The world needs more art. The world needs your art.
The Liberate Your Art postcard swap encourages you to create, share and liberate your art into the world, where it can do its greatest good.
The Liberate Your Art postcard swap encourages you to create, share and liberate your art into the world, where it can do its greatest good.
Join participants from around the world as we liberate our art through the mail and brighten the day of those near and far. See what good mailing your art can bring!
The 2013 swap is complete. Join us next year! Sign up for the Kat Eye News if you would like to be notified when swap sign up opens for 2014.
The 2013 Swap was a resounding success!
We finished out the swap with 1290 pieces of art liberated from 216 artists in 11 countries. You can read my swap wrap up post here and see the full list of swap blog posts here.
Here’s the 2013 video, sharing one piece of art from each artist in the swap. It’s an amazing collection, showing the diversity and individuality that is expressed through art. See you in 2014!
Swap Overview
Who can participate?
Artists in any medium. Photography, painting, poetry, typography, jewelry, sculpture, knitting, cooking, illustration – you name it. If you can have an image of your art printed on a postcard, you are in! If you want to share a blog or website address, you can add it to the participant list. Then you all can find each other!
What do I have to do?
You send 5 printed postcards of your art with a message written on the back, along with address labels and return postage. I swap them around, and you receive 6 postcards in the mail over several weeks: 5 from participants, plus one from me! The email you receive once you sign up will have all of the details on what to do.
Where do I need to live?
When is the swap?
Swap sign up is open now, and all postcards must be received by Saturday, April 6. Mailing details are in the email you receive when you sign up.
Why should I join?
Because it’s fun to get “happy mail” once in a while! It’s also a great way to learn how to reproduce your art, connect with artists around the world, and get out of your comfort zone and share in a new way. There is a wonderful feeling when you liberate your art into the world, knowing it is doing good.
How do I get more details?
All of the details and lots of support will be sent to you via email once you sign up for the list. Just fill out the form above with your name and email to sign up! Don’t worry, signing up for the list does not commit you to participate or generate any spam. You can check out the details and unsubscribe at any time.
Making Connections
A great part of this swap is making connections with other artists!
You can connect with your fellow participants via the participants list here.
Show your participation with a button on your blog! Button code is here.
About the Swap
I got the idea of the swap in 2011, when I was still living in Italy. I love getting mail, and I had this vision of a swap that would connect artists of different mediums from all over the world. It was cost prohibitive to do from Italy (a single postcard cost $2 to mail!), so I planned it for when I moved back to the US in July 2011. There were a few bumps along the way that first year as I worked out the process to do a swap this large, but the swap went fabulously and it’s become a yearly event. You can read more about the previous swaps by reading the blog posts found at this link.
Here’s a summary of the swap each year:
2011
1020 pieces of art liberated
170 artists
13 countries
2012
1152 pieces of art liberated
193 artists
12 countries
Watch the video!
2013
1290 pieces of art liberated
216 artists
11 countries
Watch the video!
