"The sort of thing I think people mean when they say"cheap perfume", but I've also heard people make comments about "bad deodorant" smells. Pretty nauseating."
On August 16th 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. In November 2008 this IUOMA platform at NING became the home for members.
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Postcard from Olena
Posted by PAM CHAVEZ on July 4, 2020 at 11:30pm 1 Comment 1 Favorite
Got a lovely hand painted and altered postcard from Olena Spicer! I love it! Thank you so much!
Add&Pass
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on July 4, 2020 at 10:43pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I have completed the Add&Pass sheet intended for Dan Buck (Armour, SD, USA).
Add&Pass
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on July 4, 2020 at 6:29pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I have completed the Add&Pass sheet intended for Moreno Menarin (Vicenza, Veneto, Italia).
Envelope from Marlies
Posted by Olena Spicer on July 4, 2020 at 5:00pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Beautiful stenciling and collage - thank you, Marlies :)…
Postcard from Chelsea
Posted by Olena Spicer on July 4, 2020 at 4:52pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Lovely vintage look - thank you :)
Knit Mail, It's a thing
Posted by Carmen Kennedy on July 4, 2020 at 3:58pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites
Received this very special knit mail from Thom Courcelle:
The knitted envelope was made from pink yarn used to make pussy hats. The contents inspire and remind me that we are not alone. Thank you, Thom.…
I received mail art of Elke Grundmann from Berlin Germnany
Posted by Sabela Baña on July 4, 2020 at 9:46am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I received mail art Add&Pass of Mikel Untzilla from Legazpi(Euskadi) Add Pass to
Posted by Sabela Baña on July 3, 2020 at 11:58pm 1 Comment 1 Favorite
Incoming mail from Los Angeles, USA
Posted by Carien van Hest on July 3, 2020 at 12:09pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites
Thank you, Nancy Keystone. I'm gonna think this over ;-)
Many THANKS Jack!
Posted by Ti Ar Raden on July 3, 2020 at 8:00am 0 Comments 3 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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La linea gialla project
November 1, 2019 at 6pm to October 31, 2020 at 7pm – PADOVA
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4 de Octubre " Día mundial de los animales "
November 7, 2019 to September 30, 2020 – La Plata
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Umanità Nova centenary contest
January 1, 2020 at 6pm to December 31, 2020 at 7pm – Italy
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Adjusting: a postal art exhbition
February 20, 2020 at 6pm to September 20, 2020 at 7pm – The Courthouse Gallery
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Health
March 30, 2020 to August 31, 2020 – Arlington MA
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Latest Activity
"what did it small like? lol"
"I've received A&Ps which I thought were weird / uninteresting / boring, but I can't bring myself to destroy someone's work that people have thought it's worth paying the postage on! I have one mail-art-friend who just adds…"
"This is a very good idea Carla. I never have been keen in A&D but now that I make an origami envelope I simply cannot include them, not even postcards. So please do not send me any. A friend of mine recently shredded a lot and made collages with…"
"Yay! Glad it reached you :) Thank you for posting."
Postcard from Olena
Got a lovely hand painted and altered postcard from Olena Spicer! I love it! Thank you so much!See More
"i'm into add and passes now.."
ADD & PASS - The X Files
In the Mail Art activity, there are interesting ideas that are explored, like Mail Art Calls, Collaborative Books, Visual Poetry etc, and we also have the ADD & PASS, which are created somewhere in the world by a Mail Artist who send by mail…See More
"Hi Thomas! Glad you got the Feel Mail! I had a great time making a bunch of cards with different textures! I see you're in Texas... one of my daughters live in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. "
"First Feel Mail came in from Pam! this is going to be a fun group!"
"Hey Pam - I got your "Feel" post card..... I LOVE it! Thank you!"
"Grazie Sabela! W LA PACE FRA I POPOLI: cb*"
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Forum
Outgoing envelope pics
Started by Samantha Price in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Jayne Barket Lyons yesterday. 8 Replies 4 Favorites
To all who post their outgoing mail art, specifically addressed envelopes, i invite u 2 be mindful & consider waiting 2 post ur pics until its received buy the recipient. iv’e seen a few pieces 4 me this past week alone & honestly, it really…Continue
MAIL ART & ART PEDAGOGICS.
Started by Mikula Lüllwitz in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Jennifer Wallace Jun 26. 4 Replies 1 Favorite
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
Mail Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by annie Jun 14. 549 Replies 54 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
Presentazione della Retrospettiva di Coco Gordon, Italy 2020
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Discussions Jun 12. 0 Replies 1 Favorite
COCO GORDON “Timeless, Senzatempo”La natura tra performance e Exploding Booksdi Sandro Bongiani "I empower myself to make…Continue
Mostra Retrospettiva di Coco Gordon
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Information Jun 12. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
SPAZIO OPHEN VIRTUAL ART GALLERYMostra Retrospettiva di Coco Gordon“Timeless, Senzatempo”La natura tra performance e Exploding Books Opere 1958-2020a cura di Sandro BongianiDal 15 giugno al 28 agosto 2020Inaugurazione: 15 giugno 2020 ore…Continue
Making Artists and Mail art enthusiasts in VA - call for work
Started by Beth Allums in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Vincent Wang Jun 10. 4 Replies 1 Favorite
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
When they come back..
Started by Vel Crowe in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Alan Brignull Jun 2. 5 Replies 0 Favorites
...what do you do with them?Every now and then a piece of ail art will come back to me with a notation such as Recipient has moved; or No such Address, or like that--it happens to everyone, right?Well, what do you do with a card that you've sent…Continue
a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed
Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Jennifer Wallace May 31. 5 Replies 0 Favorites
NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue
Starting a IUOMA mail art group
Started by Melanie Reed in PROBLEMS May 29. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
I would like to start a surrealist group. How would I go about this?Continue
MOOP:JOURNALS
Started by Jennifer Wallace in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Heather Wilkie (paganfrog) May 27. 10 Replies 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
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