CALL FOR ARTISTS (including people who don't identify as artists!)
Mail Art Theme: Postcards to the Future
This is a pivotal time. What would you want to share with future generations? Say it with art.
Create a postcard with images and/or text on the theme of where we are today, where we have been, our hopes and fears for future generations---subjects can be from your personal life, family, community, the natural environment, cultural changes, science, technology, politics, art, spirituality, or...?
Exhibition: Postcards will be exhibited July 4-6 in Newport’s Don Davis Park gazebo overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and on this web page in a temporary online exhibition. Selected works from the collection will be donated to the Lincoln County Historical Society Archives for future generations to discover.
How to participate
Size: No bigger than 5”x7". Folded accordion or card formats OK, so long as it closes to 5”x7”. If your work turns out to be a little bit 3-dimensional, so that it may not make it through a mail processing machine, consider mailing it in an envelope. Be sure to check with the Post Office that you have the correct postage if your mail art is heavy or bulky.
Recommended media for mailing: The process of mailing gives each mail-art piece character. Still, make sure any collaged elements are glued well—things can fall off in processing (kids’ glue sticks not recommended). Likewise, soft pigments may smear. You can have your postcard hand-cancelled at the Post Office, which prevents it from running through a machine and also gives you a nice red stamp.
Content: No hate speech. The Coastal Arts Guild will exclude from exhibition submissions that we deem inappropriate. Name/return address not required. Cards will be displayed hanging so both sides will be visible.
Participation is free.
Mail your postcard (no bigger than 5"x7") to:
Postcards To The Future
PO Box 603
Newport OR 97365
Mail art must be received by July 1
Postcards To The Future
PO Box 603
Newport OR 97365
Mail art must be received by July 1
Sponsored by the Coastal Arts Guild, Newport, Oregon
coastalartsguild@gmail.com
PostcardsToTheFuture.org
coastalartsguild@gmail.com
PostcardsToTheFuture.org
