CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 9
11 Chapter 1: The Artistic Conversation
25 Chapter 2: Practical Considerations
85 Chapter 3: Art Journal Collaboratives
65 Chapter 4: Altered Book Round Robins
77 Chapter 5: Retreat Swaps
89 Chapter 6: Art Exchanges
111 Chapter 7: Collaborative Mixed-Media Exchanges
135 Reader Invitation: Shared Vision Exchange
PROJECT INDEX 137
CONTRIBUTOR LIST 136
RESOURCES 143
ABOUT THE AUTHOR e AC�OWLEDGMENTS 144
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CONTRIBUTOR LIST
CINDY ALEXANDER
JUUli ANNli ALLliN
CATHERINE ANDERSON
cathy@catherineanderson
studio.com
GINA ARMFIELD
GINNY BALLOU
KEELY BARHAM
CARLA BARRETT
PliGGY BEARDSLEE
DIANli BliCKA
BINKY BERGSMAN
MATTHEW BERNIER
portJartiBt:@yahoo.com
SUSAN BERRY
fiverdog@t"bl.pipex.com
ROCHELLE BETTIS
RB@photographybyrochelle.
com
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DONNA BLACK GAIL COWAN
[email protected] [email protected]
JODlili BLACK CONNlli Cox
[email protected] [email protected]
GALE BLAIR CYNTHIA CURTIS
[email protected] curtiscynthia@hotmail .com
KIM BOEHM COLLEEN DARLING
[email protected] [email protected]
ANDREW BORLOZ SARAELLEN DAVIS
cookn:[email protected] [email protected]
JOYBROOXS GWEN DELMORE
[email protected] [email protected]
ELIZABETH BUNSEN SUZANNE DENKER
[email protected] [email protected]
KATHY CAMliRON DliD DENTON
[email protected] [email protected]
DONNA CARTAGENA KECIA DEVENEY
gyspyart1@earthlinknet keeshagu14@aOLcmn
SUSAN COHEN SHARON K. DuBol5
[email protected] [email protected]
JULIE COLLINGS PEGGY DUFFNER
juliecollings2oo3 @hotmail. [email protected]
com LINDA DUFFY
ANNE MARIE COLWELL [email protected]
[email protected] AUNAEDRY
KERRIN CONRAD [email protected]
[email protected] MARIA FAZIO
mb15@veri'ZOD.net
RANDI FEUERHEIM-WATTS
ANNE FISHER
AUDREY LOUISE FISHER
VALERIE FOSTER
BEV FROESE
BEVERLY FURMAN
LlZ GALE
ADRIANE GIBERSON
Adriane@onesundayafternoon.
com
LAURIE GIBERSON
KARl GIBSON
karolinagibson@btinternet.
com
TAMMY GILLEY
CINDY GILSTRAP
LINDA GISSEN
info @lindagissen.com
MARCI GLENN
MARY GODFREY
SARAH GREENER
exp 510 @ao1.com
CECE GRIMES
LORI GUERIN
JULIE HAGAN BLOCH
NATASHA HANNA
MARGOT HANSON
margotlouhanson@hotmail.
com
RANDE HANSON
R2Art. [email protected]
KELLY HARcus
DEBBY HARRIETTHA
DIANE HAVEN-SMITH
KRIS HENDERSON
CHRISTINE HENDRY
JANET HERITAGE
RAY M. HERSHBERGER
NELDA HINDS
BETTY HOOPER
LYNNE HOWE
MARCY HUDZIAK
JENNY HUNTER GROAT
MARILYN HUSKAMP
TRACIE LYN HUSKAMP
CHRISTINA ]SPERDULLI
ANGELA JARECKI
DANA Fox JENKINS
JUANITA JOHNSON
MICHELLE JOHNSON
TYLER JOYNER
CARINA KARLSSON
ROBIN JOY KATZ
CATHY KEITH
CAROL KEMP
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KATIE KENDRICK
joyouslybecoming@earthHnl<.
net
SARAH KETCH LEY
sarah@ldtandkaboodledesigns.
