​About the Event: 

In celebration of Youth Art Month, join us for a Trading Card Art Adventure to connect with schools, community organizations, and artists across Maine. Local participation will take place during Open Studios for the entire month of March and will transform the studio into a public space for both making and trading artist trading cards.

​Our exchange area will be posted in the front window of the ArtLab and will also serve as an ever-evolving display of participant creations on the theme Dream in Art.

Open Studio/Exhibition Dates:

March 1st - March 30th
ArtLab | Free, drop-in during open hours
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Participate in our 2024 Youth Art Month celebration through the creative art practice of trading cards. In past years, CMCA Education Program has facilitated an extensive postcard art exchange between artists, schools, and community organizations. This year, we have switched our focus to help institutions develop an art exchange practice internally through the use of artist trading cards. We encourage participants that the project will have a longer lasting impact on these institutions as there is the potential to continue the practice beyond Youth Art Month. 

SIGN UP FOR A TRADING CARD BUNDLE: There are multiple ways to participate in our 2024 Artist Trading Cards offering, please read the below carefully. We will be in contact to confirm your participation in the trading card upon receiving your request.
To participate follow these simple steps: 
    1. Sign up through the form below: Artist or School/Organization by the deadline
    2. Receive a bundle
    3. Create and display a designated trading card station: collage, paint, draw, and/or write.
    4. Snap photos and tag @cmcanow to show us what you’ve created!

Schools and community organizations deadline February 19th
School/Organization Trading Card Bundle Sign Up
Participating organizations will receive a packet including a description of what artist trading cards are and how they can be used to foster creativity and collaboration and 20 blank trading cards and instructions on how to set up an artist trading card center.