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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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New Mail Art Project: Add-a-Head Add-n-Pass
Posted by Thom Courcelle on August 23, 2019 at 5:55pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Add-a-Head Add-n-Pass (Feel free to download these images and make standard copy-sheet size—8.5 x 11 inches)
Add a head…or two…or five…and pass this along to another…
ContinueBlog the second: serendipity perhaps . . .
Posted by Mary Anne on August 23, 2019 at 2:30pm 1 Comment 2 Favorites
I've been working hard on a new collage. I covered a sheet of paper with random pieces of magazine, no real thought, just following the fancy. I had three copies of the same issue of a supermarket give-away and, for some reason that I will probably never fully understand, a picture of a humble bath-brush caught both my eye and imagination. I tore them out, halved each in a different way, then added them to the work in hand; and that was as far as it went. The muse left me and my creation…
ContinueHenry Denander pays homage to a visitor on Hydra Island,Greece
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 23, 2019 at 10:16am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Henry Miller visited the Greek island of Hydra,80 years ago,
and Henry visits Hydra often, too.
wonderful commemorative artistamps,
many thanks!…
ContinueYuri Gik with Rod Summers
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 23, 2019 at 10:05am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
From 2015 meeting, Yuri sent this postcard recently,
It was a nice DADA event..
Yuri in Russia has a fun postcard exchange,
sent and ye shall receive:…
ContinueAsemics from SPAIN
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 23, 2019 at 10:04am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Excellent postcard arrived in Greece some time ago,
from a "serial asemicst"
but not sure WHO is the sender?…
ContinueFluxus Space Buck + More! by Cathy Barnett (O Fallon, Missouri, USA)
Posted by De Villo Sloan on August 23, 2019 at 5:06am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Mail art by IUOMA member Kathy Barnett (O Fallon, Missouri, USA)
August 22, 2019 - Making and distributing Fluxus Bucks is another long-running activity that is currently experiencing a revival in the international mail art network.
I have especially enjoyed seeing images of Fluxus Space Bucks displayed at IUOMA-Ning. Mail artist Kathy Barnett kindly sent me this wonderful example. This also marks Kathy…
ContinueMike Parsons your Envelope has Landed
Posted by Toni Hanner -- tonipoet on August 22, 2019 at 7:09pm 1 Comment 3 Favorites
Mike makes extraordinary envelopes, brilliantly colorful, sewn, and cheerful. And there's always a very nice personal letter inside. Thank you dear friend!
Incoming: Cor Reijn and Angelica Paez
Posted by William M on August 22, 2019 at 10:18am 0 Comments 3 Favorites
Cor sent this wonderful postcard. One of my favorites so far from the cards he's sent. …
David Stafford Drowns me in Vintage Ephemera
Posted by Thom Courcelle on August 22, 2019 at 1:30am 4 Comments 7 Favorites
David recently sent me a hefty Manila envelope and when I opened it, this happened...
Ephemera! Glorious! Ephemera!!! A LOT of it!!
David has either been collecting magazines since he was a toddler (or since his parents were toddlers), or he happened upon a yard sale with a mother load of Good Housekeeping magazines from the WWII…
ContinueThanks to SAM in NH
Posted by Bill Lowenburg on August 21, 2019 at 4:24pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Kool Peace Signs and John Lennon Stamp from Sam in NH. Imma write back with some Beatle memoir. Thanks, Sam!
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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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mail art call "Maria"
January 29, 2019 to January 28, 2020 – Offene BehindertenArbeit
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"SEA-FIRE-HUMAN" Project 2019 - GREECE
February 2, 2019 at 6pm to August 31, 2019 at 7pm – Athens - Greece
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Mail Call for Bookmarks & Tags!!
March 16, 2019 at 6pm to March 12, 2020 at 7pm – Worldwide
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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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6° EVENTO DE ARTE CORREO EN EL MAC
April 19, 2019 at 6pm to September 30, 2019 at 7pm – MUSEO DE ARTE CAÑADENSE - Cañada de Gómez/Argentina
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New Mail Art Project: Add-a-Head Add-n-Pass
Add-a-Head Add-n-Pass (Feel free to download these images and make standard copy-sheet size—8.5 x 11 inches) …See More
"New Add-a-Head Add-n-Pass:
These might be coming your way, Add-n-Pass Group members!"
