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The ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) are, as the name suggests, works of art created with the intention of being traded. They were used for a long time, in the artistic medium as business cards that represented the artist's capacities and were exchanged, in hand, among artists, gallerists and art dealers and others. With this small catalog of artworks, it would thus be possible for anyone interested to learn techniques from other artists, to own a small private collection of art or even to use them as real business cards at the time of commissioning works.
Although there are reports of the use of this type of card in the XVIII century, it was only in the late 90s, by the Swiss artist M. Vänçi Stirnemann, that they gain the current name by which they are known today and come to have their standardized dimensions as 64 x 89 mm (2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches).

Some of ATC's variants are:
ACEO's (Art Cards Editions and Originals) - a version specifically designed for sale.
ATCBJ (Artist Trading Card Buddy Jam) - identical or similar ATC's, the result of collaboration among two or more artists and created in an identical quantity to those involved.
On a Double Buddy Jam, the first artist sends 2 similar ATCs to a second artist. The receiver works on top of those starters, keeps one and returns the second to the sender. A Triple Buddy Jam is rather similar, yet involves 3 artists.

On the ATCs back, the artists may sign and write the date when he received and the date of the art creation among other details.

WANNA JOIN IN ??
reception until » 30.09.2018
local » several to be scheduled
curator » Monsenhor enVide neFelibata
theme, style, technic and materials » open
dimensions » 64 x 89 mm (2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches)
max artwork quantity » unlimited
additional optional info » photo, stamp or other from the artist / small artist bio / artwork title
returns » nop
postage » postage must have its value declared as "sem valor comercial / no commercial value"

EXTRAS !!
You may also send as many Buddy Jams as you wish. These Buddy Jams are intended to be finished by collaborator artists or by youngsters during workshops. And yep... they will be returned and I'll be thankful for it.

OTHER EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS ??
desAMORes » www.desamores.yzonk.com » CLOSED
QUEIXA_TE » www.queixate.yzonk.com » CLOSED
Scriptum » www.scriptum.yzonk.com » OPEN

I am looking for anyone in the world who wants to send/swap ATC's.....can be in any medium, and theme. Will send an ATC back to anyone who sends to me. There is no deadline......
Email if there are any questions @ debredk@aol.com .

Thanks in advance!

Mail your ATC's to:
Deb Knicos
1274 Fox Gap Road
Bangor PA, 18013
debredk@aol.com

In 2010 Vancouver will host the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Vancouver Artist Trading Card Group will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a giant ATC exhibition and trading session. All the cards received will be exhibited in March 2010 and traded on the closing night of the show.

Suggested themes: friendship, solidarity, peace, fair play, optimism, inspiration and empowerment. Other possible themes include “personal best” or “10″.

To enter: Submit 9 standard size ATCs in a clear 9 card sleeve. Include a self addressed return mailing label and $3 (CANADIAN postage, US currency) or an International Reply Coupon.
The exhibit is open to anyone from any part of the world. All cards will be traded at the end of the show (March 21, 2010) and each participant (who includes funds for return postage as specified above) will receive 9 assorted cards in return.

Mail Submissions to:

Vancouver 2010 ATCs
c/o RubyDog's Art House
623 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC V5T 3K5
CANADA

Submission Deadline: February 28, 2010

For more information, visit our website: http://vancouveratc.wordpress.com

I am attempting to amass a large collection of portraits of Frankenstein's Monster in as many different styles and in as many different media as possible as an ongoing mail art project. The only stipulation is that the size is 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches (standard artist trading card size) and that each card has name, date, title and anything else you care to add on the back.

I welcome cards from both amateur and professional artists.

I will be leaving blank cards with instructions and mailing address in galleries, colleges, art shops, on buses, handing them out in the street and wherever else I can think of.

If you think you can spare the time to produce a little something, please send a portrait to:

A Patchwork Of Flesh
45 Silversea Drive
Westcliff on Sea
Essex
SS0 9XD
United Kingdom

Each card I receive will be uploaded at http://apatchworkofflesh.blogspot.com/ to produce an on-line gallery, I then hope to put on an exhibition of these cards in a gallery.
No Returns.

I am new to this, please tell me if I need to submit any more information please.

Thanks a lot,
Paul Cooper

dear traders

here is another show of Artist Trading Cards:

Artist Trading Cards (ATC) in der Galerie Einhorn Schaffhausen

Michael Heisch und M. Vänçi Stirnemann stellen in der Galerie Einhorn eine Auswahl an Artist Trading Cards (ATC) aus. Das längst zum Label gewordene,
1996 von M. Vänçi Stirnemann ins Leben gerufene Kunstprojekt ATC basiert auf formalen Restriktionen bei gleichzeitiger völliger gestalterischer Freiheit.
Die aktuelle Ausstellung, in der frei zusammengefügte Szenen aus möglichen Comics zu sehen sind, ist eine Hommage an das Konzept des OuBaPo (Ouvroir de Bande dessinée potentielle), entstanden in Anlehnung an OuLiPo, das 1960 von Raymond Queneau und François Le Lionnais ins Leben gerufene Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle. Eine Handvoll Unikate also, mit illustrer konzeptueller Ahnengalerie.

Seit 1995 arbeiten die beiden Multimedia-Künstler Michael Heisch und M.
Vänçi Stirnemann regelmässig in verschiedenen Projekten zusammen. Bereits
2001 wurde eine Auswahl ihrer ATCs in der open-air Galerie Einhorn ausgestellt.

Von 1. bis 31. Mai 2008, täglich 0 bis 24 Uhr, Galerie Einhorn (Fronwagplatz 8), Schaffhausen.

http://www.artist-trading-cards.ch/

We do artist trading cards, postcards and other mixed media art projects.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArtJunction/

Thanks for looking!

Hi everyone, the artist trading card group ATC ONLINE has expanded and so we've changed our name to ArtJunction at Yahoo groups. You can get there by clicking HERE. We will still have ATC swaps and also postcard swaps but also many more mixed media art projects. You must join Yahoo to become a member but I've been at this group thing for over 3 years and it's tons of fun. You must send the moderators your real name and address & participate in at least 4 swaps per year.
Warmly,
Sharon

ATC Open Call

This call is for artist trading cards of any theme. The only regulation is the size - 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" (64mm x 89mm).

The art side of the card can be any subject and any medium. The back of the card is optional, but I would like to see the title along with your name and date. I am asking that only 1 or 2 cards be sent at a time. I will send the same amount of my creations back to the person.There is currently no deadline for this call. After you receive ATCs back from me, feel free to create another ATC or two and send them to me.

I would like to swap a lot of ATCs, but I don't want to get overloaded, so that is why I am setting the limit at two.All ATCs received and sent out for this call will be posted at http://atcroom.blogspot.com.

In order for me to send ATCs back to you, please include your mailing address on a seperate piece of paper inside the envelope the first time you send the ATCs. If you would like to decorate the envelope or send other forms of mail art also, I will post that those pieces at my other blog - http://snailmailart.blogspot.com.

My mailing address:
Mail Art, 2323 Del Prado Blvd #7PMB 313 Cape Coral, FL 33990-4611 USA

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at:

snailmailart@yahoo.com.