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Good news, everyone! (again!)

Naturalism is over and fall is upon is, which means it's time for another Art Movement. This season, Luminism.

Sign up by leaving a comment in this post with your goal—make sure it's a challenge for you! Sign-ups are open from now until October 15th. Once you've posted your goal, you have until December 23rd to meet it. Meeting your goal gets you twenty novelty beads, and exceeding your goal by one third or one quarter (whatever's easier to calculate) gets you five more.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask; in the comments, via PM, the Dial-a-Mod post, or the contact info listed there.

Go forth and glow.

Hello hello, Lounge!

It seems like just yesterday that we wrapped up Cloisonnism (probably because it nearly was). If you finished anything during Amnesty Week--Cloissonism or any of the challenges we issued through spring--go ahead and comment here.

Today opens Naturalism, our summer challenge. You can sign up from today to July 15. Set a goal you think you can meet, but make sure it's still challenging for you. Once you've decided, go ahead and post in the comments. Naturalism will run from today, July 2, through Tuesday, September 23. If you complete your goal, you'll get fifteen Novelty Beads, more if you've exceeded your goal by a notable amount.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask, either in the comments or via PM, the Dial-a-Mod post, or the contact info listed there.

I think we'll be unveiling more challenges soon, so watch this space!

Hiya, Lounge!

Today, we begin Cloisonnism, the second art movement and seasonal challenge of 2013. Just like with Futurism, you can participate by setting yourself a challenge for the season. Your challenge may range from a word count to a number of colors done to a certain number of styles or supplies completed to a combination of these. Once you've chosen your challenge, comment here so that it's recorded, then go ahead and get started. You can sign up through April 18 (since I totally forgot to post this the last couple of days), though your goal accomplishment starts to count April 1 regardless of when you sign up.

Cloisonnism runs from today, April 3, through Sunday, June 23. We will have an Amnesty Week from Monday, June 24, through Sunday, June 30; if you're behind, that's your chance to catch up. More details on Amnesty Week will be announced when we get there.

We hope you have fun with Cloisonnism!

Hello, Loungers!

Today, we begin the Futurism, the first art movement and seasonal challenge of 2013. Just as we did with the art movements last year, you can participate by setting yourself a challenge for the season. Your challenge may range from a word count to a number of colors done to a certain number of styles or supplies completed to a combination of these. Once you've chosen your challenge, comment here so that it's recorded, then go ahead and get started. You can sign up through January 15, though your goal accomplishment starts to count today regardless of when you sign up

Futurism runs from today, January 1, through Sunday, March 24. We will have an Amnesty Week from Monday, March 25, through Sunday, March 31; if you're behind, that's your chance to catch up. More details on Amnesty Week will be announced when we get there.

We hope you have fun with Futurism!

Hello, Loungers!

Today kicks off Expressionism, our fall challenge. Just as we did with Art Nouveau and Postmodernism, you set yourself a challenge for the season. Your challenge may range from a word count to a number of colors done to a certain number of styles or supplies completed. Once you've chosen your challenge, comment here so that it's recorded, and go ahead and get started. You can sign up through September 30, though your goal accomplishment starts to count today.

Expressionism runs from today, September 15, through November 30. We will have an Amnesty Week from December 1 through December 7; if you're behind, that's your chance to catch up. More details on Amnesty Week will be announced when we get there.

We hope you have fun with Expressionism!

Greetings, writers! Summer is upon us, and with it, our second seasonal challenge, Postmodernism.

Set yourself a goal that you think you can complete between today, June 1st, and August 25th. This can be a number of colors completed, a certain palette, a number of styles or supplies used, a word count, a combination of these-- anything that you regard as a challenge. See the Art Nouveau post for examples, here. Comment on this post with your goal.

On August 25th, one of the mods will put up a post where you can comment reiterating your goal and whether or not you completed it. If you complete your goal, you get twenty Novelty Beads prompts, with an additional five prompt for every quarter to third you go over your goal, at the mods' discretion.

Goal-setting runs from today, June 1st, to June 15th. The challenge runs from today, June 1st to August 25th. We will have an Amnesty Week, dates to be determined.

Set your goals in this post, and happy writing!

Approximately every three months, we’re going to have a challenge. They very, very roughly correspond to seasonal changes.

Art Nouveau is the first round. (New challenge cycle, get it, huh?) The premise is simple. Set yourself a goal to accomplish from March 1 to May 17. This goal can be a number of colors completed, a word count, number of saturations, a palette—basically, anything that is a challenge to you. On May 17, I’ll post asking for you to comment with your goal and whether or not you completed it (and if you went beyond, by how much).

If you complete your goal, you get twenty randomly-chosen Novelty Bead prompts. If you go beyond your goal, you get another five prompts for approximately every measurable quarter to third (because your goal may not be divisible by four but is by three. For example, your goal is to do three colors, and you do four; then you went beyond your goal by a third).

Please comment here with your goal for Art Nouveau. Feel free to set your goal through March 15; your work toward your goal still starts on March 1, no matter what you set. Work toward your goal is not eligible for Graffiti unless it’s part of a different game or challenge.