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My class is getting ready to install a showcase of projects from this semester and last. Here are the basics:

Post: A Collection of Mail and Web Projects
Including work by students in the Text & Image Arts class Art from Ephemera: Mail Art and the Internet, 2007-08

Do snails dream of electronic mail?

Students in this intermediate level multi-media studio class investigate the definition and nature of ephemeral materials while appropriating the strategies of and making connections between Mail Art and the Internet. All of the projects presented in this exhibition utilize the network distribution of the postal system or the Internet (or in some cases, both) in order to explore communication from both aesthetic and conceptual perspectives. Many of the projects are interactive, inviting you to participate in the process in some way.

Participating Artists include Haley Bishop, Brian Butler, Sheri Demchak, Erin Fili, Genevieve Johnson, Aziza Klingensmith, Tiffanie Laverty, Carmina Novoa, John Pearson, Marcel Reyes, Stefanie Vermillion, Samara Watkiss, and Melissa Yasko.

Post will be on display in the BAG Gallery at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, located at 230 The Fenway.
Show Dates: March 28 through April 6
Opening Reception: Monday, March 31st, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Image: Brian Butler

For more information about participating artists, including links to web-based projects, check out the full listing on the class blog.

Putting together a class show, even in a mediocre hallway of a gallery, is a lot of work! But it's coming together nicely (some of the wall space will be painted a lovely pink color called springtime bloom or blossom or something along those lines). If you're local, you're cordially invited to attend the opening reception next Monday, coordinated with the shows in other school galleries, so it should be a good time all-around.