Explore how modern art actually gets made, from traditional studios to digital crowdsourcing. Discover the hidden processes reshaping creativity in our art-saturated world.

Using the book “Art in the Making” by Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson, go over Chapter: Introduction of the book.








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**Nia:** Hey everyone, welcome back to your personalized podcast from BeFreed! I'm Nia, and I'm here with Miles, and honestly, we're both buzzing with excitement about today's deep dive into how art actually gets made in our modern world.
**Miles:** Absolutely, Nia. You know, we're going to explore something that's been fascinating me lately-this whole idea that while we're drowning in more art than any generation before us, we rarely stop to think about the actual process behind it all. Like, how does art actually come to life today?
**Nia:** Right? And that's exactly what Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson tackle in "Art in the Making." They're basically saying we need to look behind the curtain, beyond those polished gallery walls.