com
RUTH KRENING
STEPHANIE LEE
MAIJA LEPORE
leporeaZI@coLnet
DEll LEWIS
artsydiva@comca st.ent
LEIGHANNA LIGHT
TERRIE LIGHTFOOT
J. KANDY LIPPINCOTT
JOSH LOFTIS
KIM LOGAN
KATHY LOPEZ
DELORSE LOVElADY
JOE LUDWIG
L.K.luDWIG
ludwiglk@aoLcom
CO LAB T E ART )OU 5
MAGGIE LUDWIG
LINDA LYON
LINDA MANSOUR
THERESA MARTIN
LORETTA MARVEL
BARBARA MASON
FRED MASON
SANDRA MCCALL
Amy McClure
atlkp2@mchsLcom
MELISSA MCCORB HUBBELL
MMHubb [email protected]
JACQUELINE MCCOLL
Lou MCCULLOCH
10utomedina@zoominternet.
net
5YD MCCUTCHEON
CONNIE McDoWElL
conniemcdowel1@comcastnet
CINDY McMATH
PAULA McNAMEE
CAREN McNEE
PAM MCVAY
GAYE MEDBURY
DERYN MENTOCK
LILIA MEREDITH
JUDY MERRILL-SMITH
LAUlUE MIKA
ROSE MOMSEN
LINDA MONDLOC H
DIANE MOORE
SUSAN K. MOORE
LAURA MOSHER
HEATHER MUENSTERMANN
SANDRA MULLER
Sandra.muller@
thearlofconfusion.com
LAURA MURRAY
ANNIE ONDERDONK
LJNDA O'NEu'l.
MARIE OTERO
CAROL PARKS
DEBOR AH PAUL
deborah@
darkafrernoonprojects.cotu
ERIN PERRY
DJ PETTITT
GAlL PIERCE
mizrilcy2003 @yahoo.com
JOANNA PIEROTTI
DEBBIE POOLE
LYNNE PORTER
MARY PRICE
RUTH RAE
ruthrae@gmailcom
KARl RAMS'IROM
CAROL R EGAN
PAT REMINGTON
MICHELLE REMY
LISA R ENNER
AMY EUSE ROBERTS
VAL RODER'IS
varoberts@aoLcom
BETH ROBINSON
KRISTEN ROBINSON
KARIA ROSENDALL
TARA Ross
TAMI ROTH
CLAUDIA ROULIEB.
JANN SAGE
MARIAN SAVILL
SHANNON SAWYER
KIM SCHOEN
RED SGOTT
RHONDA SCOTT
reLTomse@:rockis1and.com
SHEILA S COTT
loR[ SEAVEy-CHRISTIAN
DAWN !intERs
BEE SHAY
bee. [email protected]
CHRISTINE SHEBROE
MsCrisy@ao].com
LOUIE SHELlENBERGER
DAWN M. SHEPHERD
ALBIE SMITH
CAMI SMITH
LIZ SMITH
KELLY SNELLING
APRIL SONCRANT
CARLA SON HElM
WBSSONHBTM
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BETSEY SPENCER
DEBRA SPENCER
ELLEN SPECHT
HOLLY STINNETT
hollystinnett@att. net
JULIE STOWE
HELGA STRAUSS
MANDY STRELKO
MEG STURT
DAWN SUPINA
LYNNE SWARD
JOANNE THIEME HUFFMAN
PAMELlA THOMAS
JILL THOMPSON
MAGGIE TOMEI
T E ART )OU 5
SALLY TURLINGTON
sallytl@suddenlinlcnet
MICHELE R. UNGER
CATHERINE VAN DEli. HOEFF
MICHELE VASS
JAMIEVOWHL
ELSA WACHS
CASSONDRA WALTERS
ARLENE WANETICK
KATHY WASILEWSKI
RAMONA WEYDE FERCH
DARLENE WILKINSON
BOONE WILSON
PAMELA WINSLOW
JUDY WISE
CATHERINE WITHERELL
ANDREA WOODYATT
JEN WORDEN
RESOURCES
A.C.MoORlI
www.acmoore.com
ARCHIVER'S
www.archiversonline.com
THE ART STORE
A BLICK COMPANY
www.artstore.com
CARDBLANKS (Canada and US) www.cardblanks.com
CHARMED CARDS a: CRAFTS
(UK)
www.charm.edcal'dsandcrafts.
