Penelope Harris will present on ATCs on Sunday May 3.
Gather at 3pm; presentation starts at 3:30pm.
Register here to get the zoom link and password which will be sent out on Saturday at 1pm.
https://salon-atc.eventbrite.ca
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World Labyrinth day
Join Mary at 49th & Oak on May 1
Walk as one at one.
Physical distancing will be maintained. I will be giving instruction on drawing a 3-circuit classical labyrinth.
Rain?
In case of heavy rain, this will be cancelled. Check http://www.marybennett.net/category/labyrinths/or contact me if you’re wondering. I’ll make a decision by 10 am at the latest. As a native Vancouverite, I’ll likely head over unless there’s actually a downpour.
Send Mail Art to say: “TWGB”
People are mailing things (and ordering things via email).
Make some mail art and send off to friends and family near and far — or exhibit as part of the Kitsilano ATC show in May. Let them know that Things Will Get Better (TWGB).
Mail art can be similar to ATCs, but larger and made for mailing rather than trading. But you do sometimes get something back. Usually collage and mixed-media.
This is my understanding of Canada Post requirements and costs.
Lettermail™ Speed Local – 2 days Provincial – 3 days National – 4 days
NOTE: These delivery standards are not guaranteed . And this is what Canada Post says about effect of coronavirus:
We’re experiencing delays as we put safety first
In the last few weeks, we have seen a significant increase in parcel volumes as Canadians are staying home and shopping more online. We are working hard to respond in a responsible manner. With incoming parcel volumes at Christmas levels, the important safety measures we’ve implemented in our processing facilities mean it is taking longer to process. Those measures include physical-distancing in facilities that were never designed for keeping people 2 metres apart. We continue to process and have been delivering in record numbers for this time of year, but the reality is that customers should anticipate delays.
https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGletterml-e.asp
Lettermail Pricing Table Standard (Envelopes, Cards and Self-mailers) 0–30 g Stamps in booklets/coils/panes $0.90 $1.27
30–50 g Single Stamp(s) $1.05 $1.27
If you collage, you’ll be in the 30-50 g category probably. Make sure it’s not more than 5mm thick with no bumpy parts, or put in an envelope.
Other (Non-standard and Oversize) 0–100 g Stamp(s) $1.90
NOTE: Standard square envelopes are acceptable with maximum size of 156 mm x 156 mm x 5 mm). (6.14″ square)
Envelopes must be sealed.
https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/prices/CPprices-e.pdf
Some good links:
What is mail art? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art
aka “correspondence art” or “postal art”.
https://mailartprojects.blogspot.com/
This site is U.S. based but I couldn’t find a Canadian one and a lot of this would apply. Also lots of great images showing stamp placement and calligraphy.
NSG
I’m applying for some new Neighbourhood Small Grants.
ATC
Fermentation
2019
Fermentation
Women’s Writing Group
Gels, Mediums and Pastes art workshop
Artist Trading Cards
2018
2017
2016
Creative Neighbours Salon – with Kira van Deusen
Bee Walk
Herb Garden
ATCs during a pandemic
I’ve started the 3rd Annual Kitsilano Artist Trading Cards project and display.
Here’s the plan:
Make 9 ATCs, put in a binder, take to MLA David Eby’s community office at 2909 West Broadway. Just slip them through the mail slot. By the end of May we’ll have a display in the window of the cards that have been submitted.
Want some supplies? I have blank cards and other art materials for you. Just contact me. mary@marybennett.net marybennett.net/atc
Facebook: Mary Peterson Bennett
Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitsilanoatcgroup
World Labyrinth Day 2020
Many of us can’t visit our favorite labyrinths. And if we do, it’s one person at a time.
From https://labyrinthsociety.org/world-labyrinth-day
World Labyrinth Day will go on despite the COVID-19 crisis. We need the peace of labyrinths more than ever.
So here are some ideas for World Labyrinth Day 2020.
Make and walk a finger labyrinth
Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress of Veriditas is leading online (zoom) finger labyrinth walks and we will all be walking as one at one online.
Go here to register and then receive link details:
Build a backyard labyrinth using rope
https://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Backyard-Labyrinth/
Make a spiral labyrinth with “plarn” (plastic bags crocheted into “rope”. These spirals take 150 feet each. from Elisa A Maggio
Go to the beach or a laneway and make a temporary labyrinth
Drawing in the sand
Les draws a Chartres style labyrinth at Spanish Banks at low tide. He’ll start up again post-Pandemic. In the meantime, try a simple 3-circuit one just using sticks and free-form.
walkingalabyrinth.blogspot.com
Move rocks
This would take more time and effort AND be a bit more permanent – and perhaps – beautiful. You’d leave it as a gift for anyone coming by. I hope you’ll mark its location on my facebook page.
