Case Files
Classifications, specimen numbers, and documented symptoms.
The Unimaginative Institute presents
Department of
Artistic
Maladjustment
A fictitious institute of questionable standing dedicated to the advancement, documentation, and continued encouragement of artists who insist on making things anyway.
Identify. Document. Classify. Reluctantly celebrate.
Institutional purpose
What probably should have been left unclassified.
The Department exists to classify creative compulsions, studio habits, questionable judgment, material obsessions, and the assorted behavioral evidence produced by people who refuse sensible career advice.
There is currently no known cure.
No matching file. The behavior may be newly emerging or poorly documented.
Unimaginative field studies
Not a diagnosis.
A lifestyle.
The Artist Collection is the Institute’s public record of these conditions, translated into apparel, objects, pins, mugs, bags, and other useful documentation.
Choose your classification No application required. Credentials remain suspicious.Institute holdings
The records keep multiplying.
The Institute is larger than any single collection. Every division documents a different consequence of making things on purpose.
Identification
Institute IDs, evidence tags, and credentials of questionable authority.
Disciplinary Records
Probation notices, safety violations, and reports of repeated conduct.
Curriculum
Course catalogs, certificates, and lists of unauthorized materials.
Departmental issue
Artists. We made you a uniform.
Wear the file that followed you home. Fourteen classifications are currently available through the Artist Collection.
Wear your maladjustment