Carded! 2012

Guess what? I've had my "Totem Jim" drypoint and watercolor accepted into this years CARDED! show. This year's show will be at the Gallery Gachet in Gastown on April 21, 8pm-11pm. I won't be able to make it for the actual trading but maybe you could? Trade me away!

CARDED!

Today's post is about the one-night, fun-for-all show I participated in a couple weeks ago called CARDED!. This year's hosting venue was the Jacana Gallery on Granville St.. 


 I found it to be a little nerve wracking because I'm someone who is kind of shy but I made myself talk to the other artists and hunt out the cards I enjoyed the most. I was only able to stay an hour but by the time I had left most people had traded for their favorites and the gallery was shoulder to shoulder with people. I felt like I got a pretty good response to my trading card and most people had started to dub it as "Robin". Below is a photo of my submission "Superboy".

 If you would like to take a peek at the other 49 participant's images, go here. All in all, I found it to be a really fun show with a great concept. I'll be sure to keep my eyes open for next year's call for submission.

Art Card Trading @ CARDED

I have another invite for you. This time it is for anyone in the Vancouver and Lower Mainland area. The hosts of the recent Red Hot One Inch Action show are putting on another art show called CARDED. My image of "Superboy" has been accepted for this one night show. With this format 50 artists will present their work on traditional 2.5"x 3.5" art cards for trade amongst each other and any audience members willing to purchase $5 packs of 5 cards. The trading is supposed to be fast and furious and reminiscent of those hockey card trading days of our youth. How many cards will you give up to get your favorite one?

I have created art cards before but this will be the first trading session I will have ever gone to. If you would like to take part in the trading as well, you can find the show on Saturday, February 27th at the Jacana Gallery, 2435 Granville St, Vancouver. Doors open at 8pm and I hear it's pretty important to be present at the beginning of the show to make the best trades.

Visit the Hot Card site to get peek at last years show and participants.