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'Artist Trading Cards' Show Slated at Breakneck Gallery

Show set to run at Breakneck Gallery from April 20 through May 11.

Trading cards are making a big comeback, and they're not just for baseball or Pokemon anymore.

Artists are getting into it.

And the trend has arrived in Lakewood.

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Using media that includes paint, pencil, ink, collage and metal, artists are creating miniature works of art about the same size as modern trading cards.

Sean Burns, the co-owner of Breakneck Gallery, said that the Artist Trading Card movement developed out of the mail art movement, with origins that can be traced to Swiss artist M. Vanci Stirnemann in 1996.

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It’s been gaining popularity since. 

“We at Breakneck Gallery asked as many local artists as we could to make as many cards as they could, so we could fill the walls with tiny original art,” Burns said in an email.

The gallery is running a show from April 20 through May 11.

“While usually these cards are swapped or traded among artists, we feel that these Art Card Editions and Originals are great way for people to collect multiple, affordable original pieces from their favorite local artists, literally putting art in the palm of their hands.”

An opening reception is set to take place 6 to 10 p.m. April 20. 

An after party — for those 21 and older — is slated to take place at the Spitfire Saloon with live music by GoldMINES and other bands. 

For more information about Breakneck Gallery — as well as the gallery hours — visit the website or email Burns or call 216-767-5610.


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