Allyson Proulx aka Lefty Smudges

‘Wanna play paper?’

‘What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters.’

Beginning her career in art, with a background in theatre and literature, Allyson is slowly constructing a considerate practice, endearingly named, Lefty Smudges. Playing with paper, collage, print, and ink, playing at running her own post office, Allyson uses Lefty Smudges as a tool to generate community engagement, and to keep our tactile human conversation, happening.

Current projects:

• London Arts Live (London Arts Council) – a pop-up art program, partnering with businesses and organizations to place professional artists in public spaces. The Londoner