The Philadelphia Postcard Project Crossing Boundaries Opens at DVAA

Da Vinci Art Alliance, 704 Catharine Street in Philadelphia, announces its May 2017 exhibition Crossing Boundaries.  In conjunction, we are presenting The Philadelphia Postcard Project. The U.S. Administration prepares to reissue a harsher immigration ban targeting seven predominantly Muslim countries. A refugee crisis explodes around the world. Energy and resistance mount to defend gender equality, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech.

Never before has there been a more powerful moment for Crossing Boundaries: The Philadelphia Postcard Project.

We have 30 + artists from as far away as New Zealand, California, Florida and other states as well as local artists who have joined in sending their images depicting the theme Crossing Boundaries.

Join us for a celebration of diversity in the City of Brotherly Love.  Art to enjoy as an antidote for high anxiety at this point in time, and as a celebration of the diversity of voices in the art community with the courage to cross boundaries.

The Mythic Line by Dale Copeland

 

The Mythic Line

Dale Copeland

www.dalecopeland.co.nz

Stop The Madness by Gail Kolflat

Stop The Madness (detail)
Gail Kolflat
www.gailkolflat.com

Crossing Boundaries: Ages of Women

Crossing Boundaries: Ages of Women
Jeri Davis Lipov
www.facebook.com/ArtbyJeri

Depicts women's shoes as personas. Initially simple, becoming more defined and ultimately softer... a meditation on aging.

PULSE by Patricia Mancini

PULSE
Patricia Mancini
pmancini17@gmail.com

As a beginning student of art, (and a retired scientist) I am happiest playing with colors and shapes on canvas and letting them reflect my mood of the monent.

Everything That Keeps Me Together by Terrill Warrenburg

Everything That Keeps Me Together
Terrill Warrenburg
www.terrillwarrenburg.com

Cuarto de Oaxaca by Celeste Mann

Celeste Mann
Cuarto de Oaxaca
celestemannsphotos.shutterfly.com

Curato de Oaxaca (A Room in Oaxaca) is part of a series of pastel paintings inspired and created in Oaxaca city in Mexico in 2015-16. I created works on paper, using mostly pastels. my influences are Spanish and Latin American artists and French impressionists.

Not Like Me by Valetta

Not Like Me
Valetta
http://www.valettaartist.com/

The postcards for this project were printed from an original work,

11” X 16”, that I created for the “Not Like Me” exhibition (2015)

which explored the differences and similarities in people.

Sunset in the City by Lilliana Didovic

Sunset in the City
Lilliana Didovic
http://lilliana-didovic.fineartamerica.com/

Moon River by Deb K Simon

Moon River
Deb K Simon
www.debksimon.com

My work strives to convey a sense of spirituality and atmosphere that invites a personal interpretation from the viewer.  I am drawn in by my surroundings, the people around me, the shapes and colors of clouds and sky and the movement of water. As I seek to understand and express what I see and feel with various mediums, most often it is with oil and palette knives.

Exotic,Fascinated by Muchammad Chairul Abidin (Irul)

Muchammad Chairul Abidin ( Irul )
Exotic, Fascinated
https://www.facebook.com/Irul-Art

Souvenirs by Pedro Zagitt

Souvenirs
Pedro Zagitt
pedrozagitt@msn.com



Artist's Statement

The proposal of the Mexican artist Pedro Zagitt with his postcard "Souvenirs"  is to evoke (with some ironic tone) the memories and the marks of those who have been born outside the borders of this country and that today they are here thanks to that they dared to cross BOUNDARIES.

Ursus Americanus, native to southeastern Pennsylvania by Wendelyn Anderson

Wendelyn Anderson
Ursus Americanus, native to southeastern Pennsylvania
https://www.facebook.com/AnderwoodStudio/

    My current work addresses ideas of environment and whom is encroaching upon whom? As sentient beings, wildlife deserves to be treated with respect, particularly with our current climate challenges.

    I use fabric to realize many of my ideas because of how deeply it speaks to human existence.

Crossing the Aisle (detail) by Eleanore Levie

Crossing the Aisle (detail)
Eleanor Levie
http://www.EleanorLevie.com

Conscience and courage empower the rare senator or congressperson to vote across party lines -- especially now, amidst a circus of extreme polarization. It’s our job as constituents to remind legislators that our democratic values trump…er, supercede partisan loyalty.

