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PHOTOS ENCLOSED: NYC
MAIL ART PROJECT
MAIL ART PROJECT
Welcome to this collaborative mail art project.
In the spring of 2009, photographer Stacey Ward Kelly took a series of digital photographs of New
York City and sent a selection of these images to artists asking them to use her work to create a
piece of mail art. Twenty-three artists participated by choosing one or more of her images and
created a variety of mail art pieces that manipulated, collaged, poured resin onto or otherwise
enhanced or altered Ward Kelly's work. Some of the original photographs are featured in the book
along with each mail art piece that was created for the project.
In the spring of 2009, photographer Stacey Ward Kelly took a series of digital photographs of New
York City and sent a selection of these images to artists asking them to use her work to create a
piece of mail art. Twenty-three artists participated by choosing one or more of her images and
created a variety of mail art pieces that manipulated, collaged, poured resin onto or otherwise
enhanced or altered Ward Kelly's work. Some of the original photographs are featured in the book
along with each mail art piece that was created for the project.
About MAIL ART
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. MAIL ART IS
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/ . |
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.
History of the Project
PHOTOS ENCLOSED is a collaborative mail art project
that began in 2004 in Oakland, CA. The photography
and collaborative mail art featured in this book
documents the second mail art project in this series.
For information about the 2004 Photos Enclosed Mail
Art Project including a link to the 2004 book, click on
the mail truck.
PHOTOS ENCLOSED is a collaborative mail art project
that began in 2004 in Oakland, CA. The photography
and collaborative mail art featured in this book
documents the second mail art project in this series.
For information about the 2004 Photos Enclosed Mail
Art Project including a link to the 2004 book, click on
the mail truck.
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