Artist Trading Cards are individual art miniatures.  Artists have produced miniatures for trade or self-promotion in many eras and places. ATCs have been created on a great variety of materials such as stiffened fabric, balsa wood, and metal. The art on the cards can be done in any media: textile arts, pencil, collage, watercolor, acrylic, digital art, calligraphy, beadwork, assemblage, rubber stamps, carved soft block stamps, xxxxxxxxx pen and ink, colored pencil, mixed media, airbrush, oil, pastels, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and many others. Historically there were xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx few standard rules or guidelines to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx art trading cards, and many variances in sizes can be seen in older cards. Today, the only rule for these cards is their 2.5 by 3.5 inch size, like baseball cards and collectible card games. An offshoot of ATCs are the "art card, editions and originals" (ACEO). ACEOs originated when some artists began to use these miniatures to augment income, circulate works more widely, and increase  visibility and patronage.  Artist Trading Cards are individual art miniatures.  Artists have produced miniatures for trade or self-promotion in many eras and places. ATCs have been created on a great variety of materials such as stiffened fabric, balsa wood, and

SELECT LIST OF EXHIBITIONS

2008     Free Spirit, Center for Cultural Arts, Suffolk, VA

              Dare to Dream, One Eleven Gallery & Studios, Norfolk, VA

2007     Tiny Treasures, Tidewater Art Alliance Juried Miniature

              Exhibition, Norfolk, VA

    Rock-n-Surf Art Exhibit, The Artists Gallery, Virginia

              Beach, VA

   Quotes & Adages, Pembroke 4 Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

    Phillips Art Gallery, Group Show, Virginia Beach, VA

   One Foot Square, The Artists Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

   Fabulous Forgeries, The Artists Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

PUBLICATIONS

2006     Best of Virginia Artists, Williamsburg, VA, Honorable Mention

2002     Scriptsit Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3: Back cover and pg. 21.

DONATIONS

2007     Donation: Wine By Design Silent Auction,

             Contemporary Arts Center, Virginia Beach, VA

             Donation: Tidewater Arts Outreach Silent Auction,

             Norfolk, VA

EDUCATION

1999     James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

              Bachelor of Fine Art, Minor in Art History

ACEOs & Exhibitions

Last updated: October 2, 2008

ACEOs & Exhibitions

NEWS: Pattern Pieces won the Award of Merit in the Free Spirit Art Show in Suffolk, VA!  The Award of Merit is equivalent to third place and includes a cash prize.  On view now through May 16 at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 W. Finney Avenue.