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Artist Trading Cards

Artist Trading Cards. What is an Artist Trading Card?. Artist Trading Cards (or ATCs) are miniature works of art about the same size as modern baseball cards or 2 ½ X 3 ½ inches, small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets. The History of the ATC….

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Artist Trading Cards

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  1. Artist Trading Cards

  2. What is an Artist Trading Card? • Artist Trading Cards (or ATCs) are miniature works of art about the same size as modern baseball cards or 2 ½ X 3 ½ inches, small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets.

  3. The History of the ATC…. • Artist Trading Cards have been around for less than a decade. Yet, their historical roots can be traced back to the Mail Art and Fluxus movements of the 1960s, and even earlier to the Dadaist movement of the 1920s. • Swiss artist M. Vänci Stirnemann first developed the concept of Artist Trading Cards in 1996, when he decided to document his activities with other artists by producing a catalogue of 1,200 cards he created by hand. He exhibited the cards at his bookstore gallery in Zürich in May 1997. On the last day of the exhibit, Stirnemann invited anyone who wanted a card to create their own ATC to trade during the closing reception.

  4. LIFE, Adventures, Dreams & Nightmares Of A Samurai Cat by M. Vänçi Stirnemann

  5. How Artist Trading Card are made. • Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, paper cuts, found objects, etc.) or even metals or cloth.

  6. Continued • An ATC is meant to be an original piece of ART not a photocopy or print • The Artist is to create a piece of art in a chosen style or theme on the front of the Artist Trading Card • The cards are usually traded or exchanged rather than sold.

  7. Samples of Artist Trading Cards

  8. Themes:Exploring Nature

  9. Asking Questions and Making Statements about Ourselves

  10. Addressing Social Issues

  11. Looking at Beauty

  12. Series of ATC

  13. Continued…

  14. Personalizing Your ATC

  15. Assignment Due: 10/21/11 • Studentsare to create 9 Artist Trading Cards the size of modern baseball cards or 2 ½ X 3 ½ inches using white construction paper. • Studentstrading cards must have a theme that is present within the design of all of theircards. • Studentsare able to use various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, paper cuts, found objects, etc.) or even metals or cloth. • Paper, dry and wet media and some paper media will be provided, if studentswish to use any other type of media theywill need to provide that yourselves. • Studentsmust layer the media that theyare using like in the form of a collage. • Studentsare to mount theirATC onto construction paper for display. The ATC are to be evenly spaced out onto the paper .

  16. ATC THEMES • Altered Faces • An Art Element or Principle • Heroes & Heroines Historical events • Community (Where I live) , Family Pictures , Ancestors • Identity, Something Personal • Journeys • Mythological creatures • Quotes, Songs and poem excerpts • Seasons • Special places • Animals

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