Living Vicariously through Flatness

May 18th, 2008 | Odd Ends, Projects, social networking

from Case-Notes from the Artsy Asylum.

Susan Reynolds, one of my favorite online people, shares the story of a great artist networking project. She and several other artists have been part of this project, inspired by the Flat Stanley Books*. I won’t steal her thunder here, but lets just say it involves flat people representations of the artists and a traveling bus.

You might already be one of those artists, or been in a similar project. The project has been extended by reaching out to not just people they’ve met in person or worked with, but to their online contacts. The next artist might be you.

Another great person, Ann, @annOhio to some, is all about social networking online and off. She’s got a brand new blog up dedicated to it. Check it out.

So what social projects are you engaged in? Pen pal? Postcards? Sending flat people cross-country in a bus? Driving or flying there yourself?

*The Flat Stanley Book Series by Jeff Brown has become a huge educational boon, encouraging kids to read, write and think creatively. They send Flat Stanley to other people who take photos of him doing different interesting things. Then Stanley and his photo-journal gets returned to his home base. Flat Stanley has been on every continent and it is entertainingly documented on an ongoing basis.