Coll borative (cid:2) (cid:2)RT JOURNALS Shared Visions and Mixed Media in 000000001111____000033333333____00009999666666663333....iiiinnnndddddddd 1111 1111////22222222////00009999 11111111::::44445555::::55553333 AAAAMMMM JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::11 000000001111____000033333333____CCCC55550000000055558888....iiiinnnndddddddd 2222 2222////11113333////00009999 9999::::11115555::::33332222 AAAAMMMM JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text 0022--AACC5500005588 ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::22 Coll borative (cid:2) (cid:2)RT JOURNALS Shared Visions and Mixed Media in l.k. ludwig 000000001111____000033333333____CCCC55550000000055558888....iiiinnnndddddddd 3333 2222////11113333////00009999 9999::::11115555::::33335555 AAAAMMMM rrtt JJoouurrnnaallss JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text ::5599 PPaaggee::22 0022--AACC5500005588 ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::33 above: Work by Caren McNee; previous page by Ruth Rae 000000001111____000033333333____CCCC55550000000055558888....iiiinnnndddddddd 5555 2222////11113333////00009999 9999::::11119999::::00000000 AAAAMMMM rrtt JJoouurrnnaallss JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text ::5599 PPaaggee::44 0022--AACC5500005588 ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::55 QB0258-027.jpg Silo and Shadow artist: Caren McNee 000000001111____000033333333____00009999666666663333....iiiinnnndddddddd 6666 1111////22222222////00009999 11111111::::44446666::::22220000 AAAAMMMM JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::66 CONTENTS introduction 9 11 Chapter 1: The Artistic Conversation 25 Chapter 2: Practical Considerations 35 Chapter 3: Art Journal Collaboratives 65 Chapter 4: Altered Book Round Robins 77 Chapter 5: Retreat Swaps 89 Chapter 6: Art Exchanges 111 Chapter 7: Collaborative Mixed-Media Exchanges 135 Reader Invitation: Shared Vision Exchange project index 137 contributor list 138 resources 143 about the author & acknowledgments 144 000000001111____000033333333____CCCC55550000000055558888....iiiinnnndddddddd 7777 2222////11113333////00009999 9999::::22225555::::55558888 AAAAMMMM rrtt JJoouurrnnaallss JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text ::5599 PPaaggee::66 0022--AACC5500005588 ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::77 I 8 000000001111____000033333333____CCCC55550000000055558888....iiiinnnndddddddd 8888 2222////11113333////00009999 9999::::33332222::::55559999 AAAAMMMM JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text 0022--AACC5500005588 ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::88 INTRODUCTION Working as an artist is often a very solitary experience. In studios, spare rooms, and on dining room tables, we work without the company of other artists as we paint, draw, collage, and assemble our work in journals, on paintings, and in our mixed-media pieces. As artists, we work into the pieces, adding, subtracting, setting aside, revisiting, discarding, and proceeding. There is a process of creating that varies for each artist, but in general, most of those moment-to-moment decisions about what to do next, and the bigger decisions of where our work is leading us, are made on our own. Some of us live where there are large communities of artists, and we can gather a collection of fellow creatives whose work resonates with us, with whom we can share work, ideas, process, and friendship. But for many of us, that community does not exist or is limited in scope. We create connections at regional and national workshops, via blogging, and by email. The Internet, once ballyhooed as something that would isolate people from each other, has had quite the opposite effect on the artistic community, offering artists new ways to connect with each other. From these connections, online artistic communities form, artist bloggers fi nd and link to each other, and artistic dialogues begin. Friendships and collaborations bloom. Plans are made for artistic exchanges, art journals traverse the country and the globe, and we gather wherever we can, excited by the prospect of meeting other artists whom we have known only online. The artistic collaborations explored here encompass a broad swath of art media and come in many forms—art journals, altered books, three-dimensional pieces, retreat swaps, mail art, and virtual exchanges. Some of the collaborations you will see have been ongoing for years, while others have been short, fi nite exchanges. What is true about all of these collaborations is that they offered the opportunity to explore a shared vision, to examine a topic from a variety of artistic viewpoints, to work on a common theme with one’s individual artistic style, and to reach out to other artists to create a global community. 000000001111____000033333333____CCCC55550000000055558888....iiiinnnndddddddd 9999 2222////11117777////00009999 4444::::22221111::::11116666 PPPPMMMM rrtt JJoouurrnnaallss JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text ::5599 PPaaggee::88 0022--AACC5500005588 ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::99 (cid:2) 10 collaborative art journals 000000001111____000033333333____CCCC55550000000055558888....iiiinnnndddddddd 11110000 2222////11113333////00009999 9999::::44448888::::11118888 AAAAMMMM JJoobb::0011--0099666633 TTiittllee::PPRR--CCoollllaabboorraattiivvee AArrtt JJoouurrnnaallss (Ray) Text 0022--AACC5500005588 ##117755 DDttpp::5599 PPaaggee::1100