IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba invite you to join us for an artist talk and discussion led by local Mail-Art specialist Elaine Rounds.

Bio:

Elaine Rounds was born in Harvard, Illinois and immigrated to Canada in 1970. She quickly became involved in the arts community and grew a twenty-two year career as a professional weaver. Later having expanded her artistic interests, she taught bookmaking, collage and mail art to children and adults. She has sent at least twenty thousand mail art postings around the world. She has a long history of one-person and group exhibitions, and her work is in public and private collections in more than seventy countries. She was selected for the MAWA program in 1995-96 and a summer mentorship a few years later. She describes herself as a nature-based artist.

Mail art projects:
Elaine has had 2 major mail art projects. THE FABRIC OF LIFE asked participants to produce work expressing how fabric touches or influences their lives. The work sent to her was exhibited in Brandon and Iceland.  Her second project was READING THE LANDSCAPE, where she requested handmade artist books reflecting urban and rural landscapes. It was exhibited at the Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba. Documentation of both projects was sent to all participants. Making mail art is still part of her current art practice.