The postcards have been mailed, received, swapped, mailed and received. The Liberate Your Art postcard swap is complete for 2013. It’s time to party a little bit, and celebrate what a fabulous swap we’ve had for 2013!
1290 pieces of art
216 artists
11 countries
But there is so much more to the swap than the numbers. Every year a phrase or theme comes to me as I look at all of the art that passes through my hands. This year, it was “connection.” You are all doing an amazing thing, connecting through art. Each piece of art that was liberated represents a connection, or two. I saw these connections sharing love, joy, nostalgia, encouragement, acceptance, color, creativity, beauty, peace, emotion, inspiration, light, laughter, memories, words, and life. You are influencing the world in a positive way when you connect through art.
Of course I had my own moments of connection, too. All of your notes and extra postcards and of course, your art, touched my heart. As I opened the envelopes, I found the art of old friends I’ve been in contact with online since I lived in Italy. I saw the art of local friends, people I see often in my real life, going out to make new connections. And one of the most special things was seeing a couple of postcards from artists where I was with them when they took the photograph they shared, both in the US and in England. Wow. I got chills, from the way these connections reverberate and spiral back.
Who knows how this year’s connections will spiral back to you?
Enjoy this year’s video, which includes one piece of art from every participant. The collection is an amazing tribute to the individuality and expression that comes through art. (Be sure to watch it in HD if you can, it looks awesome! Also note that there is a pause partway through, as the songs change, so don’t stop watching too early.)
And now, there’s one last opportunity to connect through the 2013 Liberate Your Art swap. Let’s hop!
I’m beyond excited. I LOVE the video. Just watched it and I’m near tears. What beautiful and varied artwork by 216 talented artists. Love what you’ve done Kat and Thank you so very much.
Wonderful job on the video, Kat. It’s a joy to see such a variety of creative work by so many different artists. Thank you again for all the work you put into this event.
Thank you, Kat, for another great year. Love seeing the video of all the art everyone has done. Very inspiring.
Thank you dearly for bringing this wonderful group of creative minds and heart together.
The video is really inspirational!
How awesome, now maybe I can sleep, THANK YOU Kathy!!!!!!!! I will watch that video more times than you can imagine, all EXCELLENT works of HEART!
Kat darn auto correct, sorry!
Kat, your swap was amazing and the video is awesome. THANK YOU for all your time and effort and for connecting us all with so much wonderful ART!! x
That is an amazing video Kat – so much wonderful art.
Thank you for all the work you put in with this event – looking forward to next year now!
Thank you for hosting such an amazing swap. Love the video – such an amazing group of artists, so diverse and inspiring.
Thank you once again Kat – you are the connector! I loved watching the video – especially when you recognise the art of people you know or spot the cards you received.
Great video…got a shock with the pause and then again when I saw Kat’s card……hadn’t seen mine yet, but I did. So much great art. Thank Kat for your massive effort and to all the players congratulations.
Kat, thank you so much for being you! The video is wonderful. I’m off to HOP!
Thanks so much Kat, you’ve done an amazing job.
This was such an amazing experience. So much creativity and outstanding art. Thanks to everyone who said “yes” to participating and thanks to you Kat for the vision and the time and energy you put into this. Truly amazing.
Thank you Kat for such an inspiring and affirming project.
Thanks for hosting the swap again, Kat! It’s always so inspiring to see the work that others are doing.
Just saw the video…I had chills as I watched each postcard pop-up in front of me. I am so grateful for Kat and all those who helped and participated in this project. This has been such a meaningful experience!
Love to one and all!
The video is beautiful, thanks for everything – it was a fun journey! I will be back tomorrow to hop! Valerie
I’m speechless after watching the video three times!! Amazing art!! Thanks you, Kat, for your hard work!!
It’s great to be a participant! I am having a very hard time getting my linky to show up here.
A couple of tips on linking in… Make sure you link a post permalink (and not your general blog address) and make sure you have a linkback to kateyestudio.com somewhere on your site. Using the blog hop code, the button code, a link in your post… any of those will work. Email me if you find you are still having trouble after checking those two things!
beautiful video… Thanks Kat.
