In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. In November 2008 this NING platform for IUOMA became the home for members
Posted by William M on September 6, 2026 at 1:56pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Some really fantastic work from Penelope. What an amazing envelope and photo of some of her graffiti work. I wonder how many mail artists have also done graffiti?
Some fantastic rubber stamping from…
Posted by Stefanie Maschek on September 6, 2026 at 9:53am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Thank you Coco.🌷 The Roll a Picasso game is absolutely cool. I wish we made this in art lessons at school…😊
Posted by Stefanie Maschek on September 6, 2026 at 9:50am 0 Comments 1 Like
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Thank you Richard.🌷 I really like your envelope art. You‘ll get mail back soon..📮✏️
Posted by Stefanie Maschek on September 6, 2026 at 9:42am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Your fern looks great. Thank you. 🌷😀 Gel plate printing is on my to try list…📝
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. 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........
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Hi all, This is a serious question:Why would you join this website and NOT post your mailing address on your profile?When I have a batch of art to mail out, I search for active members / new members and yet, often there is not mailing address…Continue
Started by Nick Tauro Jr in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Nick Tauro Jr 3 hours ago.
Calling all mail artists!,I have printed an underground zine fighting back against the corporate "efficiency trap," data-mining, and the trillion-dollar attention economy. It is a call to become illiterate to the algorithm and fluent in each other.I…Continue
Started by Matthew (mm2001) in Mail-Art Magazines and Publications. Last reply by Re Schmi 12 hours ago.
Please complete the situation regarding the postal services in your country.Sad news: starting next month, mail will only be delivered three times a week in The Netherlands. Reason: cutbacks. Stamps are becoming more expensive.Continue
Started by Carien van Hest in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Re Schmi 12 hours ago.
Dear IUOMA people,Today, I wonder, if you are a discriminative type of person or a type of person who suspect /has doubts more or less on certain other IUOMA members ?I happen to be Asian myself and so I am sensitive on these issues more or less.For…Continue
Started by Kiki in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Re Schmi 13 hours ago.
are there any volunteers for the research?a few days ago they didn't want to receive my envelope at the post office.The reason was the ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED.They say that any color can be used except red.Red is supposedly for controllers.If anyone…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Aug 7.
Call for ContributorsAFTER RAY JOHNSON MAIL ART PROJECT – INSTRUCTIONS/FAQHELLO!This is an invitation to participate in a mail art project dedicated to Ray Johnson, the founding father of mail art.ALTER OR ADD TO THE ENCLOSED COLLAGEI will send you…Continue
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Started by Rebecca T. in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Devin S. Turk Aug 3.
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 Franis Jul 21.
People who have been harmed online are often expected to keep using digital spaces as though nothing happened. Cyberbullying attacks identity, erodes confidence, and leaves people hypervigilant in the very spaces they are expected to inhabit. Most…Continue
Started by Kathryn Kennedy in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Eduardo Cardoso Jul 15.
Since the beginning of my involvement in Mail Art that I keep a digital archive of sent material.Do you document in any way the Mail Art you send to others? Or do you just let it go its way and forget about it?Continue
Started by Eduardo Cardoso in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Kathryn Kennedy Jul 15.
Today, I learned what it feels like to have mail-art returned. It isn’t so terrible, really—as long as you can embrace life exactly as you live it.…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Jun 29.
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