ADD & PASS
This group is for members to connect with other members who are willing to send and receive Add & Pass mailart. It is not project specific, but rather simply for finding individuals who are willing to receive and forward miscellaneous items.…See More
"Kat—Lucky for me, David already did most of the cutting-up part. I might've had difficulty, too. Nostalgia is a tough fence to crawl over!
Hi Nancy—glad you appreciated my wry sense of humor. Sometimes humor is a good coping…"
"Love this anecdotal story! This fellow from the Continent who kept tearing up your work sounds like a kind of guru of ephemeral ephemera... you reached a sort of enlightenment through trial of de-construction! "
Blog the second: serendipity perhaps . . .
I've been working hard on a new collage. I covered a sheet of paper with random pieces of magazine, no real thought, just following the fancy. I had three copies of the same issue of a supermarket give-away and, for some reason that I will…See More
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Thank you Sam Price for the wonderful hand drawn envelope. Love the colours. Yours is on its way !
"Someone was flying...back from Greece?
"up in the same sky"...so nice, Ruud!
Here is a hot sunset sky by the Aegean Sea, Halkidiki, Greece:"
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Carl T. Chew - RCBz - Reid Wood, IDENTITY OF ARTIST / Marginal Active Resistances Two
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects yesterday. 0 Replies 1 Favorite
Pavilion Lautania Virtual Valley / Spazio Ophen Virtual Art MuseumCarl T. Chew - RCBz - Reid WoodIDENTITY OF ARTIST / Marginal Active Resistances TwoTre proposte internazionali indipendenti con un testo di Sandro Bongiani presentate in…Continue
Tags: Spazio, Contemporanea, Arte, Ophen, Virtual
I'm back!
Started by Tammy Riggins in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by res nullius aka. "res" Aug 17. 2 Replies 2 Favorites
Hello everyone!I'm new but not new. Took a long break from mail art and ready to get started again. If you want to exchange I'll be glad to do so. I'm not so much into themes and addons; I just like to see what surprises show up in my mailbox. Will…Continue
Mail Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Roberto Scala Aug 12. 524 Replies 50 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
What’s your favorite kind of mail-art?
Started by Cherub Ayers in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Linda Rogers Aug 8. 3 Replies 1 Favorite
Hello, what are your favorite types of mail art to receive? What is your leave favorite kind?Continue
Italy /Convocazione Internazionale di Arte Postale “ Omaggio a Fausto Paci - Ambasciatore Cavelliniano"
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Bassin Jul 19. 1 Reply 4 Favorites
Convocazione Internazionale di Arte Postale “ Omaggio a Fausto Paci - Ambasciatore Cavelliniano in occasione del suo 95° compleanno…Continue
Oh, dear. Have I maybe overdone the grimdark on this one piece?
Started by Vel Crowe in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Vel Crowe Jul 8. 2 Replies 0 Favorites
Early this afternoon our friend Lamar came to visit, and i showed him a few of my recent postcards that i was about to go drop in the mailbox He said they were cool lookin'.... Then he came to a certain one that i was actually proud how it came out…Continue
Outgoing envelope pics
Started by Samantha Price in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Samantha Price Jul 2. 7 Replies 3 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
AML? Is it still extant...?
Started by S. A. Walker in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Lois Richter Jun 25. 10 Replies 0 Favorites
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
thanks for your participation
Started by Hikmet Şahin in Mail-Art Projects May 20. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
Po-Mo participation period has expired. Thank you for your participation. We can't post all the posts here because we received heavy mail. Please visit for all incoming mail:…Continue
Add antiques and souvenirs in the mail art
Started by Reyes Muñoz in Other. Last reply by Alan Brignull May 12. 7 Replies 3 Favorites
Hello¡ To some of you like to share antiques and souvenirs of their countries in the mail art ?Continue
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