Description: “I take lots of walks. I take pictures of things that catch my eye on walks. also see @ginger.redux for Tree vs.”
Comedy!
17. Zenobia Del Mar
Description: “In a time when top comedians are increasingly self-proclaimed with a lack of experience, [Zenobia] cuts through the bullshit like a box cutter.”
Film and Media!
Description: “The awkward brainchild of Harrison Xu. Founded in 2017 to tell stories.” Click for Love is Deaf, the hilarious and highly anticipated parody follow-up to Netflix’s Love is Blind.
19. Tritown Productions: Homegrown Media
Description: Film and media by Boston-based artist Emily Joy Ashman - "Our ultimate goal is to capture and create precious moments with as many people as possible throughout our career and provide them with memories that surpass a lifetime."
Music!
20. Terrance Reeves
Description: “Terrance Reeves is producer, mixing engineer, and musician based in Boston, MA. His goal is to work with artists and musicians from all levels to help them find a way to express what feels true to them through sound and recording. Terrance has an ear for finding just what a song needs to take it to that next level.”
21. Andrew Geano
Description: “After years of ingratiating himself in the Boston music scene, Andrew Geano has finally released his first full length, studio album, “Something I Invent”. These songs are lush with melody, engaging chord progressions, and serene instrumental arrangements, all in attempt to temper and defang the dark feelings that plague all of us, perhaps more than we want to admit.”
Description: “Late Night Thoughts is the folk-pop duo of Brian Rauch and Michael Harlow, a pair of young, grounded artists sharing their musically intuitive minds to create an emotional ride you’ve got to hear to believe.” Click to hear their latest cover release “Let’s Fall In Love For The Night” by Finneas.
23. Jocelyn Limmer
Description: “Sometimes playful, sometimes soulful, always honest: jazz-pop songs exploring the strength within emotional vulnerability.” Click to hear Jocelyn’s brand new original song “Heartache.”
Description: Brand new music from this Boston-based protest garage rock artist. “Click to get the first two singles from his debut album ‘Boys Will Be Boys.’”
25. Rivers Between
Description: “Rivers Between is a Boston-area Indie Folk duo comprised of singer-songwriter Greg Kane and vocalist Kat Brooks. Greg’s soulful compositions, engaging folk style guitar, and unique voice coupled with Kat’s beautifully inventive harmonies, make them a local favorite. Like a confluence of two rivers, Greg and Kat came together as solo artists who found that the combination of their talents was greater than the sum of its individual parts.”
26. Prateek
Description: Click for new music or to become a patron! “Not just any guy with a guitar... Prateek’s honest, elegant songcraft and luminous voice capture the ear and heart immediately.” -Boston Globe
27. Something Civil
Description: “Something Civil is an acoustic singer-songwriter and Boston local that welcomes other artists to be involved with his music.” Click for teasers to his new album being released on his Instagram!
28. Audrey Rose
Description: “She has a desire to connect to people in a culture that has a big connection problem with it's sometimes excellent vehicles to meet in person (social media cough) but nagging isolation that it helps create. For Audrey, music is a way to break that barrier of disconnect and enjoy decorating time with sound.”
29. Quaint Devices
Description: “‘...calm and thoughtful and devastating - the kind of still melancholy that's bursting with restless tension’ - Morgan Harper. The ongoing solo project of Willow L Wisp, who also plays bass in The Skirts.”
30. SHY
Description: “Female artist, based in industrial West Melbourne, Australia. With a focus on harmonies, acoustic themes, emotive lyrics and delivery... good times and great classic hits.”
31. Hey It’s Phae
Description: “Hello. I'm Phae! Music is something I've grown up doing almost all of my life. So, here's my covers and original songs; I hope you enjoy them!”
Description: Incredible beat-boxing from Beardby! Experimenting and creating with the human voice in ways you would never believe possible.
33. Wildcat Slim
Description: “raucous, rambunctious, hectic, energetic, frenetic, fantastic, bombastic Wildcat Slim will rock your socks off”
34. Looping Lady
Description: “Music from your local Busker.” In only the last few years, Looping Lady has gone from no performing to looping her own songs and playing out in Boston!
35. Will Roos
Description: Well known for his viral hit “Horny Robot” Will Roos is a singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist. “I have been writing since '92. Started on piano as a kid at 8 years old. Then I discovered Metallica in '88. James Hetfield's amazing guitar riffs made me want to learn guitar. It's been my primary instrument since. I also still play piano in addition to drums and bass guitar. And I love to sing Karaoke.”
36. Micah Howeson
Description: Boston-based, solo modern folk artist!
37. Steph Durwin
Description: “With their fun and cheerful melodies and thoughtful, clever lyrics, Steph Durwin's voice brings entertainment to the wide array of human emotions they portray through their songs. When he started his music career with his band Box of Birds, Durwin led with a beautiful contrast: often melancholic lyrics alongside happy melodies. However, his solo project takes a deeper look into his own personality.”
38. Three at Home
Description: “Pop folk with a kick. Their harmony-driven pop-rock incorporates intelligent and honest lyrics, chord progressions both familiar and new, and a pervasive energy and fun that is infectious in their live performances.”
39. Matthew Garlin
Description: Local Boston musician livestreams cover songs!
40. Bob Greenman
Description: “Bob Greenman is an American Americana singer songwriter whose style grew from influences of Americana, Texas-country and blues. His melodies and rhythms draw the listener into a space where he weaves in lyrics that range from literal to subtle commentaries on society, the environment and working-class life.”
41. “Just a Tree”
Description: New single by Samuel Herb and produced by Adam Sickler. “Herb’s love of storytelling brings audiences into his mind, while his in your face sound shows off his personality. His love of country music, combined with the sounds of Motown and even Disney music are apparent when listening to his stories.”
Musical Theatre!
42. Lucky: A Musical
Description: Who doesn’t love a brand new original musical?! “This is a story about a girl named Lucky. No seriously. Inspired by The Care and Keeping of You, “Lucky" is a brand new hilarious, pop anthem-filled musical dive into young adulthood and growing up! RATED R”
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