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The Snail Trail Gallery ( STG ) MailArtMartha's Dining Room Gallery
Posted by Mail Art Martha on September 16, 2024 at 2:48pm 21 Comments 18 Likes
Thanks dear friends!
These fabulous snails were sent by Ficus Strangulensis, Vittore Baroni, Dystatic, Peter Müller, BonnieDiva, Dave Hankins, A1 Michael Leigh, Alan Brignull, Dr Zack, Katerina Nicoltsou, Fleur Helsingor and…
From Fleur in Oakland CA
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2024 at 11:54am 0 Comments 1 Like
Mail Art delivery, 'tis September!
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2024 at 11:48am 0 Comments 1 Like
Two deliveries, actually, and it is time to blog :-)
Many fine things arrived today and last week,
these three postcards arrived today:…
ContinuePostcard O the Day COLLABART
Posted by Coco Muchmore on September 16, 2024 at 2:30am 0 Comments 1 Like
i received mailart from Dr. Zack
Posted by Hester on September 15, 2024 at 11:15pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Thank you Zack…
received mailart from Mikel Untzilla
Posted by Hester on September 15, 2024 at 11:10pm 0 Comments 1 Like
TThank you Mikel !
Received this week: Francis Van Rossem and Coco Muchmore!
Posted by Penelope Timm on September 15, 2024 at 6:20pm 0 Comments 1 Like
From Francis in Belgium: great texture and composition…
postcard from Coco: lovely painted paper and…
ContinueSelections from WIPE 152 and KART 134
Posted by William M on September 15, 2024 at 10:20am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Selections from WIPE 152 and KART 134 which arrived in my mailbox this last week. A nice surprise to find work from Piet Franzen in this issue of KART as he passed away recently. This may possibly be one of the last pieces he made. …
Shiota Chiharu exhibition
Posted by Tomoe N on September 15, 2024 at 3:09am 1 Comment 3 Likes
I went to the Shiota Chiharu exhibition with iuoma friend Kiki.
it was very inspiring!
Here are some of her works …
info IUOMA
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.
Events
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A Island Far Far Away Tristan Da Cunha Project
January 28, 2024 at 6pm to January 26, 2025 at 7pm – Tristan da Chuna South Atlantic Ocean
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THE WINDOWED ENVELOPE
February 10, 2024 at 6pm to January 5, 2025 at 7pm – Gallery Location TBA
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"Birds and Nature"
March 25, 2024 at 6pm to September 30, 2024 at 7pm – Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
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Mini Artist's Book exchange
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“LET'S PLAY” VI International Mailart Open Call
June 28, 2024 to December 31, 2024 – Quinta da Cruz – Centro de Arte Contemporânea
Latest Activity
"Manhole Cover. Nirvana. Animal Crossing."
"Hallo Monique, deine letzte karte fand ich supertoll! Diese dezenten Grautöne und die leicht farbigen Strümpfe die entstanden sind sehen einfach klasse aus! Ich komme nicht mehr zum Antworten, weil wir am Sonntag weg fahren und erst einmal…"
"Dear Susan,
I’m writing to you today to tell you that I am going on a trip to southern France to have a look at art and the beautiful landscape there. So I will not send Mail art until we are home again,- about the beginning of November. But…"
"Dear William,
I’m writing to you today to tell you that I am going on a trip to southern France to have a look at art and the beautiful landscape there. So I will not send Mail art until we are home again,- about the beginning of November. But…"
"Dear Kathy,
I’m writing to you today to tell you that I am going on a trip to southern France to have a look at art and the beautiful landscape there. So I will not send Mail art until we are home again,- about the beginning of November. But…"
"Boa tarde:
Vou participar.
Saudações criativas.
Maria José Silva-Mizé"
A Island Far Far Away Tristan Da Cunha Project at Tristan da Chuna South Atlantic Ocean
January 28, 2024 at 6pm to January 26, 2025 at 7pm
Tristan Da Cunha is an Island Far Far Away There is a People and a Post Office the Project is to send some artwork to create a permanent exhibition on the Island for them and for all who will pass by to visit the Island.No Limitation on Themes,…See More
"thank you Caroline Kerjean.
Your art has a really unusual sensibility…
I'm enchanted..."
"🆒🏆"
"thank you.
I'm glad you like it. Nice feeling.
Greetings from Serbia"
Groups
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MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
27 members
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Think Green
27 members
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Eco-exile, love, grief..…
6 members
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I'm Enchanted with David
28 members
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Seasonal Mail Art
65 members
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A Touch of Vintage
70 members
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caffè Italia
40 members
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Black and white - readym…
129 members
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Zines
84 members
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CIRCLES
221 members
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ADD & PASS
154 members
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MailArt: Book Of DeaD
8 members
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Under the same Sky
52 members
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Group for Cat-Lovers
162 members
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Hand Made Postcards
73 members
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Mail Art News
53 members
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BORING POSTCARDS
40 members
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Comics in mailart
19 members
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The One Page Zine
60 members
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Mission of Dadaland
29 members
Photos
Polls and Surveys - A new one each month!
Forum
Harris Walz stickers 6 Replies
Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson yesterday.
Open call 1 Reply
https://www.fotodarbnica.lv/Continue
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
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Fluxus and Mail-Art Aug 7.
How Mail-Art changed the World 8 Replies
UPDATE #2:Deadline is over and I appreciate all the great work that I received in the past two months! I will send messages over the IUOMA site in the next days to notify all artists whose works arrived safely in Berlin.As for the exhibition: I am…Continue
Started by flo abgrund in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by flo abgrund Jul 22.
Solo Exhibition by Ryosuke Cohen “Waiting between relationship and shared participation” 1 Reply
Pavilion Lautania Valley / Foreigners Here and ElsewhereSolo Exhibition by Ryosuke Cohen “Waiting between relationship and shared participation” - Curated by Sandro Bongiani and in collaboration with the Ryosuke Cohen Archive of Ashiya-City Hyogo -…Continue
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Kiki Jun 28.
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