Post Me a Card is an exhibit of the postcard collections of two poets and an artist - Ruth Roach Pierson, Maureen Scott Harris and Elaine Whittaker. Now open at the Red Head Gallery in Toronto and runs until July 29th.
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Post Me a Card
July
19-29th, 2017
Opening
Reception & Readings: Thursday, July 20th, 5:30-7:30pm
In a digital world
dominated by email and texting, and Instagram and Snapchat, it is easy to forget
that the postcard was the original quick and cheap connection to family and
friends. Beginning in the late 19th century, and supported by
excellent public postal services, postcards offered an easy way to stay in
touch, with the added benefit of pictures to supplement written words. So
satisfying were the cards, people began to collect them, often as souvenirs—a
tangible reminder of where they had been and what they had seen, be it vacation
spots, beautiful landscapes, historical sites or great artworks.
Post Me a Card
is an
exhibit that displays the postcard collections of two poets and an artist, Ruth Roach Pierson, Maureen Scott Harris
and Elaine Whittaker. Some of the cards are pulled, unwritten, from drawers
and boxes, but more are part of actual exchanges, a testament to friendships
and to the pleasures of material, rather than digital, correspondence.
When was the last time you
sent a postcard? Post Me a Card invites visitors to share
in that half-forgotten satisfaction. You are invited to sit at the desk in the
gallery, choose a card, and write. Stamps and mailboxes are available if you
want it mailed, or you are welcome to pin it on the wall to share with other
gallery visitors. Whichever you choose, postcards open a window into time. That
moment you sat down, considered your surroundings, or thought about someone,
and wrote—a handwritten reflection and a heartfelt exchange.
Red
Head Gallery, 401 Richmond St. W. Ste. 115, Toronto, ON 416-504-5654
Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday 12-5pm
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