Happy Holidays, and thanks for all the contributions to kickstarter up to this point!

Just to illustrate the importance of Mail correspondence, I've made a little video illustrating just how personalized the experience can be.

Just a reminder that I only have until January 1st to reach my goal for my Kickstarter Campaign. Please consider making a donation. Every little bit helps!

A Nice Surprise

I have been making mail.art postcards over the past year specifically with this sentiment in mind...

It is one of the most memorable pages in my Richard Scary book growing up.

I devote my Mondays to working on my art most weeks, but over these past few months I have been focused on creating works for the Support Mail.Art Kickstarter Campaign. These are works that I will most likely never see again after they are sent out to the recipients. It is something that I think about often. In essence, it is the process in which I make the mail art that is important to me ultimately. Not the product.

In the computer tech world that we live in, the urgency of communication is supported primarily through text messages, emails, and on occasion... phone calls, which makes mail.art even more romantic in my opinion. The efforts in which a letter goes from me to you are often left unrecognized.

I encourage everyone to take a minute from their busy day. Find a stamp. And send a note to someone you love through the mail box... Even if it is someone you talk to daily.

Hand write it. It makes things so much more personal for someone to know you took the time to write out every word and not use SpellCheck.

You will make someone's day.

28 days remaining! Please consider donating as little as $1 to my Kickstarter campaign.

The next 10 people that contribute $25 or more, I will personally sketch a portrait as an additional incentive!

A Book About Death Seattle

What a fantastic turn out for the opening exhibit for A Book About Death Seattle! Over thirty countries around the world were represented by 144 artists. Hoping to participate with other artists that I met last night in future endeavors.

Photos from the event are posted here.

There are many additional events every weekend at the gallery space up until the Exhibit Close. Click here to find out more.

Incentives

As part of the Support Mail.Art Kickstarter Campaign all backers who donate $5 or more will receive incentives.

Pledge $5 or more: Mail. Art Correspondence sticker with its own unique and original design. Limit of 5.
Pledge $25 or more: One original Mail. Art post-card and 2 stickers.
Pledge $50 or more: Two original pieces of Mail. Art and 5 stickers.
Pledge $100 or more: Four original Mail. Art post-cards 5 stickers and a personalized letter.

I am excited to say I have been working hard already on these designs in the hopes that I will meet the goal of $1900 before the deadline.

Here's a sneak peek!

Paris mail.art

I have a wonderful opportunity to study in Paris and learn from renowned Correspondence artist, Matthew Rose, this coming February. I have a funding campaign with great incentives.
Please consider giving a donation to help advocate mail.art through Kickstarter.

"A Book About Death"

I have 3 postcard-sized correspondence art pieces at the "A Book About Death: Seattle" exhibit at the Quetzalcoatl Gallery.
Very excited to see this installation!!!



A Book About Death Seattle
Nov 11 - Dec 10, 2011
Quetzalcoatl Gallery
3209 Beacon Ave. S. Sea WA 98144
U.S.A.

Mail.Art

Mail.Art, or Correspondence Art, is the exchange of artwork in the form of postcards, illustrated letters, and greeting cards through the postal system. This art movement was started by Ray Johnson, a modern American artist whose style fits somewhere between Neo-Dada and Pop Art. Johnson founded the New York Correspondence School. Many feel the exchange of Mail Art through the conventional postal system is more meaningful and elegant in a society whose fast paced lifestyle prevents them from taking time away from cell phones and email.Much of my life has been spent moving from city to city and in an effort to remain in touch with friends I often found myself sending letters... however, being an artist, I found plain text did not express enough of the feelings or thoughts I held. I eventually transitioned into creating works of art with very limited text and found that what I had in fact produced was Correspondence Art, the very ideals that Ray Johnson upheld in his belief that communication is art.

It is through this discovery and love that I feel I must advocate this media to have a recognition beyond the art community.

Every week I sit down and create a new Mail.Art for a friend... I usually have a list of four or five to send. And in through my work, I feel inspired. I feel like I am creating something that another will ultimately cherish. And I feel that I am creating a community of Mail.Art fans.

Mail Art Facebook Event

I was so thrilled to have such an amazing response to the Mail.Art event I created in February 2010. Here are some of the images that were created through this collaborative effort. Over 37 participants! It is on going, visit the Mail.Art event if you would like to participate as well!