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Three mail art cards arrived in Athens

Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 17, 2024 at 6:24am 0 Comments

These artful cards arrived some time ago,

Well-stitched little lambs from Amy Irwen,

and these two cards came also:…

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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

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…

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Posted by Michael Orr on September 16, 2024 at 2:39pm 0 Comments

From Fleur in Oakland CA

Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2024 at 11:54am 0 Comments

Always a treat to see mail art from Fleur

Thank you, great fun,,…

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Mail Art delivery, 'tis September!

Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2024 at 11:48am 0 Comments

Two deliveries, actually, and it is time to blog :-)

Many fine things arrived today and last week,

these three postcards arrived today:…

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Postcard O the Day COLLABART

Posted by Coco Muchmore on September 16, 2024 at 2:30am 0 Comments

i received mailart from Dr. Zack

Posted by Hester on September 15, 2024 at 11:15pm 0 Comments

Thank you Zack…

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received mailart from Mikel Untzilla

Posted by Hester on September 15, 2024 at 11:10pm 0 Comments

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

From Francis in Belgium: great texture and composition…

postcard from Coco: lovely painted paper and…

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Selections from WIPE 152 and KART 134

Posted by William M on September 15, 2024 at 10:20am 0 Comments

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. …



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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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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
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"thank you Caroline Kerjean. Your art has a really unusual sensibility… I'm enchanted..."
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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

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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

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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

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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.

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

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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Kiki Jun 28.

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