Generations by Claudia Wilburn

Generations

Claudia Wilburn

The background is a combinations of images that were from letters sent to my grandmother from family members shortly after WWII.  This image is unique to this postcard and is not from a separate piece. The Moth is hand printed woodblock image and represents the ability to find light in the darkness. 

UNITY by Ona Kalstein

UNITY
Ona Kalstein
IKATFOREVER@yahoo.com 

I am a retired art librarian and published illustrator, DVAA Secretary and Board member. My ink and colored pencil on vellum drawings attempt to capture a subject’s essence in terms of line, color, composition and humor, often using my own calligraphy as an integral design element.

Museum Pass by Sandra Benhaim

Museum Pass (detail)
Sandra Benhaim
www.sandrabenhaim.com


My paintings and collage artworks attempt to express and celebrate my passion for nature in all its splendor of color and variety, conveyed in unabashedly exuberant coloration.The Postcard image detail explores boundaries visually in maps that juxtapose an ancient city map with a modern map fragment.

Nous Militons by TL Cheung

Nous Militons
TL Cheung

http://terragraphis.com/

My work is primarily founded on musings about personal geographies and earthly graphics.

Ode to Joy by Deborah Eater

Ode to Joy
Deborah Eater
painterlycollage.wordpress.com

A single thought can leap the boundaries between real and unreal, between substantial and insubstantial, between what is and what may be.  When thought leads the soul to discovery, the response is an outburst of joy.

Travel makes me happy by Linda Dubin Garfield

Travel makes me happy
Linda Dubin Garfield
www.lindadubingarfield.com

I have been luck enough to visit all 7 continents, some many times. I am appreciative of our differences but am more interested in our similarities all over the world. Food, culture, music, religion may be different on the surface, but really we are all living our lives hoping for the same things for our families and ourselves.

Autumn by Andrew Walker

Autumn

Andrew R. Walker

awalker3586@comcast.net

This postcard addresses the boundary of passing from youth to aging. When we move forward in life we must deal with great highs and lows. There is such a profound joy in being able to reach an advanced age yet there are many difficulties to be faced. Crossing this barrier is so complicated because we all experience it uniquely. It is a boundary that some of us embrace and others turn away from. All of life both animal and human must cross this boundary.

Respecting Our Diversity by Ramona Palmisani

Respecting Our Diversity
Ramona Palmisani
ramona.palmisani@gmail.com

Ramona Palmisani ( Rarà) was born in 1989 in San Severo (FG). She has exhibited in numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad, in prestigious locations such as historic buildings and museums. Her works have become part of many public and private collections. She received awards.

Going Home by Susan Stefanski

Going Home
Susan Stefanski
www.susanstefanskiart.com

I made this image of my dad the day before he passed away.  I remember his last words to me were "I love you too". Dad crossed over and went to heaven.  I am lucky to have had my mom and dad for as long as I did.  All my work falls under the umbrella of "God's Gifts." I am blessed to have opportunities to express myself through art.

THOSE People by Ellen Abraham

THOSE People
Ellen Abraham
www.ellenabraham.com

My art is a hybrid of the figurative and the abstract.The cartoon
imagery of my youthful artwork began to evolve as I grew more familiar
with German Expressionism, American Social Realism and Abstract
Expressionism. My goal is to create art that  is sown from the depths
of comic outrageousness, satirical observation  and mild misanthropy.

Tomorrow by Jim Cobb

Tomorrow
Jim Cobb
www.jimcobbpaintings.net

I can't feel my face by Ali Thompson

I can't feel my face
Ali Thompson
www.AliThompsonart.com

Ali Thompson is a feminist artist from Philadelphia specializing in pop art that is influenced by riot grrl zines, punk flyers, tattoos and comic art. She uses vintage ads from teen, housekeeping, and cat magazines to make work that is surreal and beautiful.

L'il Abner Grows Up by Alden Cole

L'il Abner Grows Up
Alden Cole
http://consciousworldart.com/

Crossing Boundaries has been the story of my life. I grew up on a farm in Maine but have spent my entire adulthood in cities. Schooling steered me toward becoming a mathematician & scientist but serendipity challenged me to become an artist & craftsman. Indoctrinated to marry a woman & father children, I choose instead to accept that I was queer & to live openly as a male homosexual. In youth I was inculcated with a deep sense of religiosity, but maturity has enjoined me to refocus those energies on living a spiritual life which informs my art. What more can I say? Look at my Art! Be Amused. Get Inspired.

