INFO ON DOING LOCAL/DISTRICT ATC SWAPS

Artist Trading Cards (ATC).....WHAT ARE THEY?!?

  ATC are baseball card sized works of art that can be trades/swapped within your school, district, state, or beyond!  They can be created independently, collaboratively, as a skill check (shading, perspective, color...etc), as a one day project, part of a printing lesson...and on and on and on!! They are a fun and versatile addition to your regular lessons.

Though their media/subject matter can be just about anything...there are some norms that you need to set to make trades/swaps run smoothly.  

• STICK WITH STANDARD BASEBALL CARD SIZE - 2 1/2 X 3 1/2
• USE A THICK PAPER OR BACK IT ON A TAGBOARD TYPE MATERIAL
• CREATE A TEMPLATE FOR STUDENTS TO FILL OUT ON THE BACK OF THEIR WORK THAT INCLUDES THEIR NAME, GRADE, MEDIA, TITLE FOR THE ART WORK, AND SCHOOL NAME.  
• GROUP CARDS IN 10'S & RUBBER BANDED WHEN TRADING/SWAPPING
• IF YOU ARE TRADING/SWAPPING WITH MULTIPLE SCHOOLS IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A POINT PERSON WHO WILL BE WILLING TO RECEIVE & SEND THE CARDS BACK OUT.  THIS IS NOT TO SAY IT IS A ONE PERSON SHOW....YOU NEED TO COORDINATE A GROUP THAT WILL HELP SWAP & SEND THE WORK BACK OUT.  THE LARGER THE GROUP(MORE SCHOOLS INVOLVED) THE MORE HELP YOU WILL NEED!!!  

HERE ARE EXAMPLES I'VE DONE 

WITH MY STUDENTS IN THE PAST

I KEEP THE ARTIST TRADING CARDS (IN BASEBALL CARD SLEEVES) IN MY ROOM FOR STUDENTS TO LOOK AT IF THEY ARE DONE WITH THEIR WORK EARLY OR IF THEY NEED INSPIRATION/HAVE ARTIST BLOCK

 I CREATE A DISPLAY OF THE WORK WE RECEIVE & HAVE AN EXPLANATION WITH THE DISPLAY SO TEACHERS/PARENTS/STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT!