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Surprise! Boo!
Posted by Heide Monster on October 14, 2019 at 2:54am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Norma Soulet is definitely in the Halloween mood. She sent a delicious assortment of scary art.
My devil dog thought so too. Perhaps I'm delusional, but I think the pumpkin art looks interesting after Daisy's…
ContinueFrom Limogesland by Michel Della Vedova .Thank you !
Posted by Lorella on October 13, 2019 at 6:11pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Collages from Moreno Menarin .Grazie !
Posted by Lorella on October 13, 2019 at 6:07pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Our Planet from JEAN Noel Potte .Thank you !
Posted by Lorella on October 13, 2019 at 6:03pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Planets from Tofu .Thank you !
Posted by Lorella on October 13, 2019 at 5:44pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Digging out of the Archive
Posted by Toni Hanner -- tonipoet on October 13, 2019 at 1:21am 4 Comments 1 Favorite
I need to destash my Mail Art Archive. It has taken over way too much of my house. What do you all think of this idea:
I will gather up a batch of pieces of mail art from different artists and mail them to anyone who asks for a batch. It will be pretty random. I'm going to keep things I love, obviously, but try to part with the…
ContinueOverwhelmed by Vittore Baroni!!!
Posted by Adam Roussopoulos on October 12, 2019 at 11:55pm 1 Comment 2 Favorites
What a amazing surprise in the mail today! I …
Blog Jam 2.0 after 6 weeks away from Mail Box!
Posted by Toni Hanner -- tonipoet on October 12, 2019 at 10:51pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I thank the artists who sent me their work
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Bassin on October 12, 2019 at 8:34pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Envelopes came from United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Belgium, USA
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Bassin on October 12, 2019 at 8:25pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
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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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mail art call "Maria"
January 29, 2019 to January 28, 2020 – Offene BehindertenArbeit
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Mail Call for Bookmarks & Tags!!
March 16, 2019 at 6pm to March 12, 2020 at 7pm – Worldwide
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies OPEN ART CALL
March 17, 2019 at 6pm to February 29, 2020 at 7pm – Canada
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PEACE
May 18, 2019 at 6pm to May 17, 2020 at 7pm – Urbandale, IA
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50 MAILART BOOKS
May 28, 2019 at 6pm to January 28, 2020 at 7pm – This is an interactive event - All participating Artists receive a book
5 Comments 7 Favorites
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"Now I'm worried about both our lungs, even though I run outside to spray things."
"Sorry to name drop, but Michael Leigh mentioned "the deafening slap of the paste brush," and Mary Anne has been mentioning the glue brush, mainly in the Hannah Höch (fan club) group, where people are collaging like crazy at the…"
"Res, in answer to your PM's, yes. I am following my gut here, so thanks for the reinforcement."
"Hi Res, I saw your comment on Debra's page. Carving erasers is not difficult. I use a lino cutting tool, the one in a 'v' shape. Keep it simple and bold. Have fun!A fly I did to use when I do something particularly awful."
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"I don't understand what you mean by 'paste and glue British way'! (And I'm British.)"
"I saw your exhibition today, Michael! I was stunned! I could not believe just how much there was to look at.
Because I only heard about mail art a few months ago, this was perfect for me - instant history, and an art-equivalent of putting…"
"Thank you for your comment.I wrote you a letter."
"Plugging this exhibition again in case you missed it the first time round. It's on for 6 months so plenty of time if you live in the UK or thinking of spending some time in Manchester. …"
"Is it like what you can do with the envelopes and that? Posting things with the insides on the outside and the outsides on the inbetween sides? Is the thing about it , yeah, it's the whole thing of sending your thooughs through the…"
"I must just quickly add - it's Hazel at A.1.Scrap Metal who is participating in the Birthday Box and not me - so no need to send two things to our address! Cheers! Rather concerned that Cascadia added my name to the list. …"
"the FB "like" is equivalent to going 'hmhm' in real life during a conversation. It really means "I hear you" or perhaps "I see what you are saying" neither of which exist in FB lingo. "
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what is your favorite glue?
Started by katie belknap in Technical Details in Mail-Art. Last reply by res nullius aka. "res" 2 hours ago. 21 Replies 1 Favorite
Hey All.I used to use rubber cement for gluing paper together but a book and writings archivist said that it is the worst over time because both pieces become slightly transparent (as if soaked in oil) and separate anyway. When I am on the go I…Continue
Oh, dear. Have I maybe overdone the grimdark on this one piece?
Started by Vel Crowe in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Bill Lowenburg Oct 9. 4 Replies 0 Favorites
Early this afternoon our friend Lamar came to visit, and i showed him a few of my recent postcards that i was about to go drop in the mailbox He said they were cool lookin'.... Then he came to a certain one that i was actually proud how it came out…Continue
Mail Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Adam Roussopoulos Sep 28. 527 Replies 51 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
AML? Is it still extant...?
Started by S. A. Walker in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by S. A. Walker Sep 25. 18 Replies 1 Favorite
The last time I was a member of IUOMA, I was still involved with mailart thru the AML List (Artists' Mailing List?). We sent "anniversary" stamps to one another, I recall. The last one I made was for the 10th anniversary in 2009. Does this list…Continue
What’s your favorite kind of mail-art?
Started by Cherub Ayers in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Keith S. Chambers Sep 18. 10 Replies 3 Favorites
Hello, what are your favorite types of mail art to receive? What is your leave favorite kind?Continue
Mail art projects
Started by Dimitra Papatheodorou in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Mary Anne Sep 16. 5 Replies 0 Favorites
I would like to ask whether the mail artists organising a mail art project usually send a reply to the artist who takes part in the project? Is their reply a mail art, a simple e-mail or no reply at all. Is there a documentation? What is your…Continue
MOOP:JOURNALS
Started by Jennifer Wallace in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Mary Anne Sep 3. 1 Reply 1 Favorite
Not my own project, but one I've just signed up for. It's limited to the UK, though.CALL-OUT: Be part of our…Continue
Carl T. Chew - RCBz - Reid Wood, IDENTITY OF ARTIST / Marginal Active Resistances Two
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Aug 22. 0 Replies 2 Favorites
Pavilion Lautania Virtual Valley / Spazio Ophen Virtual Art MuseumCarl T. Chew - RCBz - Reid WoodIDENTITY OF ARTIST / Marginal Active Resistances TwoTre proposte internazionali indipendenti con un testo di Sandro Bongiani presentate in…Continue
Tags: Spazio, Contemporanea, Arte, Ophen, Virtual
Italy /Convocazione Internazionale di Arte Postale “ Omaggio a Fausto Paci - Ambasciatore Cavelliniano"
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Bassin Jul 19. 1 Reply 4 Favorites
Convocazione Internazionale di Arte Postale “ Omaggio a Fausto Paci - Ambasciatore Cavelliniano in occasione del suo 95° compleanno…Continue
I'm back!
Started by Tammy Riggins in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Tiny Whisk Jul 19. 1 Reply 1 Favorite
Hello everyone!I'm new but not new. Took a long break from mail art and ready to get started again. If you want to exchange I'll be glad to do so. I'm not so much into themes and addons; I just like to see what surprises show up in my mailbox. Will…Continue
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