Artful Post

Artful Post is a physical, community–built HEREart initiative that began in February of 2021 and used the United States Postal Service to connect audacious visual artists with art lovers around the country. The three series in this project were each based on a theme in conversation with the shows in the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) and included a collaboration amongst five artists and four art lovers or “ArtMates” resulting in 15 original artworks. The first artist received a package in the mail with materials and created a work of art in response to a prompt. That work was then sent to an ArtMate who crafted a new prompt in response and mailed the full packet to the next artist, and so on. Unfortunately, only two of the three packages made it all the way back to HERE. The lost package (Women in Power) has been partially recreated here based on photos, memories, and new versions of original art works from some of the artists and ArtMates. All pieces are for sale and proceeds go directly to the participating artists. Please contact richard@here.org for more information.