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 **Artist Trading Cards (ATC’s) ** THE ACT OF SHARING  ARTIST TRADING CARDS KNOWS NO GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES  AND BRINGS LIKE SOULS  TOGETHER ON A LEVEL THAT NO OTHER FORM OF COMMUNICATION  CAN.

 CReATE aND sWaP MiNI WorKS oF aRt! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Although miniature works of art created on cards have been around for centuries, the modern-day concept of ATC’s was conceptualised by artist M. Vänci Stirnemann in 1996. Art trading cards can be seen as the modern incarnation of several much older artistic forms. Because of their small size they have been linked to portrait miniatures, which flourished in the 14th century. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> In later centuries artist trading cards were used throughout Europe and America as art training tools. Artists would trade the cards between themselves to study each other’s techniques and explore new art movements. The cards paid a particularly important role in the Impressionists art movement. The Impressionists utilised both sides of their artist trading cards, art on one side and a kind of brief resume on the other. The Impressionists were the first known artists to use the cards in trade for anything other than more art. Impressionists often traded the cards with art collectors in exchange for room, board, and art supplies.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Artist Trading Cards **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> (or ATCs) are miniature works of art 6cm X 9cm small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets. The ATC movement developed out of the mail art movement and has its origins in Switzerland. Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc), wet media (watercolour, acrylic paints, etc), paper media (in the form of collage, paper cuts, found objects, etc).
 * <span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 18pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">History **