Belatedly Alfonso Caccavale MSK Mil Art!

                 

Monochrome Semitone Kodachrome exhibition!

room ready for mail art workshop

Pimlott reception (notice amazing painting on walls!)

I spent two days at Pimlott over the weekend. The first was a private view of art and mail art. Tthere were about 60 people and drinks and food were served at the table where I had my mail art workshop the following day.  Everyone had a chance to look at the mail art up close.  We: me, Patrick (husband) and Helen (friend) hung the pieces in my usual way, and used the window seats for some.  There is also a box covered with fabric that has some other stuff, that you can see in the mail art workshop pic.

I hung the school postcards off a chandelier which I wrote a little bit about. I hung some work that was sent for Bad Romance, Bad Burlesque and some general mail art, that I felt needed to be seen.  People wanted to know if they could buy pieces.  I explained that it is part of my private collection and NFS.

Everyone there went into the barn and we listened to musicians who had flown in from Europe play music related to colour and  black and white. Daniela, a soprano, sang about colour, mostly green.
It was a stunning evening.

Yesterday was a beatiful day and not as many people came to the mail art workshop as had last year.  In fact, not as many people came to view the art and mail art during the day, but the concert was full and people were able to look at the work after the concert.

I loved the way all the work co-existed.  It all felt very connected and relevant and I was proud to share the space with all my international mail art friends!  Thank you!

I have a list of people who participated but I received a few pieces that I haven't yet scanned, so I will do that in a later blog, along with an updated list!

Vivid musical !colour from Torreveuja Espana

I was fooled into thinking Antoia's mail art was for maritime mail art as it had a boat on the envelope!  This is clearly musical colours! Many thanks.

Atȍlye Arts-In! Musical black and whit to colour!

Meral Aḡar

Meral Aḡar

Meral Aḡar

Zȕrkan Elçi

Zȕrkan Elçi

Hilal Tuşoluk

Ȍznur Kepge

Delighted to receive a beautiful collection of MSK responses from Meral Aḡar, Zȕrkan Elçi, Hilal Tuşoluk and Ȍznur Kepge of Atȍlye Arts-In.  They feel like a piece fo music, structurally interesting, full of movement and range!  I am enchanted by these replies.  Many thanks.

Hatin Josée sends colour to compete with garden flowers at MSK events!

Asemic Fluxus black and white to colour from Victoria Barenko

Electric colour from Private World, Phoenix Arizona

Marthan Primary in Norfolk are colour experts!

Charlotte

Charlotte

Ellie Martin

Emily Church

Emily Church

Franklin Woods

Jamie Green

Jamie Green

Joseph Kent

Joseph Kent

Safia Harrison

Safia Harrison

Tyler Geoghan

Dylan Watson

Innes Thome

Innes Thome

Marcus Steward

Marcus Steward

Molly Scott

Molly Scott

Alicia Howes

Alicia Howes

Charlie Thain

Connie Bensley

Connie Bensley

Elaine Elliott (teacher)

Elaine Elliott (teacher)

Elliott May

Emily Church

Emily Church

Georgia Denton

Georgia Denton

Hannah Lee

Jessie Green

Jessie Green

Katie Gault

Katie Gault

Sommer Souster

Sommer Souster

Lewis Poste

Lewis Poste

Leon Jackson

Holly Mihili (Elaine's son's partner)

Holly Mihili (Elaine's son's partner)

Molly Taylor

Molly Taylor

Sammy Randall

Sammy Randall

Tom Carberrry

Tyler Geoghan

Martham Primary School

Year 6 (10-11 year olds)

Prior to embarking on Monochrome, Semitone, Kodachrome mail art, working with teacher artist, Elaine Elliott, children explored ripped paper landscapes and then worked into them using a range of media.  The mail art project was an open task but pupils used skills and techniques that they had discovered when exploring landscapes.

The mail art project started as a reading café, using the children’s picture book Dear Greenpeace. Parents were invited to support and learn alongside their children.

When looking at the work, you may find signs of zentangle art (which the children looked at when creating their landscapes). Some show a clear understanding from monochrome through to polychrome whereas some children just liked the opportunity to use colour.

Elaine loves language and uses journals to teach within the class.  Some children have embraced this. The children demonstrate their understanding of what some other international mail artists have find to ‘get their heads around’!  Thank you Elaine for your dedication to the cause and your enthusiastic creative work with young people!