It’s always a bit of a challenge when Liberate Your Art ends, but side swaps help participants extend the camaraderie a little longer. I was so insanely busy when the postcards for side swaps started coming in that I just placed them in an envelope to enjoy after grades, reports, and meetings. That time has … Continue reading Liberate Your Art: Side-swapping Shindig
It’s time for the Liberate Your Art 2018 (LYA) Blog Hop! Finally, the moment is here to share the art I received and sent for the LYA swap this year. Some swappers share all along, but I like the anticipation, the suspense leading to the day “all” the art is revealed. Then, I spend the … Continue reading Art Brings Light: Liberate Your Art 2018
As in years past, I did a little side-swapping after the Liberate Your Art blog hop. April and May are pretty crazy-busy around here, so I don’t check my post office box as frequently as I should. When I finally checked, there was a mailbox full of postcards waiting and I jumped for joy when I saw … Continue reading Dreaming Art: Liberate Your Art Side Swaps
The LYA blog hop has begun! As mentioned in a post a few weeks ago, I participated in Kat Sloma’s Liberate Your Art swap again. The swap has been running for seven years. I’d “just missed” the first year when I found out about the swap, but I’ve participated every year since. This year’s stats: 876 pieces … Continue reading Liberate Your Art 2017: “Experiment, Play, Create & Liberate”
The Liberate Your Art 2017 (LYA) swap has begun! I received my first postcard a couple of days ago and I can hardly contain my excitement as I wait for the remaining cards to arrive. Some people begin posting their cards on social media and “side-swapping” right away, but I usually wait till the LYA blog hop to post … Continue reading Wabi-Sabi: My Liberate Your Art 2017 Reject
The party is never really over with Liberate Your Art. It is pure pleasure to find a “random” postcard from another LYA participant in my mailbox. I had the good fortune of sharing with many other photographers and artists long after the swap and the blog hop. Wanna see? Christine of Flagstaff, Arizona has been a faithful postcard … Continue reading “Art Takes Courage”–Liberate Your Art 2016 Side Swaps
Yesterday, I shared the postcards I received via Liberate Your Art 2016, so today, I’m talking about the postcards I sent for the swap. If memory serves me well, I sent four postcards out. Some older and some newer. I captured this photo of a boat sitting in the water at the approach to Goree … Continue reading Liberate Your Art 2016: My Photos into the World
Imagine my chagrin when I checked my email the morning of April 18th and realized that I’d completely missed the Liberate Your Art 2016 Blog Hop! I was sick for days about it. I blamed Tax Day and the madness of April for my missing out. Oh well. I eventually dusted myself off, and now LYA … Continue reading Tardy for the Party: Liberate Your Art 2016
This year, like last year, I engaged in a little post-Liberate Your Art swapping and received more beautiful artwork to add to my LYA collection. Although many started swapping even before Kat Sloma sent the postcards, I preferred to wait till the blog hop to begin swapping–I like the element of surprise. Here are the post-swap cards I’ve … Continue reading Liberate Your Art 2015: A Quick View of the After Party
What a maddening month (so far)! I’m happy to take a moment out of my busy end-of-the-academic-year life to focus on pretty things and happy mail. For the fourth consecutive year I participated in Kat Sloma’s Liberate Your Art swap. Again, I sent my art out into the world and have had various expressions of … Continue reading Let’s Go to the Hop: Liberate Your Art 2015
