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Received from Mikel Untzilla - Euskadi #MailTrainArt
Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on December 22, 2025 at 10:52am 0 Comments 2 Likes
It had been a while since I'd received a beautiful piece of work for my collection of MailTrainArt...
Thanks Mikel..
Love it...
Best Xmas and happy new year
From Keiichi Nakamura
Posted by Tomoe N on December 22, 2025 at 10:50am 0 Comments 2 Likes
I received a mail art from Tokyo.
東京からメールアート来ました。ありがとう😊
From Jason Motsch
Posted by Tomoe N on December 22, 2025 at 9:44am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I received a mail art from the US. Thank you 😊
Gloria Fu Keh 251219
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on December 22, 2025 at 9:08am 0 Comments 1 Like
Jessica Dachs 251218
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on December 22, 2025 at 9:05am 0 Comments 3 Likes
Winter Solstice from Theo Nelson
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 21, 2025 at 4:00pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Thank you Katerina (Airmail from Greece)
Posted by Pizo on December 21, 2025 at 3:36pm 1 Comment 1 Like
I have something coming your way!
Incoming: Charlotte Geister, David Stafford Cronkzine
Posted by William M on December 21, 2025 at 12:35pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
A christmas inspired collage from Charlotte.
More fun work from David. My money's on Superman.
Selections from Cronk assembling zine:…
I received a gesture of mail art friendship from Isabelle Dehennin <3 thanks a lot!
Posted by Maxie Eulig on December 21, 2025 at 10:51am 0 Comments 3 Likes
I received an envelope from Raphael Neves Caetano
Posted by Maxie Eulig on December 21, 2025 at 10:48am 1 Comment 0 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. 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
"WOW ... the Phantom of the Union! What an honor to receive something from Atte. In case you read this: THANK YOU!!!
And thank you all for sharing your knowledge about that phenomenon."
Received from Mikel Untzilla - Euskadi #MailTrainArt
It had been a while since I'd received a beautiful piece of work for my collection of MailTrainArt...Thanks Mikel..Love…See More
"John Gayer, also in Helsinki, finland, has sent similar mail art cards:
but who am I to play "mail art detective" :-)"
"Atte Ourie seems to be a very generous mail artist, not wanting anything in return , simply sending out "gifts" in the mail. I have cards from Atte Ourie dating back to 2010-2015 until the present, and always a treat to receive:"
Groups
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TREES
244 members
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ATC REBELS
275 members
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Self Portraits
154 members
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Pareidolia
4 members
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Hand Made Postcards
75 members
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Seasonal Mail Art
72 members
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poetryintewind
40 members
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Mail-Art Cafe
306 members
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[F]luxus Embassy
142 members
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BORING POSTCARDS
43 members
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Informal Art Exchange
194 members
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Flower Mail Art
61 members
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blue roads
110 members
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ADD & PASS
158 members
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Mail-Art Projects List
644 members
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Viva El Barto
7 members
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gen Z mail artists
12 members
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POSTCARD 2026
58 members
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OPEN CALLs
79 members
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Potato Group
15 members
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Polls and Surveys - A new one each month!
Forum
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!? 3 Replies
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!?I drew a drawing on cardboard with this pencil. When I laminated, the drawing disappeared. An empty cardboard remained. On the second postcard, I just wrote the address with this pen,…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Oberdada Jr. Dec 15.
News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 1 Reply
In 2019, I wrote on the IUOMA portal:“If you want to get rid of excess postal art, you can donate your collection of postal art to the Museum of Moscow. With my participation in the Museum of Moscow, an archive of postal art for art historians and…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Leslie Levenson Dec 9.
ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED 30 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 Zorica Obradović Dec 1.
ANyone Interested 3 Replies
Started by Amber Scribble in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 19.
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 Nov 6.
🖐️❗ 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.
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