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Artomatic Artists Worth a Million Dollars

June 19, 2009
by tpaperny

Apparently, a dozen or so Artomatic artists have gotten this letter mailed to their home address:

Courtesy Michael Auger (washingtonpost.com)

Courtesy Michael Auger (washingtonpost.com)

The Reliable Source, The Washington Post‘s inside-the-beltway gossip blog, reports that some of the recipients were flattered:

‘It was a very lovely gesture on somebody’s part,’ said [Jennifer] Beinhacker — who swears she was still charmed even after she learned that a lot of artists got the exact same letter…Artomatic board chairman George Koch thinks it’s all in the good spirit of the show, where ‘there’s no barrier between the artist and visitor.’

This letter isn’t the first in a tradition of breaking the barrier between artist and visitor.  As Kira reported in an earlier post, poet Brash has been leaving poems for visual artists at Artomatic for the last few years.

5 Comments leave one →
  1. solarmagneticdynamo permalink
    June 22, 2009 3:44 pm

    I got one. I thought it was a prank at first, then appreciated the gesture. I wonder how many they sent? 1,000 artists= $1,000+postage =one REALLY nice gesture!

  2. MamaToOne permalink
    June 24, 2009 10:11 am

    What a sweet idea! Love anonymous random acts of kindness!

  3. MamaToOne permalink
    June 24, 2009 10:19 am

    you remember what the guy did a few years ago…trading what was it a rubberband on craigslist

  4. June 30, 2009 4:46 pm

    I got one of those in the mail and felt like a kid in Christmas.
    Such a beautiful idea so beautifully executed must be coming from a beautiful person.
    Great karma.
    Thank you, benefactor! :)

  5. Quest skinner permalink
    July 9, 2009 8:14 am

    My assistant relayed me mine and it was a beautiful jester. When I read it a part of me said there is granduer in simplicity. Thanks Benefactor

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