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This exhibit showcases the work of Carol A. Kiefel through a series of hand-painted greeting cards with handwritten text. Although she created and mailed these cards to a number of family members and friends, all of the cards in this exhibit were maiiled to me, Jessi Thomsen, her great niece. Reading across and between these cards, I analyze the underlying currents and meanings of her original images and text and the insights about everyday writing that might be gained at the intersection of verbal and visual. The exhibit also acts as a window to see the dynamics of life events of both sender and receiver and the affect attached to those events, words, images, and relationships.

Start by navigating to the Gallery as Introduction to view the full set of fifteen greeting cards. Then, browse through the other pages to see specific cards put in conversation with each other within the context of everyday writing.