Kat, it’s so great to be a part if this again..thankyou so much for all the work you put into it, so appreciated! The video is amazing, so many inspiring pieces! Looking forward to creating some new cards for 2014 🙂
Fabulous video, and a wonderful swap! This is truly a labor of love, and we all appreciate the many hours you’ve put into making it so successful!
Those are all awesome and I’m so bummed I missed it yet again this year! I’m so going to have to join in next year (I hope you’re doing it again).
Thanks for sharing.
Capture life
Kathy
Wow – what amazing art! I loved watching the video. Thank you so much for all the work you put into this swap. It has been a wonderful experience – both making and receiving the cards – and I can’t wait for next year’s version!
oh Kat, what an amazing video….so beautiful. Thank you for bringing all of these artists together. I am so blessed to be a small part of this. Big Hugs!
Kat, your video is fantastic! I enjoyed that so much.
Thank you for organizing this year’s swap – you did a marvelous job!!!
Thank you for another fun year of swapping, Kat! The video is great.
Thank you so much for hosting this wonderful swap. In our electronic world, it was such a treat to receive a piece of art through the mail that we could hold in our hand. Can’t wait until next year!
This was fun! Thanks Kat. I found 2 of mine so far.
Thanks Kat for the lovely postcard and all the hard work you did to make this swap a success! 🙂
Thanks so much Kat for this wonderful experience here’s to next year !!!
The video is fabulous! Thanks so much for your kind efforts to inspire us all.
Thanks for organising this fabulous event Kat, I really enjoyed being part of it. The video is great – what a fab range of artwork in the swap. Looking forward to Liberate your Art 2014 already 🙂
Kat, thank you so much for all your hard work organising this swap. It’s the first time I have taken part and I have really enjoyed it. A particular thanks for sending me one of your postcards when, like a plank, I only enclosed 5 name and address labels, doh! I only realised after I’d sent mine off to you.
The video slide show is brilliant, what an amazing record of all the creativity.
xxx
The video you made is beautiful Kat! Thank you for pulling this all together, it’s been a blast!!
Kat, I know you’ve been incredibly busy and I also know being on the computer is difficult for your shoulder, but I wonder if — when you are on the computer at some point — if you might consider doing one more wee thing?
Some of us choose not to ‘do’ Facebook (or Instagram) and from what I’m reading, many people are posting their received postcards there … for those of us who don’t do FB, would you write a short note on the Event page letting FB’ers know some of us would love to know where our cards have landed. I’d love to know where even one of the postcards I sent has landed (I did write my contact info on the back of my postcards so hopefully someone might still consider letting me know they received one of mine) :~)
I have been thoroughly enjoying seeing all the great talent in the art shown on the blogs during the blog hop!
Hi Diane, I can post a note. Just be forewarned – I think the folks that are posting on Facebook and Instagram are the ones you would have heard from if they received them, though.
That video,the music, the ART!!! I am completely overwhelmed at the images. There is no way I could have picked a favorite-so I’m really glad I don’t have to! The mixed media is so fun and I’m considering taking a class to get my feet wet and try it. Now-when ever I take photos-I’ll be thinking about “is this a shot for next years swap!?” Thank u again for a wonderful 1st experience Kat.
kat, thanks again for another great swap. you certainly put a lot of work into this and i appreciate it. some really lovely art was liberated into the world because of you!!
Kat,
Great work on the video! Thanks again for an amazing swap, I can’t wait until next year. I think you might have to start doing the sorting in a school gymnasium pretty soon!
Thank you for everything. And thanks for your wonderful card.
Hope you are feeling better soon 🙂
Sheila
You won’t believe the surprise I found in my mailbox – my last postcard! It just Just JUST! arrived! It’s absolutely lovely and in perfect shape. Can’t imagine the journey it’s been on, but I hope everyone who has seen it during its travels enjoyed it as much as I am now.
Thanks, Kat, for doing the swap. Can’t wait for it next year.