{"id":12,"date":"2011-10-29T18:38:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=12"},"modified":"2011-12-17T05:54:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T10:54:08","slug":"liz-cohns-collage-mail-art-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/liz-cohns-collage-mail-art-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with a full deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In June of 2010, collage artist Liz Cohn used social media to spread the word about her new idea, a mail art collaborative project. She started to make collages on regular playing cards and sent them to other artists interested to complete the work. Fifteen months later, she has worked with 145 artists on an impressive amount close to 1000 cards.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting artworks will be exhibited at 12&#215;16 gallery in Portland, Oregon in May of 2012. Interested collaborators can find more information and contact the artist by visiting her website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizcohnartstudio.com\/\">www.lizcohnartstudio.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/liz-cohns-collage-mail-art-project\/attachment\/strike-green\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"423\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/strike-green-300x423.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/strike-green-300x423.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/strike-green-400x564.jpg 400w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/strike-green.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/liz-cohns-collage-mail-art-project\/attachment\/deep-breath\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"414\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Deep-Breath-300x414.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Deep-Breath-300x414.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Deep-Breath-400x552.jpg 400w, http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Deep-Breath.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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