Mail art by Nancy Bell Scott (South Portland, Maine, USA)
"don't get me started remember when Marie Wintzer was sending bags of sand she gathered from (so she claimed) the beach where the nuke reactor happened in Japan? That was whacked/"
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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Cool Vintage Photos from Cascadia Artpost!
Posted by Bonniediva on May 25, 2019 at 3:15pm 1 Comment 1 Favorite
Thanks, Jack! So wonderful! Bonniediva loves her some vintage!
Zines live! Great one from Melissa Wand!
Posted by Bonniediva on May 25, 2019 at 3:14pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
From "Belgistan"?
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 25, 2019 at 2:44pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Stunning MINIMAL from Eduardo in Portugal
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 25, 2019 at 2:36pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Enchanting David Stafford sends more!
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 25, 2019 at 2:30pm 3 Comments 1 Favorite
Here comes L'Occitane or..high octane?
Nice collage on the flip side of one card :-)
Hmmmm...…
ContinueAsemic Readymade by Nancy Bell Scott (South Portland, Maine, USA)
Posted by De Villo Sloan on May 25, 2019 at 5:21am 2 Comments 2 Favorites
I received new mail art: Angela Caporaso, Mike Parsons
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on May 24, 2019 at 11:50pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
I received new mail art. Their collages sent Angela Caporaso from Italy, and Mike Parsons from USA. Thanks!
Carolyn Cline, Vic Jonez, Larry Angelo, Ed Giecek
Posted by Mark Rossmiller on May 24, 2019 at 11:12pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
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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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Mail Art che spacca
March 17, 2019 at 6pm to June 25, 2019 at 11pm – Music Event area
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies OPEN ART CALL
March 17, 2019 at 6pm to February 29, 2020 at 7pm – Canada
2 Comments 0 Favorites
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Mail art by Nancy Bell Scott (South Portland, Maine, USA)
"I'm keeping it in plastic except for special occasions.
This is nothing. The Trashpo stuff people have sent amounts to a toxic spill. The rotten food dk sent almost got me evicted. The least of my worries inhaling asbestos - did that half my…"
"Asemic readymade aka Found Asemics from Nancy Bell Scott (Maine, USA).
http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/asemic-readymade-by-nancy-bell-scott-south-portland-maine-usa"
"Thanks, Jayne. Your comments are appreciated.
NBS will likely be Queen of Eco-Asemics when that book comes out. To be fair, these readymade and found asemics are not the reason so many people admire her work. Here are some more representative pieces…"
"Received this sad news:
Hi Ruud,
Recently, I sent some mail art to MaoMao aka Nat from Australia (http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/ScarletLetterbox). I've had a letter back from her husband letting me know that she has passed away quite…"
"Hi Tabatha !
please send me your mailart .....be sure you will receive something from me ,, by return ...
my ad. is on my page ....Thank you ! "
"164. JURAJ JONKE - CROATIA"
"163. ANTONIS SAPOUNTZAKIS - GREECE"
"162. EMINA HANDRIC - BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
- SUBSISTENCE - - EXISTENCE - "
"161. ADRIANA LUCACIU - ROMANIA"
"160. MUSEUMOFMAILART - UKREIN"
"Mark Rossmiller, I think we have some obligation to try to be accurate.
I do not believe Ray Johnson ever sold his mail art. I would be glad to see some proof that he did and I will concede the point.
Ray Johnson was a successful artist during his…"
"Received the coveted Bonzine. I will be passing it around to friends and family, but I might have to hurt somebody if the don’t give it right back! You akay with that?
I should have your add and pass sailing around the world very soon!…"
"Those are fantastically cool!"
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Mail Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Jade H on Thursday. 518 Replies 48 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
thanks for your participation
Started by Hikmet Şahin in Mail-Art Projects on Monday. 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 2 Favorites
Hello¡ To some of you like to share antiques and souvenirs of their countries in the mail art ?Continue
Shozo Shimamoto - Guglielmo Achille Cavellini - Ryosuke Cohen
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects May 8. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
Pavilion Lautania Virtual Valley / Spazio Ophen Virtual Art Museum …Continue
Getting Hammered by Email Notifications
Started by Nat in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Ruud Janssen May 4. 7 Replies 0 Favorites
I'm not sure what has gone wrong, but I keep getting sent email after email from the platform asking me to approve a friend request. I approved the friend request days ago but was still getting notifications, and today I finally disabled…Continue
Glue recipe
Started by The Artful Writer in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Linda Rogers Apr 16. 5 Replies 0 Favorites
I know there has been discussions about glues and thought this recipe I got from professional decoupage artists might be useful to someone. It's been very humid in my parts and not much else has worked for me. Mix equal parts of Clag (kid's paste…Continue
Organization of the 4rth International & Regional Exhibition in Greece 2-22 of May 2012
Started by Afroditi Karamanli in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) Apr 14. 42 Replies 4 Favorites
Organization of the 4rth International & Regional Exhibition in Greece 2-22 of May 2012 By the painter Afroditi KaramanliWith intention of establishing a ‘ Gallery of Colors’On the occasion of the idea to set up an international day of Color on…Continue
Mailart offsite exhibitions
Started by Tore Kai Z. in Mail-Art Projects Apr 4. 0 Replies 2 Favorites
Hi everyone (:: I'm Tore from Shanghai, currently working & studying between Europe and Australia. I host a curatorial platform,Underground Flower, which explores new…Continue
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mail art call "MARIA"
Started by Uwe Klein in Mail-Art Projects Mar 27. 0 Replies 1 Favorite
Mail art blogs and twitter accounts
Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Ruud Janssen Mar 23. 46 Replies 3 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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