The Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap has wrapped up another wonderful year! Here are the stats for the fifth year of the swap:
214 artists participating
12 countries represented
Every year, there is something new that the swap brings to the fore for me. This year, it was the idea that art knows no boundaries. Boundaries are a human invention. They are imaginary lines used to mark territories on a map, or they are imaginary lines in within the self that limit our actions. Some boundaries are good, but it’s amazing how many boundaries we gather up in our lives that artificially limit us. Art helps us to find the boundaries, push on them and break free.
Every one of you who participated this year is a unique, talented individual. You and your art deserve to be seen and heard. With that in mind, here is the 2015 video! I asked participants to send me a digital image of the art featured on their postcards for use in the video. About half of the artists sent me an image, so enjoy this amazing celebration of liberated art, realizing this is only a fraction of the artists who participated in the swap. If you can, watch it in HD. It’s gorgeous!
Thank you, thank you, thank you all for liberating such amazing art, making new connections and showing that art truly has no boundaries.
Now, it’s time to HOP! I have a special bonus for the blog hop participants in the form of a giveaway drawing! At the end of the blog hop, by random drawing from all blog hop participants, I will be giving away:
- One copy of the book Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art
. I bought two copies of this gorgeous book in the gift shop at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington, DC last year, and I’m giving away the second copy to one of you!
- One 6×9″ fine art print, matted to 11×14″, of this year’s Blog Hop image “Art Knows No Boundaries,” shown above. Having this image in your studio could be a reminder to continue to push those boundaries and liberate your art!
If you’d like to purchase your own 6×9″ fine art print of today’s image and help me defray the extra expenses I incur on behalf of the swap, I am making it available for purchase during the time of the blog hop. To order, click here if you are within the US and here if you are outside of the US. Postage is included in the purchase price. (Don’t worry, if you purchase the print and then win the giveaway, I’ll refund your money.)
Enough words from me… Let’s hop!
The video is amazing! It was hard to fathom how many different postcards went out, and the video really gives a feel for all the liberated art. Thank you for another wonderful year!
The video is amazing, I watched it 3 times. So much beautiful art that I didn’t see on Facebook. Also love the No Boundaries fine art print for this year. Thanks Kat for an awesome 2015 LYA postcard swap… looking forward to next year!
The video is beautiful! Thanks for pulling the video and the whole project together. Who knew liberating your art could be so — well–liberating? 😉 See you next year!
Kat,
The video with it’s themed groupings and music…. you’ve outdone yourself ;-}
Sorry the link thing for the blog hop didn’t work out for me…..
Kat,
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This was my third year to participate and Liberate Your Art just gets better and better with each year. So much fun to dash to the post to see what treasure has arrived. So much fun to “meet” new folks and make new connections. So much fun to have the video return! I’m already looking forward to 2016!
Thanks again and hugs!
This was my first year and I loved it. Can’t wait till next time!
Love this video, it is beautiful! The liberate your Art Postcard swap was a fun experience 🙂
Fabulous video illustrating amazing talents! Love it…
So beautiful, but I didn’t see any of mine on the video and I worked so hard. What happened to the rest of them?
Hi Mary, I asked participants to send me a digital image file of their art. If you are not in the video, I didn’t receive a file from you.
I can’t tell you how grateful I am to have participated and enjoyed so many gifted artists. Thank you Kat and all your kittens for pulling us together in a bouquet of friendship and liberation. Until Next year. xo
Well done Kat – you put your heart and soul into this and it is very much appreciated. I loved seeing my “birds eye view” under Inspiration and I LOVED seeing everyone else’s work – so different and unique.
The video is beautiful! Thank you so much for doing this. It has been a fun experience.
absolutely phenomenal!!!
Thank you for a brilliant first time experience with Liberate Your Art Kat!
You are quite amazing in what you accomplish and how smoothly you make everything work.
Many Many thanks to you.
The video was extra fun too.
Now I’m off to visit bloggers!
Happy beginning of the weekend…
oxo
Oh how wonderful! I wish I had taken part as my current body of work is about boundaries.
Kicks herself.
Join us next year!!
Kat the video is awesome! Thanks so much for taking the time to put it together for us. Looking forward to next year! (and seeing your work in between)
I just love the video~ it’s one of my favorite things.
I do love this whole experience Kat and just wanted to thank you~ it’s my 3rd year
Kat, I had so much fun with your postcard swap! Thank you SO MUCH for all your work to spread this joy! Thank you to your volunteers and all the artists who participated. It was really great! Love your video as well! I sent kudos to you and also shared the video you created on my blog post today: http://www.kathrynvwhite.com/blog/2015-liberate-your-art-postcard-swap-so-much-fun You must do this again for 2016!
Thank you, Kat, for all of your hard work and dedication to such a fun event. I love all of my postcards – so many talented people – and I think the video was awesome! I even found my card. 🙂
Kat, I can’t tell you how much I loved this swap. I adore my collection of postcards, all in glossy color. They are so different from postcards with the actual art, touching the textures, seeing the actual layers. Having the art in photo form is an entirely new way of viewing it and I thank you for introducing me to it. Thank you for your postcard. It’s beautiful! You sent out a ton of cards, when I see how many people participated! I appreciate all the hard work you put into this swap, including the video. This has been an amazing experience for me. Thank you.
Thank you for all your hard work during the swap. I love the video and I’m going to link to it on my blog in a few days time. My mountain is #11 I think.
I am also blogging on each of the artists whose postcards I received at http://www.paintamasterpiece.blogspot.com over the next few days. Thank you Sheila Delgado, Carlyn Clark, Marjorie Thompson, Rebecca Hill, Eric Bruth, the mystery one I haven’t yet received and Kat of course. And thank you to those who received mine and contacted me. One even made it all the way to Singapore.