MAIL ART-A Worldwide Call for Participation
The Pacific Region Women’s Caucus for Art invites artists of all ages as well as activists and concerned individuals from around the world to create a postcard addressing water issues affecting our planet for “Elements: An Eco-Art Conference” to be held June 25, 2010 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California.
EXHIBIT CONCEPT:
All postcard art will be displayed at the Brower Center, during the Conference. Postcard art received will be part of our postcard trading wall where conference attendees and the general public may trade a work of art they have created for one of your works. Electronic versions of the cards are shown worldwide on the eco-art activism blog page, ecoartactivism.wordpress.com, during May and June, 2010.
There is no jury, no fees and no return of artwork.
Art Specifications: Art must be on one of three standard letter postcard sizes: 6 x 4¼, 7 x5, or 8 ½ x 6 inches. Artwork can be either horizontal or vertical. Multiple submissions are welcome. The back of the postcard must include: artist’s name, title of artwork and medium. The artist may also include her email address and website URL.
Deadline: If mailed, postcards must be received no later than May 31th, 2010 to be included in the show.
Click here to see the electronic files received
You might also bring your postcards to the Elements conference and trade them on the trading wall.
Mailing : All artwork can be mailed as a postcard or sent inside an envelope. Postcards are mailed to:
Pacific Regional Conference Elements Conference
c/o Victoria Q. Legg
293 Fairlawn Drive
Berkeley, CA 94708
Subject line: Postcard Art
All postcards sent to us must also be sent via email to be included on the eco-artactivism blog. Some artists may choose to only submit their work electronically. All jpegs along with the artist name and address are emailed to:
ecoart.activism@gmail.com
Subject line: Postcard Art
Jpeg format only
Max. file size: 100 Kb
I am delighted by the quality of work being submitted for this show. If you haven’t yet created and submitted some artwork, please do so as your work will be side by side with some fabulous artists.
I am very happy to hear that. MailArt Artists are very creative. Half way with mine. It’s drying
Alejandra.
Status of received postcards:
Per Victoria Q. Legg, artist curating the Mail Art Exhibition for the D. Brower Center, by June 3rd, 2010 she received a total of 84 postcards!
We will have them posted on the blog soon.
Attention Artists and Elements Conference Attendees:
While you are at the Elements Conference on June 25, 2010 indulge your urge to create by stopping at the postcard trading wall. Make a postcard and trade it for one already made and on display.
For this art-making event, donations of collage materials suitable for postcard art are most appreciated. You can bring what you have and drop what you bring to the art table at any time before the conference begins or at the breaks.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Victoria Q. Legg
Curator for the MailArt Show and Postcard Trading Wall
hi,
I have a poem “Water Conscious” on the blog and want to bring
it as a post card. I have created two. Can I bring them
when I come to Eco-Art on June 25th or do you want them
earlier. I missed your deadline of June 3. The poem is
10 short lines.
Thanks,
Anita Holzberg/poet/teacher
Where can I post it again, because I did not see it on
the blog.
Thanks.
Hi Anna,
please do bring your cards to the ocnference, we’d love to see them and to trade them.