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The enveloppe arrived without a problem"
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i received Mail Art from Cascadia Artpost
Posted by Zack on November 10, 2025 at 11:12am 0 Comments 0 Likes
full disclosure: i have not read anything by DFW; the right moment has just not arrived (yet). but i do like these warnings. as Berliners know, if the writing on the wall doesn't bode well for the future, maybe it's time for the wall to fall... yes to kindness, compassion,…
Continuei received Mail Art from Maryanne Mills
Posted by Zack on November 10, 2025 at 11:07am 0 Comments 0 Likes
MM sends some Halloween themed ATCs, wrapped in vintage recipes (which make me think of Toni Collette's character in Mickey 17 - "Sauce is the true litmus test of civilization"). i must admit i'm curious about a recipe that calls not just for instant coffee but a specific brand! in keeping with our times, i'm going to hunt…
Continuei received Mail Art from Fleur Helsingor
Posted by Zack on November 10, 2025 at 10:57am 0 Comments 0 Likes
ah it has been a long time since i've seen street art from the area of the bay. i am collecting all the cards in the series and will one day organize a retrospective ];-)
this intriguing image came in a while ago, so it appears Fleur has recovered from her hand injury; great…
ContinueIncoming from Lithuania/Mindaugas Žuromskas
Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on November 10, 2025 at 10:00am 2 Comments 1 Like
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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on November 9, 2025 at 5:45pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
I got mail art from Richard Baudet!
Posted by Jeff Swartz on November 9, 2025 at 5:34pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
i received Mail Art from Jason Bartlett
Posted by Zack on November 9, 2025 at 5:18pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
and now for something completely different! whimsical items from Rhode Island - a cute colorful bookie, japanese comics, and some bar coupons, which i will certainly try to use next time i am in NYC ];-)
i received Mail Art from Michael Ley
Posted by Zack on November 9, 2025 at 5:13pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
ok Life is Short and Never War Again i understand, but it looks like i will have to use the AI translator to read the rest of this German poem by Peter Kutz. danke schön Herr Ley.
i received Mail Art from Carroll Woods
Posted by Zack on November 9, 2025 at 4:55pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
nicely put. thanks CW
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. 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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MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
January 24, 2025 at 6pm to January 24, 2026 at 7pm – France
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Bus Pass
April 30, 2025 at 6pm to December 31, 2025 at 7pm – Redmond WA
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Convocatoria e invitación de Mail art A(rt)viso una Poesía (arte aviso una poesía)
May 26, 2025 to March 26, 2026 – Lo barnechea. Región Metropolitana. Código postal. 7690000.Chile
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CALL FOR MAIL ART: "SHE SPEAKS: Women’s Voices and Visions"
May 26, 2025 to February 2, 2026 – Lake Worth Beach, FLorida USA
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The world, this world of ours, is SATANIC.
June 1, 2025 at 6pm to December 31, 2025 at 7pm – Sinnai, Sardinia, IT
Latest Activity
"@Zorica
In Japan and China, we are taught not to write our names in red ink. But I have received postal mails with my name and address written in red ink from abroad..."
"Oh,Edy!
Oh now I'm even more confused. I am, relatively new to mail-art, but I didn't know I was that ignoramus."
"Alright... card goes out tomorrow!"
"Here we have not that rule...sure...but a letter is expenvise if its not white. I explain: if you send a letter of 20 gr in white envelope: 0.89 euro... the same letter in a yellow/green/red envelope: 1.03 euro
I think the problem of red color…"
"says that she doesn't know what her colleagues are doing. She can't accept to send."
"I'm 99 percent sure I wrote the address multiple times with a red pencil.
A very nice young girl with blond hair, a shy look and a magical smile (the worker at the post office), apologized to me several times, because she can't receive an…"
"Well, you were about 12 hours too late for writing the address in red... i think i never tried out red on white yet but afaik there are no rules here that forbid it, other combinations like white on black also never were a problem... hmn, maybe i…"
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"Col palmo sinistro dipinto di bianco
soppeso tutta l’aria d’autunno
che profuma di spezie…
Ernesto lo sa!
Mentre il palmo destro nudo d’anime
lacrima per Marina
che coltiva silenzi
tra ossa di sangue…"
"Giovani sistemi planetari.
La giovane bionda Luna:
“ Aspettate! Mi trucco…” Ma non c’è trucco, né
inganno… solo nascite di nuovi giovani mondi
(non IMMONDI) La giovane bionda è…"
"Hello Zorica. The three paintings are on cardboard."
"good day Helene.
picture number 3 (blue-green-turquoise wave) is it on cardboard or did it manage to mimic the texture of cardboard?"
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Flower Mail Art
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Mail-Art Projects List
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CIRCLES
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FLUXfish
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digital poetry - poesia …
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Viva El Barto
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blue roads
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ArtiStamps Creators
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exchange "faces"
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Ask Anything
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Start Here at IUOMA
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POSTCARD 2025
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ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED 9 Replies
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 Ruud Janssen 5 minutes ago.
Mail art envelope orientation query 5 Replies
Hey mail art friends, is it correct that if I want to send a mail art envelope with the envelope design and its address info oriented to portrait style vs landscape style, it costs extra postage?Continue
Started by Melanie Reed in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson on Thursday.
🖐️❗ 3 Replies
if anyone happens to think that this is not visual poetry ~ we are not of the same mind.but we remain friends...😊❗Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Oct 31.
Literature about mail, post, postman, etc. 27 Replies
This book came to me, with the content written on stamps (Shaun Tan: Tales from Outer Suburbia).Do you know (illustrated) (children) books about: mailpostpostmanstampsetc.?No matter what the language is.Thank you!…Continue
Started by Szabó Zelmira in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Szabó Zelmira Oct 21.
An Eastern European Story of Censorship and Mail Art 2 Replies
Greetings to Vladimir. An Eastern European Story of Censorship and Mail Art[Hommage à Franz Kafka]https://viragfold.net/post/796038304120324096/greetings-to-vladimirContinue
Started by Peter Abajkovics in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Szabó Zelmira Oct 20.
Carla Bertola Anthology Exhibition: "Interferences and Interweavings Between Words and Images"
Press release BONGIANI ART MUSEUM COLLECTION Carla Bertola Retrospective Exhibition "Interferences and Interweavings…Continue
Tags: Museum, di, Salerno, Italy, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Oct 16.
M.A.D. 16 ottobre 2025 - Giornata Internazionale dell'Arte Postale
Tags: Montecarotto, (AN), Mail, and, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Oct 16.
New Mailart Call
Astronomy for Developmentdescription- How can astronomy drive community development?- What inspiring initiatives already exist (such as astro-tourism, citizen science, or education)?- How can we build a more equitable world through knowledge of the…Continue
Tags: mailart
Started by Ogata Tetsuo in Mail-Art Projects Oct 15.
***HELP FROM FRIENDS *** 14 Replies
Does anyone know for sure what the term "library manuscript" means? maybe a photo of it?,*** believe it or not, I can't find it on the Internet. (And my encyclopedias are not in the same place that I am.)can inbox so we don't get bored.. .I need it…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Oct 1.
Sensations of Tone by Hermann von Helmholtz 3 Replies
Has anyone read The Sensations of Tone by Hermann von Helmholtz?? I got a copy of the Dover edition for my birthday; I haven't read it yet, but I am thinking about making some art about it.Continue
Started by Asterion in Other. Last reply by Matthew Conroy Sep 12.
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