Have Creative Goodness, Will Travel : April 2014 Update from the Random Acts of Art Adventure

As a long winter in the US and Canada has started to slowly give way to the arrival of spring (more or less!), the 6 Degrees of Creativity Random Acts of Art Adventure continues to travel onward.

The pouch’s most recent stops (#22 and #23) have reached Wisconsin and Illinois:

From Nancy in Waukesha, Wisconsin

Nancy in Waukesha, Wisconsin received these creative goodies from its previous stop in Minnesota with Thresa. Nancy shared, “I wonder where all of the materials came from…. I thought it was so interesting to use items that could have come from so many places, to come together and make something new.”

The pouch then left the creative hands of Nancy to travel to Heather at Suncrest Studios in Bolingbrook, Illinois:

From Heather in Bolingbrook, Illinois

creative goodness delivered from Wisconsin

Below is Heather’s page in progress from the Pouch’s Passport Book that also travels with the pouch:

Passport book traveling with the pouch

It’s so fun to keep watching this adventure unfold at different locations and in the wonderful hands of each participant!  Thank you to Nancy and Heather for your photos and being part of this creative journey!  🙂

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About the project**: A 8 x 6 inch canvas pouch filled with various artsy stuff, is mailed amound participants to make some creative goodness with…then the created art is given away in a random act of art to someone else!  The pouch gets filled back up with more creative stuff & then mailed again to the next participant to continue the creative cycle!  This project has 40+ more stops over the next 12 months (more or less!) to destinations in the US, Canada, Italy, the UK, India, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia.

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Random Acts of Art Pouch Arrives to Canada!

At the end of 2013, the 6 Degrees of Creativity Random Acts of Art Adventure made it’s 16th stop of the year and country #2 after crossing the border from the US into Canada (yay!):

Postcard from the Pouch: Creative Goodness received by Lani

Here’s a look at the page that Lani created for the pouch’s traveling creative Passport.

After the pouch’s visit in Prospect, it then traveled to Julie in Perth, Ontario:

Julie’s page that she added to the Passport Book:

And the art Julie created inspired by the creative goodness from inside the pouch:

Julie’s gift of art above is being given to a good friend with this beautiful poem on the back:

A Winter Blessing
By Dr. Rebecca Parker

Come, she cries to us.In the shadowed quiet of winter’s light
earth speaks softly
of her longing.
Because the wild places are in tears.Kneel down here
on the frosty grass,
and feel the prayer buried in the ground.Bend your ear to my heart
and listen hard.Love this world, she whispers.
Distill peace from the snow
and water the cities
with mercy.Weave wonder from the forest
and clothe grief
with beauty.Rest in the rhythm of the turning year,
Trace the bending arc
Rounding the curve toward justice.
And vow anew to do no harm.The winter trees stand watch
haloed in the last gleams of the slanting sun.
Glory sings here.
Heaven echoes the call:
Repeat the sounding joy.Make your life an answer:
Bow.
Praise.
Rise.

Thank you to Lani and Julie for sending in these photos! The pouch is already back to its travels in Canada– onward to Owen Sound, Ontario and then to Edmonton, Alberta. It’s exciting to keep seeing all this creative goodness shared among us and used for inspiration. In 2014, the Random Acts of Art Pouch has a full year of adventures: returning back to the US and traveling to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia!  Stay connected here or on Facebook to follow its travels during this New Year…Happy 2014!

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About the project: A 8 x 6 inch canvas pouch filled with various artsy stuff, is mailed amound participants to make some creative goodness with…then the created art is given away in a random act of art to someone else!  The pouch gets filled back up with more creative stuff & then mailed again to the next participant to continue the creative cycle!  This project has 40+ more stops over the next 12 months (more or less!) to destinations in the US, Canada, Italy, the UK, India, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia.

Random Acts of Art Pouch Update >> October’s Travels

The Random Acts of Art Pouch continues on its travels, spreading lots of creative goodness to each of these destinations in October:

Lynette in Depew, New York

Liz in Boston, Massachusetts

A sneak peek into the Project’s Passport Book that is also traveling with the pouch. Thank you to Liz for sharing this page she added!

“I created this piece as a gift of gratitude for someone special. It took on many faces through the process and was often stuck within the boundaries of my hope for the piece. Creating this piece reminded me that I work best without an agenda, goal, hope or expectation for the product. Once I surrendered to the process, materials and the way I was feeling I became free and was able to create something more authentic.” ~ Liz

Barbara in Ludlow, Massachusetts

“The random acts of  kindness pouch arrived late yesterday afternoon, and I was very happy to receive it!  I emptied it and looked at all that it held, and decided to embroider one of the little sock monkey squares…I made a little pouch out of it… and will leave it on a shelf at the grocery store when I go shopping tomorrow morning with a little note inside of it.”  ~Barbara

Over the last four months our pouch has safely reached 12 destinations! Hooray!  Many thanks to Lynette, Liz, and Barbara for sharing their photos, art, and reflections as this pouch and acts of art continue to travel among us. After a couple more stops on the east coast to Michelle and Bonnie, the pouch will be leaving the country to spend some creative time Canada. Stay connected for more updates!

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About the project: A 8 x 6 inch canvas pouch filled with various artsy stuff, is mailed amound participants to make some creative goodness with…then the created art is given away in a random act of art to someone else!  The pouch gets filled back up with more creative stuff & then mailed again to the next participant to continue the creative cycle!  This project will have 60 stops over the next 17 months (more or less!) to destinations in the US, Canada, Italy, the UK, India, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia.