"Denise Woodward taught me about these non-machineable "butterfly" stamps.
Clerks are a little more hard-pressed to deny the USPS doesn't take what they call "rigid" or "thick" (including unevenness and squareness)…"
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
I received mail art of Debra Mulnick from USA
Posted by Sabela Baña on November 19, 2019 at 7:57pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
no recourse, but
Posted by Heide Monster on November 19, 2019 at 5:18pm 8 Comments 2 Favorites
Went to visit the post office and for the first time argued with the ladies there. They took exception to my card to Samantha Price, said it wasn't bendy enough. Well duh, that's why I put the extra postage on it for non machinable. But, I couldn't send it as is. Does this call for a disguise and trying again with a different clerk? should I give in and wrap it as a package and send it that way? Don't worry Sam! I haven't forgotten you. I'd preview It for you but that would be…
ContinueMail art from Keith Bates for RJ double show
Posted by Mick Boyle on November 19, 2019 at 5:02am 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Interesting assortment received from Mary Grellner
Posted by The Artful Writer on November 19, 2019 at 2:37am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I received mail art of Antonia Mayol Castello from Torrevieja(España)
Posted by Sabela Baña on November 18, 2019 at 10:30pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I received mail art of Antonia Mayol Castello from Torrevieja(España)
Posted by Sabela Baña on November 18, 2019 at 10:27pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I received mail art of Tamara Wyndham from USA
Posted by Sabela Baña on November 18, 2019 at 10:25pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I Received Add Pass of Pedro Bericat, Mikel Untzilla, Ex Posto Facto.
Posted by Sabela Baña on November 18, 2019 at 10:19pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I recived mail art Add Pass of Pedro Bericat from Zaragoza
Posted by Sabela Baña on November 18, 2019 at 10:18pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I received mail art of Moreno Menarin from Italy
Posted by Sabela Baña on November 18, 2019 at 10:09pm 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
-
mail art call "Maria"
January 29, 2019 to January 28, 2020 – Offene BehindertenArbeit
2 Comments 2 Favorites -
The Gashlycrumb Tinies OPEN ART CALL
March 17, 2019 at 6pm to February 29, 2020 at 7pm – Canada
2 Comments 0 Favorites -
PEACE
May 18, 2019 at 6pm to May 17, 2020 at 7pm – Urbandale, IA
2 Comments 3 Favorites -
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
10 Comments 8 Favorites -
Estoy Acá para Vos
August 16, 2019 at 6pm to December 31, 2019 at 7pm – LA PLATA
0 Comments 0 Favorites
Latest Activity
"the randomness is what I enjoy the most. Creative minds at work. I make collage postcards from found papers and cutouts of old Mag's. That being said, I am gleeful at every trip to the mailbox . All types of mailart envelopes postcards…"
"tears welled up as I opened"RAK" random acts of kindness packet.
I'm awestruck by this mailart communities' generosity & good Karma."
"When I lived in Ohio where I first began mail art,the resistance from the clerks was overwhelming.
In Florida,the issue is when the mail goes through the sorting machine, it comes to my mailbox,not the recipient,which as one can imagine,results in…"
"Oh yeah, anything that won't run thru a machine costs 15 cents extra, which if you think about it is not unreasonable, since a real human being has to actually handle it (and is paid union wages). My plan is to go back Friday with it in…"
"Thanks Katerina! More mail coming soon!"
"We have chunky wooden postcards here and now for the tourist. Would they fall foul of a bendy-surcharge if posted to the USA?
An experiment is needed methinks . . ."
To Josh Ronsen 2013
Made by CR for Josh Ronsen's Tiny Art Exchange project (Austin, Texas). See www.ronsen.org ==34 tinyacrylic paintings mounted on a reel. To see more tiny art go to==…
Groups
Photos
Polls and Surveys - A new one each month!
Forum
What’s your favorite kind of mail-art?
Started by Cherub Ayers in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Motherbrando 3 hours ago. 13 Replies 3 Favorites
Hello, what are your favorite types of mail art to receive? What is your leave favorite kind?Continue
what is your favorite glue?
Started by katie belknap in Technical Details in Mail-Art. Last reply by res nullius aka. "res" Nov 14. 26 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
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 0 Favorites
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 Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Jenny England Oct 31. 529 Replies 52 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
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
Oh, dear. Have I maybe overdone the grimdark on this one piece?
Started by Vel Crowe in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Bill Lowenburg Oct 9. 4 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
Mail art projects
Started by Dimitra Papatheodorou in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Mary Anne Sep 16. 5 Replies 0 Favorites
I would like to ask whether the mail artists organising a mail art project usually send a reply to the artist who takes part in the project? Is their reply a mail art, a simple e-mail or no reply at all. Is there a documentation? What is your…Continue
MOOP:JOURNALS
Started by Jennifer Wallace in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Mary Anne Sep 3. 1 Reply 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
Badge
Want to support the IUOMA with a financial gift via PayPal?
The money will be used to keep the IUOMA-platform alive. Current donations keep platform online till 1-oct-2020. If you want to donate to get IUOMA-publications into archives and museums please mention this with your donation. It will then be used to send some hardcopy books into museums and archives. You can order books yourself too at the IUOMA-Bookshop. That will sponsor the IUOMA as well.
LINKS
http://www.iuoma.org
IUOMA on Facebook
http://www.mail-art.de
http://www.mailart.be
Mail-Art on Wikipedia
Bookstore IUOMA
www.fluxus.org
Drawings Ruud Janssen
Fluxusheidelberg.org
Fluxlist Europe
Privacy Revolution
fluxlist.blogspot.com/
TAM Rubberstamp Archive
MAIL-ART Projects
mail art addresses
Artistampworld
panmodern.com
MIMA-Italy
artistampmuseum
Papersizes Info
IUOMA Logo's
Mail Artists Index
Mailart Adressen
Maries Mailbox Blog
http://mailartarchive.com/
Mail-Interviews
http://www.crosses.net/
Ryosuke Cohen
goopmailart
http://heebeejeebeeland.blogspot.nl/
Your link here? Send me a message.
Videos
Birthdays
© 2019 Created by Ruud Janssen.
Powered by
