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Incoming mail art and opportunity from Juan Petry -- Thank you!

Posted by Jean Vengua on March 27, 2025 at 5:13am 0 Comments

I'm running late and trying to catch up--wanted to say thanks to Juan Petry!

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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on March 26, 2025 at 11:07pm 0 Comments

i received Mail Art from Jokie Wilson

Posted by Zack on March 26, 2025 at 11:38am 0 Comments

out of this world!

Mail Art Wave from the Webb Telescope (2022) 

[design by William Mellott & The Sticker Dude]

i received Mail Art from Ficus Strangulensis

Posted by Zack on March 26, 2025 at 10:34am 0 Comments

...life imitates AI imitates life imitates art imitates AI imitates...

i really appreciate Fike's feisty sense of humor.

my idea of a Toucan Breakfast is a bowl of crunchy Froot Loops (the bowl in the photo on the lower left appears to contain a chewy hybrid of gummy worms and Good-'n-Fruity) ];-)

+ a very snazzy…

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i received Mail Art from David Stanley Aponte

Posted by Zack on March 26, 2025 at 10:21am 0 Comments

sub # 6188

absolutely fabulous! the other side conveys Dickens' 'laughter and good humour' (sorely needed).

keep the subreal alchemy coming!

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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on March 25, 2025 at 10:06pm 0 Comments

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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on March 25, 2025 at 10:03pm 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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Is this for real? Junk mail, scam? 2 Replies

Is this for real? Junk mail, scam?March 25, 2025, Callan Gershom said…Good day,I picked interest in you after going through your short profile and demanding it is necessary for me to write to you immediately. I have something very important to…Continue

Started by Jennifer Wallace in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Ruud Janssen 1 hour ago.

Asheville artist organizer- mail art casual, looking to get more involved 16 Replies

I've dabbled and have been a long time admirer of mail art. I'd like to get more involved, I have all kinds of art to mail.I'm also looking for people in the WNC region, I'm organizing an event that involves mail art and I'd love to get people…Continue

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Started by James Kellis in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson yesterday.

Making Artists and Mail art enthusiasts in VA - call for work 7 Replies

My high school art students are making some cool collages and ATCs and are loving the idea of swapping mail art. We'd love to do a semester-long swap and collect mail art to curate a mail art show for our New Kent Celebrate the Arts event May 2nd.…Continue

Started by Beth Allums in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Palettentheater Kollektiv yesterday.

New Mail Art Call in Portugal 2 Replies

The Cultural and Ecological Association Palettentheater Kollektiv invites mail artists to send contemporary, personal takes on Jules Verne’s “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” till the 31st of May. The exhibition is taking place at our…Continue

Started by Palettentheater Kollektiv in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Palettentheater Kollektiv Mar 12.

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Have any of you read The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon? I've recently read it, and have been creating a sizeable amount of art based on it. It is very related to mail, specifically unofficial mail  carrier organizations within the US. A good…Continue

Started by Liam Coerr in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Asterion Feb 27.

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