The Bunny Project: A community mail art collaboration funded by a grant from the City of San Leandro and the Arts, Culture and Library Commission.

Why the BUNNY project?

Rabbits are having a moment.

They're cute, they're prolific, and they get around, just like mail art!

Mail art has a long and storied history of democratizing art-making, providing an avenue for anyone to participate. Unlike the commercial and non-profit art markets, mail art shows require no entry fee and no curator or jury—everyone’s work is exhibited.

Over the past few months, I created hundreds of postcard-size "starter" collages* and distributed them to venues where people gather in San Leandro. Community members discovered them, added to them, and mailed them back. The USPS was a collaborator, too, adding their own marks as they processed the collage postcards through the system and into my PO Box. Good job, USPS!

These little 4" x 6" gems of collaborative creativity are on view here, and IRL, along the gallery wall at the main library in San Leandro starting November 2nd. A reception will be held at the library on Sunday, November 10, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. You'll have another chance then to create a collage to add to The Bunny Project.

* All 500 unique starter collages were numbered, hence the numbers associated with those that were returned.

Nancy D. Brown

Nancy D. Brown