Use chalk
On the facebook group, Children and the Labyrinth, here’s the spring ritual of one family: chalk labyrinth in the driveway.
ATC Satchel for Borrowing in Kitsilano
I’ve created a satchel with all you’d need for 6 people to make a binder page of 9 ATCs each. You can borrow for a week more or less – and then will likely deliver or arrange pick up from the next person.
Use up the supplies. Add some if you easily can. No pressure though. I have so many supplies!
What’s in the satchel:
Use up any of these
- various papers and collage materials. I have more where they came from so please use as much as you can. Keep some for other projects if you like!
- some glue sticks – you may have to supplement. They just don’t last!
- stickers, dots, cut out pieces – please leave the zip lock bags and little containers, but use as much of the contents as you like.
- Binder sleeves for your completed ATCs (I’ll replenish as time goes on. If you need more, some dollar stores carry them. They are more commonly used for hockey and baseball cards.
- Lots of blanks/starters cut to the 2.5 x 3.5 size. Please take as many as you’d like
- Heavy weight paper that can be cut up for starters or used for any other purpose. I sometimes like to create on a larger piece and then crop a card from the bigger portion. (I was given a big box of it – so take!)
For leaving in the satchel
6 pairs of scissors
pencil crayons
pastels
a binder with completed ATCs – You can trade any of the cards one for one. Leave the binder with full pages in the satchel.
There are different media:
drawing (ink, pencil crayon, sharpies)
watercolour
collage
HAVE FUN WITH IT.
Send me a note or post your finished cards on my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/KitsilanoArtistTradingCards or join the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kitsilanoatcgroup
Bunz Trades
I’m loving bunz – meeting great people – trading stuff I don’t need for other stuff I don’t need. But NEW stuff I don’t need. I traded all my indoor plants for stuff. And then I got a whole selection of small succulents for other stuff. Much less watering and space needed!
Here are some of the paintings I’m willing to trade on bunz. Ask about other ones. I might be willing.
8″ square pieces from cave art series
4″
8″
4″ square caveart series
8″ square on wood
Chakra series
Root
Throat
Heart
Crown
Sacral Chakra
Mind’s eye
Victorian Christmas ATC workshop
We met at the Old Hastings Mill Store Museum and were inspired by their scrapbook collection of Victorian era Christmas and New Year’s cards.
ATC-Kitsilano Update
Artist Trading Cards Exhibition
ATC Trading October – December
2909 West Broadway
The ATC Exhibition at the Creative Neighbours Art Space (MLA David Eby’s Community Office, 2909 West Broadway) is up – but it’s just begun.
There will be opportunities for you to add your cards and to trade during the exhibition.
Joanne Brown and I (Mary Bennett) will be available at the Creative Neighbours Salons in October and November to assist with hanging more ATCs and encouraging people to trade Artist Trading Cards.
Each person (or group) exhibiting needs to fill a 9-card binder holder. Please use a sharpie to mark the edge of your sheet with your name. You are welcome to make an ATC about YOU – and include in the page.
At Trading sessions, you can take your own sheets down off the “clothes line” and trade with others.
We imagine this as pretty informal – you walk around and meet people who are interested and negotiate a trade one-on-one. Or you can bring new cards and leave the ones that are exhibited up.
The grey wall closest to the counter is reserved for “anything goes” trades! That is, if you put your cards up there, you’re willing to have anyone make a trade without your even being there. It’ll be an evolving space.
The other areas are for trading only when the artist is present to remove the sheets and negotiate trades. The artist will then put the binder page back (or take it home if they’re done trading).
TRADING SESSIONS: ATCs are made to be traded!
6 – 6:45 pm and 8-9 pm on October 28 and November 25 Creative Neighbours Salons.
Salon presenters speak from 7 – 8 pm. November, Mary Bennett will be talking about ATCs, the history, the practice and possibilities for a monthly ATC group in Kitsilano.
The show remains up (but changing) until December 15. Artists can come between 2 and 4 pm to do one last trade and take your cards home.
More information: Email: mary@marybennett.net Web: Marybennett.net/ATC
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ATCKitsilano/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/KitsATC/