Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. It is also used in a qualitative sense of a person creative in, innovative in, or adept at, an artistic practice.

Most often, the term describes those who create within a context of 'high culture', activities such as drawing, painting, sculpture, acting, dancing, writing, filmmaking, photography and music — people who use imagination, and talent or skill, to create works that can be judged to have an aesthetic value. Art historians and critics will define as artists those who produce art within a recognised or recognisable discipline.

The term is also used to denote highly skilled people in non-"arts" activities, as well — crafts, medicine, alchemy, mechanics, mathematics, defense (martial arts) and architecture, for example. The designation is applied to illegal activities, like a "scam artist". The term 'artist' could also refer to a con artist.

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Sunday night is Globalfest.http://www.globalfest-ny.org/ 12 artists from around the world on 3 stages, many making their NY debut.
bryanvargas (Bryan Vargas) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:21:12 -0000
Sunday night is Globalfest.http://www.globalfest-ny.org/ 12 artists from around the world on 3 stages, many making their NY debut.
RT @extralife: Good deal for artists on a budget. Wacom 4x6 Intuos3 for $99 bucks at Costco http://bit.ly/6FBgDz /via @missiondeep
DarthMolen (DarthMolen) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:21:04 -0000
RT @extralife: Good deal for artists on a budget. Wacom 4x6 Intuos3 for $99 bucks at Costco http://bit.ly/6FBgDz /via @missiondeep
AVAM has a (free) winter film series full of documentaries about their unusual artists. http://bit.ly/7iUyvE
BaltimoreMD (Baltimore) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:20:50 -0000
AVAM has a (free) winter film series full of documentaries about their unusual artists. http://bit.ly/7iUyvE
Oklahoma sculptor creates studio to foster other artists http://bit.ly/7nPJ9D
PPPHotSpot (CI PPP) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:20:04 -0000
Oklahoma sculptor creates studio to foster other artists http://bit.ly/7nPJ9D
Calling all artists! Art Matters has extended their deadline until Monday, Jan. 11...http://artmattersfestival.com/
concordianews (Concordia University) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:20:01 -0000
Calling all artists! Art Matters has extended their deadline until Monday, Jan. 11...http://artmattersfestival.com/
I asked a TON of artists about their top 20 of 2009: http://bit.ly/5rC8R7 @RelapseRecords @prostheticrcds @profound_lore @solidpr
BvBBG (BBG) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:19:37 -0000
I asked a TON of artists about their top 20 of 2009: http://bit.ly/5rC8R7 @RelapseRecords @prostheticrcds @profound_lore @solidpr

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