Catching up on Mail Art + a little workshop

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At Main Library

Workshop participants

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Mail Art and plus.

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#42

 I have two of these images of this little boy, one a bit bigger than the other. I like his very direct look, don't you? He was holding onto a camel's lead, but I didn't want a camel in my composition, so I gave the boy a big dot to hold onto.







I found out that tomorrow is International Dot day. For real! I hadn't known about it, but isn't it perfect for me?

On day 42 of 365.2, I've altered a Roy Lichtenstein painting. It needs a good title but I haven't thought of one. Any help would be accepted.

 This is the view from my studio window. A view of our giant holly tree, which is home to lots of little birds. I put a cut-out "bird" on the window so they wouldn't thump against the glass. They must knock their brains about; but, I've yet to find one lying on the stoop in front of the door, which is below this window. I hear less thumping now that the silhouette is there. 

What is this? Am I going on a trip? This is what I'm bringing to my Mail Art workshop tomorrow. 9 bags/containers full of stuff. I'm bringing paper scraps, postcards, colored paper, tools, reference books, catalogues, a sampling of received mail art, and magazines to cut up. I'll be making several trips to get it all downstairs, then it'll go into my grocery trolley/shopping card, then into my car, and then reverse it all at the VMFA Studio School. I'll be leaving early in order to be all set up by the time the participants arrive. I'm excited about sharing this again.

Mail Art, my workshop, and a cool thing

 This is an altered card. You can see in the previous post what I did with another one of these. I used a strip of dotted Washi tape, some postage stamps and a little girl. 

 Do you recognize the man peering over the water? This is a painting by Paul Signac that I altered with 2 bits; the man & the postage stamp. Watch that light house float away!

 Here's another altered card. I added the circles and the statue. My new set of 50 cards related to water is a lot of fun to work on.

NOTICE: For any of you readers, who might be in the Richmond, VA, area who want to make some Mail Art, I'll be leading a workshop on 15 September, a Saturday, from 10 to 4 at the VMFA Studio School Click HERE & scroll down to #16, to get the information. Sign up, register, and join me. There is room for more people to have a day of fun. I'd love to see you there.

 My young neighbors are very creative. I was walking to the store and came across this latest creation. I love that the plush bald eagle is getting a ride in the boot.

Isn't this so clever? I didn't get to see it in action but I'm sure I will. Applause for the young women inventors!

My workshop

 As I mentioned in an earlier post, last Thursday, I did a workshop for the Joan Oates Institute. The medium was Mail Art, the message, to encourage the incorporation of art into all areas of learning at all grade levels.

 I had ten participants, who taught different grades and/or subjects and even one speech therapist. It was a terrific group.

 I guided them through 3 different experiences. After each one, we put the pieces on the board and talked about what they got from doing it and how they'd use it in their classrooms.

 I had only 2 hours, so I was moving fast, and they worked steadily. I didn't have time to do much photographing of the pieces on the wall. Grabbed only a few and these give you an idea of what the work looked like.

 I brought all my tins full of scraps, as the participants wouldn't have had time to cut anything out.

 I brought all of the supplies. I think they were happy to come to a workshop empty handed for a change.

 At the end, I gave each of them, a Tiny Town postcard. I asked them to change it up and send me a scan of what they did. This one was left behind for me, but alas, no identification. What fun to see a robot in Tiny Town. I'm sure the residents were amazed but hopefully not terrified.

I was exhausted at the end, and I think the participants had worked up quite a sweat, too. Hopefully, a few will become regular Mail Art makers. At least, I hope they'll use what they learned in their classrooms.