In Touch by Elke Muller

In Touch 
Elke Muller
elkehildgardmuller.com

Elephant in the City by Linnie Greenberg

Elephant in the City
Linnie Greenberg
www.linniegreenberg.net

Into The Unknown by Nancy Freeman Tabas

Into the Unknown
Nancy Freeman Tabas
Nancyfreemantabas.weebly.com

How Timely This Project Has Become! Written by Eleanor Levie

The U.S. Administration prepares to reissue a harsher immigration ban targeting seven predominantly Muslim countries. A refugee crisis explodes around the world. Energy and resistance mount to defend gender equality, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech.

Never before has there been a more powerful moment for Crossing Boundaries: The Philadelphia Postcard Project.

Calling all artists: become part of a diverse, inclusive, exploration of boundaries and get exposure for your work at the same time. Simply choose an image -- could be a detail--from your body of work that speaks to crossing boundaries… whether they be physical, geographical, cultural, personal. Boundaries as positive concepts, as in: good parents set boundaries for their children. Boundaries as negative concepts: a prison to escape, a restriction to lift.

Keep your work! Get just the image printed onto a 4” x 6” postcard. Use the front or the back to add information as desired: Title of work, artist’s name, contact information as would appear on a business card, making this an excellent publicity and PR opportunity.

It is relatively cheap to have 250 postcards printed and sent. Suggested postcard printers:
www.gotprint.com, or www.vistaprint.com. In addition, a local Philadelphia printer will grant you a 20% discount; use DVAADISCOUNT and this link www.m3printing.com/mike.a  No delivery charges if you email Linda Dubin Garfield: linda@davinciartalliance.org to let her know to arrange pick up.

Postcards will be displayed  at the Da Vinci Art Alliance from May 3-24. Boxes of your postcards     with boxes available for the taking and collecting by any visitor to DVAA.

Also on exhibit during this time, will be the work of six immigrant artists from all over the world—a celebration of diversity in the city of Brotherly love.  Art to enjoy as an antidote for high anxiety at this point in time, and as a celebration of the diversity of voices in the art community with the courage to cross boundaries.

Important dates:

By April 1, 2017:

Send preview info to

linda@davinciartalliance.org.

Put Postcard Project in subject line.

Attach jpeg of postcard (shortest side

between 500 - 900 pixels). Include your

name as you want it to appear online and

in the exhibition, your contact info, and an

artist statement of no more than 50 words.

By April 8, 2017:

Send 250 postcards in box to:

Elke Muller

1008 Dickinson St.

Phila, PA 19147

USA

Written by by Eleanor Levie, member of The Philadelphia Postcard Project Committee

Cuarto de Oaxaca by Celeste Mann

Celeste Mann
Cuarto de Oaxaca
celestemannsphotos.shutterfly.com

Curato de Oaxaca (A Room in Oaxaca) is part of a series of pastel paintings inspired and created in Oaxaca city in Mexico in 2015-16. I created works on paper, using mostly pastels. my influences are Spanish and Latin American artists and French impressionists.

Crossing to Freedom by Louise Herring

Crossing to Freedom
Louise Herring
www.louiseherringart.com

Postcard from Lion Studio

Lion Studio
lionstudio@yahoo.com

My postcard features a detail from a larger surrealistic comic I'm slowly creating. The original photo collaged panels are mounted on magnets so they can be rearrange to suit the viewer.

Lost Numbers by Sandi Neiman Lovitz

Lost Numbers
Sandi Neiman Lovitz
www.sandineimanlovitz.com

My first box of crayons was the most precious gift I have ever been given. The colors around me, from the blue of the sky, the first robin's egg that I saw, to the rainbows on an oil slick pavement, still, to this day, provide me with a huge vocabulary to express myself. Colors are universal and free the spirit from the burden of boundaries.

Crossing the Line by Linda Dubin Garfield

Crossing the Line
Linda Dubin Garfield
www.lindadubingarfield.com

I am WOMAN I am human by Maryann Riker

I am WOMAN  I am human
By Maryann Riker
http://www.justarippress.com/