co.uk
CHEDDAR STAMPER (UK)
www.cheddamamper.co.uk
CRAFfS. ETC.
www.craftJetc.com
CREATE FOR LESS
www.createforless.com
CREATIVE CRAFTS (UK)
www.creativecra.fb.co.uk
CURRy'S ART STORli (Canada) www.currys.cum
DANIEL SMITH
www.danielsmith.com
DICK BLICK
www.dickblick..cmn
ECKERSLEy'S ARTS, CRAFTS,
AND IMAGINATION (New South
Wales, Queensland, South
Australia, and Victoria) www.eckenleys.com.au
FABRIC PLACE
www.fabricplace.com
FLAX
www.:fiaxart.com
GRAPHIGRO (France)
www.graphigro.com
HOBByCRAFT GROUP LIMITliD
(UK) www.hobbycraft.co.uk
JERRy'S ART-A-RAMA
www.jerrysartarama.com
JO-ANN FABRICS
www.joann.com
JOHN LEWIS (UK) www.johnlewUl.C£I.uk
KATE's PAPERI!
www.katespaperie.com
LAZAR STUDIOWERX INC
(Canada)
www.lazarstudiowerx.com
MAKING MlIMORIJIS
www.makingmemories.com
MEMORY VII.LA
www.memoryvilla.com
MICHAELS, THlI ARTS a: CRAFTS
STORE
www.michaels.com
MOLESKINE
www.moleskine.com
OFFICliMAx
www.officemax.com
PAPER SOURCE
www.paper-source.com
PEARL ART AND CBAFT SUPPLY
www.pearlpaint.com
STAPLES
www.staples.com
TARGBT
www.target.com
T N LAWRENCE .. SON LTD (UK) www.lawrence.co.uk
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ABOUT THEAUTHOR
l.K. LUDWIG CitRATE! ART AND CHASES HER THREE SMALL CHILDREN AROUND IN A
Victorian Foursquare in a small town (pop. 4,023) in western Pennsylvania. Many
weekends are spent in the wood. and at the river with her husband and her
children, where family memories and art are made while the Allegheny River flows
by. Because of her strong belief in creating around what she knows, nature,
parenting, love, and lire seep deeply into l.K.'s artwork. making it content-rich and
personally meaningful. She is author of M�d-Me4ia Nt#Un ]ournaU and 'Ihu
VlSion: Aufhemic An journaling. Quarry Books, 2008. Her artwork has been
featured in a number ofbooks. magazines. and galleries. She enjoys teaching at
various venues across the UnitEd States and internationaUy.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE SHEER VOLt1ME OF COLLABORATIVE WORK OCCtTltRING AMONG- ARTISTS 15
staggering. It is my privilege to give you this .dimmut of glimpses into this body
of work.
Eleven years ago, I was searching for ways to transform. my existing body
ofwork and somehow I stumbled upon an online community through listServII,
participating in collaborations and making connections across the globe and
forming dear friendships.
Thank you, my littles, Gryphon, Maggie, and Sunny; you fill my days and
my heart with joy. Joe, my husband, my friend, with whom I collaborate to create a
life oflove. thank you.
AB always. I am grateful to my editor, Mary Ann Hall. for her patience and.
guidance, to Betsy Gammons, my project manager, for her excellent shepherding
of my book through the publication process. lbank you 10 Winnie Prentiss for the
opportunity to share this book. with you. And. thank you to David, Laura, Cora. and
the other folks at Quarry Books who tum my collection of thoughts and ideas into
a beautiful finished. book.
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Collaborative art journals and shared visions in mixed media I L.K.. Ludwig. p. em.
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