Middle School ATC Trade

Artist Trading Cards:  history behind them click here

Here is an interesting link on using ATC's in your classroom!  Please email me any good links you find!


Our assignment is to create 4 ATC's.
1.) One about yourself as an artist
2.) One about yourself as a teacher
3.) One about another layer of your identity (hobbies, faith, family, work, friends, groups etc)
4.) One to share with a middle school teacher or student


(you are welcome to make more than 4- see below for details on our swap)


Here is what I have been arranging for our class this semester! ( I am so excited!)
This is a FB post and email I sent out to all Iowa middle school teachers. We have 5 school participating and we get to see all the work and then distribute it to the schools! 

All call for middle school student ATC swap hosted by UNI Art Ed students!

Information:

Artist Trading Cards (ATC’s) are 2.5 x 3.5 pieces of artwork, looking similar to a baseball card- image on front and information on back. Both sides can be decorated though and I personally enjoy that most about them. 

You can make them about any theme you are interested in, some great ideas I’ve tried and seen include, making a card about an artist or art period, self-portraits, carving stamps and creating multiples, and many more!

My advice for mailing is to avoid 3-demensional media on cards. They do not always arrive in good condition. I also recommend purchasing the small plastic protective sleeves they sell everywhere for trading cards. You get hundreds in a pack for a few dollars and it helps with mailing and trading.

See http://www.artjunction.org/atcs.php for more information on the history and examples etc…

Swap details:

We will collect all middle school ATC’s and then mix them up and send you back an assortment from other schools participating. So there is no certain amount you can or must send.

On the back of each card, please have students write their first name only, the school they are from, and the title and media of the card. Anything else they want to add to the back is fine but optional. When you mail your envelope to me, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for returns.

Please email me by Monday September 24^th, if you would like to be part of this artistic adventure. All ATC’s are due to UNI by November 9^st!

Please send ATC’s to:

Wendy Miller

University of Northern Iowa

Kamerick Art Building

 Cedar Falls IA 50614

Email me: wendy.miller @uni.edu

If you have questions or want to join. If this goes well, we may try to do this with elementary and high school, too!

Thanks and happy trading!