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Postcard o the Day

Posted by Coco Muchmore on October 8, 2024 at 2:00am 0 Comments

Incoming: Eduardo Cardoso and Stephen Rife

Posted by William M on October 7, 2024 at 6:34pm 2 Comments

Front and back of an Envelope from Eduardo. I like the artistamps and how they've been cancelled. Also some ink(or maybe paint?) pieces that were in the envelope. Really lovely brushwork.…



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TO 3

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TO 2

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TO 1

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Magic postcard from awyn

Posted by Coco Muchmore on October 6, 2024 at 1:30am 0 Comments

The Snail Trail Gallery ( STG ) MailArtMartha's Dining Room Gallery

Posted by Mail Art Martha on October 5, 2024 at 3:54pm 22 Comments

Thanks for your art! Thanks dear friends! These fabulous snails were sent by Ficus…

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Received from The Sticker Dude (New York, USA)

Posted by awyn on October 5, 2024 at 2:39pm 0 Comments

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Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.

In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.

Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too. The Main address of the Union is at the TAM-address, P.O.Box 1055, 4801 BB - Breda - Netherlands. It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........

Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.

 

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William M liked Coco Muchmore's blog post Postcard o the Day
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William M commented on William M's blog post Incoming: Eduardo Cardoso and Stephen Rife
"me too. i should have something out to you in tomorrow's mail."
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Erin Fussell commented on Kiki's group Year 2024 - Active Members Only - Let Us Exchange Mail Art !
"Same, I'm into exchanging!"
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Year 2024 - Active Members Only - Let Us Exchange Mail Art !

This is a group where active IUOMA members gather and look for mail art exchange partners in 2024. Come join and let us exchange mail art ! :-) Only active members in year 2024.See More
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Erin Fussell joined Ruud Janssen's group
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Mail-Art Cafe

The Place where there is no specific theme. A real social group for you......See More
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Coco Muchmore posted a blog post
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M. Mouser DiGerlando commented on M. Mouser DiGerlando's group Braille Mail
"With over 150 Individual Artists from more than 25 countries, it will take us some time to get the thanks in the post, but please share our gratitude.         THANK YOU ALL !!! ❤️TAP Project and Mouser😺❤️🫶🏽"
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M. Mouser DiGerlando commented on M. Mouser DiGerlando's group Braille Mail
"Thanks to everyone’s fabulous help the show was a success!!!"
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nicolas de La Casinière posted photos
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susan gold posted a status
"COZY sent an acknowledgement of my Mailing! I love COZY. Their listing kept me busy ALL summer!"
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Eduardo Cardoso commented on William M's blog post Incoming: Eduardo Cardoso and Stephen Rife
"I'm glad it arrived safe and sound. :)"
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Rebekka Schmidt liked Mail Art Martha's blog post The Snail Trail Gallery ( STG ) MailArtMartha's Dining Room Gallery
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Rebekka Schmidt liked William M's blog post Incoming: Eduardo Cardoso and Stephen Rife
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Rebekka Schmidt commented on Rebekka Schmidt's group inspiration
"today arrived "Animals & Creatures of Willamette Oaks"-Zine made by Toni H. from Oregon"
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Zorica Obradović left a comment for Rebekka Schmidt
"Thank You For info❗ 🌻🖐️"
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International one-page-zine swap at iuoma

September 20, 2024 at 6pm to November 20, 2024 at 7pm
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William M posted a blog post
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Stephanie Lentz Morrison and Lisa Cox are now friends
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Stephanie Lentz Morrison joined Alana Schlotter's group
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Flower Mail Art

I seem to be doing a number of pieces and am drawn to pieces lately with flowers.  So with that in mind why not create a group based on flower mail art.See More
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Atte Ourie and Maryrosa are now friends
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Send mail or not send? 7 Replies

Dear friends, this is not the first time I have learned that my American friends have not received my mail. This was not the case before.I live in Russia. Maybe the US Postal Service has slowed down? Can I send my collages to the US or is it better…Continue

Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Sep 18.

NYU Libraries Exhibition Explores Mail Art Movement and Mark Bloch’s Postal Art Network

NYU Libraries Downtown Collection presents   "Panmodern!" An Exhibition of the Mark Bloch/Postal Art Network Opening:…Continue

Tags: York, USA, Hew, Event, Art

Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Sep 17.

Harris Walz stickers 6 Replies

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Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Sep 15.

Open call 1 Reply

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Started by Thomas Vandenberghe in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.

Mail art blogs and twitter accounts 52 Replies

Many of us keep blogs and have twitter accounts, and I know that many of us post up our best work there. Personally I love seeing people's work on their blogs, and I follow the latest work of many mailartists on Twitter too, where the banter is…Continue

Tags: mailartists, twitter, blogs

Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.

theLetterNetwork - book by 80 mail artists 1 Reply

Me and my partner Lilli made a mail art project together with 80 artists and storytellers from over 20 European countries through analogue dialogical letter-making. These letters are now becoming a book that we are crowdfunding. If the project seems…Continue

Started by Marco Verhoogt in Mail-Art Magazines and Publications. Last reply by Predrag Petrovic Sep 3.

MAIL ART & ART PEDAGOGICS. 8 Replies

Dear Mail Art Family,does anyone of you out there know of any projects or literature dealing with the connection of MAIL ART and ART PEDAGOGICS ? Maybe there are pedagogues who read these lines... and maybe someone of you already brought MAIL ART…Continue

Tags: thesis, Pedagogics, Children, Master, Teacher

Started by Mikula Lüllwitz in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by CUTandTEAR Aug 27.

Mail Artists Addresses? 585 Replies

I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.

Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Stephen Tomasko Aug 26.

Best place to post Mail Art Calls 5 Replies

Thank you for any thoughts or directions n placing mail art calls internationally 💖🌞🪬Continue

Tags: receivinh, msending, art, mail, Calls

Started by Perry Hoffman in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by CtlAltDel Aug 9.

Retrospettiva di Reid Wood, 1970-2024 “Tempo sospeso

SPAZIO OPHEN VIRTUAL ART GALLERYRetrospettiva di Reid Wood 1970-2024“Tempo sospeso / Segni  e tracce di un immaginario in/Visibile” "Suspended time/ Signs and traces of a imaginary in/visible"a cura di Sandro Bongiani11 agosto - 14 settembre…Continue

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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Fluxus and Mail-Art Aug 7.

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