2019年艺术家交换卡：来自意大利特伦蒂诺的纪念品

我们来了，准备好参加第四届年度艺术家交换卡互换活动！今年，在2019年全球艺术家交换卡互换活动中，我们选择了意大利北部美丽的特伦蒂诺—上阿迪杰大区作为主题。我们希望与世界各地数百名同学分享本地的自然风光与文化、特色美食、传统习俗以及体育运动。我们的典型景观被群山环绕，其中最著名的是多洛米蒂山脉。此外，这里还拥有众多湖泊，以及丰富多样的动植物资源。我们的交换卡就像一张张来自祖国的小纪念品，愿它们唤起大家对本地区的兴趣。

这一创意源自一位杰出的美国教师兼好友——尼克·汉恩（Nic Hahn）（她的网站为MiniMatisse），我常与她交流教学技法与课程设计。在课堂上我们一起观看了这段视频，尼克在其中讲解了什么是艺术家交换卡：这是一种尺寸如扑克牌般小巧的艺术作品（2.5 × 3.5 英寸，即 6.35 × 8.89 厘米），全球各地的艺术家通过邮寄方式彼此交换。您可在此处查看我以往几届艺术家交换卡作品：HERE。

本次项目中，每位学生制作两张交换卡：一张描绘特伦蒂诺的风景或地域特色；另一张则以单个字母为主题。所有字母组合起来，便构成下方所见的文字：“Trentino”是本地区的名称，“Mezzolombardo”是我们这座小镇的名字，“Paganella”则是一座邻近的高耸山峰之名。

如何制作带图画的交换卡：

• 打印若干张与特伦蒂诺相关的小幅图片（高度约 5–6 厘米）；
• 从中挑选一张，剪下并粘贴于卡片正中央；
• 使用丙烯颜料或蛋彩颜料绘制背景，运笔宜细小短促，模仿印象派风格；
• 从不同杂志中剪取字母，拼出卡片标题，并将字母粘贴于卡片上。

如何制作带字母的交换卡：

• 从杂志中选取色彩明艳的花卉与植物图片；
• 在卡片底面上制作一幅拼贴画；
• 用铅笔勾勒出指定字母，再用白色颜料涂满字母以外的背景区域（即“负空间”）；
• 待颜料干透后，在字母上添加装饰性图案，例如禅绕画（zentangle）或各类纹样。

下方展示了我们为2019年全球交换卡互换活动所创作的全部作品：

Artist Trading Cards 2019: Souvenir from Trentino (ITALY)

Here we are, ready for the 4th Annual Artist Trading Card Swap! This year for the Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2019 we thought about our beautiful region, Trentino Alto Adige, in the North of Italy. We like to share our nature and culture, our typical Food, our traditions and sports with hundreds of other students around the world . Our typical landscapes are surrounded by mountains, and Dolomiti Mountains are the most famous. We also have lots of lakes and interesting plants and animals. Our cards are like little souvenirs from our country, and we hope that these cards will raise interest in our region.

The idea came from an outstanding American teacher and friend, Nic Hahn (here is her website MiniMatisse), with whom I share technical ideas and lessons. In this video, that we looked at together in class, Nic explains what is an Artist Trading Card. They are small works of art, the size of a playing card, (2.5 x 3.5 inches, or 6.35 x 8.89 cm) that artists from around the world exchange with each other by mail. You can find my previous editions of Artist Trading Cards HERE.

For this project every students made 2 cards, one with a landscape or a characteristic of our country and one with a letter. The letters together form the words you see below: Trentino is the name of our region, Mezzolombardo is our little town and Paganella is the name of a close, tall mountain.

How to create the card with picture:

• Print some little pictures that relate to Trentino (size around 5, 6 cm high).
• Choose and cut out one picture and paste it in the middle of the card.
• Paint the background with acrylics or tempera paint, with small brushstrokes in the style of Impressionists.
• Find some letters in different magazines and compose the title of the card, pasting the letters on to the card.

How to create the card with letter:

• Choose some pictures of flowers and plants with bright colors from magazines.
• Make a collage on the background of the card.
• Draw the letter and cover the background (the negative space) with white paint.
• When the paint is dry draw some decorations, zentangle or patterns.

Below you can see all the cards we created for the Global Swap 2019: