"glad it all arrived! the mysterious L.C. would be Liz Corso who I've collaborated with a few times(in person and through the mail). there's a "naked" card en route to you so hopefully that'll arrive soon as well."
In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. In November 2008 this NING platform for IUOMA became the home for members
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i received Mail Art from awyn
Posted by Zack on November 21, 2024 at 3:30pm 2 Comments 1 Like
because i spend a lot of time in the kitchen, i first saw a giant whisk, however i think this is actually the proverbial big stick one is supposed to carry when one is speaking softly.
bonus greeting:
i…
i received Mail Art from William M
Posted by Zack on November 21, 2024 at 3:30pm 1 Comment 1 Like
what is the Mail Art equivalent of a sugar coma?
and i mean that in the best of ways ]:-)
Home is where the Hs aren't, i guess...
Eat Art! (on the other side, there's a whole lotta…
i received Mail Art from Cascadia Artpost
Posted by Zack on November 21, 2024 at 3:06pm 0 Comments 1 Like
the McDadaCafe, alas, is no more - 'toxic impacts, along with the rising cost of ingredients and a precarious labor force, resulted in closure of the restaurant, no longer sufficiently profitable in the contracting environment of neoliberalism and US global hegemony.' i wonder how many billions were served before the piper had to be…
ContinueIncoming mail art from Italy
Posted by Carien van Hest on November 21, 2024 at 3:02pm 0 Comments 1 Like
By the hand of Valentina Cozzi:
Thank you!
Mail Art from the Bay Area
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 21, 2024 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Coming from California, for Autumn from Fleur in Oakland,
and from John Held Jr. in San Francisco!
John had a very successful mail art: "letter opening" event:…
ContinuePredrag Petrovic 241110
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on November 20, 2024 at 10:51pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Incoming: Keiichi Nakamura and David Stafford
Posted by William M on November 20, 2024 at 4:03pm 1 Comment 1 Like
More fun work from Keiichi.
Front and back of an envelope from David and front…
Theo Nelson 241110
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on November 20, 2024 at 5:54am 0 Comments 2 Likes
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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THE WINDOWED ENVELOPE
February 10, 2024 at 6pm to January 5, 2025 at 7pm – Gallery Location TBA
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“LET'S PLAY” VI International Mailart Open Call
June 28, 2024 to December 31, 2024 – Quinta da Cruz – Centro de Arte Contemporânea
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From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
July 17, 2024 at 6pm to July 7, 2025 at 7pm – Belgium
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Incoming mail art from Italy
By the hand of Valentina Cozzi:Thank you!See More
"Good to see the mail art comma,La arrived in Oakland, Fleur,
and many thanks for the nice mail art from you that arrived in Athens!"
"Some great designs on these manhole covers!
My son sent me this "old" one from a street in central Athens, 1932!"
Mail Art from the Bay Area
Coming from California, for Autumn from Fleur in Oakland,…See More
"TWO SWEDISH ONES FROM JONNY AND MARGARITA"
"I've added to a number of A&Ps that you started, and always wonder how many you ever finally saw 'finished'. Do you share images of what you end up with? I know you document a record of all your mail for yourself."
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Seasonal Mail Art
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MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
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ADD & PASS - The X Files
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caffè Italia
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Music Group
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POSTCARD 2025
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Press and Roll: Printmak…
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IUOMA membership Cards
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Envelopes
356 members
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Black and white - readym…
132 members
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ATC REBELS
274 members
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Mail-Art Cafe
310 members
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Mail-Art Projects List
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Pittura digitale
34 members
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Canadian Embassy
57 members
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Post Office
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TREES
238 members
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Asemic Writing for Mail-…
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tracce effimere poetico …
91 members
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Hand Made Postcards
72 members
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Polls and Surveys - A new one each month!
Forum
Harris Walz stickers 7 Replies
Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Nick Canterucci yesterday.
My First Mail Art 2 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 Ilya Semenenko-Basin yesterday.
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.
Project International Add & Return "Outsider Art Brut" 2025 dedicated to Jean Debuffet
Sandro Bongiani Contemporary ArtCALL FOR NEW INTERNATIONAL PROJECTProject dedicated to the Art Brut by Jean Dubuffet with…Continue
Tags: Brut, Art, Dubuffet, Jean
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Nov 5.
Mail Artists Addresses? 586 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 Bridgette Nagel Oct 19.
NYU Libraries Exhibition Explores Mail Art Movement and Mark Bloch’s Postal Art Network
NYU Libraries Downtown Collection presents "Panmodern!" An Exhibition of the Mark Bloch/Postal Art Network Opening:…Continue
Tags: York, USA, Hew, Event, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Sep 17.
Open call 1 Reply
https://www.fotodarbnica.lv/Continue
Started by Thomas Vandenberghe in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.
Mail art blogs and twitter accounts 52 Replies
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
Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.
theLetterNetwork - book by 80 mail artists 1 Reply
Me and my partner Lilli made a mail art project together with 80 artists and storytellers from over 20 European countries through analogue dialogical letter-making. These letters are now becoming a book that we are crowdfunding. If the project seems…Continue
Started by Marco Verhoogt in Mail-Art Magazines and Publications. Last reply by Predrag Petrovic Sep 3.
MAIL ART & ART PEDAGOGICS. 8 Replies
Dear Mail Art Family,does anyone of you out there know of any projects or literature dealing with the connection of MAIL ART and ART PEDAGOGICS ? Maybe there are pedagogues who read these lines... and maybe someone of you already brought MAIL ART…Continue
Tags: thesis, Pedagogics, Children, Master, Teacher
Started by Mikula Lüllwitz in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by CUTandTEAR Aug 27.
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