Hi Theatre Deli Friends,

We hope you’re really well!


This is a message from David Ralf, Exec Director at Theatre Deli:


I am interested to know if you would be interested in contributing artwork for a card in an upcoming Theatre Deli Tarot Deck.
 
This is a completely voluntary opportunity which I hope will achieve 3 key aims:
  • Celebrate 15 years of Theatre Deli’s existence filling empty spaces with meaning, community and art
  • Celebrate the awesome artist talent and diversity of our artistic community
  • Raise money for Theatre Deli’s ongoing charity work through sales of the deck
I hope that our tarot deck will include cards from staff, trustees and artists past and present. If you’re interested, read on!

Why a tarot deck?

The tarot has lots of different meanings to different people, but it is often seen as an attempt to represent the full range of human and spiritual
experience across 78 images. Drawing, learning and spending time with
these images has provided and continues to provide solace, fascination
and challenge to hundreds of thousands of people.
 
I don’t believe in any divinatory power held in the cards, but I do believe that the cards inspire wonder, which is how we often feel about Theatre Deli’s artists. This is a passion project for me, as I’ve always wanted to create a tarot deck, and I can’t imagine a better way to do it than with the fabulously talented individuals in our theatrical and artistic community.

What’s in it for me?

  • Credit & thanks on the accompanying deck insert (you can choose to be credited as an individual or using your company name if desired)
  • A print-at-home PDF version of the 78-card Deli Tarot Deck & insert
  • The opportunity to buy a printed deck when it is completed (price to be confirmed)
  • For
     the avoidance of doubt, this is a voluntary opportunity to support our
    fundraising and to create something which I hope will be really awesome -
     however there are no fees available for contributions. 

I want to create a card! What do I have to do?

  1. Have a look at the Rider–Waite–Smith Tarot deck. The Theatre Deli tarot deck will have one of each of the 78 cards in this deck. You can click through on each card for more information about what is depicted on it, and what traditional meanings have been associated with it.
  2. Let us know here what card you’d like to create, of the cards that are still available.
  3. Create your card. We will provide a template in PDF & Photoshop format to everyone who chooses a card. All cards will have the same back and template and we will title each card.
     Your art can be digitally created, painted, drawn, collaged, or
    crayoned and it can include text if desired. It can be a response to the
     artwork of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, or your own interpretation of the card, or something completely abstract.
  4. Send
     us your artwork. If you didn’t use the templates we can edit your
    artwork on your behalf. You can provide your artwork in person to me
    (email to arrange or for details of our postal address), or provide a
    high-quality digital copy by email or Google Drive. We will aim to collect all artwork for this project by the end of October this year.
  5. We will get in touch with you to confirm the card’s inclusion.

Some fine print:
  • Unless plans change, we'd love each artist to design one card only.
  • We would love you to consider the full range of people that might encounter these cards, and so avoid any heavily violent or sexually explicit imagery.
  • By sending us your image for the deck,
     you will be confirming that you own all the rights and permissions for
    your artwork, and that you provide us the right to use and sell the
    image with the deck and in the marketing of this
     project. That means that AI-assisted artwork is unlikely to be usable -
     please ask if you have any questions on this.
  • If there are any issues with your artwork we will be in touch to discuss them.

What if I’m not a visual artist?

We have loads of different artists in our community and we want this deck
 to reflect that. If you’re more comfortable with doodles or snapping a
picture on a phone camera, that’s okay – and we’d still love to have
your input. If, on the other hand, you’re into screen-printing or Adobe
Illustrator, that’s amazing! And finally, if you have a great idea for a
 card but don't think you can realise it, we might be able to find someone who can, so get in touch.

I hope this sounds like something you’d be excited to contribute to. 

Please register your interest here ASAP to reserve the card
 you want, but in any case by Friday September 8th if you'd like to be a
 part of this project! If you want to contribute but will have any
issues of access, please let me know! 

If you’d prefer to support us in other ways, you can see our Donate page here, or you can simply buy a drink when you're next at one of our venues.


Thank you,

David Ralf