PAPERGIRL CALGARY 2012
Location: 205 8 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 0K9 (EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts) (View Map)
Dates: August 8, 2012 - August 17, 2012
Website: http://papergirlcalgary.tumblr.com/whatispapergirl
Papergirl is an art project from Berlin.
It has now grown into an international worldwide art distribution phenomenon.
Art should be accessible to everyone.
That is the spirit behind Papergirl: a pedal-powered, volunteer based, community oriented art project
Papergirl redefines “street-art”. It also questions where the value and meaning lies in art: within the object itself, within its symbolic narrative, its economic prowess, its historical context and so on, and so forth.
What happens in a Papergirl project?
- A call for 2D artworks is made to the local community where the project is based
- The artworks are collected and subsequently, every single work that was submitted is exhibited
- The works are then rolled up, and delivered by Papergirls to the unsuspecting public a.k.a. the local community.
The Results of Papergirl?
Artists gain the opportunity to exhibit their work in a local gallery, as well as have their work eventually given to a new collector. Papergirls get some great exercise and smiles due to their hard delivery work. Volunteers get the chance to work with fellow artists, and get involved in their local community. Hundreds of people make and receive art.
It’s the art of giving away art.
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Papergirl Calgary was a huge success! All thanks to Calgary 2012, the Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts (Arts Learning Centre) the Grassroots Inspired Grants Program, The City of Calgary, Clubcard.ca, and the Cultural Capital of Canada Initiative.
Calgarians are most generous, and this project is proof positive that NO gift is too big or small, and no person is too young or old, to partake in the ART OF GIVING ART!
Papergirl Calgary had such a great time running the workshops, making art, meeting all the artists who contributed pieces to the project, creating all the bike-bling for our massive giftervention day, and of course gifting unsuspecting Calgarians with the beloved gift of an artwork or two.
From our artists, to our workshoppers, to our dedicated core volunteers and cyclists, everyone had a special part to play in this massive giftervention!
Here are some Fun Facts about Papergirl Calgary:
-550 works of art were submitted & exhibited
-140+ artists contributed to the project
-A team of 19 Papergirls and Paperboys distributed 200 art rolls
-A core team of 3 volunteers & a project manager lead the project
-3 stellar workshops were completed with over 30 people participating
-2 promotional collaborative events were completed with such amazing art and cycling oriented iniatives as: Cyclepalooza, Goodlife Community Bike Shop, Picture Books Zine Fair & Sled Island
-Papergirl was mentioned on countless blogs, tweets and facebook pages it now has 400+ twitter followers and 220+ facebook fans
-Papergirl Calgary also garnered loads of print and online press coverage, articles appeared in Stephen Magazine, Avenue online, Metro Calgary Daily (June and August), Where Magazine, FFWD, and the Calgary Herald Online
-Radio Coverage included: CBC Homestretch, CJSW's Artlink
-The project received submissions from 13 Canadian cities and 5 Canadian Provinces, 13 countries around the world and 18 international cities
-The smallest work submitted was postcard sized, whilst the largest was over a meter wide and 1.6 metres long
-Some excited artists loved this project so much that they submitted multiple prints, upwards of 30 pieces!
-The submission age range was incredibly diverse: from 8 year old budding artists, to high school students, to university artists from ACAD and UofC Fine Arts, to established Calgary artists, and ACAD alumni, and veteran artists all the way into their early 70's.
-Types of media: oil painting, illustration, watercolour, collage, conceptual & new media work, prints, embroidered paper, and so much more!
And the best fact of all? During the ride out Papergirls and Paperboys were gifted with hundreds of smiles, thanks, hugs and cheers as they distributed art. One person was so overwhelmed that they teared up, they simply loved the work that they were given!
THAT FRIENDS, IS THE ART OF GIVING ART! WE THANK THOSE WHO HELPED US ALL MAKE IT HAPPEN! AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR!
Posted on August 28, 2012 - 23:23