At beginning of the School year we took part ito an Artist Trading cards Global Swap. The idea came from an outstanding American teacher, Nic Hahn (here her website MiniMatisse), with whom I share technical ideas and lessons from a few years. Artist Trading Cards are small works of art, the size of a playing card, (2.5 x 3.5 inches, or 6.35 x 8.89 cm) that artists from around the world exchange each other by mail. The project started from the school where Nic Hahn is working, the Hassan Elementary School in Minnesota, USA, which will host the international exchange of these special cards among students from around the world. My 8th grade students participate to this exchange, and together we have created a hundred Artist Trading Cards that have been sent to America and have been exchanged with other 100 cards made by students from different schools. We created also a Video Tutorial, to show how we have made our ATCs.
In this post we publish the small art works which came from around the world to our little school, and now are shown on a wall of our school. We received the box this January and we prepared a poster with the cards and the maps of the countries where them are coming from. We have also the link of some website as Art With Mr. E, where we can find our own cards!
This is wonderful. Do you mind if I use some of this for an update I’m doing with AOE?? I would love to celebrate the map and your participation.
Hi Nic! Of course you can use it! I’m proud to help you in any way!!
I received you panel… now I’m bit busy because of the end of school year, but I didn’t forget you! 😉
I’m showing my students and they are loving that the cards made it to you classroom!
Thanks Nic!!
I’m looking to do a swap with someone if anyone is interested? I teach at a Middle School (grades 7&8) in Malaysia.
Hi Jimmy! I’ve already joined this project in US for this year
http://minimatisse.blogspot.it/search/label/ATC
I believe the subscriptions ended last week, but have a look! 😉
Hi, I teach MS art in Charlotte NC and I would love to know how I could start doing a card swap for my 8th graders. Please let me know how to start!
Hi Vergie , I’m sorry but for this current school year the swap is just finished. You could join the swap the next August, at the end of August you can sign up to take part in the swap. You have to follow the Nic Hahn’s website http://minimatisse.blogspot.it/search/label/ATC and join us !
Olá, gostaria muito de partcipar,caso o projeto ainda esteja contecendo.