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PHOTOS ENCLOSED: NYC
2009 MAIL ART PROJECT
2009 MAIL ART PROJECT
Welcome to this collaborative mail art project.
Participating artists will choose one or more of the photographs taken by Stacey Ward Kelly for
this project and create an original piece of mail art with it. Once received their mail art will
become part of the PHOTOS ENCLOSED: NYC 2009 MAIL ART BOOK and will be featured in a
collaborative virtual art exhibit on this website. Artists are granted permission* to copy or
download & print these images for their work and are encouraged to manipulate, destroy and/or
add to the image in any way as part of their piece. Artists may submit more than one entry.
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
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*Please note: Permission to use these images is hereby granted for the sole purpose of creating a
collaborative work of mail art for this project. No other use is permitted. Stacey Ward Kelly retains all
copyrights of these images.
Participating artists will choose one or more of the photographs taken by Stacey Ward Kelly for
this project and create an original piece of mail art with it. Once received their mail art will
become part of the PHOTOS ENCLOSED: NYC 2009 MAIL ART BOOK and will be featured in a
collaborative virtual art exhibit on this website. Artists are granted permission* to copy or
download & print these images for their work and are encouraged to manipulate, destroy and/or
add to the image in any way as part of their piece. Artists may submit more than one entry.
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE
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- 1. Click on this link to photos to use for the project: NYC PHOTOS LINK
You can download individual images by right clicking on them or you can download a complete set as
a zip file. Please remember to only use the images for this project, and delete the files after your use.
These images have been resized to approximately 5 x 7.5 inches at 300 dpi for the purposes of this
project. If you would like a larger dimension file for your mail art, please contact Stacey via email.
- 2. Using one or more of these images, create a work of mail art (see mail art
definition and links at right).
- 3. Mail your work by July 1, 2009 to
- Stacey Ward Kelly
12 Aldridge Place, Apt. 1
Beacon, NY 12508
USA
4. Once you've sent your piece of mail art, email a photograph of yourself, your
name and the contact info you'd like to have in the book (ie: website/email etc) to
Stacey at her email address: swkarts at yahoo.com
*Please note: Permission to use these images is hereby granted for the sole purpose of creating a
collaborative work of mail art for this project. No other use is permitted. Stacey Ward Kelly retains all
copyrights of these images.
| History of the Project For information about the 2004 Photos Enclosed Mail Art Project including a link to the book, click on the mail truck. |
About MAIL ART
and museum out of the art experience. Simply put, it turns mail into art, or makes art travel as mail. Mail art flies in the face of what you might think of as high art. It's a form of collage that makes use of things we might never consider art: a menu, instructions on a shampoo bottle, a leaf. And because this art form has no etiquette, no standards to follow or aspire to, it is available to us all: self-proclaimed and un-proclaimed artists.
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MAIL ART IS
often sent by one artist to another. It can be as simple as a drawing on an envelope or as elaborate as you can imagine as long as it is mailable. For examples and information about this form of art check out these links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/emma/faq/faq2.html http://www.riittaikonen.com/projects/mail-art/
see the art, it's not mail art. |
About the ARTIST
Stacey Ward Kelly is an artist who primarily works in fine art
photography. She has exhibited her work in San Francisco,
Boston and New York. She also teaches visual art and is the
founder and director of the Beacon Art Salon, a group that
supports and promotes the arts in Beacon, NY. Ms. Ward Kelly
has created several fine art photography books of her work
and was the editor/designer of "Beacon Soul", a collection of
art and words by local artists.
Her latest book "Audrey Chibbaro Lived Here" honors a friend
a fellow artist who died in 2008. Stacey was the coauthor and
photographer for "Good Food from the Farm", by Stacey and
Carrie Ward Kelly, a collection of writings, recipes and images
from their local CSA farm. She was also one of 74
international artists who donated their work and is featured in
the blurb publication, "Freedom and Art", a book in support of
the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the recognized leader of
Burma, whose proceeds go to Amnesty International.
Stacey Ward Kelly is an artist who primarily works in fine art
photography. She has exhibited her work in San Francisco,
Boston and New York. She also teaches visual art and is the
founder and director of the Beacon Art Salon, a group that
supports and promotes the arts in Beacon, NY. Ms. Ward Kelly
has created several fine art photography books of her work
and was the editor/designer of "Beacon Soul", a collection of
art and words by local artists.
Her latest book "Audrey Chibbaro Lived Here" honors a friend
a fellow artist who died in 2008. Stacey was the coauthor and
photographer for "Good Food from the Farm", by Stacey and
Carrie Ward Kelly, a collection of writings, recipes and images
from their local CSA farm. She was also one of 74
international artists who donated their work and is featured in
the blurb publication, "Freedom and Art", a book in support of
the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the recognized leader of
Burma, whose proceeds go to Amnesty International.
The FINE PRINT
Stacey Ward Kelly is not responsible for mail art that is lost or damaged in transit. Your mail art
will not be returned. However, after you've emailed your contact info and photo you will receive a
reply email when your work of mail art is received. In submitting works for this project you hereby
agree to have your mail art work photographed and used in the book and for any further website
or electronic promotion including press releases. Only works of mail art that use one or more of
the photographs provided will be included in the book. If you have questions regarding what can
be considered mail art after reading the information to the right, please contact Stacey.
Each artist will be given one page with an image of their mail art, themself, their name and contact
information. The book will be created by December, 2009 and will be available to purchase online
at www.blurb.com. A link to the book's website will be here once it is created. The book will be on
sale with a price that is slightly above cost (the exact price will depend upon the amount of
submissions received). The small profit raised by the sale of this book will go to the Audrey
Chibbaro Youth in Arts Scholarship Fund
The design and layout of the book will be determined solely by Stacey Ward Kelly and no artist
preferences regarding style, location or layout will be granted. There is a possibility that these
works of mail art could be shown in an actual exhibit. Should this take place, Stacey Ward Kelly
will contact you in advance for permission to show your work.
Stacey Ward Kelly is not responsible for mail art that is lost or damaged in transit. Your mail art
will not be returned. However, after you've emailed your contact info and photo you will receive a
reply email when your work of mail art is received. In submitting works for this project you hereby
agree to have your mail art work photographed and used in the book and for any further website
or electronic promotion including press releases. Only works of mail art that use one or more of
the photographs provided will be included in the book. If you have questions regarding what can
be considered mail art after reading the information to the right, please contact Stacey.
Each artist will be given one page with an image of their mail art, themself, their name and contact
information. The book will be created by December, 2009 and will be available to purchase online
at www.blurb.com. A link to the book's website will be here once it is created. The book will be on
sale with a price that is slightly above cost (the exact price will depend upon the amount of
submissions received). The small profit raised by the sale of this book will go to the Audrey
Chibbaro Youth in Arts Scholarship Fund
The design and layout of the book will be determined solely by Stacey Ward Kelly and no artist
preferences regarding style, location or layout will be granted. There is a possibility that these
works of mail art could be shown in an actual exhibit. Should this take place, Stacey Ward Kelly
will contact you in advance for permission to show your work.
2009 Entries
Click the image to the left
to see the first entries
received for this project.
Click the image to the left
to see the first entries
received for this project.