Home › Words › A › artmakingartmakingartmaking means the production of art.EtymologyFrom art + making.nounThe production of art.e.g.“Art we do not need; artmaking should be made so difficult an occupation that only the most dedicated practitioners would persist.” — 1991 November 29, Harold Henderson, quoting Quentin Crisp, “The City File”, in Chicago Reader:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.artistics 76% match — The creation of artworks. vs artmaking →artmaker 76% match — One who produces art; an artist. vs artmaking →theatremaking 74% match — The creation of theatrical productions. vs artmaking →art 67% match — The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. vs artmaking →production 64% match — The act of producing, making or creating something. vs artmaking →musicmaking 64% match — The composition or the playing of music. vs artmaking →craftmaking 63% match — The manufacture of articles by hand; handicraft. vs artmaking →paintmaking 63% match — The manufacture of paint. vs artmaking →