<p>YifanW, I am a current Reed college junior, so I hope I can help out with both questions. Students frequently and even easily do both (sleep and engage with art) with minor incursions into sleep-deprivation in heavy times of the semester. With some time management ability, a conscientious approach to classes and a sturdy set of good study habits, the apparent absence of sleep reveals itself to be a devotion to intellectual work that is completely compatible with resting. It should also be noted that freshmen year is very much set up to help further develop those skills. Different students have different study habits that work best for them, but if you are diligent getting a full nights sleep or working on your painting is well within reach. I have always thought that the myth about the sleepless Reedie is the unfortunate and mostly inaccurate side effect of the intellectual challenge the school presents to students. In addition, the art program at reed is wonderful, and I frequently have friends (of a range of majors) running off to the art building. Perhaps the best thing to check out would be RAW (reed arts week) ([Home:</a> RAW 2012](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/raw/2012/]Home:”>http://www.reed.edu/raw/2012/)). Hope this helps.</p>