Well all the swap pieces have now found their way to their new homes so the New Year Art Swap is done and dusted.
This is the first Art Swap I have organised and I had a lot of fun organising it, so a big thank you to Simon, Erika, Steve, Dianne, Jim, David, Claire, Glenn, Jacqui and Vito for taking part. Especially to those of you busy working on shows who still gave the time to making new work specifically for the swap.
I hope you all enjoyed taking part and seeing all the images posted on the blog... and that you all received something that you are happy to hang on your wall.
I'd love to do it all again next year. I have learnt a few things this time around. The very first thing I would do differently is give more notice - teeing up the players about 3 months in advance.
But I am also wondering if there are other changes I should be making, for example:
- should the size be set at a particular measurement (eg 5"x7"), or should a minimum size be set, or should it just be free reign?
- should the work be only new work, set to work within a time period - say last 2 or 3 years, or should it just be left open?
- should we keep the group quite small (11 participated this year) or try for a bigger number (say 20+)?
- given everyone's busy schedules, is once per annum the ideal timeframe or would people like to see more regular (or less regular) swaps?
- did you like having the information posted on the blog, would you prefer it as a 'forum', or nothing at all?
I'm sure there's other things to think about. I would love to hear everyone's feedback on what they'd like to see done differently / same next year. Please pop your comments in the blog, for general viewing and comment...or you can email me too.
And of course, I'd love to hear who would like to be included next time.
Thanks again everyone.
Amanda
PS If any of you have a show coming up send me the details and I will post them here for everyone else to see.