theme POSTMARKED 2009
Commentaire: Fifth Annual International Art Envelope Fundraiser Exhibition and
Silent Auction June 1-7, 2009
DEADLINE: May 25, 2009
Requesting your original mail art for display and sale to raise funds for The
Claremont Forum's Prison Library Project, which sends thousands of books free
to inmates throughout the country. Hundreds of volunteers package books
(donated to the Project by our local community), which are then mailed in
response to inmate letters requesting reading material while incarcerated. For
many years, The Claremont Forum received these requests in hand-illustrated
envelopes created by the prisoners who sent them. It is in this tradition that
we present POSTMARKED as our very appropriate fundraiser.
Please join us for this international event! Your mail art may be painted,
stamped, collaged, printed, and/or otherwise decorated or constructed. It may
be any shape and size that will go through the mail and receive an official
postmark. It may get worn or torn through the mail, but the handling process is
an important part of the theme.. Only the side with the postmark can be
displayed, due to space limitations, but the art doesn't have to be limited to
that side. You may include any message inside the envelope, which will be
opened only by the person who purchases the art envelope.
All POSTMARKED 2009 entries will be on display at the Claremont Forum for a
week, during which time visitors may place silent auction bids.
All sales proceeds go to the Prison Library Project. You may submit more than
one piece… and begin sending now!
To learn more about Postmarked 2009 and to view POSTMARKED 2008 Entries and
Exhibition please visit www.postmarkedmailart.blogspot.com
To learn more about the Prison Library Project and the Claremont Forum please
visit
www.claremontforum.org
Exhibit: June 1-7, 2009
The Claremont Forum
586 W First Street (in the Packing House)
Claremont CA
Hours: noon-4 daily
Public Reception: Fri June 5, 5-9pm
Auction ends Sunday June 7, 5pm
Date limite: May 25, 2009
ADRESSE: Postmarked 2009
Prison Library Project
112 Harvard #303
Claremont CA 91711 USA
