I've been communicating with High School Art Instructor, Barbara Burns, in Athabasca, Alberta Canada over the past year and somewhere along the way I mentioned that it would be fun to do a MailArt exchange with her students. I have fond memories of exchanging a handmade felt, (made from raw wool, start to finish), envelope and letter with embroidered lettering with an artist named Sas Colby while I was in High School and thought that I'd like to turn the tables and be the artist on the other end. Barbara agreed to the idea and incorporated a MailArt project into her curriculum with this years students at Edwin Parr Composite School. In addition to myself, a number of other artists have jumped aboard and are exchanging artwork with her classes as well.
Today I received the package with a bundle of 11 students decorated envelopes with their Artist Trading Cards or postcards included as well as a wonderful gift from Barbara Burns the instructor.
You can follow the trail back to the kids by checking out my
"Portrait Mail Art Reply" Blog.
A NOTE FROM BARBARA BURNS EXPLAINING THE PROJECT
BROGAN BROWN
CASIE RAC-PARACHONIAK
COURTNEY CAHOON
JANEA VIKE
JANEEN PILISZANSKI
KAYLA WILLIS
MITCHELL CARDINAL
NICHOLE SHWAGA
PAUL BEAVERBONE
ROBYN BLACK
SHANELLE GUSTAFSON
