This little postcard of art by Zayra Yves is on its way to Moss, Norway to be part of an exhibition that will feature 140 Twitter artists. The project was put together by four Twitter Tweeps with David Sandum (www.davidsandum.com) leading the blog and call for artists. The charity is for their local library with the art exhibition project as an event to raise funds for their children's books. This is how David described the idea and process in his blog:
"For a while the project seemed impossible. How would one coordinate such a thing? But then a few weeks ago, I read an article in the local paper, saying how the public library had gotten it's funding cut and wouldn't be able to order the children's books they needed. It then struck me this was the perfect venue for a twitter art project. And soon the idea of a wall of art work at the library, where it's proceeds would go to charity/children's books, was stuck in my brain. But how would I gather all the work? The answer felt as swift as Twitter itself: Have each artist send a postcard (symbolic of a tweet), with hand-painted original artwork. The postcards would then be posted on the wall and sold for 100 kr each ($17.00), and all the money would go to children's books. This amount would make it possible for nearly everyone to support the public library, and if we collected enough artwork, enough money would be raised."
After an email exchange, Zayra's art was welcomed into the exhibition! For more information follow zayrayves and davidsandumart on Twitter!
