Make, Take, and Trade Artist Trading Cards
Kids visiting the Culture Center on July 9 to celebrate the 35th year of the building had fun creating original artwork on artist trading cards using watercolor paints, crayons, pencils, and stencils representing some of our state.
Can you pick out which one is the state fish? Bird? Capitol building? Animal? Flower?
What are artist trading cards?
Artist trading cards are miniature pieces of art that are traded around the world. Artists create, trade, and collect art at organized “swap” events, either in person or online. It is a way for artists to meet other artists and discover the diversity of creativity as they share their art. The only official rule for artist trading cards is the size: 2.5” x 3.5”.
How did the movement start?
In 1997 M. Vanci Stirnemann, a Swiss artist, created 1200 cards by hand as part of an art exhibit. On the last day of the exhibit, he invited others to create their own cards and trade with him during the closing reception. After that, the movement took off as other artists organized major “swap” events. Today there are swaps in almost every major city around the world. There are also many online swaps.
(Excerpted from http://www.strathmoreartist.com/)
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |