With Love from the Art Hive – Mail Art Exhibition by Diana Hale, Featured Artist

October Featured Artist: Diana Hale, With Love from the Art Hive Remember how exciting it was to get a postcard or letter in the mail? Not just bills and advertisements. Diana Hale reminds us of that joy with her exhibition, With Love from the Art Hive! Join us for the opening reception, meet the artist, enjoy some light refreshments, and immerse yourself in an exhibition that just might influence you to choose snail mail over email next time. Reception Details Date: Saturday, October 4th Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Location: Art Hive, 835 Spring Hill Rd, Staunton FREE Show runs through October 31st About the Exhibition Inspired by antique postcards, postage, and printmaking, With Love from the Art Hive physically and digitally infuses vintage images and objects with subtle humor and modern twists. Prepare to see the unexpected: A scanned piece of American cheese replaces a Rothko painting. Swedish Fish playfully imitate gyotaku (traditional Japanese printmaking). A tiny hand-cut finger from a 1958 stamp travels up Winston Churchill’s nose. Astronauts roam the fields of Illinois. 3D French knotted flowers bloom from desert postcards. This collection is a fun reminder to embrace brief moments of levity and hopes to foster long-term interpersonal connections through correspondence. About the Artist Diana Hale is a fascinating mail artist based right here in Staunton, VA. A true enthusiast of all things post, Diana is the proud owner of the world’s largest collection of vintage photographs of people standing next to mailboxes! She is currently renovating 7 Lawyers Row in downtown Staunton into a dedicated mail art gallery, library, archive, and studio—which also houses her 1800s Rosback perforator, producing thousands of artistamps every month.