LK Ludwig and company did an absolutely fantastic job of capturing art journals, visual diaries, sketchbooks and other works in collaboratives, round robins, retreat swaps and art exchanges.  Her book, Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media, is inspiring not only because it includes so many group works, but also because it contains “inner views” (or interviews) of the group leaders and their visions, challenges and methods.  

I recently re-reviewed this wonderful work published by Quarry and I have to say the section on Spring Secrets Collaborative Project is my very favorite.  Organizing artist Julie Collings got the idea from a blog post.  The group settled on the idea of looking forward to Spring and a fresh theme.  You’ve absolutely just got to see Cassondra Walter’s creation of mini books in a book shaped box on page 52.  This book is a great resource for those seeking to work with other artists on collaborative, interpretive and inspired art.