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i received Mail Art from DSBailey Cut&Post
Posted by Zack on January 25, 2025 at 1:10pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
a 'both sides now' shot. thanks DSB, for this intriguing and graphic collection of images/artwork.
i often feel like that guy with his head in his hands these days...
i received Mail Art from Fleur Helsingor
Posted by Zack on January 25, 2025 at 1:01pm 1 Comment 3 Likes
impressive facade - and those are nice windows too. did you consider leasing, Fleur? ];-)
i received Mail Art from nonlocal variable
Posted by Zack on January 25, 2025 at 12:56pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
all of these marvels arrived in one envelope!
and my personal favorite of the larger works -
i say 'larger works' because non also tucked in these smaller pieces -…
Continuewonderful mail art from Lau Wilmet
Posted by John Gayer on January 25, 2025 at 12:15pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Gallery is being updated - QC ACERVO 2024
Posted by MAILART.pt on January 25, 2025 at 11:55am 0 Comments 1 Like
Dear artists, soon enough we'll share pinpoint dates for the vernissage.
At the moment, the online gallery is being updated.
https://quintadacruz.mailart.pt/acervo?id=783
Incoming Mail - More Artist Stamps by Diana Hale
Posted by Jason Bartlett on January 24, 2025 at 11:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Incoming Mail - Artist Stamps by Diana Hale
Posted by Jason Bartlett on January 24, 2025 at 8:39pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Received mail art from Mikel Untzilla
Posted by Sil on January 24, 2025 at 3:03pm 1 Comment 2 Likes
A nice little envelope had been waiting here for a while for a new destination. It fits perfectly on the canvas that arrived by mail today.
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.
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A Island Far Far Away Tristan Da Cunha Project
January 28, 2024 at 6pm to January 26, 2025 at 7pm – Tristan da Chuna South Atlantic Ocean
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July 17, 2024 at 6pm to July 7, 2025 at 7pm – Belgium
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ANGELS
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Anatomy of Identity: Male art gaze
November 28, 2024 at 6pm to April 30, 2025 at 7pm – , 6813623.
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Kindness Mail Art Call
January 1, 2025 at 6pm to September 25, 2025 at 7pm – Gualala Arts
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Mail Project 4 Replies
Hi everyone!I’m doing an art project for school including mail artists work from all around the world to showcase the variety that can come in! If you are interested in being involved here is my address!Caleigh Clements340 High Park Avenue,…Continue
Started by Caleigh in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson on Thursday.
Mail Artists Addresses? 575 Replies
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Kiyasu Oka on Tuesday.
Collage postcard from M. Stephens~ thank you!
Started by Melissa Gill in Mail-Art Projects Jan 15.
more about writing and addressing
Here s the little article about the ways of writing the numbers, i guess it would be interesting to read. Too many cards and letters are lost and missent or misdirected just because of that…Continue
Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects Dec 29, 2024.
The Crying of Lot 49? 7 Replies
Have any of you read The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon? I've recently read it, and have been creating a sizeable amount of art based on it. It is very related to mail, specifically unofficial mail carrier organizations within the US. A good…Continue
Started by Liam Coerr in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Denice Newton Dec 29, 2024.
DeepDream [online image transmogrification] 19 Replies
DeepDream! Wow! This is an online, image manipulation service which takes your file input and changes it according to arcan rules [???] apparently using imagery it finds online. So far it seems to add a lot of faces and eyes but I imagine it will…Continue
Started by Ficus strangulensis in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ficus strangulensis Dec 23, 2024.
a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 12 Replies
NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue
Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Ficus strangulensis Dec 12, 2024.
My First Mail Art 3 Replies
This week I received my first two pieces of mail art! One from M. L . in Oregon and one from Nick in New Mexico. I mailed off some today as well. I cannot wait to share these with my students!…Continue
Started by Rebecca Lancaster in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Nov 29, 2024.
Harris Walz stickers 7 Replies
Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Nick Canterucci Nov 20, 2024.
Send mail or not send? 13 Replies
Dear friends, this is not the first time I have learned that my American friends have not received my mail. This was not the case before.I live in Russia. Maybe the US Postal Service has slowed down? Can I send my collages to the US or is it better…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 11, 2024.
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