Holiday Card Project

I began this project to share a holiday gift with great people that have crossed my path; friends, colleagues, collectors, and art enthusiasts who aren't able to buy art. I often consider who has access to my art, and these cards are a way to share my work and make folks smile. Every year, the theme is the same – a female figure holding a bottle or drinking something in celebration or ironic frustration. I print them on either fabric patterns that I design, magazine pages or other promotional material that I receive in the mail. I leaf through stacks of these magazines and select ones that I think would serve as an interesting background. If I am sending out 55 cards I will usually print about 100, signing and mailing the ones which printed the best.

Holiday Card Project 2019

1/53 Cards sent this year. Using MoMA catalog pages, Whitney Museum calendars and patterned fabrics collaged with digital drawings.

To donate via Venmo for inks, postage, and paper. Please send whatever you can to @ruthiepaint with the memo “holiday”.

Holiday Card Project 2018

1/41 Cards sent. Using MoMA design store pages and collaged digital drawings.

To donate via Paypal for inks, postage, and paper. Please send whatever you can to a friend via ruthiepaint@gmail.com with the memo “holiday”.

Holiday Card Project 2017

1/34 Cards sent. Using MoMA design store pages and collaged digital drawings.

To donate via Zelle for inks, postage, and paper. Please send whatever you can via your financial institution to ruthiepaint@gmail.com with the memo “holiday”.