"What's also odd about the Amsterdam church postcard is that I bought it when I was visiting!"
On August 16th 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. In November 2008 this IUOMA platform at NING became the home for members.
Blog Posts
John Evans to Mick Boyle 1986
Posted by Mick Boyle on December 6, 2019 at 9:53pm 1 Comment 2 Favorites
Ali Khat and friends for Christmas
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2019 at 1:27pm 4 Comments 1 Favorite
Mail Art Martha sent a fun fold-out envelope/mail art.
Pig Year is ending...What surprises inside:…
ContinueFast delivery from Spain from Mikel
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2019 at 1:08pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Fun stampings on the envelope is a sure sign it is from Mikel
Several have arrived in the past week
And also a few new Network Add/Pass pages, too.…
ContinueFast delivery from Spain from Sabela
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2019 at 1:07pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Holidays are coming,
and Sabela's cats are ready!
A fun card with a doggie, too.
And a small paper band for "Cat Lovers"! Lovely!…
ContinueIncoming: Niniji Chen, Katerina Nikoltsou and Cor Reijn
Posted by William M on December 6, 2019 at 9:23am 2 Comments 0 Favorites
An impromptu collaboration with Niniji arrived today. My mail box seems dry so i suspect that the letter carrier got it all wet. My address is completely obliterated. Katerina's mail got wet too, but with minimal…
I received ICARIA Direccion VALDOR
Posted by Sabela Baña on December 6, 2019 at 8:11am 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Layout - a 2019 Artists Book with Mail Art and More
Posted by Tofu on December 6, 2019 at 6:20am 0 Comments 1 Favorite
mail art from motherbrando - thank you for the wooden postcard!
Posted by marlies wilding on December 5, 2019 at 8:21pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Black 'n White in Cascadia
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2019 at 8:10pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
A postcard from Cascadia ArtPost ...very dark? Very Black :-)
and the flip side...very foggy?…
ContinueMore stickers from the Dude
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2019 at 8:06pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
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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mail art call "Maria"
January 29, 2019 to January 28, 2020 – Offene BehindertenArbeit
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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
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Estoy Acá para Vos
August 16, 2019 at 6pm to December 31, 2019 at 7pm – LA PLATA
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Latest Activity
2019 12 06 - from Sibylle Herzer
"That's the fun of thrift stores. You never know what you'll find and for cheap."
"Thanks for sharing."
"yeah, the organic material is not always good for different ecosystems. and you're welcome. i've not been blogging what's come in as late. trying to get back in the habit. :)"
"Katerina, I realize now that two cards I had from Germany with no address or signature must be from Ernie. I do not have a registry of addresses any more and as he is not here in IUOMA ( shame on him! just because somebody was nasty to him we are…"
Hugh Cooks 'footprints'
footprints from a strange beast indeed. Nine toes, phalanges, tentacles, wotever!
"i am sorry to hear Domingo has left us. He was a dear little fellow."
"OK! I think I already know what I'll do ... fingers itching to go."
Mail-Art Cow group
There are a lot of Mail-Art cows out there in the network. In this group I try to collect all the images and collect them. Add your own cows and share them with us.See More
"Wonderful! Thank you @carmen Kennedy. I will let you know when they arrive "
"Thanks for the Boring Postcard, Jennifer."Boring? Or simply odd?" you ask.
"Both", I think. And you might have come up with a new category: 'Boring-and-Odd Postcards".
I can understand why a Postcard of the Amsterdam…"
"Thanks No Idea!
If you don't want those 3 Boring Postcards, can I have them for my Exhibitions, please?
The Sanatorium one shares a common feature of Boring Postcards -- it doesn't seem to be composed properly, with the main building…"
"Katerina,
I have keyboard problems: the text for the photo I sent you should have read --
This is what my father drove circa 1962; it is a Morris Oxford Estate (I did not get a driving licence until 1980°."
"This could be "tape art"?"
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Forum
planetary installation
Started by Bruno Cassaglia in Mail-Art Projects on Monday. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
planetary installation, has already begun, but officially, will begin in 2020. poetamailartfluxusContinue
add & return digital
Started by Bruno Cassaglia in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Bruno Cassaglia Nov 30. 1 Reply 0 Favorites
Dal 2020 cambierò un po' il modo di fare Mail Art.ho anche anche trasformato in miei gruppi in gruppi interattivi con aggiungi e ritorna. poetamailartfluxusFrom 2020 I will change the way of making Mail Art a little.I also also turned into my groups…Continue
¡No más machista! !basta ya!
Started by Francisco sánchez Gil in Mail-Art Projects Nov 25. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
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Mail Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Lutz Wohlrab Nov 24. 530 Replies 52 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
what is your favorite glue?
Started by katie belknap in Technical Details in Mail-Art. Last reply by Motherbrando Nov 21. 27 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
What’s your favorite kind of mail-art?
Started by Cherub Ayers in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Motherbrando Nov 20. 13 Replies 3 Favorites
Hello, what are your favorite types of mail art to receive? What is your leave favorite kind?Continue
AML? Is it still extant...?
Started by S. A. Walker in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by S. A. Walker Nov 6. 20 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
Article about Mini Accordion Books
Started by Carolyn Hasenfratz Winkelmann in Technical Details in Mail-Art. Last reply by Jennifer Wallace Nov 4. 6 Replies 1 Favorite
I just published an article about making tiny accordion books out of paper scraps and old collage material. Enjoy!…Continue
Fluxus and Mail-Art , Fluxus or Mail-Art
Started by Ruud Janssen in Fluxus and Mail-Art. Last reply by res nullius aka. "res" Nov 3. 37 Replies 5 Favorites
Are you working both in Mail-Art and Fluxus? If yes, what is the difference for you when you work in one of the fieldsContinue
Tags: Discussion, Mail-Art, Fluxus
Mail art blogs and twitter accounts
Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by res nullius aka. "res" Oct 17. 47 Replies 4 Favorites
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
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